Donato Giancola
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 27
Other Awards: 9
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 107
Times Served as Judge: 2
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
2009:
professional artist — winner
2007:
professional artist — winner
2006:
professional artist — winner
2005:
professional artist — nomination
2004:
professional artist — nomination
2003:
professional artist — nomination
2002:
professional artist — nomination
2001:
professional artist — nomination
2000:
professional artist — nomination
1999:
professional artist — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
artist — winner (tie)
2002:
artist — nomination
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(44 nominations; 23 wins)
2023:
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams (Grim Oak Press)
— hardback illustration — nomination
2023:
“Fear”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2019:
Warrior by Terry Brooks (Grim Oak Press)
— cover illustration, paperback or e-book — nomination
2019:
(Analog Mar/Apr 2018)
magazine illustration — nomination
2018:
Assassin's Price by L. E. Jr. Modesitt (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2017:
for Portal Promotional art for Illuxcon
— product illustration — winner
2016:
“Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingal and Melian”
— color work, unpublished — winner
2015:
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire 2015 calendar
— product illustration — winner
2014:
“Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin”
— color work, unpublished — winner
2013:
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2013:
“Joan of Arc”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2011:
Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola (Underwood)
— interior illustration — winner
2011:
“St. George and the Dragon”
— product illustration — nomination
2009:
A Book of Wizards by Marvin Kaye, ed. (SFBC)
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner
2009:
“The Wraith” by J. Robert Lennon (Playboy Nov 2008)
— interior illustration — winner
2009:
“Progeny”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2008:
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner
2008:
Crystal Dragon by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin)
— cover illustration, paperback — winner
2008:
“Red Sonja”
— color work, unpublished — winner
2008:
“Season of Change”
— monochrome work, unpublished — winner
2008:
“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes”
— gaming-related illustration — winner
2007:
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn (Ace)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2007:
“Tristan and Isolde”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2007:
“Red Sonya”
— monochrome work, unpublished — winner
2006:
(Asimov's Sep 2005)
cover illustration, magazine — winner
2006:
“Boromir in the White Mountains”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2005:
The Nameless Day by Sara Douglass (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner (tie)
2004:
City by Clifford D. Simak (Science Fiction Book Club)
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner
2004:
(Dragon #307, May 2003)
cover illustration, magazine — nomination
2004:
“Gandalf”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2004:
“Sword of Caldra”
— gaming related illustration — nomination
2002:
Ashling by Isobelle Carmody (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner
2002:
The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic by J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon & Sean Deming, [[-1-, illustrated by David Wenzel, adapted by -2- with -3-]] (Del Rey)
— cover illustration, paperback — winner
2002:
artistic achievement — winner
2002:
“Shivan Dragon”
— gaming related illustration — winner
2001:
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (Science Fiction Book Club)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2001:
The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant by Mary Gentle (Eos)
— cover illustration, paperback — nomination
2001:
“Dracopaleontology”
— product illustration — winner
2000:
“Ivy Scholar” (card art, Magic: the Gathering)
— gaming-related illustration — nomination
1999:
Icefalcon's Quest by Barbara Hambly
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
1999:
Five Worlds #3: Return by Al Sarrantonio
— cover illustration, paperback — nomination
1999:
“Archangel” (MagicTM cards package art)
— product illustration — winner
1997:
Eggheads by Emily Devenport
— cover illustration, paperback — winner
1996:
Lethe by Tricia Sullivan
— cover illustration, paperback — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(22 nominations)
2025:
Stone of Farewell (by Tad Williams, art by DG) (Grim Oak)
— illustrated and art book — 10th place
2021:
artist — 10th place
2020:
Middle-earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend (Dark Horse)
— art book — 4th place
2020:
artist — 9th place
2017:
artist — 9th place
2015:
artist — 7th place
2014:
artist — 6th place
2013:
artist — 5th place
2012:
artist — 6th place
2011:
Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth (Underwood)
— art book — 4th place
2011:
artist — 4th place
2010:
artist — 7th place
2009:
artist — 8th place
2008:
artist — 8th place
2007:
artist — 5th place
2006:
artist — 11th place
2005:
artist — 4th place
2004:
artist — 4th place
2003:
artist — 8th place
2002:
artist — 8th place
2001:
artist — 10th place
2000:
artist — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(6 nominations; 3 wins)
2023:
(Analog Jul/Aug 2022)
cover — 2nd place
2021:
(Analog May/Jun 2020)
cover — 3rd place (tie)
2020:
(Analog Jan/Feb 2019)
cover — winner
2019:
(Analog Mar/Apr 2018)
cover — winner
2016:
(Analog May 2015)
cover — winner
2013:
(Analog Sep 2012)
cover — 5th place
ASFA Web Award — for websites, presented in association with the Chesley Awards
(1 nomination)
2001:
Donato's Home Page (by DG, webmaster Slawek Wojtowicz)
— Artist — Honorable Mention
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(11 nominations; 4 wins)
2022:
(Asimov's Jan/Feb 2021)
cover — winner
2020:
(Asimov's Nov/Dec 2019)
cover — 5th place
2019:
(Asimov's Nov/Dec 2018)
cover — 3rd place
2017:
cover — 1st place
2011:
(Asimov's Mar 2010)
cover — 3rd place
2010:
(Asimov's Mar 2009)
cover — 4th place
2009:
(Asimov's Apr/May 2008)
cover — 4th place
2008:
(Asimov's Jul 2007)
cover — winner
2007:
(Asimov's Sep 2006)
cover — 2nd place
2006:
(Asimov's Feb 2005)
cover — 2nd place
2005:
(Asimov's Aug 2004)
cover — winner
Jack Gaughan Award — for emerging artists, presented by the New England SF Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1998:
winner
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
(10 nominations; 3 wins)
2011:
“Mind Machine”
— institutional — Silver Award
2010:
“Shaman's Loss”
— unpublished — Silver Award
2007:
“Vanguard: Saga of Heroes”
— advertising — Silver Award
2006:
“Prometheus”
— advertising — Gold Award
2003:
Star Wars Galaxies
— advertising — Silver Award
2001:
2001, hello
— editorial — Gold Award
1999:
Earth to Universe: Do You Read
— editorial — Silver Award
1996:
Lethe
— book — Certificate (tie)
1995:
Otherness
— book — Silver Award
— As Judge —
Copyright 2012 - 2025 by Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. All rights reserved.