Locus Award


The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States. The award winners are selected by polling magazine readers.
The awards are presented at an annual banquet. The publishers of winning works are honored with certificates, which is unique in the field.
The Locus list was inaugurated in 1971 for publication year 1970 and was originally more of a list than an award, intended to predict the Hugo Awards, and then to provide suggestions and guidance for them.

Frequently nominated

As of the 2019 awards, the following have had the most nominations:
PersonNominationsNominations Wins
Robert Silverberg158889
Gardner Dozois1312143
Ellen Datlow100014
Michael Swanwick82733
Ursula K. Le Guin805624
Martin H. Greenberg8000
Gene Wolfe73666
Stephen Baxter73671
David G. Hartwell7301
Robert Reed71670
Lucius Shepard70608
Gregory Benford69540
Terri Windling6610
Frederik Pohl65463
Nancy Kress64572
George R. R. Martin624216


Categories

There are several categories that no longer receive Locus Awards: