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===Illustration=== In 1979, Froud was nominated for the [[British Fantasy Award]] for Best Artwork for Plate 12 of his 1977 book, ''The Land of Froud''.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Fantasy Awards 1979 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=[[Locus Science Fiction Foundation]] |url=http://www.sfadb.com/British_Fantasy_Awards_1979 |access-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027014426/http://www.sfadb.com/British_Fantasy_Awards_1979 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> For his 1978 book with Alan Lee, ''Faeries'', Froud won second place in the 1979 [[Locus Award]] for Best Art Book<ref>{{cite web |title= Locus Awards 1979 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1979 |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820085035/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1979 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> (Froud has been a runner up four times through to 2015).<ref name="Froud sfadb">{{cite web |title= Brian Froud |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Brian_Froud |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803183858/http://www.sfadb.com/Brian_Froud |archive-date=3 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Faeries'' was also nominated for the 1979 [[Balrog Award]] for Best Professional Publication.<ref>{{cite web |title= Balrog Awards 1979 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Balrog_Awards_1979 |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804044811/http://www.sfadb.com/Balrog_Awards_1979 |archive-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, Froud was also runner up for the Locus Award for Best Artist (he has been a runner up four times through to 1999).<ref name="Froud sfadb"/> Four years later, Froud was a nominee at the 1983 [[Hugo Awards]] in the category of [[Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book|Best Non-Fiction Book]] for ''[[The World of the Dark Crystal]]'', for which Froud was the illustrator in a partnership with writer J. J. Llewellyn.<ref name="Hugo83">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1983-hugo-awards/ |title=1983 Hugo Awards |date=26 July 2007 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> ''The World of the Dark Crystal'' won fifth place in the 1983 Locus Award for Best Nonfiction/Reference Book.<ref>{{cite web |title= Locus Awards 1983 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1983 |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820084835/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_1983 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, Froud was also nominated for the Balrog Award for Best Artist.<ref>{{cite web |title= Balrog Awards 1983 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Balrog_Awards_1983 |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804043157/http://www.sfadb.com/Balrog_Awards_1983 |archive-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Froud was honoured by the [[World Fantasy Convention]] with a nomination for the [[World Fantasy Award—Artist|World Fantasy Award for Best Artist]] in 1991, and again four years later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees |website=worldfantasy.org |publisher=[[World Fantasy Convention]] |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/nominees/ |access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208045253/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/nominees/ |archive-date=8 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, Froud won the [[Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork]] for his illustrations in ''Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book'', a collaboration with writer [[Terry Jones]].<ref name="Hugo95"/> The book also won the [[Chesley Award]] for Best Interior Illustration, and Froud was also nominated that year for the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement.<ref name="Chesley 1995"/> For ''The Wise Woman'', Froud won a certificate in the 1995 [[Spectrum Award]] for Best Book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spectrum Awards 1995 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Spectrum_Awards_1995 |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044558/http://www.sfadb.com/Spectrum_Awards_1995 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> For his illustrations in [[Terry Windling]]'s novel, ''[[The Wood Wife]]'', Froud was nominated for the [[BSFA Award]] for [[BSFA Award for Best Artwork|Best Artwork]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=British SF Association Awards 1998 |website=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |url=http://www.sfadb.com/British_SF_Association_Awards_1998 |access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428131706/http://www.sfadb.com/British_SF_Association_Awards_1998 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, for his artwork in ''Good Faeries/Bad Faeries'', another collaboration with Windling, Froud won his second Chesley Award for Best Interior Illustration<ref name="Chesley 1999"/> (he has been a finalist six times through to 2008).<ref name="Froud sfadb"/> In 2001, Froud, along with his wife, was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]].<ref name="Inkpot">[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref> Froud received a lifetime achievement award from the New York [[Society of Illustrators]] Museum in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |first=Gabrielle |last=Sierra |date=27 September 2011 |title=Animazing Gallery of SoHo To Exhibit THE FROUDS: VISIONS FOR FILM & FAERIE |website=[[Broadway World]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Animazing-Gallery-of-SoHo-To-Exhibit-THE-FROUDS-VISIONS-FOR-FILM-FAERIE-20110927 |access-date=20 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104054039/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Animazing-Gallery-of-SoHo-To-Exhibit-THE-FROUDS-VISIONS-FOR-FILM-FAERIE-20110927 |archive-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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