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"I didn't publish my first book until I was 37, so if anybody out there is reading this and thinking your chance has passed, there's no expiration date on your talent." Read our interview with
@LBardugo
!
"I believe I'm the only person to have won both of the Campbells, which, I think, gives me unique license to comment on Ng's remarks, which have been met with a mixed reception from the field." The latest column from Cory
@doctorow
:
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The 2019 Locus Award winner for SHORT STORY is:
"The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington", Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside, 2/18)
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"Oh my twitchy, witchy girl," haven't you always wanted a signed, personalized out-of-print edition of Neil Gaiman's Coraline? Easton Press collectors, this rarity is for you.
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Thank you to those who brought their concerns about RSR to our attention. Greg Hullender will not be involved in the Locus Recommended Reading List. We support our wonderfully complex and diverse SF community, and hope for continued positive dialogue on these issues.
The winners of the World Fantasy Award TIE for Best Novel are The Changeling by Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau) and Jade City by Fonda Lee (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
#wfc44
"If you reach your peak too early as a writer, that's when you get a pen name and stuff... you do well, and then your work stops selling, and then you reinvent yourself."
Check out our interview with
@UrsulaV
!
Cover Reveal!
In A NECESSARY CHAOS by
@BrentCLambert
, Althus and Vade were assigned to spy on each other by opposing sides. But what happens when they both catch feelings? Fall 2022 from
@neonhemlock
.
Cover by Cathy Kwan/
@completelycathy
Presales:
The
#2022LocusAwards
winner for Best Anthology is We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020, C.L. Clark & Charles Payseur, eds. (Neon Hemlock)!
The
#HugoAwards
winner for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form is Wonder Woman, screenplay by Allan Heinberg, story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs, directed by Patty Jenkins (DC Films / Warner Brothers)
Cover Reveal!
(RE)LIVING MYTHOLOGY by
@voodoonauts
Black magical stories & poems by authors from Africa & the African diaspora who retell myths, folktales, and legends from their childhoods. Fall 2022 from
@press_android
Cover by Paul Lewin
The Locus Award for COLLECTION goes to…
WINNER: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America
@LibraryAmerica
)
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The
#LocusAwards2020
Special Award Winner is Writing the Other, Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward, & K. Tempest Bradford, for Inclusivity and Representation Education.