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Award Category: Best Art or Illustrated Book (Locus Poll Award)

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1979
1 Tomorrow and Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art Ian Summers
2 Faeries Brian Froud and David Larkin and Alan Lee
3 The Magic Goes Away Larry Niven
4 The Fantastic Art of Boris Vallejo Boris Vallejo
5 The Illustrated Roger Zelazny Gray Morrow and Roger Zelazny
6 Alicia Austin's Age of Dreams Alicia Austin
7 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Robert Holdstock
8
Both author and illustrator were nominated
Empire Howard Chaykin
9 Fantasy by Fabian: The Art of Stephen E. Fabian Gerry de la Ree and Stephen Fabian
10 Frank Frazetta, Book Three Betty Ballantine and Frank Frazetta
11 The Second Book of Virgil Finlay Gerry de la Ree and Virgil Finlay
12 The Flights of Icarus Martyn Dean and Roger Dean and Donald Lehmkuhl
13 Beauty and the Beast: A Collection of Heroic Fantasy Illustrations Chris Achilleos
1980
1 Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials Wayne Barlowe and Ian Summers
2 H. R. Giger's Necronomicon (translation of H. R. Giger's Necronomicon) H. R. Giger
3 Alien Landscapes Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock
4 Wonderworks Kelly Freas and Polly Freas and Michael Whelan
5 The Illustrated Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison
6 21st Century Foss Chris Foss
7 Giants David Larkin and Sarah Teale
8 The Flight of Dragons Peter Dickinson
9 The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt The Brothers Hildebrandt and Ian Summers
10 Dragonworld Byron Preiss and J. Michael Reaves
11 Morreion Jack Vance and Stephen Fabian
12 More Fantasy by Fabian: The Art of Stephen E. Fabian Gerry de la Ree and Stephen Fabian
13 The Stars My Destination, Volume One: The Graphic Story Adaptation Alfred Bester and Howard Chaykin
14 The Demon of Scattery Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon and Alicia Austin
15 Urshurak The Brothers Hildebrandt and Jerry Nichols
16 Planet Story Harry Harrison
17 The Illustrated Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury and Ian Miller
2020
1 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Katherine Chu and John Fleskes
2 Daydreamer's Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon Julie Dillon
3 The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (variant of Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde) Oscar Wilde
4 Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend Donato Giancola
5 The Illustrated World of Tolkien David Day
6 Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller Ed Emshwiller and Jesse Pires
7
Award is for the 2019 Beehive edition.
The Island of Doctor Moreau (variant of The Island of Dr. Moreau) H. G. Wells
8 Ambedo Tran Nguyen
9 Fantasy World-Building: A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures Mark A. Nelson
10 Starport Raya Golden and George R. R. Martin
11 LaGuardia Tana Ford and James Devlin and Nnedi Okorafor
12 Roy G. Krenkel: Father of Heroic Fantasy: A Centennial Celebration AndrewSteven Damsits and Barry Klugerman
13
graphic novel
The Handmaid's Tale Renée Nault and Margaret Atwood
14 Art of Gary Gianni for George R. R. Martin's Seven Kingdoms Gary Gianni
15 Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution, Volume 1 Sal Abbinanti and Chul R. Kim and Bill Sienkiewicz
16 Invented People Rick Berry
17 The Willows and Other Nightmares Algernon Blackwood
18
graphic novel
The Seventh Voyage Jon J Muth and Stanislaw Lem
2021
1 The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold the Missions Piers Bizony
2 The Hobbit Sketchbook Alan Lee
3 The Dark Crystal Bestiary: A Definitive Guide to the Creatures of Thara Adam Cesare
4 Spectrum 27: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Katherine Chu and John Fleskes
5 Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta J. David Spurlock
6
Nomination is for the 2020 edition published by Bantam with illustrations by Gary Gianni
A Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin
7 The Art of Frank Cho Frank Cho
8 Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration Jesse Kowalski
9 Masterpieces of Fantasy Art Dian Hanson
10 Peter Pan: An Illuminated Edition (variant of Peter Pan) J. M. Barrie
11 The Blazing World: An Illuminated Edition (variant of The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World) Margaret Cavendish
12 Monstrous Tales: Stories of Strange Creatures and Fearsome Beasts from Around the World uncredited
13 The Mountain of Smoke: A Jeffrey Alan Love Sketchbook Jeffrey Alan Love
14 The Return of Hyper Comics Steve Stiles
15 Beneath the Waves Jon Schindehette
2023
1 Chivalry Colleen Doran and Neil Gaiman
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This award is for the 2022 illustrated by Omar Rayyan and published by Suntup Editions - see these publication records: 1, 2, 3.
Animal Farm George Orwell
* Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections Shaun Tan
* In the Black Fantastic Ekow Eshun
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Comic/graphic novel.
Mother Christmas, Vol 1: The Muse Valya Dudycz Lupescu and Vic Terra
* Paintings & Drawings of Rowena Rowena Morrill
* Spectrum Fantastic Art Quarterly, Volume 2 Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner
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Comic/graphic novel.
The Keeper Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes and Marco Finnegan
*
Comic/graphic novel
The Night Eaters Book 1: She Eats the Night Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
* Visions of Beauty Kinuko Y. Craft
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