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 available for sale thanks to University Book Store, and a lunch banquet, all followed by the Clarion West Party on Saturday night honoring Clarion West supporters, awards weekend ticket holders, and special guests. NW Media Arts is running a writing workshop with Connie Willis and James Patrick Kelly bookending the weekend. Tickets are still available here.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

FANTASY NOVEL

FIRST NOVEL

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

NOVELLA

The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs , James P. Blaylock (Subterranean)

, James P. Blaylock (Subterranean) “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11)

“Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11)

“The Ants of Flanders”, Robert Reed (F&SF 7-8/11)

Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

NOVELETTE

“Underbridge”, Peter S. Beagle ( Naked City )

) “The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s 7/11)

“The Summer People”, Kelly Link (Tin House: The Ecstatic/ Steampunk! )

) “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/11)

“White Lines on a Green Field”, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Fall ’11)

SHORT STORY

“The Way It Works Out and All”, Peter S. Beagle (F&SF 7-8/11)

“The Case of Death and Honey”, Neil Gaiman ( A Study in Sherlock )

) “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)

“The Bread We Eat in Dreams”, Catherynne M. Valente (Apex 11/11)

“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

MAGAZINE

Analog

Asimov’s

Clarkesworld

F&SF

Tor.com

PUBLISHER

Baen

Night Shade

Small Beer

Subterranean

Tor

ANTHOLOGY

COLLECTION

EDITOR

Ellen Datlow

Gardner Dozois

Jonathan Strahan

Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

Gordon Van Gelder

ARTIST

Bob Eggleton

John Picacio

Shaun Tan

Charles Vess

Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION

ART BOOKS

