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2012 Locus Award Finalists

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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2012 Locus Awards.

Winners will be announced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 15-17, 2012. Connie Willis will MC the ceremony and judge the annual Hawai’ian shirt contest on Saturday, June 16. Additional weekend events include author readings,  a kickoff meet-and-greet, panels with leading authors, an autograph session with books ...Read More

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Features 

Comments from the Locus Poll & Survey

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Here are comments, presented anonymously and grouped by theme, submitted by voters in this year’s Locus Poll and Survey. Results of the poll were published in the magazine’s July issue; survey responses will appear in August.

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– Current State of SF – – Current State of Locus – – What We Should Have Asked About on the Survey – – Why We Asked What We Did on the Survey
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Awards 

Locus Awards 2011 Winners

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The winners of the 2011 Locus Awards have been announced:

Best Science Fiction Novel

  • Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
  • Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
  • Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
  • Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
  • The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)

Best Fantasy Novel

  • Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
  • Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin
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Awards 

2010 Nebula Awards Winners

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The 2010 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Washington DC. Michael Swanwick was Toastmaster, and Michael Dirda gave the keynote address.

Novel

  • Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
  • The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
  • Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
  • Echo
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Awards Conventions 

2011 Locus Award Finalists

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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2011 Locus Awards.

Winners will be announced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 24-26, 2011. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Induction will also take place that weekend, inducting Harlan Ellison, Gardner Dozois, Moebius, and Vincent Di Fate. Tickets are still available here.

Science Fiction Novel

  • Surface Detail, Iain
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Roundtable 

Roundtable: All the Awards (Part 1 of 3)

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This weekend, awards season really geared up. The BSFA and Ditmar awards were announced, and the Hugo award nominations were revealed. Congratulations, by the way, to all the winners and nominees reading this!

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Awards 

2010 Nebula Awards Nominations

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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released the final ballot for the 2010 Nebula Awards:

Novel

  • The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
  • The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
  • Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
  • Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
  • Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
  • Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

Novella

  • The Alchemist, Paolo
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Awards News 

Paolo Bacigalupi, James Morrow win Campbell, Sturgeon Awards

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Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl (Night Shade) has won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel published in 2009, and James Morrow’s novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima (Tachyon) has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction of 2009, in results announced a week prior to the official Campbell Conference and Awards Ceremony next weekend.

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Awards News 

2010 Locus Awards Winners

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The 2010 Locus Awards winners were announced at the annual Science Fiction Awards Weekend, held June 25-27, 2010 in Seattle, WA. The Awards were covered live, and a full report will appear in the August issue.

Best SF Novel:

  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)

Best Fantasy Novel:

  • The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)

Best First Novel:

  • The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
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Awards News 

2010 Locus Awards Finalists

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The top five finalists in each category of the 2010 Locus Awards have been announced.

Winners will be announced during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2010. Tickets are still available.

Science Fiction Novel

  • The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Subterranean; Tor)
  • Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager; Ballantine Spectra)
  • Julian
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Awards News 

2010 Locus Awards Finalists

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The top five finalists in each category of the 2010 Locus Awards have been announced. Winners will be presented during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2010. Tickets are still available.

Science Fiction Novel

  • The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Subterranean; Tor)
  • Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager;Ballantine Spectra)
  • Julian Comstock:
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Awards News 

2010 Locus Award Finalists

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The top five finalists in each category of the 2010 Locus Awards have been announced. Winners will be presented during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2010. Tickets are still available.

Science Fiction Novel

  • The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Subterranean; Tor)
  • Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager;Ballantine Spectra)
  • Julian Comstock:
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Awards Conventions News 

2009 Locus Award Winners

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Winners of the 2009 Locus Awards were announced at a ceremony and banquet June 27, 2009 in Seattle WA during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend.

Science Fiction Novel: Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)

Fantasy Novel: Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)

First Novel: Singularity’s Ring, Paul Melko (Tor)

Young-Adult Book: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins, Bloomsbury)

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Awards Conventions News 

2009 Locus Award Finalists

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The top five finalists in each category of the 2009 Locus Awards have been announced. The Locus Awards will be presented during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 26-27, 2009. Finalists are:

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

  • Matter, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK)
  • City at the End of Time, Greg Bear (Gollancz, Del Rey)
  • Marsbound, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
  • Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)
  • Saturn’s
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Awards News 

Nebula Awards Announced

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The 2008 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, April 25 in a ceremony at the 2009 Nebula Awards Weekend held in Los Angeles, California. Janis Ian was Toastmistress, and Chuck Lorre gave the keynote address.

The Nebula Awards winners are:

Novel: Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)Novella: “The Spacetime Pool”, Catherine Asaro (Analog Mar ’08)Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus”, John Kessel (F&SF Jan ’08)Short Story: “Trophy Wives”, Nina Kiriki Hoffman ...Read More

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Issues 

Issue 667 Table of Contents, August 2016

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The August issue features interviews with Nancy Kress and David D. Levine, a column by Kameron Hurley, reports on Locus Awards Weekend and Readercon with lots of pics, and reviews of short fiction and books by China Miéville, Jennifer Mason-Black, Jonathan Strahan, Matthew M. Bartlett, Walter Jon Williams, and many others.

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Issues 

August 2012 Table of Contents

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Locus Magazine • August 2012 • Issue 619 • Vol. 69 No. 2

The August issue features interviews with Jack Vance and with Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, results of this year’s Locus Survey, more appreciations of the late Ray Bradbury, reports and photos from Locus Awards Weekend and Readercon, and reviews of short fiction and new books by Kij Johnson, Paula Brandon, Gregory

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Issues 

Issue 759 Table of Contents, April 2024

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The April 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Nalo Hopkinson and Ken MacLeod and a spotlight on artist Sara Felix. News includes the 2023 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, Chandrasekera’s Crawford win, Doherty’s Heinlein Award win, Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s shift to editor-at-large, the BSFA Awards finalists, and much more. Obituaries remember Brian Stableford, Jaime Lee Moyer, Dick Jenssen, and Sue Arroyo, with additional appreciations for ...Read More

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Issues 

Issue 751 Table of Contents, August 2023

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The August 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Karen Lord and Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore. News covers the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees, Sheila Gilbert’s retirement, Irene Gallo’s departure from Tor, and the Shirley Jackson, Kitschies, and Prometheus awards winners. Reports include StokerCon, BayCon, the 2023 Locus Survey results, and more. This year’s Locus Awards Weekend is covered with a full report and photos.
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Our Partners

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation is pleased to announce that Reid Hoffman is one of our new sponsors. Co-Founder of LinkedIn, co-Founder of Inflection AI, and partner at Greylock, Reid is an accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor. He has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. In 2003 he co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service. In 2009 he joined Greylock. In 2022, ...Read More

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Issues 

Issue 739 Table of Contents, August 2022

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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

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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation (LSFF) is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Its central activity is the publication of Locus, the Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field and its website. LSFF is also responsible for the ...Read More

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Announcements Conventions News 

COVID-19 SF/F Event Cancellations as of 8/17/20

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Numerous upcoming conventions and literary events have been postponed or canceled as part of efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes respiratory illness COVID-19. The situation remains in flux as the full extent of the pandemic remains to be seen. We will update this story and our convention listing with further information about cancellations and postponements as it becomes available.

  • The Columbus 2020 NASFiC, planned for
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Issues 

Issue 703 Table of Contents, August 2019

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The August 2019 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with William Gibson and Lesley Nneka Arimah. Awards news includes the Campbell, Sturgeon, Clarke, Shirley Jackson, Chesley, and Prometheus awards winners. Other news includes an update on the Beagle legal battle, the retirement of DC’s Vertigo imprint, Amazon legal developments, the results of this year’s Locus Survey, and more. Kameron Hurley‘s column ...Read More

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Code of Conduct

Locus Science Fiction Foundation Code of Conduct & Policy on Harassment in Locus Venues

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation (LSFF) is dedicated to providing a safe, comfortable, and harassment-free environment for everyone at the Locus Awards Weekend and other LSFF events, as well as spaces managed by LSFF, such as digital platforms. By attending a LSFF event, all individuals are required to abide by LSFF anti-harassment rules, venue policies, and

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Issues 

Issue 691 Table of Contents, August 2018

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The August issue features interviews with Martha Wells and Curtis Chen; appreciations for Harlan Ellison; obituaries for Eugene E. Olson and Clive King; a column by Kameron Hurley; the World Fantasy Award Finalists; the winners of the Campbell, Sturgeon, Clarke, Shirley Jackson, Gemmell, and Prometheus awards; convention reports from the Locus Awards Weekend and Readercon 29; reports on international ...Read More

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Staff 

LIZA GROEN TROMBI, Editor in Chief

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LIZA GROEN TROMBI is the four-time Hugo Award winning Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Locus Magazine. A life-long reader of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, she studied literature, history, and translation at university, and worked in several fields before joining the magazine in early 2003. She has been Editor-in-Chief and Publisher since 2009. Trombi also participates in convention panels and awards juries, runs the Locus Awards Weekend and writing workshops, publishes ...Read More

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