The July 2008 issue of Locus Magazine is a special Young Adult issue with:

• Essays on YA fiction by Neil Gaiman, Graham Joyce, Sharyn November, and others
  
  
• Interviews with Garth Nix and Christopher Barzak
  
  
• Complete results of this year's Locus Poll
  
  
• A new commentary by Cory Doctorow, "Nature's Daredevils: Writing for Young Audiences"
  
  
• An obituary of Algis Budrys, with appreciations by Frederik Pohl, Barry N. Malzberg, Tim Powers, and others
  
  
• People & Publishing news about Howard Waldrop, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and many others
  
  
• Bibliographic listings of the month's New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK
  
  
• Lots of reviews, including
  • Rich Horton and Nick Gevers on short fiction;
  • Gary K. Wolfe on Margo Lanagan, Neil Gaiman, and Ysabeau S. Wilce;
  • Faren Miller on Julie Bertagna, D.M. Cornish, and Peter David;
  • Russell Letson on Alastair Reynolds and Karen Traviss;
  • new Locus reviewer Paul Witcover on Stephn Baxter, David Louis Edelman, and Greg Bear;
  • Carolyn Cushman on Dianna Wynne Jones, Justine Larbalestier, and Garth Nix;
  • Amelia Beamer on Kelly Link;
  • Karen Haber's art books column;
  ...among many others