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

YearNovel[1]Author Ref
1981Dragon's EggRobert L. Forward
1982Starship & HaikuSomtow Sucharitkul
1983Courtship RiteDonald Kingsbury
1984Tea with the Black DragonR. A. MacAvoy
1985The Wild ShoreKim Stanley Robinson
1986ContactCarl Sagan
1987The Hercules TextJack McDevitt
1988War for the OaksEmma Bull
1989Desolation RoadIan McDonald
1990Orbital DecayAllen Steele
1991In the Country of the BlindMichael F. Flynn
1992The CipherKathe Koja
1993China Mountain ZhangMaureen F. McHugh
1994Cold AlliesPatricia Anthony
1995Gun, with Occasional MusicJonathan Lethem
1996The Bohr MakerLinda Nagata
1997 (tie)ReclamationSarah Zettel
WhiteoutSage Walker
1998The Great WheelIan R. MacLeod
1999Brown Girl in the RingNalo Hopkinson
2000The Silk CodePaul Levinson
2001Mars CrossingGeoffrey A. Landis
2002Kushiel's DartJacqueline Carey
2003A Scattering of JadesAlexander C. Irvine
2004Down and Out in the Magic KingdomCory Doctorow
2005Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna Clarke
2006Hammered / Scardown / WorldwiredElizabeth Bear
2007Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/
Throne of Jade/Black Powder War		Naomi Novik
2008Heart-Shaped BoxJoe Hill
2009Singularity's RingPaul Melko
2010The Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
2011The Hundred Thousand KingdomsN. K. Jemisin
2012The Night CircusErin Morgenstern
2013Throne of the Crescent MoonSaladin Ahmed
2014Ancillary JusticeAnn Leckie
2015The Memory GardenM. Rickert
2016 The Grace of Kings Ken Liu
2017 Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee
2018 The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Theodora Goss
2019 Trail of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse
2020 Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir [4][5]
2021 Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger [6]
2022 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark [7]
2023 The Mountain in the Sea Ray Nayler

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Langford, David (August 9, 2021). "Locus Award". In Clute, John; Langford, David (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ Schaub, Michael (June 26, 2018). "Locus Award winners include N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle and John Scalzi". The Los Angeles Times.
  3. ↑ Flood, Allison (June 27, 2016). "Locus awards go to Ann Leckie, Naomi Novik and other stars". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ locusmag (2020-06-27). "2020 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  5. ↑ "sfadb: Locus Awards 2020". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  6. ↑ locusmag (2021-06-26). "2021 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  7. ↑ "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
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