The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2016 Locus Awards.

Winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 24-26, 2016; Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include author readings; a kickoff Clarion West party honoring first week instructor Paul Park, Clarion West supporters, awards weekend ticket holders, and special guests; panels with leading authors; an autograph session with books available for sale thanks to University Book Store; and a lunch banquet with the annual Hawai’ian shirt contest, all followed by a Locus party on Saturday night.

The Locus Awards are chosen by a survey of readers in an open online poll that runs from February 1 to April 15. We welcome and invite everyone to vote in the poll. Our recommended list for 2015 can be found here.



SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

FANTASY NOVEL

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

FIRST NOVEL

NOVELLA

Penric’s Demon , Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)

, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published) ‘‘The Citadel of Weeping Pearls’’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 10-11/15)

‘‘The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred’’, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 12/15)

Binti , Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)

, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com) Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)

NOVELETTE

SHORT STORY

ANTHOLOGY

COLLECTION

MAGAZINE

Asimov’s

Clarkesworld

F&SF

File 770

Tor.com

PUBLISHER

Baen

Gollancz

Orbit

Tor

Subterranean

EDITOR

John Joseph Adams

Ellen Datlow

Gardner Dozois

David G. Hartwell

Jonathan Strahan

ARTIST

Galen Dara

Julie Dillon

Bob Eggleton

John Picacio

Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION

ART BOOK

For more information about the Seattle event and for Locus Awards and Locus Workshop ticketing, please visit the 2016 Locus Awards Information Page.