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, while in 2010 the winner was a prose non-fiction work and is not mentioned here.
Winners YearNominated workCreator(s)Ref.1979Tomorrow and BeyondIan Summers1980Barlowe's Guide to ExtraterrestrialsWayne Douglas Barlowe, Ian Summers1994The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/VisionsMichael Whelan1995Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner1996Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner1997Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner1998Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction ArtVincent Di Fate1999Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner2000Science Fiction of the 20th CenturyFrank M. Robinson2001Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner2002Spectrum 8: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2003Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2004The Sandman: Endless NightsNeil Gaiman et al.2005Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2006Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2007Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2008The ArrivalShaun Tan2009Coraline: The Graphic NovelNeil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell2010Art book not honoured2011Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2012No award made2013Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2014Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2015Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtCathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner2016Julie Dillon's Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and SkyJulie Dillon2017Walking Through the Landscape of FaerieCharles Vess2018The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated HistoryDouglas Ellis, Ed Hulse & Robert Weinberg2019The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated EditionUrsula K. Le Guin, illustrated by Charles Vess2020Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic ArtJohn Fleskes2021The Art of NASA: The Illustrations that Sold the MissionsPiers Bizony2022The Art of Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess's StardustCharles Vess2023ChivalryNeil Gaiman, Colleen Doran2024The Culture: The DrawingsIain M. Banks2025The Last UnicornPeter S. Beagle, Tom Kidd2026The Space Cat Nnedi Okorafor, Tana Ford
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