FIRST NOVEL: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir YA NOVEL: Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee SCIENCE FICTION: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders FANTASY: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire HORROR: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
The 2020 Locus Award winners were announced June 27 online. The livestream was wonderful, highlighted by the efforts of the co-presenters: Connie Willis, who was hilarious, and Darryl Gregory, entertaining and funny.
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
- The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
FANTASY NOVEL
- Middlegame, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
HORROR NOVEL
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (Riverhead; Hamish Hamilton)
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
- Dragon Pearl, Yoon Ha Lee (Disney Hyperion)
FIRST NOVEL
- Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
NOVELLA
- This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Saga)
NOVELETTE
- “Omphalos”, Ted Chiang (Exhalation)
SHORT STORY
- “The Bookstore at the End of America”, Charlie Jane Anders (A People’s Future of the United States)
ANTHOLOGY
- New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, ed. (Solaris US & UK)
COLLECTION
- Exhalation, Ted Chiang (Knopf; Picador)
MAGAZINE
- Tor.com
PUBLISHER
- Tor
EDITOR
- Ellen Datlow
ARTIST
- John Picacio
NON-FICTION
- Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction, Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson (Quirk)
ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK
- Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)
LOCUS SPECIAL AWARD
For Inclusivity, Representation, and Education:
- Writing the Other, Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward, & K. Tempest Bradford,

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Congratulations to the winners! Glad they had this online — very fun to watch.
Congrats to the winners. Interesting choices as always.
Congratulations to all the winners!
I somehow completely forgot this was today but look forward to watching the ceremony later.
Great selections. And I love the Shaun Tan artwork on the awards!
So, uh, is it A OK if I say I am a contributor to a Locus winning publication or will that lead to shouting over stolen award valor?
James Davis Nicoll: If you’re sure people weren’t just voting for Tor.com’s search engine, you should be fine.
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