Congratulations to the Finalists of the 2016 Locus Awards!

The finalists for the 2016 Locus Awards have been announced!

• The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi (Borzoi; Orbit UK)
• Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)
• A Borrowed Man, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

• Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
• The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
• Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS; Open Road)
• The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

• Half a War, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Harper Voyager UK)
• Half the World, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey)
• Harrison Squared, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
• Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older (Levine)
• The Shepherd’s Crown, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)

• Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan UK)
• The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
• Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
• The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
• The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)

• Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
• “The Citadel of Weeping Pearls”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 10-11/15)
• “The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred”, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 12/15)
• Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
• Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)

• “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson”, Elizabeth Bear (Old Venus)
• “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
• “Black Dog”, Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)
• “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny 1-2/15)
• “Another Word for World”, Ann Leckie (Future Visions)

• “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)
• “Madeleine”, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
• “Cat Pictures Please”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
• “The Dowager of Bees”, China Miéville (Three Moments of an Explosion)
• “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Old Venus, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)
• Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan, Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, eds. (Haikasoru)
• Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, eds. (Rosarium)
• Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

• The Best of Gregory Benford, Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
• Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
• The Best of Nancy Kress, Nancy Kress (Subterranean)
• Dancing Through the Fire, Tanith Lee (Fantastic Books)
• Three Moments of an Explosion, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey 2016)

• Asimov’s
• Clarkesworld
• F&SF
• File 770
• Tor.com

• Baen
• Gollancz
• Orbit
• Tor
• Subterranean

• John Joseph Adams
• Ellen Datlow
• Gardner Dozois
• David G. Hartwell
• Jonathan Strahan

• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Bob Eggleton
• John Picacio
• Michael Whelan

• The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks, Simone Caroti (McFarland)
• Lois McMaster Bujold, Edward James (University of Illinois Press)
• Letters to Tiptree, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
• Frederik Pohl, Michael R. Page (University of Illinois Press)
• Ray Bradbury, David Seed (University of Illinois Press)

• Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky, Julie Dillon (self-published)
• Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner, ed. (Underwood)
• Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
• Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design, Steven Heller, ed. (Pomegranate)
• The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & Legends, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer (Michael Publishing)

From Locus Online:

Winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 24-26, 2016; Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include author readings; a kickoff Clarion West party honoring first week instructor Paul Park, Clarion West supporters, awards weekend ticket holders, and special guests; panels with leading authors; an autograph session with books available for sale thanks to University Book Store; and a lunch banquet with the annual Hawai’ian shirt contest, all followed by a Locus party on Saturday night.

The Locus Awards are chosen by a survey of readers in an open online poll that runs from February 1 to April 15. We welcome and invite everyone to vote in the poll. Our recommended list for 2015 can be found here.

Congratulations to all the nominees!