Locus Award
The Locus Award is a literary prize for science fiction and fantasy (partly also dark fantasy and horror ) given annually since 1971 by the American trade magazine Locus . Alongside the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, the Locus Award is one of the most important awards for SF and fantasy literature. It is awarded for works published in English for the first time in America the previous year.
The award is based on a reader survey. You can now also take part online. Originally intended to make recommendations and suggestions for the upcoming Hugo award, participation in the Locus Awards was often higher than that of Hugo and Nebula combined.
For a few years now, the five best in each category have been announced at the end of the election phase (around mid-April). The actual award ceremony and announcement of the winners takes place around mid-June at a banquet. The exact placements of all nominees will be published in the subsequent issues of Locus magazine. This information will be published online at the beginning of the following year on the Locus Online website.
For the Locus Award, the year in which the prize was awarded is used for the award ceremony.
Categories
The Locus Award is currently given in the following categories:
Fiction regarding fiction - SF novel
- Fantasy novel
- youth book
- First novel
- Short novel
- narrative
- Short story
- collection
- anthology
- Non-fiction
- Art book
- magazine
- editor
- publishing company
- Artist
As with many of the older awards, the current division into novel, short novel, short story and short story did not establish itself as the standard until the late 1970s.
The type and number of categories available for election depends on the one hand on the readers' wishes, but also on the number of candidates. In the fiction categories, between 15 and 30 works are usually nominated per category.
Novel (novel)
This category includes works that are 40,000 words or more in length.
Art category SF Science fiction novel F. Fantasy novel H Horror novel H / DF Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel DF / H Dark Fantasy / Horror Novel N Novel
| 2020s | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2020 | SF | Charlie Jane Anders | The City in the Middle of the Night | |
| F. | Seanan McGuire | Middlegame | ||
| H | Marlon James | Black leopard, red wolf | Black leopard, red wolf | |
| 2010s | ||||
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2019 | SF | Mary Robinette Kowal | The Calculating Stars | |
| F. | Naomi Novik | Spinning Silver | The cold realm of silver | |
| H | Paul Tremblay | The Cabin at the End of the World | The house at the end of the world | |
| 2018 | SF | John Scalzi | The Collapsing Empire | Collapse - The Empire of Rivers |
| F. | NK Jemisin | The Stone Sky | Stone sky | |
| H | Victor LaValle | The changing | ||
| 2017 | SF | Cixin Liu | Death's End | Beyond time |
| F. | Charlie Jane Anders | All the birds in the sky | All the birds under the sky | |
| H | Joe Hill | The Fireman | Fireman | |
| 2016 | SF | Ann Leckie | Ancillary Mercy | The empire |
| F. | Naomi Novik | Uprooted | The dark heart of the forest | |
| 2015 | SF | Ann Leckie | Ancillary Sword | The mission |
| F. | Katherine Addison | The Goblin Emperor | The winter emperor | |
| 2014 | SF | James SA Corey | Abaddon's Gate | Abaddon's Gate |
| F. | Neil Gaiman | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | The ocean at the end of the street | |
| 2013 | SF | John Scalzi | Redshirts | Redshirts |
| F. | Charles Stross | The Apocalypse Codex | - | |
| 2012 | SF | China Miéville | Embassytown | City of Strangers |
| F. | George RR Martin | A dance with dragons | 2-part: The Son of Griffin A dance with dragons |
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| 2011 | SF | Connie Willis | Blackout / All Clear | Darkness / light |
| F. | China Miéville | Octopuses | The octopus | |
| 2010 | SF | Cherie Priest | Boneshaker | Boneshaker |
| F. | China Miéville | The City & The City | The city & the city | |
| 2000s | ||||
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2009 | SF | Neal Stephenson | Anathema | Anathema |
| F. | Ursula K. Le Guin | Lavinia | Lavinia | |
| 2008 | SF | Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | The Association of Yiddish Police Officers |
| F. | Terry Pratchett | Making Money | Nice bills | |
| 2007 | SF | Vernor Vinge | Rainbows End | The end of the rainbow |
| F. | Ellen Kushner | The Privilege of the Sword | The servant of the sword | |
| 2006 | SF | Charles Stross | Accelerando | Accelerando |
| F. | Neil Gaiman | Anansi Boys | Anansi Boys | |
| 2005 | SF | Neal Stephenson | The Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the World | Baroque cycle : Confusion / Principia |
| F. | China Miéville | Iron Council | The iron council | |
| 2004 | SF | Dan Simmons | Ilium | Ilium |
| F. | Lois McMaster Bujold | Paladin of Souls | Paladin of Souls | |
| 2003 | SF | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Years of Rice and Salt | - |
| F. | China Miéville | The Scar | 2-part: the Leviathan scar |
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| 2002 | SF | Connie Willis | passage | - |
| F. | Neil Gaiman | American Gods | American Gods | |
| 2001 | SF | Ursula K. Le Guin | The telling | The narrators |
| F. | George RR Martin | A Storm of Swords | 2-part: Storm of Swords The Queen of Dragons 1-part: Sword Storm |
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| 2000 | SF | Neal Stephenson | Cryptonomicon | Cryptonomicon |
| F. | Joanne K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |
| 1990s | ||||
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1999 | SF | Connie Willis | To Say Nothing of the Dog | The colors of time |
| F. | George RR Martin | A clash of kings | 2-part: The Throne of the Seven Kingdoms The Seed of the Golden Lion 1-part: King's feud |
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| DF / H | Stephen King | Bag of Bones | Sara | |
| 1998 | SF | Dan Simmons | The Rise of Endymion | Endymion - The Resurrection |
| F. | Tim Powers | Earthquake Weather | 2-part: Dionysus awakens The Fisher King |
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| 1997 | SF | Kim Stanley Robinson | Blue Mars | Blue Mars |
| F. | George RR Martin | A Game of Thrones | 2-part: The Lords of Winterfell The Legacy of Winterfell 1-part: Iron throne |
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| H / DF | Stephen King | Desperation | Desperation | |
| 1996 | SF | Neal Stephenson | The Diamond Age | Diamond Age - The Frontier World |
| F. | Orson Scott Card | Alvin Journeyman | The traveler | |
| H / DF | Tim Powers | Expiration date | - | |
| 1995 | SF | Lois McMaster Bujold | Mirror Dance | Mirror dance |
| F. | Michael Bishop | Brittle innings | Brittle victories | |
| DF / H | Dan Simmons | Fires of Eden | The fires of Eden | |
| 1994 | SF | Kim Stanley Robinson | Green Mars | Green Mars |
| F. | Peter S. Beagle | The Innkeeper's Song | Three ladies came in the sunset | |
| H | Lucius Shepard | The Golden | The trail of the golden sacrifice | |
| 1993 | SF | Connie Willis | Doomsday Book | The years of the black death |
| F. | Tim Powers | Last call | - | |
| H / DF | Dan Simmons | Children of the Night | Children of the night | |
| 1992 | SF | Lois McMaster Bujold | Barrayar | Barrayar |
| F. | Sheri S. Tepper | Beauty | The beautiful | |
| H / DF | Dan Simmons | Summer of Night | Summer night | |
| 1991 | SF | Dan Simmons | The Fall of Hyperion |
The end of Hyperion too: the fall of Hyperion |
| F. | Ursula K. Le Guin | Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea | Tehanu | |
| H / DF | Anne Rice | The Witching Hour | Witch hour | |
| 1990 | SF | Dan Simmons | Hyperion | Hyperion |
| F. | Orson Scott Card | Prentice Alvin | The magic plow | |
| H | Dan Simmons | Carrion Comfort | The power of evil | |
| 1980s | ||||
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1989 | SF | CJ Cherryh | Cyteen | 3-part: Cyteen: The betrayal Cyteen: The rebirth Cyteen: The justification as an "anthology": Cloned |
| F. | Orson Scott Card | Red Prophet | The Red Prophet | |
| H | Barbara Hambly | Those Who Hunt the Night | Hunt the vampires | |
| 1988 | SF | David Brin | The Uplift War | Development war |
| F. | Orson Scott Card | Seventh Son | The seventh son | |
| 1987 | SF | Orson Scott Card | Speaker for the Dead | Speaker for the dead |
| F. | Gene Wolfe | Soldier of the Mist | Soldier of the Fog | |
| 1986 | SF | David Brin | The Postman |
Gordon's calling also: Postman |
| F. | Roger Zelazny | Trumps of Doom | The trump cards of the Last Judgment | |
| 1985 | SF | Larry Niven | The integral trees | The floating forest |
| F. | Robert A. Heinlein | Job: A Comedy of Justice | The new book of Job | |
| 1984 | SF | David Brin | Startide rising | Star flood |
| F. | Marion Zimmer Bradley | The Mists of Avalon | The Mists of Avalon | |
| 1983 | SF | Isaac Asimov | Foundation's Edge |
In search of the earth too: The search for the earth |
| F. | Gene Wolfe | The Sword of the Lictor | The lictor's sword | |
| 1982 | SF | Julian May | The Many-Colored Land | The multicolored country |
| F. | Gene Wolfe | The Claw of the Conciliator | The Arbiter's Claw | |
| 1981 | SF | Joan D. Vinge | The Snow Queen | the snow Queen |
| F. | Robert Silverberg | Lord Valentine's Castle |
Dream wars too: Lord Valentine |
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| 1980 | SF | John Varley | titanium | The satellite |
| F. | Patricia A. McKillip | Harpist in the wind | Harper in the wind | |
| 1970s | ||||
| year | Art | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1979 | N | Vonda N. McIntyre | Dreamsnake | The dream snake |
| 1978 | SF | Frederik Pohl | Gateway | Gateway |
| F. | JRR Tolkien | The Silmarillion | The Silmarillion | |
| 1977 | N | Kate Wilhelm | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Birds used to sing here |
| 1976 | N | Joe Haldeman | The Forever War | The eternal war |
| 1975 | N | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Dispossessed |
Planet of the have-nots too: the dispossessed |
| 1974 | N | Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama | Rendezvous with 31/439 |
| 1973 | N | Isaac Asimov | The Gods Themselves | Lunatico or The Next World |
| 1972 | N | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Lathe of Heaven | The Scourge of Heaven |
| 1971 | N | Larry Niven | Ringworld | Ringworld |
Young Adult Book
Awarded for the first time in 2003.
| 2020s | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2020 | Yoon Ha Lee | Dragon Pearl | |
| 2010s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2019 | Justina Ireland | Dread Nation | |
| 2018 | Nnedi Okorafor | Akata Warrior | |
| 2017 | Alastair Reynolds | Revenger | revenge |
| 2016 | Terry Pratchett | The Shepard's Crown | The shepherd's crown |
| 2015 | Joe Abercrombie | Half a King | Royal oath |
| 2014 | Catherynne M. Valente | The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two | - |
| 2013 | China Miéville | Railsea | The Gleismeer |
| 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | The miraculous story of September, who built a ship and sailed around fairy land |
| 2011 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Ship breaker | Ship thieves |
| 2010 | Scott Westerfeld | Leviathan | Leviathan - The Secret Mission |
| 2000s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2009 | Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book | The Graveyard Book |
| 2008 | China Miéville | Un Lun Dun | Un Lon Dun |
| 2007 | Terry Pratchett | Wintersmith | The winter smith |
| 2006 |
Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple |
Pay the piper | rat catcher |
| 2005 | Terry Pratchett | A has full of sky | A hat full of stars |
| 2004 | Terry Pratchett | The Wee Free Men | Little free men |
| 2003 | Neil Gaiman | Coraline | Coraline - Trapped behind the mirror |
First Novel
The first English-language novel from the field of fiction published in America last year is eligible.
First awarded in 1981.
| 2020s | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2020 | Tamsyn Muir | Gideon the Ninth | |
| 2010s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2019 | Rebecca Roanhorse | Trail of Lightning | |
| 2018 | Theodora Goss | The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter | |
| 2017 | Yoon Ha Lee | Ninefox Gambit | |
| 2016 | Ken Liu | The Grace of Kings | The swords of Dara |
| 2015 | Mary Rickert | The Memory Garden | - |
| 2014 | Ann Leckie | Ancillary Justice | The machines |
| 2013 | Saladin Ahmed | Throne of the Crescent Moon | - |
| 2012 | Erin Morgenstern | The Night Circus | The night circus |
| 2011 | NK Jemisin | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | The heiress of the world |
| 2010 | Paolo Bacigalupi | The Windup Girl | Bio war |
| 2000s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2009 | Paul Melko | Singularity's ring | The ring |
| 2008 | Joe Hill | Heart-Shaped Box | Blind |
| 2007 | Naomi Novik | Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon / Throne of Jade / Black Powder | Dragon brood / dragon prince / dragon wrath |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Bear | Hammered / Scardown / Worldwired | - |
| 2005 | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell |
| 2004 | Cory Doctorow | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Backup |
| 2003 | Alexander C. Irvine | A Scattering of Jades | - |
| 2002 | Jacqueline Carey | Kushiel's dart | Kushiel - The sign |
| 2001 | Geoffrey A. Landis | Mars Crossing | - |
| 2000 | Paul Levinson | The Silk Code | - |
| 1990s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1999 | Nalo Hopkinson | Brown girl in the ring | - |
| 1998 | Ian R. MacLeod | The Great Wheel | - |
| 1997 | Sarah slip of paper | Reclamation | - |
| Sage Walker | Whiteout | - | |
| 1996 | Linda Nagata | The Bohr Maker | - |
| 1995 | Jonathan Lethem | Gun, With Occasional Music | Creak with accompanying music |
| 1994 | Patricia Anthony | Cold allies | Cold allies |
| 1993 | Maureen F. McHugh | China Mountain Zhang | ABC Zhang |
| 1992 | Kathe Koja | The cipher | - |
| 1991 | Michael F. Flynn | In the Country of the Blind | - |
| 1990 | Allen Steele | Orbital Decay | Station of the last heroes |
| 1980s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1989 | Ian McDonald | Desolation Road | Road of abandonment |
| 1988 | Emma Bull | War for the Oaks | - |
| 1987 | Jack McDevitt | The Hercules text | First contact |
| 1986 | Carl Sagan | Contact | Contact |
| 1985 | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Wild Shore | The wild bank |
| 1984 | RA MacAvoy | Tea with the Black Dragon | Meet at the black dragon |
| 1983 | Donald Kingsbury | Courtship Rite | The rites of love |
| 1982 | Somtow Sucharitkul | Starship & Haiku | The last haiku fades away |
| 1981 | Robert L. Forward | Dragon's Egg | The dragon egg |
Short novel (Novella)
This category includes works with a length of 17,500 to 40,000 words.
First awarded in 1973.
| 2020s | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2020 | Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone | This Is How You Lose the Time War | |
| 2010s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2019 | Martha Wells | Artificial condition | |
| 2018 | Martha Wells | All Systems Red | |
| 2017 | Seanan McGuire | Every Heart a Doorway | |
| 2016 | Alastair Reynolds | Slow bullets | - |
| 2015 | Nancy Kress | Yesterday's Kin | - |
| 2014 | Catherynne M. Valente | Six-Gun Snow White | - |
| 2013 | Nancy Kress | After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall | - |
| 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | Silently and Very Fast | - |
| 2011 | Ted Chiang | The Lifecycle of Software Objects | - |
| 2010 | Kage Baker | The Women of Nell Gwynne's | The wives of Nell Gwynne's |
| 2000s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 2009 | Kelly Link | Pretty monsters | - |
| 2008 | Cory Doctorow | After the victories | - |
| 2007 | Charles Stross | Missile Gap | - |
| 2006 | Kelly Link | Magic for Beginners | Magic for beginners |
| 2005 | Gene Wolfe | Golden City Far | - |
| 2004 | Vernor Vinge | The Cookie Monster | The cookie monster |
| 2003 | China Miéville | The Tain | Mirror skin |
| 2002 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Finder | The Finder |
| 2001 | Lucius Shepard | Radiant Green Star | - |
| 2000 | Dan Simmons | Orphans of the Helix | The lost children of the Helix |
| 1990s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1999 | Greg Egan | Oceanic | Oceanic |
| 1998 | Allen Steele | … Where Angels Fear to Tread | - |
| 1997 | Connie Willis | Bellwether | - |
| 1996 | Connie Willis | Remake | - |
| 1995 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Forgiveness Day | The festival of forgiveness |
| 1994 | Harlan Ellison | Mefisto in onyx | Mephisto in onyx |
| 1993 | Lucius Shepard | Barnacle Bill the Spacer | Shell Scratch Bill |
| 1992 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | The Gallery of His Dreams | The gallery of his dreams |
| 1991 | Kim Stanley Robinson | A short, Sharp Shock | A brief, violent shock |
| 1990 | Lucius Shepard | The Father of Stones | - |
| 1980s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1989 | Lucius Shepard | The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter | The shed collector's beautiful daughter |
| 1988 | Robert Silverberg | The Secret Sharer | Vox |
| 1987 | Lucius Shepard | R&R | R&R |
| 1986 | James Tiptree, Jr. | The Only Neat Thing to Do | - |
| 1985 | John Varley | PRESS ENTER [] | Press input |
| 1984 | Michael Bishop | Her Habiline Husband | - |
| 1983 | Joanna Russ | Souls | Souls |
| 1982 | John Varley | Blue champagne | - |
| 1981 | George RR Martin | Night flyers | Night flyer |
| 1980 | Barry B. Longyear | Enemy mine | You my enemy |
| 1970s | |||
| year | author | Original title | German edition |
| 1979 | John Varley | The Persistence of Vision | The sluggishness of the eye |
| 1978 |
Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson |
Stardance | Star dance |
| 1977 | Michael Bishop | The Samurai and the Willows | Death of a samurai |
| 1976 |
Lisa Tuttle & George RR Martin |
The Storms of Windhaven | Storm over Windhaven |
| 1975 | Robert Silverberg | Born with the Dead | Born with the dead |
| 1974 | Gene Wolfe | The Death of Doctor Island | The death of Dr. Iceland |
| 1973 | Frederik Pohl | The Gold at the Starbow's End | - |
Narrative (novelette)
The category includes works with a length of 7500 to 17,500 words.
Awarded from 1975 to 1977 and then since 1979.
| 2020s | ||
|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title |
| 2020 | Ted Chiang | Omphalos |
| 2010s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2019 | Brooke Bolander | The Only Harmless Great Thing |
| 2018 | Samuel R. Delany | The Hermit of Houston |
| 2017 | Alyssa Wong | You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay |
| 2016 | Neil Gaiman | Black Dog |
| 2015 | Joe Abercrombie | Tough Times All Over |
| 2014 | Neil Gaiman | The Sleeper and the Spindle |
| 2013 | Pat Cadigan | The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi |
| 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | White Lines on a Green Field |
| 2011 | Neil Gaiman | The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains |
| 2010 | Peter S. Beagle | By moonlight |
| 2000s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2009 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Pump Six |
| 2008 | Neil Gaiman | The Witch's Headstone |
| 2007 | Cory Doctorow | When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth |
| 2006 | Cory Doctorow | I, robot |
| 2005 | China Miéville | Reports of Certain Events in London |
| Kelly Link | The Faery Handbag | |
| 2004 | Neil Gaiman | A Study in Emerald |
| 2003 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Wild Girls |
| 2002 | Ted Chiang | Hell Is the Absence of God |
| 2001 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Birthday of the World |
| 2000 | Stephen Baxter | Huddle |
| Greg Egan | Border guards | |
| 1990s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1999 | Greg Egan | The Planck Dive |
| Bruce Sterling | Taklamakan | |
| 1998 | Connie Willis | Newsletter |
| 1997 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Mountain Ways |
| 1996 | Mike Resnick | When the Old Gods Die |
| 1995 | David Gerrold | The Martian Child |
| 1994 | Dan Simmons | Death in Bangkok |
| 1993 | Pamela Sargent | Danny Goes to Mars |
| 1992 | Dan Simmons | All Dracula's Children |
| 1991 | Dan Simmons | Entropy's Bed at Midnight |
| 1990 | Orson Scott Card | Dogwalker |
| 1980s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1989 | Harlan Ellison | The Function of Dream Sleep |
| 1988 | Pat Murphy | Rachel in Love |
| 1987 | David Brin | Thor meets Captain America |
| 1986 | Harlan Ellison | Paladin of the Lost Hour |
| 1985 | Octavia E. Butler | Bloodchild |
| 1984 | George RR Martin | The Monkey Treatment |
| 1983 | Harlan Ellison | Djinn, no chaser |
| 1982 | George RR Martin | Guardians |
| 1981 | Thomas Michael Disch | The Brave Little Toaster |
| 1980 | George RR Martin | Sand kings |
| 1970s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1979 | John Varley | The Barbie Murders |
| 1978 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1977 | Isaac Asimov | The Bicentennial Man |
| 1976 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The New Atlantis |
| 1975 | Harlan Ellison | Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38 ° 54 ′ N, Longitude 77 ° 00 ′ 13 ″ W |
Short Story / Short Fiction
The category includes works up to 7500 words long.
Initially, the prize was awarded in the "Short Fiction" category, from 1975 to 1977 and then since 1979 in the "Short Story" category.
| 2020s | ||
|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title |
| 2020 | Charlie Jane Anders | The Bookstore at the End of America |
| 2010s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2019 | Phenderson Djèlí Clark | The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington |
| 2018 | Linda Nagata | The Martian Obelisk |
| 2017 | Amal El-Mohtar | Seasons of Glass and Iron |
| 2016 | Naomi Kritzer | Cat Pictures Please |
| 2015 | Amal El-Mohtar | The Truth About Owls |
| 2014 | Caitlin R. Kiernan | The Road of Needles |
| 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | Immersion |
| 2012 | Neil Gaiman | The Case of Death and Honey |
| 2011 | Neil Gaiman | The Thing About Cassandra |
| 2010 | Neil Gaiman | An Invocation of Incuriosity |
| 2000s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2009 | Ted Chiang | exhalation |
| 2008 | Michael Swanwick | A Small Room in Koboldtown |
| 2007 | Neil Gaiman | How to Talk to Girls at Parties |
| 2006 | Neil Gaiman | Sunbird |
| 2005 | Neil Gaiman | Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire |
| 2004 | Neil Gaiman | Closing time |
| 2003 | Neil Gaiman | October in the Chair |
| 2002 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Bones of the Earth |
| 2001 | Larry Niven | The Missing Mass |
| 2000 | Terry Bisson | macs |
| 1990s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1999 | Bruce Sterling | Maneki Neko |
| 1998 | James Patrick Kelly | Itsy Bitsy Spider |
| 1997 | John Crowley | Gone |
| 1996 | Maureen F. McHugh | The Lincoln Train |
| 1995 | Joe Haldeman | None so blind |
| 1994 | Connie Willis | Close encounter |
| 1993 | Connie Willis | Even the Queen |
| 1992 | John Kessel | Buffalo |
| 1991 | Terry Bisson | Bears Discover Fire |
| 1990 | Orson Scott Card | Lost Boys |
| 1980s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1989 | Harlan Ellison | Eidolons |
| 1988 | Pat Cadigan | fishing rod |
| 1987 | Isaac Asimov | Robot dreams |
| 1986 | Harlan Ellison | With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole |
| 1985 | Lucius Shepard | Salvador |
| 1984 | James Tiptree, Jr. | Beyond the Dead Reef |
| 1983 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Sur |
| 1982 | John Varley | The pusher |
| 1981 | Clifford D. Simak | Grotto of the Dancing Deer |
| 1980 | George RR Martin | The Way of Cross and Dragon |
| 1970s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1979 | Harlan Ellison | Count the clock that tells the time |
| 1978 | Joe Haldeman | Tricentennial |
| 1977 | Harlan Ellison | Croatoan |
| 1976 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Day Before the Revolution |
| 1975 | Harlan Ellison | Jeffty Is Five |
| 1974 | Harlan Ellison | The Deathbird |
| 1973 | Harlan Ellison | basilisk |
| 1972 | Poul Anderson | The Queen of Air and Darkness |
| 1971 | Harlan Ellison | The Region Between |
Collection
This category contains collections of shorter works (usually everything below Roman) by an author in a book.
First awarded in 1975.
| 2020s | ||
|---|---|---|
| year | author | Original title |
| 2020 | Ted Chiang | exhalation |
| 2010s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2019 | NK Jemisin | How Long 'til Black Future Month? |
| 2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Hainish Novels and Stories |
| 2017 | Ken Liu | The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories |
| 2016 | Neil Gaiman | Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances |
| 2015 | Jay Lake | Last Plane to Heaven |
| 2014 | Connie Willis | The best of Connie Willis |
| 2013 | Elizabeth Bear | Shoggoths in Bloom |
| 2012 | Tim Powers | The Bible Repairman and Other Stories |
| 2011 | Fritz Leiber | Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories |
| 2010 | Gene Wolfe | The best of Gene Wolfe |
| 2000s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 2009 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Pump Six and Other Stories |
| 2008 | Connie Willis | The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories |
| 2007 | Neil Gaiman | Fragile things |
| 2006 | Kelly Link | Magic for Beginners |
| 2005 | John Varley | The John Varley Reader |
| 2004 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Changing planes |
| 2003 | Ted Chiang | Stories of Your Life and Others |
| 2002 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Tales from Earthsea |
| 2001 | Michael Swanwick | Tales of Old Earth |
| 2000 | Kim Stanley Robinson | The Martians |
| 1990s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1999 |
Avram Davidson , edited by: Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis |
The Avram Davidson Treasury |
| 1998 | Harlan Ellison | Slippage |
| 1997 | Joe Haldeman | None so blind |
| 1996 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Four Ways to Forgiveness |
| 1995 | David Brin | Otherness |
| 1994 | Connie Willis | Impossible Things |
| 1993 | Robert Silverberg | The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1: Secret Sharers |
| 1992 | Howard Waldrop | Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories |
| 1991 | Orson Scott Card | Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card |
| 1990 | Pat Cadigan | Patterns |
| 1980s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1989 | Harlan Ellison | Angry Candy |
| 1988 | Lucius Shepard | The Jaguar Hunter |
| 1987 | John Varley | Blue champagne |
| 1986 | Stephen King | Skeleton crew |
| 1985 | Fritz Leiber | The Ghost Light |
| 1984 | Roger Zelazny | Unicorn variations |
| 1983 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Compass Rose |
| 1982 | George RR Martin | Sand kings |
| 1981 | John Varley | The Barbie Murders |
| 1980 | Larry Niven | Convergent Series |
| 1970s | ||
| year | author | Original title |
| 1979 | John Varley | The Persistence of Vision |
| 1978 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1977 | George RR Martin | A song for Lya |
| 1976 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Wind's Twelve Quarters |
| 1975 | Fritz Leiber | The Best of Fritz Leiber |
Anthology
This category contains collections of shorter works (usually everything below Roman) by several authors in one book.
In 1971 there was a category "Anthology / Collection", the winning work that year was an anthology and is therefore listed here. In the years 1972 to 1975 there were the categories "Original Anthology" and "Reprint Anthology / Collection", which have since been discontinued, the winners of which are not listed here. The category has been offered in its current form since 1976 (with the exception of 1978).
| 2020s | ||
|---|---|---|
| year | editor | Original title |
| 2020 | Nisi Shawl | New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color |
| 2010s | ||
| year | editor | Original title |
| 2019 | Gardner Dozois | The Book of Magic |
| 2018 | Gardner Dozois | The Book of Swords |
| 2017 | Ann VanderMeer , Jeff VanderMeer | The Big Book of Science Fiction |
| 2016 |
George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois |
Old Venus |
| 2015 |
George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois |
Rogues |
| 2014 |
George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois |
Old Mars |
| 2013 | Jonathan Strahan | Edge of Infinity |
| 2012 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection |
| 2011 |
George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois |
Warriors |
| 2010 |
Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan |
The New Space Opera 2 |
| 2000s | ||
| year | editor | Original title |
| 2009 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection |
| 2008 |
Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan |
The New Space Opera |
| 2007 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection |
| 2006 |
Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection |
| 2005 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection |
| 2004 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection |
| 2003 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection |
| 2002 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection |
| 2001 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection |
| 2000 | Robert Silverberg | Far Horizons |
| 1990s | ||
| year | editor | Original title |
| 1999 | Robert Silverberg | Legends |
| 1998 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection |
| 1997 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection |
| 1996 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection |
| 1995 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection |
| 1994 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection |
| 1993 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection |
| 1992 |
Lou Aronica & Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell (Author) |
Full spectrum 3 |
| 1991 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection |
| 1990 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection |
| 1980s | ||
| year | editor | Original title |
| 1989 |
Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy |
Full spectrum |
| 1988 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection |
| 1987 | Gardner Dozois | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection |
| 1986 | Harlan Ellison | Medea: Harlan's World |
| 1985 | Michael Bishop | Light Years and Dark |
| 1984 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 12 |
| 1983 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 11 |
| 1982 | Robert Lynn Asprin | Shadows of Sanctuary |
| 1981 | Edward L. Ferman | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective |
| 1980 | Terry Carr | Universe 9 |
| 1970s | ||
| year | editor | Original title |
| 1979 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 7 |
| 1978 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1977 | Terry Carr | The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 5 |
| 1976 |
Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg |
Epoch |
| 1975 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1974 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1973 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1972 | - not assigned: category not offered - | |
| 1971 | Robert Silverberg | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame |
Web links
- Locus Award , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
- Locus Award , overview in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database