Locus Awards 2016
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Seattle WA :
June 25, 2016
Eligibility Year: 2015
Eligibility Year: 2015
Sf Novel
- Winner: Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)
- The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi (Borzoi; Orbit UK)
- Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
- A Borrowed Man, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
- The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
- Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing; Open Road)
Young Adult Book
- Winner: The Shepherd's Crown, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
- Half a War, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Harper Voyager UK)
- Half the World, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey)
- Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older (Levine)
- Harrison Squared, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
First Novel
- Winner: The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
- Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan UK)
- Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
- The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury)
Novella
- Winner: Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
- Penric's Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
- Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- “The Citadel of Weeping Pearls”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2015)
- “The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred”, Greg Egan (Asimov's Dec 2015)
Novelette
- Winner: “Black Dog”, Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)
- “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny Jan/Feb 2015)
- “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed Feb 2015)
- “Another Word for World”, Ann Leckie (Future Visions)
- “The Heart's Filthy Lesson”, Elizabeth Bear (Old Venus)
Short Story
- Winner: “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
- “The Dowager of Bees”, China Miéville (Three Moments of an Explosion)
- “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare Oct 2015)
- “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld Jan 2015)
- “Madeleine”, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed Jun 2015)
Collection
- Winner: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
- Three Moments of an Explosion, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
- The Best of Gregory Benford, Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
- Dancing Through the Fire, Tanith Lee (Fantastic Books)
- The Best of Nancy Kress, Nancy Kress (Subterranean)
Anthology
- Winner: Old Venus, George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin)
- Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, eds. (Rosarium)
- Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan, Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, eds. (Haikasoru)
- Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
Non-fiction
- Winner: Letters to Tiptree, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks, Simone Caroti (McFarland)
- Ray Bradbury, David Seed (University of Illinois Press)
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Edward James (University of Illinois Press)
- Frederik Pohl, Michael R. Page (University of Illinois Press)
Art Book
- Winner: Julie Dillon's Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky, Julie Dillon (self-published)
- Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner, ed. (Underwood)
- Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design, Steven Heller, ed. (Pomegranate)
- Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
- The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & Legends, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer (Michael Publishing)
Editor
Magazine
- Winner: Asimov's
- Tor.com
- F&SF
- Clarkesworld
- File 770
Publisher
- Winner: Tor
- Orbit
- Baen
- Subterranean
- Gollancz
Artist
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