2023 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• Sweep of Stars, Maurice Broaddus (Tor)
• The Red Scholar’s Wake, Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky)
• The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris UK)
• Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf; Picador; HarperCollins Canada)
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
• Goliath, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
• Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
• Neom, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
• Eversion, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)

FANTASY NOVEL

• The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
• When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
• Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
• The World We Make, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
• Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
• Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

HORROR NOVEL (includes tie)

• Saturnalia, Stephanie Feldman (Unnamed)
• Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey (Tor; Hodder & Stoughton)
• Road of Bones, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s; Titan UK)
• The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland; Wildfire)
• The Fervor, Alma Katsu (Putnam; Titan UK)
• Gwendy’s Final Task, Stephen King & Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance; Hodder & Stoughton)
• What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• Echo, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Nightfire; Hodder & Stoughton)
• No Gods for Drowning, Hailey Piper (Agora)
• The Pallbearers Club, Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)
• Sundial, Catriona Ward (Nightfire; Viper)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
• The Scratch Daughters, H.A. Clarke (Erewhon)
• Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (McElderry; Simon & Schuster UK)
• The Kindred, Alechia Dow (Inkyard)
• Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi (Knopf; Faber & Faber)
• Unraveller, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan; Amulet 1/23)
• Rust in the Root, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends)
• Ballad & Dagger, Daniel José Older (Hyperion)
• An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan (Little, Brown; Orion)

FIRST NOVEL

• Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
• The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas (Berkley)
• The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean (Tor; Harper Voyager UK)
• The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon)
• The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
• The Unbalancing, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
• The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
• How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu (Morrow; Bloomsbury)
• The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang (Tor)

NOVELLA

• A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
• Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, Aliette de Bodard (JABberwocky)
• Servant Mage, Kate Elliott (Tordotcom)
• “Bishop’s Opening“, R.S.A Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22)
• A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Tread of Angels, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
• High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson (Tordotcom)
• Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
• Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

NOVELETTE

• “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You“, John Chu (Uncanny 7-8/22)
• “Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold“, S.B. Divya (Uncanny 5-6/22)
• “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge”, Tananarive Due (Other Terrors)
• “Solidity”, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 9-10/22)
• “The Six Deaths of the Saint”, Alix E. Harrow (Into Shadow)
• “In Mercy, Rain“, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com 7/18/22)
• “Falling Off the Edge of the World”, Suzanne Palmer (Asimov’s 11-12/22)
• “The Sadness Box“, Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 7/22)
• “A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
• “The Difference Between Love and Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)

SHORT STORY

• “Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5-6/22)
• “The Goldfish Man”, Maureen McHugh (Uncanny 3-4/22)
• “Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11-12/22)
• “Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
• “Master of Ceremonies“, Frances Ogamba (The Dark 5/22)
• “Beginnings”, Kristina Ten (Fantasy 4/22)
• “The Coward Who Stole God’s Name”, John Wiswell (Uncanny 5-6/22)
• “D.I.Y”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)
• “Inheritance “, Hannah Yang (Analog 9-10/22)
• “A Monster in the Shape of a Boy”, Hannah Yang (Apex 5/22)

ANTHOLOGY

• The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, Yu Chen & Regina Kanyu Wang, eds. (Tordotcom)
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6, Neil Clarke, ed. (Night Shade)
• Screams from the Dark, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Nightfire)
• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022, Rebecca Roanhorse & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
• Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
• Tomorrow’s Parties: Life in the Anthropocene, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (MIT Press)
• Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Renée Thomas & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds. (Tor)
• Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue, Sheree Renée Thomas & Pan Morigan & Troy L. Wiggins, eds. (Third Man)
• The Best of World SF: Volume 2, Lavie Tidhar, ed. (Head of Zeus)
• The Future is Female! Volume Two: The 1970s, Lisa Yaszek, ed. (Library of America)

COLLECTION

• Dark Breakers, C.S.E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium)
• Memory’s Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Night Shift, Eileen Gunn (PM)
• Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw (Undertow)
• Geometries of Belonging, R.B. Lemberg (Fairwood)
• Boys, Beasts & Men, Sam J. Miller (Tachyon)
• The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe et al. (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Illuminations, Alan Moore (Bloomsbury USA; Bloomsbury UK)
• Our Fruiting Bodies, Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct)
• The Best of Lucius Shepard: Vol. 2, Lucius Shepard (Subterranean)

MAGAZINE

• Apex
• Asimov’s
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Clarkesworld
• F&SF
• FIYAH
• Lightspeed
• Strange Horizons
• Tor.com
• Uncanny

PUBLISHER

• Angry Robot
• Gollancz
• Harper Voyager
• Neon Hemlock
• Orbit
• Small Beer
• Subterranean
• Tachyon
• Tor
• Tordotcom

EDITOR

• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Arley Sorg & Christie Yant
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
• Wendy N. Wagner
• Sheila Williams

ARTIST

• Tommy Arnold
• Rovina Cai
• Kinuko Y. Craft
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Bob Eggleton
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan
• Charles Vess
• Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION

• The Rise of the Cyberzines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1991 to 2020, Mike Ashley (Liverpool University Press)
• Fantasy: How It Works, Brian Attebery (Oxford University Press)
• An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus)
• Queering SF: Readings, Ritch Calvin (Aqueduct)
• Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Jembefola)
• Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic, Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton (Routledge)
• The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom, Volume Two: 1940, David Ritter & Daniel Ritter (First Fandom Experience)
• Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics, Darieck Scott (New York University Press)
• Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences, Bev Vincent (Epic Ink)
• Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday UK)

ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK

• Visions of Beauty, Dianne Borsini-Burr, ed., art by Kinuko Y. Craft (Borsini-Burr & Imaginary Editions)
• Paintings & Drawings of Rowena, Kim DeMulder, art by Rowena (self-published)
• The Keeper, Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes, art by Marco Finnegan (Megascope)
• In the Black Fantastic, Ekow Eshun (Thames & Hudson; MIT Press)
• Spectrum Fantastic Art Quarterly Volume Two, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Spectrum Fantastic Art)
• Chivalry, Neil Gaiman, art by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)
• The Night Eaters Book 1: She Eats the Night, Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
• Mother Christmas, Vol 1: The Muse, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, art by Vic Terra (Rosarium)
• Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, George Orwell, art by Omar Rayyan (Suntup)
• Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections, Shaun Tan (Walker Studio UK; Windy Hollow; Levine Querido)