Literary award · United States
Locus Award for Best Collection
Literary award by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus.
About Locus Award for Best Collection
The Locus Award for Best Collection 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 Collection was originally presented as Best Reprint Anthology/Collection between 1972 and 1974, in conjunction with a Best Original Anthology award which evolved into the modern Best Anthology award.
From the Wikipedia article “Locus Award for Best Collection”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ann Leckie | Lake of Souls |
| 2024 | Kelly Link | White Cat, Black Dog |
| 2023 | Sam J. Miller | Boys, Beasts & Men |
| 2022 | Charlie Jane Anders | Even Greater Mistakes |
| 2021 | Ken Liu | The Hidden Girl and Other Stories |
| 2020 | Ted Chiang | Exhalation: Stories |
| 2019 | N. K. Jemisin | How Long 'Til Black Future Month? |
| 2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Hainish Novels & Stories |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Locus Award for Best Collection for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q54824268 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).