Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980, and is among the awards still presented (as of 2022^[update]). Previously, there had simply been an award for Best Novel. A similar award for Best Fantasy Novel was introduced in 1978.^[1] The Locus Awards have been described as a prestigious prize in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature.^[2][3]

Winners

Year	Nominated Work[1]	Author	Ref.
1980	Titan	John Varley
1981	The Snow Queen	Joan D. Vinge
1982	The Many-Colored Land	Julian May
1983	Foundation's Edge	Isaac Asimov
1984	Startide Rising	David Brin
1985	The Integral Trees	Larry Niven
1986	The Postman	David Brin
1987	Speaker for the Dead	Orson Scott Card
1988	The Uplift War	David Brin
1989	Cyteen	C. J. Cherryh
1990	Hyperion	Dan Simmons
1991	The Fall of Hyperion	Dan Simmons
1992	Barrayar	Lois McMaster Bujold
1993	Doomsday Book	Connie Willis
1994	Green Mars	Kim Stanley Robinson
1995	Mirror Dance	Lois McMaster Bujold
1996	The Diamond Age	Neal Stephenson
1997	Blue Mars	Kim Stanley Robinson
1998	The Rise of Endymion	Dan Simmons
1999	To Say Nothing of the Dog	Connie Willis
2000	Cryptonomicon	Neal Stephenson
2001	The Telling	Ursula K. Le Guin
2002	Passage	Connie Willis
2003	The Years of Rice and Salt	Kim Stanley Robinson
2004	Ilium	Dan Simmons
2005	The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World)	Neal Stephenson
2006	Accelerando	Charles Stross
2007	Rainbows End	Vernor Vinge
2008	The Yiddish Policemen's Union	Michael Chabon
2009	Anathem	Neal Stephenson	[4]
2010	Boneshaker	Cherie Priest	[5]
2011	Blackout/All Clear	Connie Willis	[6]
2012	Embassytown	China Miéville
2013	Redshirts	John Scalzi
2014	Abaddon's Gate	James S. A. Corey	[7]
2015	Ancillary Sword	Ann Leckie
2016	Ancillary Mercy	Ann Leckie	[8]
2017	Death's End	Liu Cixin
2018	The Collapsing Empire	John Scalzi
2019	The Calculating Stars	Mary Robinette Kowal	[9]
2020	The City in the Middle of the Night	Charlie Jane Anders
2021	Network Effect	Martha Wells
2022	A Desolation Called Peace	Arkady Martine
2023	The Kaiju Preservation Society	John Scalzi
2024	System Collapse	Martha Wells

See also

• Hugo Award
• Nebula Award
• BSFA Award

References

1. Langford, David (June 27, 2022). "Locus Award". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Retrieved July 3, 2022.
2. Schaub, Michael (June 26, 2018). "Locus Award winners include N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle and John Scalzi". The Los Angeles Times.
3. Flood, Allison (June 27, 2016). "Locus awards go to Ann Leckie, Naomi Novik and other stars". The Guardian.
4. "Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
5. "Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards". Shelf Awareness. 2010-06-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
6. "Awards: Locus Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2011-06-27. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
7. "Awards: Locus Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction". Shelf Awareness. 2014-06-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
8. "Awards: Locus; Guardian & 4th Estate BAME". Shelf Awareness. 2016-06-28. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
9. "Awards: Locus Winners; Branford Boase Winner". Shelf Awareness. 2019-07-02. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-17.

External links

• Official website