Locus Award for Best First Novel
The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best First Novel was first presented in 1981.[1] The Locus Awards have been described as a prestigious prize in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature.[2][3]
Winners
| Year | Novel[1] | Author | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Dragon's Egg | Robert L. Forward | |
| 1982 | Starship & Haiku | Somtow Sucharitkul | |
| 1983 | Courtship Rite | Donald Kingsbury | |
| 1984 | Tea with the Black Dragon | R. A. MacAvoy | |
| 1985 | The Wild Shore | Kim Stanley Robinson | |
| 1986 | Contact | Carl Sagan | |
| 1987 | The Hercules Text | Jack McDevitt | |
| 1988 | War for the Oaks | Emma Bull | |
| 1989 | Desolation Road | Ian McDonald | |
| 1990 | Orbital Decay | Allen Steele | |
| 1991 | In the Country of the Blind | Michael F. Flynn | |
| 1992 | The Cipher | Kathe Koja | |
| 1993 | China Mountain Zhang | Maureen F. McHugh | |
| 1994 | Cold Allies | Patricia Anthony | |
| 1995 | Gun, with Occasional Music | Jonathan Lethem | |
| 1996 | The Bohr Maker | Linda Nagata | |
| 1997 | Reclamation | Sarah Zettel | |
| Whiteout | Sage Walker | ||
| 1998 | The Great Wheel | Ian R. MacLeod | |
| 1999 | Brown Girl in the Ring | Nalo Hopkinson | |
| 2000 | The Silk Code | Paul Levinson | |
| 2001 | Mars Crossing | Geoffrey A. Landis | |
| 2002 | Kushiel's Dart | Jacqueline Carey | |
| 2003 | A Scattering of Jades | Alexander C. Irvine | |
| 2004 | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory Doctorow | |
| 2005 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke | |
| 2006 | Hammered / Scardown / Worldwired | Elizabeth Bear | |
| 2007 | Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/ Throne of Jade/Black Powder War |
Naomi Novik | |
| 2008 | Heart-Shaped Box | Joe Hill | |
| 2009 | Singularity's Ring | Paul Melko | [4] |
| 2010 | The Windup Girl | Paolo Bacigalupi | [5] |
| 2011 | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N. K. Jemisin | [6] |
| 2012 | The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern | |
| 2013 | Throne of the Crescent Moon | Saladin Ahmed | |
| 2014 | Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie | [7] |
| 2015 | The Memory Garden | M. Rickert | |
| 2016 | The Grace of Kings | Ken Liu | [8] |
| 2017 | Ninefox Gambit | Yoon Ha Lee | |
| 2018 | The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter | Theodora Goss | |
| 2019 | Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse | [9] |
| 2020 | Gideon the Ninth | Tamsyn Muir | [10][11] |
| 2021 | Elatsoe | Darcie Little Badger | [12] |
| 2022 | A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark | [13] |
| 2023 | The Mountain in the Sea | Ray Nayler | |
| 2024 | The Saint of Bright Doors | Vajra Chandrasekera | [14] |
| 2025 | Someone You Can Build a Nest In | John Wiswell | [15] |
See also
References
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- ^ Flood, Allison (June 27, 2016). "Locus awards go to Ann Leckie, Naomi Novik and other stars". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2009-06-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards". Shelf Awareness. 2010-06-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Awards: Locus Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2011-06-27. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Awards: Locus Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction". Shelf Awareness. 2014-06-30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Awards: Locus; Guardian & 4th Estate BAME". Shelf Awareness. 2016-06-28. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Awards: Locus Winners; Branford Boase Winner". Shelf Awareness. 2019-07-02. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ locusmag (2020-06-27). "2020 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "sfadb: Locus Awards 2020". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ locusmag (2021-06-26). "2021 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2022-06-25. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
- ^ "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "2025 Locus Awards Ceremony". June 21, 2025.