Locus Award

The Locus Awards were started in 1971 and are given to winners of Locus Magazine's yearly readers' poll. Currently, the Locus Awards are given at a yearly banquet. Unusually, the publishers of winning works are given a certificate.

The first Locus Award was given in 1971 for works published in 1970.

Winners

The following writers have won the most awards in the "fiction" sections as of July 2005:

10 or more awards

• Ursula K. Le Guin (18), Harlan Ellison (15), Dan Simmons (12), George R. R. Martin (11), John Varley (10)

3 - 9 awards

• Connie Willis (9)
• Orson Scott Card (8), Neil Gaiman (8), Lucius Shepard (8)
• Kim Stanley Robinson (6)
• Robert Silverberg (5), David Brin (5), Gene Wolfe (5)
• Isaac Asimov (4), Joe Haldeman (4), China Miéville (4), Larry Niven (4)
• Michael Bishop (3), Greg Egan (3), Stephen King (3), Kelly Link (3), Lois McMaster Bujold (3), Tim Powers (3), Neal Stephenson (3) Terry Pratchett (3)

Categories

• Locus Award for Best Novel
• Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
• Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
• Locus Award for Best First Novel
• Locus Award for Best Short Story

Other websites

• Excerpts for Locus winning and nominated books