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 ExperienceTM,” 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