Locus Award

The Locus Awards were started in 1971 and are given to winners of Locus Magazine's yearly readers' poll. Currently, the Locus Awards are given at a yearly banquet. Unusually, the publishers of winning works are given a certificate.

The first Locus Award was given in 1971 for works published in 1970.

Winners

The following writers have won the most awards in the "fiction" sections as of July 2005:

10 or more awards

Ursula K. Le Guin (18), Harlan Ellison (15), Dan Simmons (12), George R. R. Martin (11), John Varley (10)

3 - 9 awards

Connie Willis (9)
Orson Scott Card (8), Neil Gaiman (8), Lucius Shepard (8)
Kim Stanley Robinson (6)
Robert Silverberg (5), David Brin (5), Gene Wolfe (5)
Isaac Asimov (4), Joe Haldeman (4), China Miéville (4), Larry Niven (4)
Michael Bishop (3), Greg Egan (3), Stephen King (3), Kelly Link (3), Lois McMaster Bujold (3), Tim Powers (3), Neal Stephenson (3) Terry Pratchett (3)

References

↑ "What is given out in the Locus Awards". www.locusmag.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2008-06-14.

Other websites

Excerpts for Locus winning and nominated books

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[1] "What is given out in the Locus Awards". www.locusmag.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2008-06-14.