Literary award · United States
Locus Award for Best Novelette
Literary award by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus.
About Locus Award for Best Novelette
The Locus Award for Best Novelette, first presented in 1975, is one of a series of Locus Awards given annually by Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.
From the Wikipedia article “Locus Award for Best Novelette”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Somto Ihezue | We Begin Where Infinity Ends |
| 2025 | Premee Mohamed | By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars |
| 2024 | Uchechukwu Nwaka | The Rainbow Bank |
| 2023 | John Chu | If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You |
| 2022 | John Wiswell | That Story Isn't the Story |
| 2021 | Meg Elison | The Pill |
| 2020 | Ted Chiang | Omphalos |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Locus Award for Best Novelette 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 Q17008964 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).