Check Out the 2018 Locus Award Winners!

Margaret Kingsbury

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Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more. She particularly loves children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and any books with disabled characters. You can read more about her bookish and parenting shenanigans in Book Riot’s twice-weekly The Kids Are All Right newsletter. You can also follow her kidlit bookstagram account @BabyLibrarians, or on Twitter @AReaderlyMom.

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This past weekend, the Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the 2018 Locus Award Winners at a ceremony in Seattle, WA. The Locus Awards are sort of like the People’s Choice Awards for science fiction and fantasy. Every year, they post a nomination form on their website that ANYONE can fill out — no membership required, unlike the Hugos and Nebulas. I’ve participated for the last few years, and am glad to see three of my picks win this year (Fantasy, Horror, and First Novel). And I have several of the winners already queued to read. It’s also a diverse list of winners, which has been a wonderful trend lately in SFF awards.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! 2017 was a great year for SFF (as is 2018). Below, I’ve listed the winners in each category.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)

FANTASY NOVEL

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

HORROR NOVEL

The Changeling by Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)

FIRST NOVEL

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss (Saga)

NOVELLA

All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

NOVELETTE

“The Hermit of Houston” by Samuel R. Delany (F&SF 9-10/17)

SHORT STORY

“The Martian Obelisk” by Linda Nagata (Tor.com 7/19/17)

ANTHOLOGY

The Book of Swords edited by Gardner Dozois (Bantam; HarperCollins UK)

COLLECTION

The Hainish Novels and Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)

MAGAZINE

Tor.com

PUBLISHER

Tor

EDITOR

Ellen Datlow

ARTIST

Julie Dillon

NON-FICTION

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler edited by Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal (Twelfth Planet)

ART BOOK

The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History edited by Douglas Ellis, Ed Hulse, and Robert Weinberg (IDW)

SPECIAL AWARD 2018: COMMUNITY BUILDING & INCLUSIVITY

Clarion West

Have you read any of the winners?