Locus Award for Best Novella

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The Locus Award for Best Novella is one of a number of Locus Awards given out each year by Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.

The first award in this category was presented in 1973.

Winners

1970s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 1973-1979[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
1973 The Gold at the Starbow's End Frederik Pohl
1974 The Death of Doctor Island Gene Wolfe
1975 Born with the Dead Robert Silverberg
1976 The Storms of Windhaven Lisa Tuttle and George R. R. Martin
1977 The Samurai and the Willows Michael Bishop
1978 Stardance Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson
1979 The Persistence of Vision John Varley

1980s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 1980-1989[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
1980 Enemy Mine Barry B. Longyear
1981 Nightflyers George R. R. Martin
1982 Blue Champagne John Varley
1983 Souls Joanna Russ
1984 Her Habiline Husband Michael Bishop
1985 PRESS ENTER John Varley
1986 The Only Neat Thing to Do James Tiptree Jr.
1987 R&R Lucius Shepard
1988 The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg
1989 The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter Lucius Shepard

1990s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 1990-1999[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
1990 The Father of Stones Lucius Shepard
1991 A Short, Sharp Shock Kim Stanley Robinson
1992 The Gallery of His Dreams Kristine Kathryn Rusch
1993 Barnacle Bill the Spacer Lucius Shepard
1994 Mefisto in Onyx Harlan Ellison
1995 Forgiveness Day Ursula K. Le Guin
1996 Remake Connie Willis
1997 Bellwether Connie Willis
1998 Where Angels Fear to Tread Allen Steele
1999 Oceanic Greg Egan

2000s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 2000-2009[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
2000 Orphans of the Helix Dan Simmons
2001 Radiant Green Star Lucius Shepard
2002 The Finder Ursula K. Le Guin
2003 The Tain China Miéville
2004 The Cookie Monster Vernor Vinge
2005 Golden City Far Gene Wolfe
2006 Magic for Beginners Kelly Link
2007 Missile Gap Charles Stross
2008 After the Siege Cory Doctorow
2009 Pretty Monsters Kelly Link [2]

2010s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 2010-2019[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
2010 The Women of Neill Gwynne's Kage Baker [3]
2011 The Lifecycle of Software Objects Ted Chiang [4]
2012 Silently and Very Fast Catherynne M. Valente [5]
2013 After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Nancy Kress [6]
2014 Six-Gun Snow White Catherynne M. Valente [7][8]
2015 Yesterday’s Kin Nancy Kress [9]
2016 Slow Bullets Alastair Reynolds [10]
2017 Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire [11]
2018 All Systems Red Martha Wells [12]
2019 Artificial Condition Martha Wells [13]

2020s

Locus Award for Best Novella winners, 2020-2029[1]
Year Novella Author Ref.
2020 This Is How You Lose the Time War Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar [14][15]
2021 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark [16][17]
2022 Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells
2023 A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Becky Chambers [18][19]
2024 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher [20]

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