Locus Award for Best Illustrated and Art Book

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The Locus Award for Best Art Book is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Art Book was given out for two years 1979-1980 and then revived in 1994.

In 2009-2010 the Art Book and Non-Fiction categories were merged. In 2009 a graphic novel won, and is listed below, in 2010 the winner was a prose non-fiction work and is not mentioned here.

Winners

YearNominated Work [1] Creator(s)Ref.
1979 Tomorrow and BeyondIan Summers [2]
1980 Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials Wayne Douglas Barlowe, Ian Summers [3]
1994 The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions Michael Whelan [4]
1995 Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art Cathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner [5]
1996 Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner [6]
1997 Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner [7]
1998 Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art Vincent Di Fate [8]
1999 Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner [9]
2000 Science Fiction of the 20th Century Frank M. Robinson [10]
2001 Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner [11]
2002 Spectrum 8: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [12]
2003 Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [13]
2004 The Sandman: Endless Nights Neil Gaiman et al. [14]
2005 Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [15]
2006 Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [16]
2007 Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [17]
2008 The Arrival Shaun Tan [18]
2009 Coraline: The Graphic Novel Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell [19]
2010 Art book not honoured [20]
2011 Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [21]
2012 No award made
2013 Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [22]
2014 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [23]
2015 Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner [24]
2016 Julie Dillon's Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky Julie Dillon [25]
2017 Walking Through the Landscape of Faerie Charles Vess [26]
2018 The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated HistoryDouglas Ellis, Ed Hulse & Robert Weinberg [27]
2019 The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess [28]
2020 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtJohn Fleskes [29]
2021 The Art of NASA: The Illustrations that Sold the Missions Piers Bizony [30]
2022 The Art of Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess's Stardust Charles Vess [31]
2023 Chivalry Neil Gaiman, Colleen Doran [32]
2024 The Culture: The Drawings Iain M. Banks [33]
2025 The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle, Tom Kidd [34]

References

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