Locus Award for Best Short Story explained

The Locus Award for Best Short Story is one of a series of Locus Awards given every year by Locus Magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.

Originally known as the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction, the first award in this category was presented in 1971.

Winners

Winners are as follows:[1]

Year Short Story AuthorPublicationRef
1971 "The Region Between" Harlan Ellison
1972 "The Queen of Air and Darkness" Poul Anderson
1973 "Basilisk" Harlan Ellison
1974 "The Deathbird" Harlan Ellison
1975 "The Day Before the Revolution" Ursula K. Le Guin
1976 "Croatoan" Harlan Ellison
1977 "Tricentennial" Joe Haldeman
1978 "Jeffty Is Five" Harlan Ellison
1979 "Count the Clock that Tells the Time" Harlan Ellison
1980 "The Way of Cross and Dragon" George R. R. Martin
1981 "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" Clifford D. Simak
1982 "The Pusher"
1983 "Sur" Ursula K. Le Guin
1984 "Beyond the Dead Reef" James Tiptree, Jr.
1985 "Salvador" Lucius Shepard
1986 "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" Harlan Ellison
1987 "Robot Dreams" Isaac Asimov
1988 "Angel" Pat Cadigan
1989 "Eidolons" Harlan Ellison
1990 "Lost Boys" Orson Scott Card
1991 "Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson
1992 "Buffalo" John Kessel
1993 "Even the Queen" Connie Willis
1994 "Close Encounter"
1995 "None So Blind" Joe Haldeman
1996 "The Lincoln Train" Maureen F. McHugh
1997 "Gone" John Crowley
1998 "Itsy Bitsy Spider" James Patrick Kelly
1999 "Maneki Neko" Bruce Sterling
2000 "macs" Terry Bisson
2001 "The Missing Mass" Larry Niven
2002 "The Bones of the Earth" Ursula K. Le Guin
2003 "October in the Chair" Neil Gaiman
2004 "Closing Time" Neil Gaiman
2005 "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire" Neil Gaiman
2006 "Sunbird" Neil Gaiman
2007 "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" Neil Gaiman
2008 "A Small Room in Koboldtown" Michael Swanwick
2009 "Exhalation" Ted Chiang[2]
2010 "An Invocation of Incuriosity" Neil GaimanSongs of the Dying Earth[3] [4] [5]
2011 "The Thing About Cassandra" Neil GaimanSongs of Love and Death[6] [7] [8]
2012 "The Case of Death and Honey" Neil GaimanA Study in Sherlock[9] [10]
2013 "Immersion" Aliette de BodardClarkesworld (#69), June 2012[11] [12] [13]
2014 "The Road of Needles" Caitl%C3%ADn R. KiernanOnce Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales[14] [15] [16]
2015 "The Truth About Owls" Amal El-MohtarKaleidoscope[17] [18]
2016 "Cat Pictures Please" Naomi KritzerClarkesworld (#110), Jan 2015[19] [20] [21] [22]
2017 "Seasons of Glass and Iron" Amal El-MohtarThe Starlit Wood[23] [24]
2018 "The Martian Obelisk" Linda NagataTor.com, 7/19/2017[25] [26] [27]
2019 "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" P. Djèlí ClarkFireside #52, Feb 2018[28] [29] [30] [31]
2020"The Bookstore at the End of America" Charlie Jane AndersA People's Future of the United States, Penguin's One World[32] [33] [34] [35]
2021“Little Free Library“Naomi KritzerTor.com, 4/8/2020[36] [37] [38]
2022"Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather"Sarah PinskerUncanny #39, Mar/Apr 2021[39] [40] [41]
2023"Rabbit Test"Samantha MillsUncanny #49, Nov/Dec 2022
2024"How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub"P. Djèlí ClarkUncanny #50, Jan/Feb 2023[42]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_Winners_By_Category#ss Locus Award for Best Short Story
  2. Web site: 2009-06-30 . Awards: Locus; John W. Campbell; Frank O'Connor Shortlist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171002003512/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=954 . 2017-10-02 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  3. Web site: 2010-06-28 . Awards: Trillium Book Awards; Locus Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171002205556/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1219 . 2017-10-02 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  4. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2010 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2010 . live .
  5. Web site: 2010-06-26 . 2010 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2017-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171017205822/http://locusmag.com/2010/06/2010-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2011-06-27 . Awards: Locus Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203073449/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1494 . 2023-02-03 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  7. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2011 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2011 . live .
  8. Web site: 2011-06-26 . Locus Awards 2011 Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210826/http://locusmag.com/2011/06/locus-awards-2011-winners/ . live .
  9. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2012 . 2022-07-15 . . 2019-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191031183131/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2012 . live .
  10. Web site: 2012-06-16 . 2012 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032327/http://locusmag.com/2012/06/locus-awards-2012-winners/ . live .
  11. Web site: Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy . 2022-07-15 . Clarkesworld Magazine . en-US . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/debodard_06_12/ . live .
  12. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2013 . 2022-07-15 . . 2021-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816200108/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2013 . live .
  13. Web site: 2013-06-30 . Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2021-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210927011939/https://locusmag.com/2013/06/locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  14. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2014 . 2022-07-15 . . 2019-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101221557/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2014 . live .
  15. Web site: 2014-06-28 . 2014 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014249/https://locusmag.com/2014/06/2014-locus-awards-winners-2/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2014-06-30 . Awards: Locus Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320005142/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2286 . 2023-03-20 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  17. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2015 . 2022-07-15 . . 2019-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901235022/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2015 . live .
  18. Web site: 2015-06-27 . 2015 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180801123251/http://locusmag.com/2015/06/2015-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  19. Web site: Clarkesworld Magazine - "Cat Pictures Please" by Naomi Kritzer . 2022-07-15 . Clarkesworld Magazine . en-US . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ . live .
  20. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2016 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2016 . live .
  21. Web site: 2016-06-25 . 2016 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104140119/https://locusmag.com/2016/06/2016-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  22. Web site: 2016-06-28 . Awards: Locus; Guardian & 4th Estate BAME . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220815103910/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2784 . 2022-08-15 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  23. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2017 . 2022-07-15 . . 2017-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170618225802/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2017 . live .
  24. Web site: 2017-06-24 . 2017 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2018-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180102175816/https://locusmag.com/2017/06/do-not-touch-2017-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  25. Web site: Nagata . Linda . 2017-07-19 . The Martian Obelisk . 2022-07-15 . Tor.com . en-US . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/https://www.tor.com/2017/07/19/the-martian-obelisk/ . live .
  26. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2018 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220724042047/https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2018 . live .
  27. Web site: locusmag . 2018-06-23 . 2018 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2023-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230509005826/https://locusmag.com/2018/06/2018-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  28. Web site: The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington . 2022-07-15 . firesidefiction.com . 2022-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629032701/https://firesidefiction.com/the-secret-lives-of-the-nine-negro-teeth-of-george-washington . live .
  29. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2019 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2019 . live .
  30. Web site: locusmag . 2019-06-29 . 2019 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2021-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210815070111/https://locusmag.com/2019/06/2019-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  31. Web site: 2019-07-02 . Awards: Locus Winners; Branford Boase Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419183231/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3528 . 2021-04-19 . 2024-04-17 . Shelf Awareness.
  32. Web site: One World - A People's Future of the United States - Trade Paperback . 2022-07-15 . en . 2022-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614220317/https://www.oneworldlit.com/books/a-peoples-future-of-the-united-states-tr . live .
  33. Web site: A People's Future of the United States by Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu: 9780525508809 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2022-07-15 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561572/a-peoples-future-of-the-united-states-by-edited-by-victor-lavalle-and-john-joseph-adams/ . live .
  34. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2020 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707071523/https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2020 . live .
  35. Web site: locusmag . 2020-06-27 . 2020 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2020-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629152930/https://locusmag.com/2020/06/locus-awards-winners-2020/ . live .
  36. Web site: Kritzer . Naomi . 2020-04-08 . Little Free Library . 2022-07-15 . Tor.com . en-US . 2022-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615012008/https://www.tor.com/2020/04/08/little-free-library-naomi-kritzer/ . live .
  37. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2021 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707064156/https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2021 . live .
  38. Web site: locusmag . 2021-06-26 . 2021 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2021-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211217040541/https://locusmag.com/2021/06/2021-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  39. Web site: Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather . 2022-07-15 . Uncanny Magazine . 10 April 2021 . en-US . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715214506/https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/where-oaken-hearts-do-gather/ . live .
  40. Web site: sfadb: Locus Awards 2022 . 2022-07-15 . . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715192932/http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2022 . live .
  41. Web site: locusmag . 2022-06-25 . 2022 Locus Awards Winners . 2022-07-15 . Locus Online . en-US . 2022-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717134614/https://locusmag.com/2022/06/2022-locus-awards-winners/ . live .
  42. Web site: 2024-06-22 . 2024 Locus Awards Winners . 2024-06-27 . Locus Online . en-US.

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