Alan Lee
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 2
Other Awards: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 25
— Career and Special Awards —
— Major Awards —
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(5 nominations; 1 win)
2004:
(John Howe & AL) for artwork in The Lord of the Rings
— special award, professional — nomination
1998:
— artist — winner
1992:
— artist — nomination
1986:
— artist — nomination
1985:
— artist — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1989:
— artist — winner
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(8 nominations)
2026:
— artist — nomination (pending)
2021:
The Hobbit Sketchbook (HarperCollins UK 2019; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
art book — 2nd place
1997:
The Wanderings of Odysseus (by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by AL) (Delacorte)
art book — 9th place
1992:
The Lord of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien, illustrated by AL) (HarperCollins UK; Houghton Mifflin)
nonfiction — 8th place
1992:
— artist — 10th place
1985:
Castles (by David Day, text; AL, art) (Bantam)
nonfiction/reference — 7th place
1985:
— artist — 19th place
1979:
Faeries (by Brian Froud & AL) (Abrams)
art or illustrated book — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Balrog Awards — for fantasy works, presented an annual FoolsCon in Kansas City
(1 nomination)
1979:
Faeries (by Brian Froud & AL) (Abrams)
professional publication — nomination
Chesley Awards — for SF/F/H artworks; voted by members of Association of SF & F Artists
(9 nominations; 3 wins)
2018:
— lifetime artistic achievement — winner
2009:
Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
interior illustration — nomination
2007:
— artistic achievement — nomination
2004:
— artistic achievement — nomination
1998:
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
interior illustration — winner
1998:
— artistic achievement — nomination
1992:
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
interior art — nomination
1989:
Merlin Dreams by Peter Dickinson (Gollancz)
interior illustration — winner
1985:
Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam)
paperback cover — nomination
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