Kinuko Y. Craft
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 6
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 63
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(7 nominations; 2 wins)
2023:
— artist — winner
2011:
— artist — winner
2009:
— artist — nomination
2006:
— artist — nomination
2005:
— artist — nomination
2003:
— artist — nomination
2001:
— artist — nomination
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(23 nominations; 4 wins)
2016:
— lifetime artistic achievement — winner
2015:
— lifetime artistic achievement — nomination
2014:
— lifetime artistic achievement — nomination
2011:
Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2008:
“The Elven Queen of the Golden Wood”
— color work, unpublished — nomination
2007:
— artistic achievement — nomination
2006:
The Divided Crown by Isabel Glass (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2006:
Metallic Love by Tanith Lee (Bantam Spectra)
— cover illustration, paperback — nomination
2005:
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra)
— cover illustration, paperback — nomination
2004:
Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier (Tor)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2004:
— artistic achievement — nomination
2003:
Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon F. Craft (Sea Star Books)
— interior illustration — nomination
2003:
— artistic achievement — nomination
2002:
The Adventures of Tom Thumb by Marianna Mayer (Sea Star Books)
— interior illustration — nomination
2002:
— artistic achievement — nomination
2002:
“Die Walküre”
— product illustration — winner
2001:
The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
2001:
Cinderella by Kinuko Y. Craft (North-South/SeaStar)
— interior illustration — winner
2001:
“Angel”
— product illustration — nomination
2000:
“Honey Lemon Ginseng Green Tea” (box art for Celestial Seasonings)
— product illustration — nomination
1999:
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip
— cover illustration, hardcover — winner
1999:
Pegasus by Marianna Mayer
— interior illustration — nomination
1997:
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
— cover illustration, hardcover — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(22 nominations)
2024:
— artist — nomination -- pending
2023:
Visions of Beauty (by Dianne Borsini-Burr, ed., art by KYC) (Borsini-Burr & Imaginary Editions)
— illustrated and art book — 8th place
2023:
— artist — nomination
2022:
— artist — 7th place
2021:
— artist — 8th place
2020:
— artist — 5th place
2019:
— artist — 10th place
2018:
— artist — 9th place
2017:
Beauty and the Beast (by Mahlon F. Craft, illustrated by KYC) (Harper)
— art book — 4th place
2017:
Myth & Magic: An Enchanted Fantasy Coloring Book (Amber Lotus)
— art book — 9th place
2017:
— artist — 3rd place
2013:
— artist — 8th place
2012:
— artist — 8th place
2011:
— artist — 8th place
2010:
— artist — 10th place
2009:
— artist — 9th place
2008:
— artist — 10th place
2007:
— artist — 8th place
2006:
— artist — 6th place
2005:
— artist — 5th place
2004:
— artist — 8th place
2003:
— artist — 7th place
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(6 nominations; 1 win)
2015:
(Asimov's Aug 2014)
— cover — 2nd place
2014:
(Asimov's Sep 2013)
— cover — winner
1998:
— cover artist — 7th place
1997:
— cover artist — 5th place
1996:
— cover artist — 4th place
1995:
— cover artist — 2nd place
Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H artworks, juried
(5 nominations; 3 wins)
2003:
Sleeping Beauty
— book — Silver Award
2001:
“Das Rheingold” (Wagner's Ring Cycle)
— advertising — Gold Award
2000:
Biting the Sun
— book — Gold Award
1995:
Les Fleus du Mal
— editorial — Certificate (tie)
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