Living Canon

Locus Awards

The Locus Awards, presented since 1971, are voted on by readers of Locus Magazine and honor the best science fiction and fantasy across multiple categories including novel, first novel, novella, and more.

• The Man Who Saw Seconds by Alexander Boldizar

  2025LocusSF Novel
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

  2025LocusFirst Novel
• Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee

  2025LocusYoung Adult
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  A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

  2025LocusFantasy
• Witch King by Martha Wells

  2024LocusFantasy
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  The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

  2024LocusFirst Novel
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  System Collapse by Martha Wells

  2024LocusSF Novel
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  Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

  2024LocusYoung Adult
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  The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

  2023LocusFirst Novel
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  The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

  2023LocusSF Novel
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  Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders

  2023LocusYoung Adult
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  Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang

  2023LocusFantasy
• Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

  2022LocusYoung Adult
• Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

  2022LocusFantasy
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  A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

  2022LocusFirst Novel
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  A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

  2022LocusSF Novel
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  The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

  2021LocusFantasy
• Network Effect by Martha Wells

  2021LocusSF Novel
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

  2021LocusFirst Novel
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  A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

  2021LocusYoung Adult
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  The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

  2020LocusSF Novel
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  Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

  2020LocusFantasy
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  Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

  2020LocusFirst Novel
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  Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee

  2020LocusYoung Adult
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  Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

  2019LocusFirst Novel
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  The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

  2019LocusSF Novel
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  Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

  2019LocusFantasy
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  Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

  2019LocusYoung Adult
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  The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss

  2018LocusFirst Novel
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  The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin

  2018LocusFantasy
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  The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

  2018LocusSF Novel
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  Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

  2018LocusYoung Adult
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  Revenger by Alastair Reynolds

  2017LocusYoung Adult
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  Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

  2017LocusFirst Novel
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  Death's End by Liu Cixin

  2017LocusSF Novel
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  All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

  2017LocusFantasy
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  Uprooted by Naomi Novik

  2016LocusFantasy
• The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

  2016LocusYoung Adult
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  The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

  2016LocusFirst Novel
• Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

  2016LocusSF Novel
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  The Memory Garden by M. Rickert

  2015LocusFirst Novel
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  The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

  2015LocusFantasy
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  Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

  2015LocusYoung Adult
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  Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

  2015LocusSF Novel
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  The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

  2014LocusFantasy
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  The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente

  2014LocusYoung Adult
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

  2014LocusFirst Novel
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  Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey

  2014LocusSF Novel
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  Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

  2013LocusFirst Novel
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  The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

  2013LocusFantasy
• Redshirts by John Scalzi

  2013LocusSF Novel
• Railsea by China Miéville

  2013LocusYoung Adult
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  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

  2012LocusFirst Novel
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  The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

  2012LocusYoung Adult
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  Embassytown by China Miéville

  2012LocusSF Novel
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  A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

  2012LocusFantasy
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  The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

  2011LocusFirst Novel
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  Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

  2011LocusYoung Adult
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  Kraken by China Miéville

  2011LocusFantasy
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  Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis

  2011LocusSF Novel
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  The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

  2010LocusFirst Novel
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  The City & the City by China Miéville

  2010LocusFantasy
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  Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

  2010LocusYoung Adult
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  Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

  2010LocusSF Novel
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  The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

  2009LocusYoung Adult
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  Singularity's Ring by Paul Melko

  2009LocusFirst Novel
• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

  2009LocusFantasy
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  Anathem by Neal Stephenson

  2009LocusSF Novel
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  Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

  2008LocusYoung Adult
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  The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

  2008LocusSF Novel
• Making Money by Terry Pratchett

  2008LocusFantasy
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  Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

  2008LocusFirst Novel
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  Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

  2007LocusYoung Adult
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  The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

  2007LocusFantasy
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  Temeraire:His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder War by Naomi Novik

  2007LocusFirst Novel
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  Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

  2007LocusSF Novel
• Pay the Piper: A Rock 'N' Roll Fairy Tale by Jane YolenandAdam Stemple

  2006LocusYoung Adult
• Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear

  2006LocusFirst Novel
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  Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

  2006LocusFantasy
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  Accelerando by Charles Stross

  2006LocusSF Novel
• The Baroque Cycle(i.e.Quicksilver;The Confusion;The System of the World) by Neal Stephenson

  2005LocusSF Novel
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

  2005LocusFirst Novel
• Iron Council by China Miéville

  2005LocusFantasy
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  A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

  2005LocusYoung Adult
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  The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

  2004LocusYoung Adult
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  Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

  2004LocusFantasy
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  Ilium by Dan Simmons

  2004LocusSF Novel
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  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

  2004LocusFirst Novel
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  The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

  2003LocusSF Novel
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  The Scar by China Miéville

  2003LocusFantasy
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  Coraline by Neil Gaiman

  2003LocusYoung Adult
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  A Scattering of Jades by Alexander C. Irvine

  2003LocusFirst Novel
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  Passage by Connie Willis

  2002LocusSF Novel
• Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

  2002LocusFirst Novel
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  American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  2002LocusFantasy
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  The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin

  2001LocusSF Novel
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  Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis

  2001LocusFirst Novel
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  A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

  2001LocusFantasy
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  The Silk Code by Paul Levinson

  2000LocusFirst Novel
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  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

  2000LocusFantasy
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  Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

  2000LocusSF Novel
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  To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

  1999LocusSF Novel
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  Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

  1999LocusFirst Novel
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  Bag of Bones by Stephen King

  1999LocusHorror
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  A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

  1999LocusFantasy
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  The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

  1998LocusSF Novel
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  The Great Wheel by Ian R. MacLeod

  1998LocusFirst Novel
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  No award

  1998LocusHorror
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  Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers

  1998LocusFantasy
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  Sage Walker

  1997LocusFirst Novel
• Reclamation by Sarah Zettel

  1997LocusFirst Novel
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  Desperation by Stephen King

  1997LocusHorror
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  Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

  1997LocusSF Novel
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  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

  1997LocusFantasy
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  The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

  1996LocusSF Novel
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  The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata

  1996LocusFirst Novel
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  Expiration Date by Tim Powers

  1996LocusHorror
• Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card

  1996LocusFantasy
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  Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold

  1995LocusSF Novel
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  Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem

  1995LocusFirst Novel
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  Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons

  1995LocusHorror
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  Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop

  1995LocusFantasy
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  The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle

  1994LocusFantasy
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  The Golden by Lucius Shepard

  1994LocusHorror
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  Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

  1994LocusSF Novel
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  Cold Allies by Patricia Anthony

  1994LocusFirst Novel
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  Last Call by Tim Powers

  1993LocusFantasy
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

  1993LocusSF Novel
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  China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh

  1993LocusFirst Novel
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  Children of the Night by Dan Simmons

  1993LocusHorror
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  The Cipher by Kathe Koja

  1992LocusFirst Novel
• Summer of Night by Dan Simmons

  1992LocusHorror
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  Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper

  1992LocusFantasy
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  Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

  1992LocusSF Novel
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  The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

  1991LocusHorror
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  The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

  1991LocusSF Novel
• Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

  1991LocusFantasy
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  In the Country of the Blind by Michael F. Flynn

  1991LocusFirst Novel
• Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card

  1990LocusFantasy
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  Orbital Decay by Allen Steele

  1990LocusFirst Novel
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  Hyperion by Dan Simmons

  1990LocusSF Novel
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  Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

  1990LocusHorror
• Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly

  1989LocusHorror
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  Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card

  1989LocusFantasy
• Desolation Road by Ian McDonald

  1989LocusFirst Novel
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  Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh

  1989LocusSF Novel
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  War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

  1988LocusFirst Novel
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  The Uplift War by David Brin

  1988LocusSF Novel
• Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card

  1988LocusFantasy
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  The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt

  1987LocusFirst Novel
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  Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

  1987LocusSF Novel
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  Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

  1987LocusFantasy
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  Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny

  1986LocusFantasy
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  The Postman by David Brin

  1986LocusSF Novel
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  Contact by Carl Sagan

  1986LocusFirst Novel
• The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson

  1985LocusFirst Novel
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  The Integral Trees by Larry Niven

  1985LocusSF Novel
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  Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein

  1985LocusFantasy
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  The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

  1984LocusFantasy
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  Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy

  1984LocusFirst Novel
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  Startide Rising by David Brin

  1984LocusSF Novel
• The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe

  1983LocusFantasy
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  Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov

  1983LocusSF Novel
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  Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury

  1983LocusFirst Novel
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  The Many-Colored Land by Julian May

  1982LocusSF Novel
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  The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

  1982LocusFantasy
• Starship & Haiku by Somtow Sucharitkul

  1982LocusFirst Novel
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  The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

  1981LocusSF Novel
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  Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg

  1981LocusFantasy
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  Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward

  1981LocusFirst Novel
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  Titan by John Varley

  1980LocusSF Novel
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  Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip

  1980LocusFantasy
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  The Persistence of Vision by John Varley

  1979LocusNovella
• Not awarded

  1979LocusFantasy
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  The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

  1978LocusFantasy
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  Stardance by Spider RobinsonandJeanne Robinson

  1978LocusNovella
• The Samurai and the Willows by Michael Bishop

  1977LocusNovella
• The Storms of Windhaven by Lisa TuttleandGeorge R. R. Martin

  1976LocusNovella
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  Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg

  1975LocusNovella
• The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe

  1974LocusNovella
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  The Gold at the Starbow's End by Frederik Pohl

  1973LocusNovella

• Best Fantasy Novel
• Best First Novel
• Best Horror Novel
• Best Novella
• Best Science Fiction Novel
• Best Young Adult Book

See also

• Arthur C. Clarke Award
• Booker Prize
• Caldecott Medal
• Carnegie Medal
• Costa Book Awards
• Edgar Awards
• Giller Prize
• Hugo Awards
• International Booker Prize
• Kirkus Prize
• Lambda Literary Awards
• National Book Award
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• Nebula Awards
• Newbery Medal
• Nobel Prize in Literature
• PEN/Faulkner Award
• PEN/Hemingway Award
• Pulitzer Prizes
• Women’s Prize for Fiction
• World Fantasy Awards