Locus Magazine’s annual fundraiser is live! Help fund a strong 2024 by donating today to Locus Magazine, locusmag.com, and the Locus Awards! In its 56th year of publishing, donor and reader support is a crucial component to continuing everything Locus does into 2024.

Locus is more than a review magazine or a news website or a literary award – it is an enthusiastic mix of readers, writers, fans, and industry professionals, working together to uplift the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field (SFFH) they love for a global audience. In the magazine and on the website, they provide book reviews, author interviews, curated reading lists, and industry news and resources, along with hosting the annual Locus Awards and running writing workshops. Your support will help Locus continue providing these services to the SFFH community.

The Locus Indiegogo Campaign has some great donor swag, with more being added daily, including author chats, crits, personalized and signed books, Locus coffee mugs and tees, acts of whimsy, personalized letters from bestselling authors, and more, from names like Eugen Bacon, Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Fonda Lee, Ken Liu, George R.R. Martin, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Suzanne Palmer, Brandon Sanderson, John Scalzi, Nisi Shawl, Wole Talabi, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jo Walton, Connie Willis, and more. 

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“I’ve been part of the Locus community for over three decades, and I believe it is incredibly important to the speculative fiction community.”

Neil Gaiman

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Over the past 55 years, Locus has published more than 750 issues, keeping readers, authors, artists, book buyers, industry professionals, and fans up to date on what’s happening in the field. The Locusmag.com archive holds thousands of reviews, news posts, and articles covering fiction, craft, art, conventions, international events, and more, chronicling the field, including SFADB.org. Those archives are a searchable resource to both subscribers and the general reading public. 

Beyond the magazine, they started the Locus Awards in 1971, celebrating writers, editors, and artists of SFFH; including an award specifically for debut authors as well as an award for community development, historically given to those who boost marginalized voices. Locus also started a writing workshop series tapping our immense community of master writers. They offer internships and have seen many move on to establish publishing careers.

A lot has changed at Locus over the years and with the shifting landscape of magazine publishing, including the near collapse of print advertising revenue, Locus has shifted to an annual fundraiser to continue funding the archival and community work so dear to their hearts. 

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Locus is now donor-supported in addition to the steady revenue from a strong subscriber base. 

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“Locus Magazine is the spit and baling wire that holds the entire, bizarre, wondrous enterprise of publishing together. We’re all seriously f—ed if it ever stops working.”

—Cory Doctorow

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Your donations support…

• Interviews with up-and-coming and established writers, providing an in-depth look at their publishing journey, process, philosophy, experiences, and more.
• Reviews of books and short fiction by award winning critics who pinpoint exciting new titles and writers to look out for. 
• Forthcoming Books Lists used worldwide by bookstores, librarians, collectors, and avid readers to make buying decisions.
• News including international reports about what’s happening in the SFFH community around the world, to keep us all connected and informed.
• The Locus Awards, the democratic, readers’ choice award that acknowledges, celebrates, and embraces authors and artists in the field. 
• And more, including recommended reading lists, convention and workshop news, workshops, internships, event calendars, and obituaries honoring the life and work of SFFH’s voices.

Thank you for your support! Donate today at https://igg.me/at/locusmag

[Based on a press release.]