2021 Locus Awards Finalists + Winners

Congratulations to Macmillan’s 2021 Locus Awards Finalists and Winners!

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

ATTACK SURFACE by Cory Doctorow
UNCONQUERABLE SUN by Kate Elliott
THE RELENTLESS MOON by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE LAST EMPEROX by John Scalzi
NETWORK EFFECT by Martha Wells–WINNER
INTERLIBRARY LOAN by Gene Wolfe

FANTASY NOVEL

THE ANGEL OF THE CROWS by Katherine Addison
PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke
HARROW THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

HORROR NOVEL

BEOWULF: A NEW TRANSLATION by Maria Dahvana Headley

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

OVER THE WOODWARD WALL by A. Deborah Baker
THE SILVERED SERPENTS by Roshani Chokshi

FIRST NOVEL

THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A.K. Larkwood
ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY by Karen Osborne

NOVELLA

THE ORDER OF THE PURE MOON REFLECTED IN WATER by Zen Cho
FINNA by Nino Cipri
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark–WINNER
UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by Sarah Gailey
COME TUMBLING DOWN by Seanan McGuire
RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi
THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE by Nghi Vo

NOVELETTE

IF YOU TAKE MY MEANING by Charlie Jane Anders
CITY OF RED MIDNIGHT: A HIKAYAT by Usman T. Malik
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE by Sarah Pinsker

SHORT STORY

THE GIRLFRIEND’S GUIDE TO GODS by Maria Dahvana Headley
WAIT FOR NIGHT by Stephen Graham Jones
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY by Naomi Kritzer–WINNER