We can’t wait to see you at the Locus Awards Weekend, to be held June 19-22, 2024 in Oakland, California! You can vote in the 2024 Locus Awards up until April 15, 2024.WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY: We’ll kick off the event with a series of online readings in the evenings starting Wednesday, June 19, with several readers each evening and a Q&A, and an online meetup.
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Read moreThe Locus Awards Weekend will be held virtually again June 21-24, 2023! But wait, there’s more! This year we are adding a LIVE IN-PERSON EVENT for the awards, including a ceremony with the fabulous MC Maggie Tokuda-Hall, special guest Connie Willis, a catered reception with food by Havana Restaurant (plus bar), and more, to be held Saturday, June 24 at Locus HQ at the historic Preservation Park in downtown Oakland ...Read More
Read moreThe Locus Awards will be viewable here at 3:00 p.m. June 25, 2022.
The Locus Awards Weekend will be a virtual event again in 2022! We so miss seeing all of you, but our hotel is gone and we’ll need to do some research before we are in person again! Suggestions for new venues welcome!
Join in the fun — we’d love to see you — and thank you, ...Read More
Read moreThe Locus Awards Weekend will be a virtual event again in 2021 for the safety of the community. Join in the fun — we’d love to see you! Thank you for your support!
Tickets are $45 and include all events, an exclusive Locus Awards 2021 t-shirt (or either of our standard designs), and access to 6 months of digital Locus Magazine. Online events include ...Read More
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The Locus Awards were held June 28-30, 2019 at the Executive Inn in Seattle for the 14th consecutive year. Connie Willis and Daryl Gregory emceed the ceremony. Attendance reached 160, starting on Friday night with readings by Willis and Amal El-Mohtar, followed by a Clarion West-hosted party in honor of first-week instructor Elizabeth Hand. Willis and El-Mohtar also taught the Locus Writers Workshops that bookended the weekend.
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Read moreThe weekend includes readings, a kickoff party hosted by Clarion West for instructor Elizabeth Hand (the first of their six summer parties honoring 2019 instructors), panels with leading ...Read More
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The Locus Awards were held June 22-24, 2018 at the Best Western Executive Inn in balmy Seattle for the thirteenth consecutive year. Connie Willis was MC, with Daryl Gregory presenting the awards. Willis and Yoon Ha Lee taught the Locus Writers workshops that book-ended the weekend. Attendance numbered 150. Events kicked off Friday with readings by Willis and Lee, followed by a Clarion West-hosted party in honor of first-week instructor ...Read More
Read moreThe weekend includes readings, a kickoff party hosted by Clarion West for instructor Daniel Abraham (the first of their six summer parties honoring 2018 instructors), panels with leading authors, an autograph session, the lunch banquet, and a ...Read More
Read moreMemberships to the annual Locus Awards Weekend are increasing from $40 to $50 on May 1, 2013. The Locus Awards Weekend includes readings, a kickoff party hosted by Clarion West (the first of their six summer parties honoring 2013 instructors), panels with leading authors, an autograph session, the lunch banquet, and the annual Hawai’ian shirt contest judged by the fabulous Connie Willis, who will MC the ceremony and present the ...Read More
Read moreJoin legendary award-winning author Connie Willis for a one-day intensive Writing Master Class in downtown Oakland this June!
SETTING IT ALL UP: A TUTORIAL IN THE ART OF FORESHADOWING.
Most people think of foreshadowing as “It was a dark and stormy night,” or, worse, those clunky, ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2023 Locus Awards on June 24, 2023, during the Locus Awards Weekend. Maggie Tokuda-Hall MCed the awards ceremony with Connie Willis as special guest. Additional weekend events included readings and panels with leading authors.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The European Science Fiction Society (ESFS) Hall of Fame Awards, Achievement Awards, and Chrysalis Award winners have been announced.
Hall of Fame Awards:
Best Author
Best Artist
Join the legendary award-winning author Connie Willis for a one-day intensive writing master class in downtown Oakland this June!
TICKETING FOR THE WORKSHOP IS CLOSED. “AND THEN STOP” – ON THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS OF STORIESThe King’s advice to Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was very simple: ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2023 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all of the finalists!
The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 24, 2023, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in ...Read More
Read moreVolunteer information below. If you are looking for Internship Info, look here.
What: We could use extra help with all kinds of tasks, from archiving to data entry to outreach and much more. Our office is in Oakland CA and one or two in-person volunteers are always welcome. Volunteers contributing remotely would also be great!
Why: Locus is a historic publication — the trade journal of the science fiction, fantasy, ...Read More
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The Locus Awards took place online on June 22-25, 2022, in its third year as a virtual-only event. Connie Willis emceed the awards ceremony, with editor-in-chief of Locus Liza Trombi co-hosting. There were over 150 registrations, and full members received a Locus Awards t-shirt or gift book, and the awards program. There was also a sliding scale, attendance-only membership rate.
A mini-convention, the online events had eight reading sessions, scheduled ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2022 Locus Awards on June 25, 2022, during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. Connie Willis MCed the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events included readings and panels with leading authors.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
Finalists for the 13th annual Xingyun Awards for Chinese science fiction were announced by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association.
Best Novel
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2022 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all!
The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 25, 2022, during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include author readings, ...Read More
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The Locus Awards Weekend took place on June 23-26, 2021, in its second virtual-only iteration. Connie Willis emceed the awards ceremony along with host Liza Trombi. There were over 150 registrations, and full members received a Locus t-shirt and awards program. There was also a sliding scale, attendance-only membership available.
This year’s online event added panels and doubled the number of readings. A pocket convention, the online events had seven ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2021 Locus Awards on June 26, 2021, during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. Connie Willis MCed the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events included readings and panels with leading authors.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2021 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all!
The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 26, 2021, during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include author ...Read More
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have released the final ballot for the 2020 Nebula Awards.
Novel
Novella
Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List!
Published in Locus magazine’s February 2021 issue, the list is a consensus by the Locus editors, columnists, outside reviewers, and other professionals and critics of genre fiction and non-fiction — editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi; reviews editor Jonathan Strahan; Locus reviewers Liz Bourke, Alex Brown, Karen Burnham, Katharine Coldiron, Paul Di Filippo, Amy Goldschlager, Paula Guran, Rich Horton, Maya James, John Langan, Russell ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the winners in each category of the 2020 Locus Awards. Winners were announced June 27, 2020 at the virtual Locus Awards Weekend; Connie Willis MCed the awards ceremony, available online, with co-presenter Daryl Gregory. Additional weekend events included readings and panels with leading authors.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the winners in each category of the 2020 Locus Awards. Winners were announced June 27, 2020 at the virtual Locus Awards Weekend; Connie Willis MCed the awards ceremony, with co-presenter Daryl Gregory. Additional weekend events included readings and panels with leading authors. The full list of winners and finalists is available here: Locus Awards Winners 2020.
Congratulations 2020 winners! Some of the ...Read More
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2020 Locus Awards.
Winners will be announced June 27, 2020 at the virtual Locus Awards Weekend; Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include planned author readings and panels with leading authors. Supporting/virtual memberships are available and come with a Locus t-shirt.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have released the final ballot for the 2019 Nebula Awards.
Novel
“Whenever I start to read a new story by the incomparable Ellen Klages, I feel as if I’m on the edge of my seat in the front row of the theater: keen-eyed and determined, this time, to ...Read More
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Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List!
Published in Locus magazine’s February 2020 issue, the list is a consensus by the Locus editors, columnists, outside reviewers, and other professionals and critics of genre fiction and non-fiction — editor-in-chief Liza Groen Trombi; reviews editor Jonathan Strahan; reviewers Liz Bourke, Katharine Coldiron, Carolyn Cushman, Paul Di Filippo, Amy Goldschlager, Paula Guran, Rich Horton, John Langan, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, Ian Mond,
“A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard.” —Wil Wheaton
TURN YOUR OBSESSIVE RESEARCH INTO AMAZING WORLDBUILDINGIn this class, Annalee will give you the tools to build another world. They’ll talk about how to create believable, nuanced cultures, environments, and geographies ...Read More
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