Winners of the 2024 Locus Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature Announced

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation have announced the winners of the 2024 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.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

FANTASY NOVEL

• Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

HORROR NOVEL

• A House with Good Bones, T Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Promises Stronger Than Darkness, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)

FIRST NOVEL

• The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)

NOVELLA

• Thornhedge, T Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

NOVELETTE

• “The Rainbow Bank”, Uchechukwu Nwaka (GigaNotoSaurus 8/23)

SHORT STORY

• “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub”, P Djèlí Clark (Uncanny 1-2/23)

ANTHOLOGY

• Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Random House; Picador)

COLLECTION

• White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link (Random House; Ad Astra)

MAGAZINE

• Uncanny

PUBLISHER

• Tor

EDITOR

• Neil Clarke

ARTIST

• John Picacio

NON-FICTION

• Space Crone, Ursula K Le Guin (Silver)

ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK

• The Culture: The Drawings, Iain M Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

SPECIAL AWARD 2024: Fostering Excellence in Craft & Career

• Jeanne Cavelos and the Odyssey Writing Workshop