Locus Award - Short Story (Awarded by Locus Magazine)

Awards List

2022

Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather
(Winner)
Sarah Pinsker
  • / Science Fiction
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Let All the Children Boogie
(Finalist)
Sam J. Miller

An Arc of Electric Skin
(Finalist)
Wole Talabi
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Crazy Beautiful
(Finalist)
Cat Rambo
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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For Lack of a Bed
(Finalist)
John Wiswell
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Huginn and Muninn -- and What Came After
(Finalist)
Michael Swanwick
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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If the Martians Have Magic
(Finalist)
P. Djeli Clark
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Mr. Death
(Finalist)
Alix E. Harrow
  • / Science Fiction
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Proof by Induction
(Finalist)
Jose Pablo Iriarte
  • / Science Fiction
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The Sin of America
(Finalist)
Catherynne M. Valente
  • / Science Fiction
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2021

Little Free Library
(Winner)
Naomi Kritzer

Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse
(Nominee)
Rae Carson
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Mermaid Astronaut
(Nominee)
Yoon Ha Lee
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Open House on Haunted Hill
(Nominee)
John Wiswell
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Wait for Night
(Nominee)
Stephen Graham Jones

50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know
(Nominee)
Ken Liu
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Dresses Like White Elephants
(Nominee)
Meg Elison
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Girlfriend’s Guide to Gods
(Nominee)
Maria Dahvana Headley
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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In the Lands of the Spill
(Nominee)
Aliette De Bodard
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Sycamore and the Sybil
(Nominee)
Alix E. Harrow
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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2020

The Bookstore at the End of America
(Winner)
Charlie Jane Anders
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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A Catalog of Storms
(Nominee)
Fran Wilde
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Fisher-Bird
(Nominee)
T. Kingfisher
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex
(Nominee)
Tobias S. Buckell
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear
(Nominee)
Kelly Link
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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I (28M) created a deepfake girlfriend and now my parents think we’re getting married
(Nominee)
Fonda Lee
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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It's 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning
(Nominee)
Ted Chiang
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Lest We Forget
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Bear
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Thoughts and Prayers
(Nominee)
Ken Liu
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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2019

The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington
(Winner)
P. Djeli Clark
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Court Magician
(Nominee)
Sarah Pinsker
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Cuisine des Memoires (How Long 'til Black Future Month?)
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Firelight
(Nominee)
Ursula K. Le Guin
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Mother of Invention (Future Tense)
(Nominee)
Nnedi Okorafor
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Starship and the Temple Cat
(Nominee)
Yoon Ha Lee
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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STET
(Nominee)
Sarah Gailey
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Bookcase Expedition
(Nominee)
Jeffrey Ford
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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The Storyteller's Replacement (How Long 'til Black Future Month?)
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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A Witch's Guide to Escape
(Nominee)
Alix E. Harrow
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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2018

The Martian Obelisk
(Winner)
Linda Nagata

Fire
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Hand

2017

A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers
(Nominee)
Alyssa Wong

That Game We Played During the War
(Nominee)
Carrie Vaughn

The City Born Great
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

The Story of Kao Yu
(Nominee)
Peter S. Beagle

1995

None So Blind
(Winner)
Joe Haldeman

1990

Lost Boys
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1987

Robot Dreams
(Winner)
Isaac Asimov

1972

The Queen of Air and Darkness
(Winner)
Poul Anderson

Award Categories

Anthology

Art Book

Collection

Fantasy Novel

First Novel

Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel

Nonfiction

Novelette

Novella

Science Fiction Novel

Short Story

Young Adult Novel

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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2002

2001

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1999

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