Winners of the 2021 Locus Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature Announced

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation have announced the winners of the 2021 Locus Awards.

The Locus Awards are presented to winners of the Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, first presented in 1971, to recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature.

The winners were announced June 26 2021 at the virtual Locus Awards Weekend.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

 

FANTASY NOVEL

• The City We Became, NK Jemisin (Orbit US & UK)

 

HORROR NOVEL

• Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)

 

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)

 

FIRST NOVEL

• Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

 

NOVELLA

• Ring Shout, P Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)

 

NOVELETTE

• The Pill, Meg Elison (Big Girl)

 

SHORT STORY

• Little Free Library, Naomi Kritzer (Tor.com 4/8/20)

 

ANTHOLOGY

• The Book of Dragons, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Harper Voyager UK; Harper Voyager US)

 

COLLECTION

• The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, Ken Liu (Saga; Head of Zeus)

 

MAGAZINE

• Tor.com

 

PUBLISHER

• Tor

 

EDITOR

• Ellen Datlow

 

ARTIST

• John Picacio

 

NON-FICTION

• The Magic of Terry Pratchett, Marc Burrows (White Owl)

 

ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK

• The Art of NASA: The Illustrations that Sold the Missions, Piers Bizony (Motorbooks)