The finalists for the 2016 Locus Awards have been announced!
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi (Borzoi; Orbit UK)
Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)
A Borrowed Man, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
FANTASY NOVEL
Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS; Open Road)
The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
FIRST NOVEL
Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan UK)
The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
NOVELLA
Penric†™s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
“The Citadel of Weeping Pearls†, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov†™s 10-11/15)
“The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred†, Greg Egan (Asimov†™s 12/15)
Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
NOVELETTE
“The Heart†™s Filthy Lesson†, Elizabeth Bear (Old Venus)
“And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead†, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
“Black Dog†, Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)
“Folding Beijing†, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny 1-2/15)
“Another Word for World†, Ann Leckie (Future Visions)
SHORT STORY
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight†, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)
“Madeleine†, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
“Cat Pictures Please†, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
“The Dowager of Bees†, China Miéville (Three Moments of an Explosion)
“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers†, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)
ANTHOLOGY
The Year†™s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin†™s Griffin)
Old Venus, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)
Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan, Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, eds. (Haikasoru)
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell, eds. (Rosarium)
Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)