Saturday 7 July 2001

Locus Awards Winners

Left to right: Janice Gelb (accepting for George R.R. Martin); Nina Kiriki Hoffman (accepting for F&SF); Charles Brown (accepting for Stephen King); Tom Doherty; Beth Meacham (accepting for Tor); Jacob Weisman (accepting for Michael Swanwick); Steve Barnes (accepting for Larry Niven); Mark Kelly (accepting for Cathy & Arnie Fenner); Ursula K. Le Guin; Tim Powers (accepting for Bob Eggleton); Lucius Shepard; Connie Willis (Toastmaster); Gardner Dozois; Kristine Kathryn Rusch (accepting for Geoffrey Landis); photo by Beth Gwinn

The 2001 Locus Awards were presented Friday evening, July 6, at Westercon in Portland, Oregon. The awards are given to winners in Locus Magazine's annual poll, which this year solicited ballots both online and using the traditional mail-in paper form. Complete Locus Poll results will appear in the August issue of the magazine.

Toastmaster at the awards banquet was Connie Willis. Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Gardner Dozois, and Tor Books publisher Tom Doherty were on hand to accept their awards. Best artist Bob Eggleton sent a larger-than-life drawing of himself in lieu of a personal appearance (see photo). In addition to the Locus Award plaques, certificates were given out to publishers of winning books and stories.

SF NOVEL

The Telling, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)

FANTASY NOVEL

A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (Voyger; Bantam Spectra)

FIRST NOVEL

Mars Crossing, Geoffrey A. Landis (Tor)

NOVELLA

"Radiant Green Star", Lucius Shepard (Asimov's Aug 2000)

NOVELETTE

"The Birthday of the World", Ursula K. Le Guin (F&SF Jun 2000)

SHORT STORY

"The Missing Mass", Larry Niven (Analog Dec 2000)

ANTHOLOGY

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)

COLLECTION

Tales of Old Earth, Michael Swanwick (North Atlantic/Tachyon)

NON-FICTION

On Writing, Stephen King (Scribner)

ART BOOK

Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

BOOK PUBLISHER/IMPRINT

Tor

MAGAZINE

Asimov's

EDITOR

Gardner Dozois

ARTIST

Bob Eggleton