Yesterday the Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners of the 2016 Locus Awards during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, WA. The awards are chosen by a survey of readers in an open online poll that runs from February 1 to April 15 each year.
This year the ballots contained an amazing group of people, many of which have been featured on our site previously. If you’ve not read them, we suggest you add them to your to-be-read pile right away!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Best Science Fiction Novel
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
– The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
– Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
– Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
– A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
Best Fantasy Novel
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
– Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
– The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
– Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
– The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Best Young Adult Book
The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
– Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
– Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
– Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
– Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Best First Novel
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
– Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
– Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
– The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
– The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Best Novella
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
– Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
– “The Citadel of Weeping Pearls”’ by Aliette de Bodard
– “The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred” by Greg Egan
– Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Best Novelette
“Black Dog” by Neil Gaiman
– “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson” by Elizabeth Bear
– “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander
– “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang
– “Another Word for World” by Ann Leckie
Best Short Story
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
– “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette de Bodard
– “Madeleine” by Amal El-Mohtar
– “The Dowager of Bees” by China Miéville
– “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong
Best Anthology
Old Venus edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
– The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
– Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan edited by Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington
– Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany edited by Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell
– Meeting Infinity edited by Jonathan Strahan
Best Collection
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
– The Best of Gregory Benford by Gregory Benford
– The Best of Nancy Kress by Nancy Kress
– Dancing Through the Fire by Tanith Lee
– Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville
Best Magazine
Asimov’s
– Clarkesworld
– F&SF
– File 770
– Tor.com
Best Publisher
Tor
– Baen
– Gollancz
– Orbit
– Subterranean
Best Editor
David G. Hartwell
– John Joseph Adams
– Ellen Datlow
– Gardner Dozois
– Jonathan Strahan
Best Artist
Michael Whelan
– Galen Dara
– Julie Dillon
– Bob Eggleton
– John Picacio
Best Non-Fiction
Letters to Tiptree edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Alexandra Pierce
– The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks by Simone Caroti
– Lois McMaster Bujold by Edward James
– Frederik Pohl by Michael R. Page
– Ray Bradbury by David Seed
Best Art Book
Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky by Julie Dillon
– Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner
– Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by John Fleskes
– Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design edited by Steven Heller
– The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & Legends by Malcolm R. Phifer and Michael C. Phifer
Geoff Matthews
Julia Kitvaria Sarene