Issues

The August 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Suzanne Palmer and L. Penelope. News covers the World Fantasy Awards ballot, an obituary and appreciations for Eric Flint, the sale of DAW to Astra, Analog AnLab and Prometheus awards winners, Internet Archive’s lawsuit, the HarperCollins union strike, a BayCon 2022 report, the 2022 Locus Survey results, and much more. This year’s Locus Awards Weekend is covered with a full ...Read More

The July 2022 issue of Locus has interviews with Daniel Abraham and Nadia Afifi. Main Stories include the 2022 Locus Awards winners, Atwood’s fireproof book auction, Aurealis Awards winners, Jo Fletcher’s departure from Jo Fletcher Books, UTA’s acquisition of Curtis Brown UK, and more. The SFWA Nebula Conference and WisCon 45 are covered with reports and photos. Additional coverage includes Balen’s Carnegie Medal win, SF author Glukhovsky on a Russian ...Read More

The June 2022 issue of Locus has interviews with Nicola Griffith and V. Castro and a spotlight on The Science Fiction Outreach Project. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2023. Patricia A. McKillip (1948-2022) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations. Other news covers the 2022 Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, Zen Cho’s Bradbury Prize win, the Sturgeon Award finalists, Lackey’s removal from the ...Read More

The May 2022 issue of Locus has interviews with Adrian Tchaikovsky and Dhonielle Clayton and a spotlight on artist Alyssa Winans. News includes the 2022 Hugo Awards ballot, Kali Wallace’s Philip K. Dick Award win, the BSFA and Baen Memorial Award winners, SFWA’s statement of support for Ukraine, Prometheus Award finalists, the founding of the Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award, and more. Photo reports cover the 2022 International Conference on ...Read More

The April 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tim Pratt and Premee Mohamed and spotlights on artist Odera Igbokwe and the Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices, plus the 2021 US and UK Year in Review book summaries. News includes the 2021 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, SFWA’s name change, a school renamed for Octavia E. Butler, Liz Gorinsky’s departure from Erewhon, Sanderson Kickstarter successes, ...Read More

The March 2022 issue of Locus has interviews with Kelly Barnhill and Maurice Broaddus, a spotlight on artist Terry Lee, and a Year in Review magazine summary tracking the progress of the industry. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2022. News covers the 2022 Dell Awards, the Chesley Awards, a new home for Uncle Hugo’s, the World Fantasy Awards judges announcement, Usman T. Malik’s Crawford ...Read More

The February 2022 issue of Locus is the annual Year in Review overview with essays and the Locus 2021 Recommended Reading List. The issue also features an interview with Marlon James and spotlights on artist Marcela Bolívar and writing workshop Aspen Words. Worldcon 79, DisCon III in Washington DC, is covered with an extensive report and photos, the complete Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. Dave Wolverton ...Read More

The January 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Simon Jimenez and Eugen Bacon and spotlights on artist/author Nilah Magruder and reviewer Rich Horton. News covers the 2021 Hugo Awards winners at DisCon III, the 2023 Worldcon in China bid win, the new Ad Astra Center and Gunn Center updates, the Penguin Random House response to the Department of Justice, the Nommo, Lodestar, Astounding, Sidewise, and Ditmar winners, a ...Read More

The December 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and a spotlight on artist Gary Villarreal. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2022. Stories include the World Fantasy Awards and convention report, a report on the 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future event, the Department of Justice challenge to the PRH and S&S merger, the creation of ...Read More

The November 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Chuck Wendig and publisher Betsy Wollheim and a spotlight on artist Tehani Farr. News includes the British Fantasy, Sturgeon, Clarke, and Aurora Awards winners and the National Book Awards finalists. The Data File covers the new Le Guin prize for fiction, the Mythopoeic Awards winners, 2021 MacArthur Fellowships, and much more. FIYAHCON and ICon are covered with full reports and ...Read More

The October 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tade Thompson and R.B. Lemberg and a spotlight on Sana Takeda, artist. Main Stories are Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Otherwise win, Karen Tei Yamashita’s National Book Foundation medal win, and the Ignyte, Dragon, and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards winners. People & Publishing includes notes on milestones, awards, books sold, and more, with news this issue about N.K. Jemisin, Nancy Pearl, Susanna Clarke, ...Read More

The September 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Lavie Tidhar and Zen Cho. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2022. Awards news covers the Seiun, Shirley Jackson, and Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Awards winners and the Dragon Awards ballot, and Readercon 31 coverage includes a report and photos. Elizabeth Anne Hull (1937-2021) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations. News includes museums honoring Butler ...Read More

The August 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Stephen Graham Jones and TJ Klune. Main Stories include the World Fantasy Awards ballot, an obituary and appreciations for William F. Nolan, DisCon III upheavals, and the Analog AnLab, Prometheus, and Aurealis awards winners. A full report with photos covers the 2021 Locus Awards Online event. Other news includes the Kitschies and SFRA awards winners, shortlists ...Read More

The July 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Christopher Brown and Cassandra Khaw. Winners of the 2021 Locus Awards, 2020 Nebula Awards, and 2020 Bram Stoker Awards are announced. The SFWA Nebula Conference and StokerCon are covered with full reports and photos. Additional coverage includes Pulitzer and Carnegie Medal news, changes at Fireside and Strange Horizons, the Bloomsbury acquisition of Head of Zeus, SFSFC’s ...Read More

The June 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Charles Yu and A.C. Wise and a spotlight on artist Reiko Murakami. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2022. News covers the SFWA election winners, developments in the HMH acquisition, the Federal Writers’ Project, SFWA’s #DisneyMustPay joint task force, Ignyte finalists, Seiun nominees, the Aurora Awards ballot, Guggenheim Fellowship winners, the new Analog ...Read More

The May 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Nnedi Okorafor and Nghi Vo and a spotlight on Spanish magazine Windumanoth. News includes the 2021 Hugo Awards Ballot, changes to the 2021 Worldcon dates and venue, Pillai’s promotion to head Tor, News Corp’s acquisition of HMH, Stine’s Philip K. Dick Award win, Jones’s Bradbury Prize win, BSFA winners, and more. Photo reports cover the 2021 International ...Read More

The April 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Ursula Vernon and Isabel Yap. News includes the 2020 Nebula Awards ballot, Nghi Vo’s Crawford win, the British Fantasy Awards winners, Weisskopf’s removal as DisCon III GoH, C.J. Cherryh’s Heinlein Award win, the 2020 British Book Summary, an SF in India report, and much more. The column by Kameron Hurley is entitled “Plotting the Way Forward”. Norton ...Read More

The March 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Jonathan Carroll and Aliette de Bodard. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2021. Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952-2021) and Rowena Morrill (1944-2021) are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. Main Stories include PS to Launch ParSec, World Fantasy Awards Judges, Baen’s Bar Controversy, SFWA Awards Recipients, and more. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled ...Read More

The February 2021 issue of Locus is the annual Year in Review overview with essays, the Locus 2020 Recommended Reading List, and book and magazine summaries tracking the progress of the industry. The issue also features an interview with Brandon Sanderson. James Gunn (1923-2020) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations. News includes the PKD, Endeavour, PEN America Literary, and Rosetta awards, the SFWA Givers ...Read More

The January 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Andrea Hairston and Alix E. Harrow and a spotlight on Apex Magazine. Ben Bova and Phyllis Eisenstein are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. News covers the three new Grand Masters (SFWA Grand Master Nalo Hopkinson, MWA Grand Master Charlaine Harris, and SFPA Grand Master Linda Addison), the Penguin Random House planned acquisition of Simon & Schuster, SFWA ...Read More

The December 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Kim Stanley Robinson and Sheree Renée Thomas. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2021. Stories include the World Fantasy Awards and convention report, the Ignyte Awards and FIYAHCON convention report, the Sirens Conference, and an SF in India report by Shweta Taneja. Headlines include “Thomas to Edit F&SF“, “Houghton Mifflin ...Read More

The November 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Victor LaValle and Meg Elison and spotlights on We Need Diverse Books and Fantasy Magazine. Main story headlines include Jemisin Wins Genius Grant, Serpell Wins Clarke, Palmer Wins Sturgeon, HMH to Discontinue JJA Books, WFC Revises Program, B&N Breached, and a photo story: Meacham Retires. Data File continues with National Book Awards ...Read More

The October 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Naomi Kritzer and Marshall Ryan Maresca and spotlights on Ho Che Anderson and Francesca Myman. Main Stories are “Sargent Leaves Macmillan”, “Diversity in Publishing Initiatives”, and the Dragon, Sunburst, Seiun, and Ditmar Awards winners. People & Publishing includes notes on milestones, awards, books sold, and more, with news this issue about Howard V. Hendrix, Walter ...Read More

The September 2020 issue of Locus magazine has an interview with Maria Dahvana Headley. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through June 2021. Worldcon 78, CoNZealand online, is covered with an extensive report and photos, the complete Hugo and Retro-Hugo voting breakdowns, and a WSFS business meeting report. Awards news includes the Hugo Awards winners, the 1945 Retro-Hugo Awards, World Fantasy Awards ballot, and ...Read More

The August 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tochi Onyebuchi and John Hornor Jacobs. Main Stories include the SF&F Hall of Fame inductees, Fantasy relaunch, new copyright registration rules, misconduct allegations in the SF field, and the Shirley Jackson and Prometheus winners. There is a full report on the 2020 Locus Awards online event, with photos. Other news includes the Rhysling winners, Sunburst and Clarke shortlists, ...Read More

The July 2020 issue of Locus has interviews with Steven Erikson and Veronica Roth. The 2020 Locus Awards winners and 2019 Nebula Awards winners are announced. Additional awards news covers the Asimov’s Readers’ Awards and Analog Anlab Awards, Lambda, and Greenaway winners, the Sturgeon Memorial and Shirley Jackson nominees, and more. Also covered: full reports on the 2020 SFWA Nebula Conference, WisCon 44, SF in ...Read More

The June 2020 issue of Locus has interviews with Madeline Ashby and Tobias S. Buckell. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2021. News covers the BSFA winners, the Apex relaunch, continued Covid-19 cancellations, the Aurora Awards ballot, SFWA election results, bookstore news, the print sales rebound, and much more. The column by Kameron Hurley is entitled “It’s OK if ...Read More

The May 2020 issue of Locus has interviews with Elizabeth Bear and C.L. Polk. News includes the 2020 Hugo Awards ballot, 1945 Retro Hugos ballot, plans for a virtual Worldcon and SFWA Nebula Conference, Sarah Pinsker’s Philip K. Dick Award win, Akwaeke Emezi’s Otherwise win, layoffs at Macmillan and Tor due to COVID-19, Stoker and Spectrum 27 winners, the Internet Archive controversy, Marlon James’s Bradbury Prize win, ongoing ...Read More

The April 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tamsyn Muir and Kate Heartfield. The issue includes COVID-19 SF event cancellations, the 2019 British Book Summary, and FOGcon coverage. Headline news includes the SFWA Awards recipients, the Stoker Awards final ballot, Simon & Schuster to be sold, Macmillan ends e-books embargo, and more, including the Audie Awards Winners, the return of the Carl Brandon Society ...Read More

The March 2020 issue of Locus has interviews with Nina Allan, Gareth L. Powell, and Sue Burke. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2020. News includes the Nebula Awards Ballot, Muir’s Crawford win, the 2020 Dell Award winner, the Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ awards, the inaugural Ray Bradbury prize finalists, Hachette’s acquisition of more than 1,000 Disney titles, ...Read More

The February 2020 issue of Locus magazine is the annual Year in Review overview with essays, the Locus 2019 Recommended Reading List, and book and magazine summaries tracking the progress of the industry. The issue also features an interview with co-authors Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Mike Resnick (1942-2020) is remembered with an obituary and appreciations. News includes the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, the Stoker preliminary ballot ...Read More

The January 2020 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Joe Abercrombie and Arkady Martine. News includes Lois McMaster Bujold‘s induction as a SFWA Grand Master, an eleventh hour save for venerable San Diego bookstore Mysterious Galaxy, George R.R. Martin’s new bookstore Beastly Books, the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award finalists, B&N news, and much more. Gahan Wilson, Andrew Weiner, Ian Covell, ...Read More