The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has just announced this year’s Locus Award finalists, and as often happens, a number of them have connections to Norwescon! Here are the finalists we’re particularly excited to see:
- Cory Doctorow (Norwescon 33 guest of honor): Science Fiction Novel for Red Team Blues
- Ann Leckie (2014 Philip K. Dick Award nominee): Science Fiction Novel for Translation State
- Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021 Philip K. Dick Award nominee): Science Fiction Novel for Lords of Uncreation, Fantasy Novel for City of Last Chances
- Martha Wells (2018 Philip K. Dick Award nominee): Science Fiction Novel for System Collapse, Fantasy Novel for Witch King
- Connie Willis (Norwescon 24 guest of honor): Science Fiction Novel for The Road to Roswell
- Tim Powers (1983 and 1985 Philip K. Dick Award winner): Fantasy Novel for My Brother’s Keeper
- Tananarive Due (Norwescon panelist): Horror Novel for The Reformatory, Short Story for “Suppertime”, Collection for _The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
- Bethany Jacobs (2024 Philip K. Dick Award winner): First Novel for These Burning Stars
- Seanan McGuire (Norwescon 37 guest of honor): Novella for Lost in the Moment and Found
- P. Djèlí Clark (Norwescon 45 guest of honor): Novelette for “What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshatra”, Short Story for “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub”
- Sarah Pinsker (2020 Philip K. Dick Award winner): Novelette for “One Man’s Treasure”, Short Story for “There’s a Door to the Land of the Dead in the Land of the Dead”, Collection for Lost Places
- Neil Clarke (Norwescon 42 and 46 guest of honor): Anthology for The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 7, Magazine for Clarkesworld, Editor
- Eugen Bacon (2024 Philip K. Dick Award nominee): Anthology for The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2022)
- Nisi Shawl (Norwescon panelist): Anthology for New Suns 2
- Lavie Tidhar (2022 Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation winner): Anthology for The Best of World SF: Volume 3
- Catherynne M. Valente (Norwescon panelist): Collection for The Best of Catherynne M. Valente, Volume One
- Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas (Norwescon 45 guests of honor): Magazine for Uncanny, Editor
- Angry Robot (Norwescon 40 spotlight publisher): Publisher
- DAW (Norwescon 29, 35, and 39 spotlight publisher): Publisher
- Subterranean (Norwescon 42 spotlight publisher): Publisher
- Tor (Norwescon 28, 33, and 43 spotlight publisher): Publisher
- Jeff VanderMeer (2002 Philip K. Dick Award nominee): Editor
- Brom (Norwescon 25 guest of honor): Artist
- Kinuko Y. Craft (Norwescon 34 guest of honor): Artist
- Julie Dillon (Norwescon 38 guest of honor): Artist
- Bob Eggleton (Norwescon 24 guest of honor): Artist
- John Picacio (Norwescon 35 guest of honor): Artist
- Charles Vess (Norwescon 46 guest of honor): Artist
- Michael Whelan (Norwescon 5 and 26 guest of honor): Artist
- George R.R. Martin (Norwescon 38 guest of honor): Illustrated and Art Book for Voyaging, Volume One: The Plague Star
(If we’ve missed anyone, please let us know!)
Our heartfelt congratulations to these and all the rest of the finalists!