Locus Awards Winners

Winners of the 2005 Locus Awards were announced at a banquet last night at Westercon in Calgary. Complete results of the Locus Poll are in the just-published July 2005 issue of Locus Magazine, while the top five finishers in each category were posted here online in May. A report on the ceremony will be published next month in Locus Magazine. Photos from the ceremony have been posted by Kathryn Cramer.

SF NOVEL

The Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the World, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)

FANTASY NOVEL

Iron Council, China Miéville (Del Rey)

FIRST NOVEL

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperCollins)

NOVELLA

"Golden City Far", Gene Wolfe (Flights)

NOVELETTE (tie)

"The Faery Handbag", Kelly Link (The Faery Reel)

"Reports of Certain Events in London", China Miéville (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)

SHORT STORY

"Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire", Neil Gaiman (Gothic!)

COLLECTION

The John Varley Reader, John Varley (Ace)

ANTHOLOGY

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

NONFICTION

The Wave in the Mind, Ursula K. Le Guin (Shambhala)

ART BOOK

Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

EDITOR

Ellen Datlow

MAGAZINE

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

BOOK PUBLISHER

Tor

ARTIST

Michael Whelan