Locus AwardNovelette

Given by Locus Magazine

Other Names: Locus Poll Award
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The Locus Awards are presented to winners of Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, which was established in the early '70s specifically to provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards show more voters. Over the decades the Locus Awards have often drawn more voters than the Hugos and Nebulas combined. In recent years Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet, and unlike any other award, explicitly honor publishers of winning works with certificates. The finalists and nominees are also tracked. show less
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Announced:
Thursday: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 50

WorkYear
If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You by John Chu2023
That Story Isn't the Story {novelette} by John Wiswell2022
The Pill by Meg Elison2021
Omphalos {novelette} by Ted Chiang2020
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander2019
The Hermit of Houston {story} by Samuel R. Delany2018
You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay by Alyssa Wong2017
Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie2015
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman2014
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi by Pat Cadigan2013
White Lines On A Green Field by Catherynne M. Valente2012
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman2011
By Moonlight by Peter S. Beagle2010
Pump Six [short story] by Paolo Bacigalupi2009
The Witch's Headstone by Neil Gaiman2008
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2007
I, Robot [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2006
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link2005
Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville2005
A Study in Emerald {short story} by Neil Gaiman2004
The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin2003
Hell is the Absence of God {novelette} by Ted Chiang2002
The Birthday of the World [short story] by Ursula K. Le Guin2001
Huddle by Stephen Baxter2000
Border guards {novelette} by Greg Egan2000
The Planck Dive {novelette} by Greg Egan1999
Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling1999
Newsletter [short story] by Connie Willis1998
Mountain ways (novelette) by Ursula K. Le Guin1997
When the Old Gods Die (novelette) by Mike Resnick1996
The Martian Child [short story] by David Gerrold1995
Death in Bangkok by Dan Simmons1994
Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent1993
All Dracula's Children by Dan Simmons1992
Entropy's Bed at Midnight by Dan Simmons1991
Dogwalker [novelette] by Orson Scott Card1990
The Function Of Dream Sleep {novelette} by Harlan Ellison1989
Rachel in Love [short fiction] by Pat Murphy1988
Thor Meets Captain America by David Brin1987
Paladin of the Lost Hour {novelette} by Harlan Ellison1986
Bloodchild [short fiction] by Octavia E. Butler1985
The Monkey Treatment [short fiction] by George R. R. Martin1984
Djinn, No Chaser by Harlan Ellison1983
Guardians by George R. R. Martin1982
The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch1981
Sandkings [novelette] by George R. R. Martin1980
The Barbie Murders [short fiction] by John Varley1979
The Bicentennial Man [novelette] by Isaac Asimov1977
The New Atlantis [short fiction] by Ursula K. Le Guin1976
Adrift Just off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N Longitude 77° 00' 13 W by Harlan Ellison1975

Finalist 144

WorkYear
If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You by John Chu2023
Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold (Short Story) by S.B. Divya2023
Solidity by Greg Egan2023
The Six Deaths of the Saint - story by Alix E. Harrow2023
In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire2023
Falling Off the Edge of the World {novelette} by Suzanne Palmer2023
A Dream of Electric Mothers by Wole Talabi2023
That Story Isn't the Story {novelette} by John Wiswell2022
The Pill by Meg Elison2021
Omphalos {novelette} by Ted Chiang2020
For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll2020
Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin2020
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor2020
The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye {story} by Sarah Pinsker2020
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander2019
The Donner Party {story} by Dale Bailey2019
Okay, Glory {short story} by Elizabeth Bear2019
No Flight Without the Shatter: A Tor.com Original by Brooke Bolander2019
The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly2019
An Agent of Utopia {story} by Andy Duncan2019
Queen Lily {story} by Theodora Goss2019
Nine Last Days on Planet Earth by Daryl Gregory2019
Quality time {story} by Ken Liu2019
How to Swallow the Moon {novellete} by Isabel Yap2019
The Hermit of Houston {story} by Samuel R. Delany2018
Children of Thorns, Children of Water {story} by Aliette de Bodard2018
Come See the Living Dryad by Theodora Goss2018
The Worshipful Society of Glovers {short story} by Mary Robinette Kowal2018
Extracurricular Activities: A Tor.com Original by Yoon Ha Lee2018
The Hidden Girl {novelette} by Ken Liu2018
The Mathematical Inevitability of Corvids {novelette} by Seanan McGuire2018
Wind Will Rove {novelette} by Sarah Pinsker2018
The Lamentation of Their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson2018
Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang2018
You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay by Alyssa Wong2017
The Art of Space Travel by Nina Allan2017
Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss2017
Foxfire, Foxfire by Yoon Ha Lee2017
The Visitor from Taured by Ian R. MacLeod2017
The Future Is Blue {story} by Catherynne M. Valente2017
The Jewel and Her Lapidary {novella} by Fran Wilde2017
You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay by Alyssa Wong2017
The Heart's Filthy Lesson (novelette) by Elizabeth Bear2016
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander2016
Black Dog by Neil Gaiman2016
Folding Beijing by Jingfang Hao2016
Another Word for World {short story} by Ann Leckie2016
Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie2015
Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie2015
The Hand is Quicker— by Elizabeth Bear2015
Memorials by Aliette de Bodard2015
A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch2015
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman2014
The Waiting Stars by Aliette de Bodard2014
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang2014
A Terror by Jeffrey Ford2014
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman2014
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi by Pat Cadigan2013
Faster Gun [short story] by Elizabeth Bear2013
The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi by Pat Cadigan2013
Close Encounters by Andy Duncan2013
The Lady Astronaut of Mars {story} by Mary Robinette Kowal2013
White Lines On A Green Field by Catherynne M. Valente2012
Underbridge {short story} by Peter S. Beagle2012
The Copenhagen Interpretation by Paul Cornell2012
The Summer People by Kelly Link2012
What We Found by Geoff Ryman2012
White Lines On A Green Field by Catherynne M. Valente2012
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman2011
The Fool Jobs by Joe Abercrombie2011
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman2011
The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Theodora Goss2011
Plus or Minus [Novelette] by James Patrick Kelly2011
Marya and the Pirate [short fiction] by Geoffrey A. Landis2011
By Moonlight by Peter S. Beagle2010
It Takes Two by Nicola Griffith2010
First Flight by Mary Robinette Kowal2010
Eros, Philia, Agape by Rachel Swirsky2010
The Island by Peter Watts2010
Pump Six [short story] by Paolo Bacigalupi2009
Pump Six [short story] by Paolo Bacigalupi2009
The Ice War (short story) by Stephen Baxter2009
Shoggoths in Bloom {story} by Elizabeth Bear2009
The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away by Cory Doctorow2009
Pride and Prometheus {novelette} by John Kessel2009
The Witch's Headstone by Neil Gaiman2008
We Never Talk About My Brother [short story] by Peter S. Beagle2008
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate {novelette} by Ted Chiang2008
Dark Integers [novelette] by Greg Egan2008
The Witch's Headstone by Neil Gaiman2008
Trunk and Disorderly by Charles Stross2008
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2007
The Singularity Needs Women! by Paul Di Filippo2007
I, Row-Boat by Cory Doctorow2007
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2007
The Night Whiskey by Jeffrey Ford2007
Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (novelette) by Geoff Ryman2007
I, Robot [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2006
Two Hearts {short story} by Peter S. Beagle2006
The Emperor of Gondwanaland [short story] by Paul Di Filippo2006
I, Robot [novelette] by Cory Doctorow2006
The King of Where-I-Go [novelette] by Howard Waldrop2006
A Knot of Toads by Jane Yolen2006
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link2005
Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville2005
PeriAndry's Quest by Stephen Baxter2005
Quarry by Peter S. Beagle2005
Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly2005
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link2005
Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville2005
Three Days in a Border Town by Jeff VanderMeer2005
A Study in Emerald {short story} by Neil Gaiman2004
The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin2003
Hell is the Absence of God {novelette} by Ted Chiang2002
The Birthday of the World [short story] by Ursula K. Le Guin2001
Huddle by Stephen Baxter2000
Border guards {novelette} by Greg Egan2000
The Planck Dive {novelette} by Greg Egan1999
Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling1999
Newsletter [short story] by Connie Willis1998
Mountain ways (novelette) by Ursula K. Le Guin1997
When the Old Gods Die (novelette) by Mike Resnick1996
The Martian Child [short story] by David Gerrold1995
Death in Bangkok by Dan Simmons1994
Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent1993
All Dracula's Children by Dan Simmons1992
Entropy's Bed at Midnight by Dan Simmons1991
Dogwalker [novelette] by Orson Scott Card1990
The Function Of Dream Sleep {novelette} by Harlan Ellison1989
Rachel in Love [short fiction] by Pat Murphy1988
Thor Meets Captain America by David Brin1987
Paladin of the Lost Hour {novelette} by Harlan Ellison1986
Bloodchild [short fiction] by Octavia E. Butler1985
The Monkey Treatment [short fiction] by George R. R. Martin1984
Djinn, No Chaser by Harlan Ellison1983
Guardians by George R. R. Martin1982
The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch1981
Sandkings [novelette] by George R. R. Martin1980
The Barbie Murders [short fiction] by John Varley1979
The Bicentennial Man [novelette] by Isaac Asimov1977
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank by John Varley1977
The New Atlantis [short fiction] by Ursula K. Le Guin1976
Sandsnake Hunter {novelette} by Gordon Eklund1976
Adrift Just off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N Longitude 77° 00' 13 W by Harlan Ellison1975

Nominee 38

WorkYear
Hellfire at Twilight by Kage Baker2008
An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away by John Barnes2008
The Forest by Laird Barron2008
Awakening by Judith Berman2008
Dance of Shadows by Fred Chappell2008
A Diorama of the Infernal Regions or The Devil's Ninth Question by Andy Duncan2008
The Bone Man by Frederic S. Durbin2008
Glory [novelette] by Greg Egan2008
The Lees of Laughter's End by Steven Erikson2008
Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon by Theodora Goss2008
Winter's Wife by Elizabeth Hand2008
Wizard's Six by Alex Irvine2008
Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change by Kij Johnson2008
The Game by Diana Wynne Jones2008
Safeguard by Nancy Kress2008
The Constable of Abal by Kelly Link2008
Light by Kelly Link2008
Finisterra [novelette] by David Moles2008
Holly and Iron [short fiction] by Garth Nix2008
The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories by Cat Rambo2008
The Sky Is Large And The Earth Is Small by Chris Roberson2008
Hormiga Canyon [short fiction] by Rudy Rucker2008
Dead Money by Lucius Shepard2008
Against the Current [short story] by Robert Silverberg2008
Of Love and Other Monsters by Vandana Singh2008
Kiosk by Bruce Sterling2008
The Skysailor's Tale by Michael Swanwick2008
Dead Man by Alexander Jablokov2007
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King1996
Living Will [short fiction] by Alexander Jablokov1992
At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball [short fiction] by Alexander Jablokov1988
The Death Artist [short fiction] by Alexander Jablokov1988
The Raft by Stephen King1983
Isaac Asimov Magazine 2 by Isaac Asimov1981
The Way Station [novelette] by Stephen King1981
The Gunslinger by Stephen King1979
Ciencia ficción - selección 32 by Carlo Frabetti1976
The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith1976

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