The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll. Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field" Currently, the Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet. Unusually, the publishers of winning works are honored with a certificate. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view [1]
The first Locus Award was given in 1971 for works published in 1970. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Winners
The following authors have won the most awards in the "fiction" categories 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)
Categories
- Locus Award for Best Novel
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- Locus Award for Best First Novel
- Locus Award for Best Short Story
References
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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American Author most widely known for his Hugo Award George Raymond Richard Martin ( September 20, 1948) sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American Author and Screenwriter John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947 in Austin Texas) is an American Science fiction Author. Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American Science fiction writer Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is a bestselling American Author, Critic, political writer and speaker. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Lucius Shepard (born August 21 1947, Lynchburg Virginia, though stories and articles published under his name from 1952-1955 in Collins Magazine indicate Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23 1952) is an American Science fiction Writer, probably best known for his award-winning Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American author best known for writing Science fiction. Glen David Brin, PhD (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of Science fiction. Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York New York) is an American Science fiction and Fantasy writer Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Joe William Haldeman is an American Science fiction author. Life and work Haldeman was born in 1943 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma China Tom Miéville (ˈtʃɑinɑ ˈmieɪˌvɪl (born September 6, 1972 in Norwich) is an award-winning English "fantastic fiction" Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. Michael Lawson Bishop (born November 12, 1945 in Lincoln Nebraska) is an award-winning American Writer. Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Kelly Link is an American author of Short stories born in 1969. Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American Science fiction and fantasy author Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known primarily for his Science fiction works in the Postcyberpunk genre Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Winners of the Locus Award for Best Novel, awarded by the Locus magazineDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic