Locus AwardNon-Fiction

Given by Locus Magazine

Other Names: Locus Poll Award
110 Works / 119 Items 0 Books
The Locus Awards are presented to winners of Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, which was established in the early '70s specifically to provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards show more voters. Over the decades the Locus Awards have often drawn more voters than the Hugos and Nebulas combined. In recent years Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet, and unlike any other award, explicitly honor publishers of winning works with certificates. The finalists and nominees are also tracked. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (507), Finalist (1,736), Nominee (427)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (10), 2023 (8), 2020 (10), 2019 (10), 2018 (1), 2017 (10), 2016 (6), 2015 (6), 2014 (6), 2013 (5), 2012 (6), 2011 (6), 2008 (5), 2007 (6), 2006 (6), 2005 (6), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1988 (1)
Announced:
May 9: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 27

WorkYear
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins2023
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger2020
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin2019
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler by Alexandra Pierce2018
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley2017
Letters to Tiptree by Alexandra Pierce2016
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton2015
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer2014
Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson2013
Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe2012
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: 1907–1948, Learning Curve by William H. Patterson2011
Breakfast in the Ruins by Barry N. Malzberg2008
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips2007
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm2006
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin2005
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years by Bruce Sterling2003
Being Gardner Dozois by Michael Swanwick2002
On Writing by Stephen King2001
Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography by S. T. Joshi2000
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World by Thomas M. Disch1999
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute1998
Look at the Evidence: Essays & Reviews by John Clute1997
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Clute1996
I, Asimov: A Memoir by Isaac Asimov1995
The Science Fiction Encyclopedia by John Clute1994
Dinotopia by James Gurney1993
Watchmen by Alan Moore1988

Finalist 119

WorkYear
42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams2024
The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History: A Handbook on Craft, Art, and History by Jack Dann2024
Wish I Was Here by M. John Harrison2024
All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays by Niall Harrison2024
101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann2024
A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller by Maureen Kincaid Speller2024
Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin2024
Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction by Chinelo Onwualu2024
Owning the Unknown: A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God by Robert Charles Wilson2024
Being Michael Swanwick by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro2024
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins2023
Fantasy: How It Works by Brian Attebery2023
An Earnest Blackness by Eugen Bacon2023
Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki2023
Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic (Routledge Research in Art and Race) by Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton2023
The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom: Volume Two: 1940 by Daniel Ritter2023
Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics (Sexual Cultures) by Scott2023
The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences by Bev Vincent2023
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger2020
Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Desirina Boskovich2020
The Time Machine Hypothesis : Extreme Science Meets Science Fiction by Damien Broderick2020
Reading Backwards by John Crowley2020
Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by Gwyneth Jones2020
Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by Robert Moss Markley2020
Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein by Farah Mendlesohn2020
Broken Places and Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor2020
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara2020
H.G. Wells : a literary life by Adam Roberts2020
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin2019
Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece by Michael Benson2019
Sense of Wonder: Short Fiction Reviews (2009-2017) by Gardner Dozois2019
Dreams Must Explain Themselves: The Selected Non-Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin2019
Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded by Jason Heller2019
Old Futures: Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility (Postmillennial Pop) by Alexis Lothian2019
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth by Catherine McIlwaine2019
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee2019
None of This Is Normal: The Fiction of Jeff VanderMeer by Benjamin Robertson2019
An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton2019
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler by Alexandra Pierce2018
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley2017
Octavia E. Butler by Gerry Canavan2017
Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction by André M. Carrington2017
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin2017
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman2017
Time Travel: A History by James Gleick2017
Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books by Ursula K. Le Guin2017
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley2017
The History of Science Fiction (Palgrave Histories of Literature) by Adam Roberts2017
Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro2017
Letters to Tiptree by Alexandra Pierce2016
The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A Critical Introduction by Simone Caroti2016
Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Edward James2016
Frederik Pohl (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) by Michael R. Page2016
Letters to Tiptree by Alexandra Pierce2016
Ray Bradbury by David Seed2016
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton2015
Ray Bradbury Unbound by Jonathan R. Eller2015
Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison!: A Memoir by Harry Harrison2015
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore2015
Robert A. Heinlein : in dialogue with his century, Volume 2 : 1948-1988, the man who learned better by William H. Patterson2015
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton2015
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer2014
Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings by Stefan Ekman2014
Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler by Rebecca J. Holden2014
The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey by Fred Nadis2014
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer2014
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack2014
Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson2013
An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections by Brian Aldiss2013
Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick2013
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature by Edward James2013
Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing by Neal Stephenson2013
Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe2012
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood2012
Becoming Ray Bradbury by Jonathan R. Eller2012
Musings and Meditations: Essays and Thoughts (Literary Essays) by Robert Silverberg2012
Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature by Gary K. Wolfe2012
Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006 by Gary K. Wolfe2012
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: 1907–1948, Learning Curve by William H. Patterson2011
80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin by Karen Joy Fowler2011
Conversations with Octavia Butler by Conseula Francis2011
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: 1907–1948, Learning Curve by William H. Patterson2011
C.M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary by Mark Rich2011
Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 by Gary K. Wolfe2011
Breakfast in the Ruins by Barry N. Malzberg2008
Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980 by Mike Ashley2008
Brave new words : the Oxford dictionary of science fiction by Jeff Prucher2008
The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews by Joanna Russ2008
Shadows of the New Sun: Wolfe on Writing / Writers on Wolfe (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) by Peter Wright2008
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips2007
Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror by John Clute2007
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany2007
Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe by Win Scott Eckert2007
Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard by Mark Finn2007
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips2007
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm2006
Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) by Mike Ashley2006
Anatomy of Wonder : A Critical Guide to Science Fiction by Neil Barron2006
Ursula K. Le Guin beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults by Mike Cadden2006
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm2006
Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe2006
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin2005
The Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911 to 1936 by Mike Ashley2005
Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction by Jonathan R. Eller2005
The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm2005
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin2005
Dancing Naked : The Unexpurgated William Tenn by William Tenn2005
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years by Bruce Sterling2003
Being Gardner Dozois by Michael Swanwick2002
On Writing by Stephen King2001
Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography by S. T. Joshi2000
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World by Thomas M. Disch1999
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute1998
Look at the Evidence: Essays & Reviews by John Clute1997
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia by John Clute1996
I, Asimov: A Memoir by Isaac Asimov1995
The Science Fiction Encyclopedia by John Clute1994
Dinotopia by James Gurney1993
Watchmen by Alan Moore1988

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