Il 2 maggio sono stati annunciati, sul sito della prestigiosa rivista americana, i finalisti ai Premi Locus, o Locus Awards, relativamente a opere apparse nel 2024. I vincitori saranno annunciati il 21 giugno durante la cerimonia che concluderà l'evento di tre giorni e che si terrà a Oakland, California.

Abbiamo indicato a fianco delle candidature l'eventuale presenza anche tra i finalisti al Premio Hugo (H) e al Premio Nebula (N).

Premi Locus 2025 – Finalisti

Romanzo di fantascienza

  • Alexander Boldizar, The Man Who Saw Seconds
  • Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall (N)
  • James S.A. Corey, The Mercy of Gods
  • Cory Doctorow, The Bezzle
  • Malka Older, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
  • Nisi Shawl, Kinning
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alien Clay (H)
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model (H)
  • Catherynne M. Valente, Space Oddity
  • Jeff VanderMeer, Absolution

Romanzo fantasy

  • Peter S. Beagle, I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons
  • Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (H)
  • P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
  • Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
  • Kerstin Hall, Asunder (N)
  • T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call (H N)
  • TJ Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea
  • Premee Mohamed, The Siege of Burning Grass
  • Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil
  • Nghi Vo, The City in Glass

Romanzo horror

  • Gretchen Felker-Martin, Cuckoo
  • Gabino Iglesias, House of Bone and Rain
  • Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake
  • Josh Malerman, Incidents Around the House
  • Ian McDonald, The Wilding
  • Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters
  • Rivers Solomon, Model Home
  • Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays
  • Paul Tremblay, Horror Movie
  • Kaaron Warren, The Underhistory

Romanzo young adult

  • Kalynn Bayron, Sleep Like Death
  • Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Justice
  • Alex Brown, Rest in Peaches
  • Olivia Chadha, Fall of the Iron Gods
  • H.A. Clarke, The Feast Makers
  • Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea
  • Jordan Ifueko, The Maid and the Crocodile
  • Yoon Ha Lee, Moonstorm (N)
  • Darcie Little Badger, Sheine Lende
  • Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

Opera prima

  • Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time (H)
  • Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands
  • Sophie Burnham, Sargassa
  • Rebecca Fraimow, Lady Eve’s Last Con
  • Kelly Link, The Book of Love (N)
  • Jared Pechaček, The West Passage
  • Prashanth Srivatsa, The Spice Gate
  • Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City
  • John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In (H N)
  • Makana Yamamoto, Hammajang Luck

Romanzo breve

  • Aliette de Bodard, Navigational Entanglements (H)
  • T. Kingfisher, What Feasts at Night (H)
  • Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
  • Premee Mohamed, The Butcher of the Forest (H N)
  • Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction (H N)
  • Nnedi Okorafor, She Who Knows
  • Suzan Palumbo, Countess (N)
  • Sarah Pinsker, Haunt Sweet Home
  • Sofia Samatar, The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain (H N)
  • Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (H)

Racconto lungo

  • Tananarive Due, A Stranger Knocks
  • Daryl Gregory, I’m Not Disappointed Just Mad AKA The Heaviest Couch in the Known Universe
  • S.L. Huang, The River Judge
  • TJ Klune, Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
  • Naomi Kritzer, The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea (H)
  • Angela Liu, Another Girl Under the Iron Bell (N)
  • Premee Mohamed, By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars (H)
  • Wole Talabi, Encore
  • Eugenia Triantafyllou, Joanna’s Bodies (N)
  • Eugenia Triantafyllou, Loneliness Universe (H N)

Racconto breve

  • Susanna Clarke, The Wood at Midwinter
  • Aliette de Bodard, Autumn’s Red Bird
  • Rachael K. Jones, Five Views of the Planet Tartarus (H N)
  • Stephen Graham Jones, Parthenogenesis
  • Isabel J. Kim, Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole (H N)
  • PH Lee, The V*mpire (N)
  • Arkady Martine, Three Faces of a Beheading (H)
  • Premee Mohamed, The Night Birds
  • Nghi Vo, Stitched to Skin Like Family Is (H)
  • Caroline M. Yoachim, We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read (H N)

Antologia

  • Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (a cura di) The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction
  • Neil Clarke (a cura di) The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8
  • Rob Costello (a cura di) We Mostly Come Out at Night
  • Indrapramit Das (a cura di) Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art
  • Desiree S. Evans e Saraciea J. Fennell (a cura di) The Black Girl Survives in This One
  • Michael Kelly (a cura di) Northern Nights
  • Ahmed Naji (a cura di) Egypt + 100
  • dave ring (a cura di) The Crawling Moon
  • Jonathan Strahan (a cura di) New Adventures in Space Opera
  • Sonia Sulaiman (a cura di) Thyme Travellers

Antologia personale

  • Laird Barron, Not a Speck of Light
  • Elwin Cotman, Weird Black Girls
  • Kate Elliott, The History of the World Begins in Ice
  • Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions
  • Kathleen Jennings, Kindling
  • Stephen King, You Like it Darker
  • Ann Leckie, Lake of Souls
  • Naomi Novik, Buried Deep and Other Stories
  • Bogi Takács, Power to Yield and Other Stories
  • Wole Talabi, Convergence Problems

Rivista

  • Asimov’s
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Clarkesworld
  • Fiyah
  • khōréō
  • Lightspeed
  • Reactor
  • Strange Horizons
  • The Deadlands
  • Uncanny Magazine

Editore

(Tor Publishing Group si è ritirato)

  • Angry Robot
  • DAW
  • Erewhon
  • Gollancz
  • Neon Hemlock
  • Orbit
  • Small Beer Press
  • Solaris
  • Subterranean Press
  • Tachyon

Curatore

  • Neil Clarke (H)
  • Ellen Datlow
  • Diana Pho (H)
  • dave ring
  • Jonathan Strahan (H)
  • Lynne M. Thomas e Michael Damian Thomas (H)
  • Sheree Renée Thomas
  • E. Catherine Tobler
  • Wendy N. Wagner
  • Fran Wilde e Julian Yap

Artista

  • Brom
  • Rovina Cai (H)
  • Julie Dillon
  • Kathleen Jennings
  • Abigail Larson
  • John Picacio
  • Shaun Tan
  • Charles Vess
  • Michael Whelan
  • Alyssa Winans (H)

Saggio

  • Eugen Bacon (a cura di) Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction
  • Mark Bould e Steven Shaviro, This Is Not a Science Fiction Textbook
  • Jordan S. Carroll, Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right (H)
  • John Clute, The Book Blinders
  • Stefan Ekman, Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic
  • Jon Greenaway, Capitalism: A Horror Story
  • Laozi e Ken Liu, Laozi’s Dao De Jing
  • Abigail Nussbaum, Track Changes (H)
  • Holly Swinyard, A History of Fans and Fandom
  • Nana Visitor, Star Trek: Open a Channel

Libro illustrato

  • Peter S. Beagle, art by Tom Kidd, The Last Unicorn
  • Susanna Clarke, illustrated by Charles Vess, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
  • Suzanne Collins, art by Nico Delort, The Hunger Games
  • Kateřina Čupová, translated by Julie Nováková, R.U.R.: The Karel Čapek Classic
  • Scott Dunbier (a cura di) art by Mike Mignola, Hell, Ink & Water: The Art of Mike Mignola
  • Lafcadio Hearn e Yei Theodora Ozaki, art by Sakyu, Supernatural Tales from Japan
  • Stephanie Law, Undying Tales: Mythologies of Species on the Verge of Extinction
  • Adam Lee, Dungeons & Dragons: Worlds & Realms
  • Marisa Lewis (a cura di) Frank Frazetta: An Artists’ Tribute
  • Tad Williams, art by Donato Giancola, Stone of Farewell