Locus Awards Short List

Locus has announced the shortlist for this year’s Locus Awards. The winners will be presented in Seattle, WA on the weekend of June 22-24. Connie Willis will serve as emcee.

Science Fiction Novel

• Persepolis Rising, by James S.A. Corey
• Walkaway, by Cory Doctorow
• The Stars Are Legion, by Kameron Hurley
• Provenance, by Anne Leckie
• Raven Strategem, by Yoon Ha Lee
• Luna: Wolf Moon, by Ian McDonald
• Seven Surrenders, by Ada Palmer
• New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi
• Borne, by Jeff VanderMeer

Fantasy Novel

• The Stone in the Skull, by Elizabeth Bear
• City of Miracles, by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Ka: Dar Oakley n the Ruin of Ymr, by John Crowley
• The House of Binding Thorns, by Aliette de Bodard
• The Ruin of Angels, by Max Gladstone
• Spoonbenders, by Daryl Gregory
• The Stone Sky, by N.K. Jemisin
• Jade City, by Fonda Lee
• The Delirium Brief, by Charles Stross
• Horizon, by Fran Wilde

Horror Novel

• Ill Will, by Dan Chaon
• Universal Harvester, by John Darnielle
• After the End of the World, by Jonathan L. Howard
• Food of the Gods, by Cassandra Khaw
• The Night Ocean, by Paul La Farge
• The Changeling, by Victor LaValle
• Red Snow, by Ian R. MacLeod
• Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough
• Mormama, by Kit Reed
• Ubo, by Steve Rasnic Tem

Young Adult Book

• Tool of War, by Paolo Bacigalupi
• In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan
• The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart, by Stephanie Burgis
• Chalk, by Paul Cornell
• Buried Heart, by Kate Elliott
• A Skinful of Shadows, by Frances Hardinge
• Frogkisser!, by Garth Nix
• Akata Warrior, by Nnedi Okorafor
• Shadowhouse Fall, by Danel José Older
• The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman

First Novel

• The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
• The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty
• Amberlough, by Lara Elena Donnelly
• Winter Tide, by Ruthanna Emrys
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss
• The Art of Starving, by Sam J. Miller
• Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz
• Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
• An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
• Amatka, by Karin Tidbeck

Novella

• In Calabria, by Peter S. Beagle
• River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey
• Agents of Dreamland, by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Passing Strange, by Ellen Klages
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones, by Seanan McGuire
• Binti: Home, by Nnedi Okorafor
• “And Then There Were (N-One),” by Sarah Pinsker
• All Systems Red, by Martha Wells,
• The Black Tides of Heaven, by JY Yang
• The Red Threads of Fortune, by JY Yang

Novelette

• “Children of Thorns, Children of Water,” by Aliette de Bodard
• “The Hermit of Houston,” by Samuel R. Delany
• “Come See the Living Dryad,” by Theodora Goss
• “The Worshipful Society of Glovers,” by Mary Robinette Kowal
• “Extracurricular Activities,” by Yoon Ha Lee
• “The Hidden Girl,” by Ken Liu
• “The Mathematical Inevitability of Corvids,” by Seanan McGuire
• “Wind Will Rove,” by Sarah Pinsker
• “The Lamentation of Their Women,” by Kai Ashante Wilson
• “Waiting on a Bright Moon,” by JY Yang

Short Story

• “Don’t Press Charges and I Won’t Sue,” by Charlie Jane Anders
• “Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance,” by Tobias S. Buckell
• “Persephone of the Crows,” by Karen Joy Fowler
• “Fire.,” by Elizabeth Hand
• “Dear Sarah,” by Nancy Kress
• “The Martian Obelisk,” by Linda Nagata
• “Fandom for Robots,” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
• “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience^TM,” by Rebecca Roanhorse
• “Starlight Express,” by Michael Swanwick
• “Carnival Nine,” by Caroline M. Yoachim

Anthology

• Cosmic Powers, edited by John Joseph Adams
• Black Feathers, edited by Ellen Datlow
• The Book of Swords, edited by Gardner Dozois
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
• Bookburners, edited by Max Gladstone
• The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories, edited by Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin
• The Best of Subterranean, edited by William Schafer
• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, Volume Eleven, edited by Jonathan Strahan
• Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan
• Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction, edited by Bogi Takács

Collection

• Six Months, by Three Days, Five Others, by Charlie Jane Anders
• The Overneath, by Peter S. Beagle
• Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman
• Strange Weather, by Joe Hill
• Wicked Wonders, by Ellen Klages
• Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories, by Naomi Kritzer
• Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories, by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado
• Tender, by Sofia Samatar
• The Refrigerator Monologues, by Catherynne M. Valente

Magazine

• Analog
• Asimov’s
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Clarkesworld
• F&SF
• File 770
• Lightspeed
• Strange Horizons
• Tor.com
• Uncanny

Publisher

• Angry Robot
• Baen
• DAW
• Gollancz
• Orbit
• Saga
• Small Beer
• Subterranean
• Tachyon
• Tor

Editor

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Gardner Dozois
• C.C. Finlay
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
• Sheila Williams
• Navah Wolfe

Artist

• Kinuko Y. Craft
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Bob Eggleton
• Gregory Manchess
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan
• Charles Vess
• Michael Whelan

Non-Fiction

• Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Liz Bourke
• In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 1, 1957-1969, by Samuel R. Delany
• The Invention of Angela Carter, by Edmund Gordon
• Star-Begotten: A Life Lived in Science Fiction, by James Gunn
• Iain M. Banks, by Paul Kincaid
• Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, edited by Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal
• Not So Good a Gay Man, by Frank M. Robinson
• Don’t Live for Your Obituary, by John Scalzi
• A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison, by Nat Segaloff
• J.G. Ballard, by D. Harlan Wilson

Art Book

• The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History, edited by Douglas Ellis, Ed Hulse & Robert Weinberg
• Spectrum 24: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, edited by John Fleskes
• Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium, by Paul Kidby
• Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki, by Jeffrey Alan Love and Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Above the Timberline, by Gregory Manchess
• The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist, by Syd Mead and Craig Hodgetts
• Celtic Faeries: The Secret Kingdom, by Jean-Baptiste Monge
• Line of Beauty: The Art of Wendy Pini, by Wendy Pini and Richard Pini
• Goblin Market, by by Omar Rayyan and Christina Rossetti
• The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Kaladesh, by James Wyatt

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