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The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television was awarded for the first time in 2018, for television airing the previous year. Previously, it honored both Fantasy/Sci-Fi series, in the category Excellence in Fantasy Television Series, and Period costuming together, with the award titled Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television Series.
Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 [1] | Annie | Shay Cunliffe | ABC |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Hope Hanafin | HBO | |
| The Magnificent Seven | Dan Moore | CBS | |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Van Broughton Ramsey | ||
| That '70s Show | Melina Root | Fox |
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [12] | Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn and Lisa Padovani | HBO |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| The Tudors | Joan Bergin | Showtime | |
| 2011 [13] | Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn and Lisa Padovani | HBO |
| The Borgias | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO | |
| Once Upon a Time | Eduardo Castro | ABC | |
| Pan Am | Ane Crabtree | ||
| 2012 [14] | Downton Abbey | Caroline McCall | PBS |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn and Lisa Padovani | HBO | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | ||
| 2013 [15] | Downton Abbey | Caroline McCall | PBS |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn and Lisa Padovani | HBO | |
| The Borgias | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO | |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| 2014 [16] | Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn | HBO | |
| The Knick | Ellen Mirojnick | Cinemax | |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| Masters of Sex | Ane Crabtree | Showtime |
Excellence in Fantasy Television
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 [17] | Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO |
| Once Upon a Time | Eduardo Castro | ABC | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Kristin M. Burke and Mairi Chisholm (S2) | Fox | |
| Mairi Chisholm (S3) | |||
| The Wiz Live! | Paul Tazewell | NBC | |
| 2016 [18] | Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton and April Ferry | HBO |
| The Man in the High Castle | J.R. Hawbaker | Amazon | |
| Once Upon a Time | Eduardo Castro | ABC | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Mairi Chisholm | Fox | |
| The Walking Dead | Eulyn Colette Hufkie | AMC | |
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 [19] | Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO |
| Black Mirror: USS Callister | Maja Meschede | Netflix | |
| Once Upon a Time | Eduardo Castro and Dan Lester | ABC | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Mairi Chisholm | Fox | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | Gersha Phillips | CBS All Access | |
| 2018 [20] | Westworld | Sharen Davis | HBO |
| American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Paula Bradley and Lou Eyrich | FX | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Ane Crabtree | Hulu | |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | Cynthia Ann Summers | Netflix | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | Gersha Phillips | CBS All Access |
| Year | Series | Episode(s) | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 [21] | Game of Thrones | "The Iron Throne" | Michele Clapton | HBO |
| Carnival Row | "Aisling" | Joanna Eatwell | Amazon | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "Household" | Natalie Bronfman | Hulu | |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | "Penultimate Peril, Part 2" | Cynthia Summers | Netflix | |
| Watchmen | "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" | Sharen Davis | HBO |
| Year | Series | Episode(s) | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [22] | Westworld | "Parce Domine" | Shay Cunliffe | HBO |
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 13: The Jedi" | Shawna Trpcic | Disney+ | |
| Snowpiercer | "Access Is Power" | Cynthia Summers | TNT | |
| Star Trek: Picard | "Absolute Candor" | Christine Bieselin Clark | CBS All Access | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires" | Amanda Neale | FX | |
| 2021 [23] | The Book of Boba Fett | "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" | Shawna Trpcic | Disney+ |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "Nightshade" | Debra Hanson | Hulu | |
| Loki | "Journey Into Mystery" | Christine Wada | Disney+ | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Gail" | Laura Montgomery | FX | |
| The Witcher | "Family" | Lucinda Wright | Netflix | |
| 2022 [24] | House of the Dragon | "The Heirs of the Dragon" | Jany Temime | HBO |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | "A Shadow of the Past" | Kate Hawley | Prime Video | |
| Westworld | "Generation Loss" | Debra Beebe | HBO | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "The Wedding" | Laura Montgomery | FX | |
| The Witcher: Blood Origin | "Of Mages, Malice, and Monstrous Mayhem" | Lucinda Wright | Netflix | |
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