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Locus Award for Best Short Story

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The Locus Award for Best Short Story is one of a series of Locus Awards given every year by Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. Originally known as the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction, the first award in this category was presented in 1971.[citation needed]

Winners

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Award winners[1]
Year Short story Author Publication Ref.
1971 The Region Between Harlan Ellison
1972 The Queen of Air and Darkness Poul Anderson
1973 Basilisk Harlan Ellison
1974 The Deathbird Harlan Ellison
1975 The Day Before the Revolution Ursula K. Le Guin
1976 Croatoan Harlan Ellison
1977 Tricentennial Joe Haldeman
1978 Jeffty Is Five Harlan Ellison
1979 Count the Clock that Tells the Time Harlan Ellison [2]
1980 The Way of Cross and Dragon George R. R. Martin [3]
1981 Grotto of the Dancing Deer Clifford D. Simak [4]
1982 The Pusher John Varley [5]
1983 Sur Ursula K. Le Guin [6]
1984 Beyond the Dead Reef James Tiptree Jr. [7]
1985 Salvador Lucius Shepard [8]
1986 With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole Harlan Ellison [9]
1987 Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov [10]
1988 Angel Pat Cadigan [11]
1989 Eidolons Harlan Ellison [12]
1990 Lost Boys Orson Scott Card [13]
1991 Bears Discover Fire Terry Bisson [14]
1992 Buffalo John Kessel [15]
1993 Even the Queen Connie Willis [16]
1994 Close Encounter Connie Willis [17]
1995 None So Blind Joe Haldeman [18]
1996 The Lincoln Train Maureen F. McHugh [19]
1997 Gone John Crowley [20]
1998 Itsy Bitsy Spider James Patrick Kelly [21]
1999 Maneki Neko Bruce Sterling [22]
2000 macs Terry Bisson [23]
2001 The Missing Mass Larry Niven [24]
2002 The Bones of the Earth Ursula K. Le Guin [25]
2003 October in the Chair Neil Gaiman [26]
2004 Closing Time Neil Gaiman [27]
2005 Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire Neil Gaiman [28]
2006 Sunbird Neil Gaiman [29]
2007 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Neil Gaiman [30]
2008 A Small Room in Koboldtown Michael Swanwick [31]
2009 Exhalation Ted Chiang [32]
2010 An Invocation of Incuriosity Neil Gaiman Songs of the Dying Earth [33][34][35]
2011 The Thing About Cassandra Neil Gaiman Songs of Love and Death [36][37]
2012 The Case of Death and Honey Neil Gaiman A Study in Sherlock [38][39][40]
2013 Immersion Aliette de Bodard Clarkesworld #69[41] [42][43]
2014 The Road of Needles Caitlín R. Kiernan Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales [44][45]
2015 The Truth About Owls Amal El-Mohtar Kaleidoscope [46][47][48]
2016 Cat Pictures Please Naomi Kritzer Clarkesworld #110[49] [50][51]
2017 Seasons of Glass and Iron Amal El-Mohtar The Starlit Wood [52][53][54]
2018 The Martian Obelisk Linda Nagata Tor.com[55] [56][57][58]
2019 The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington P. Djèlí Clark Fireside #52[59] [60][61][62]
2020 The Bookstore at the End of America Charlie Jane Anders A People's Future of the United States[63][64] [65][66][67]
2021 Little Free Library Naomi Kritzer Tor.com[68] [69][70]
2022 Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather Sarah Pinsker Uncanny #39[71] [72][73]
2023 Rabbit Test Samantha Mills Uncanny #49 [74][75]
2024 How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub P. Djèlí Clark Uncanny #50 [76][77]
2025 Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole Isabel J. Kim Clarkesworld [78][79]
2026 In My Country Thomas Ha Clarkesworld 4/25 [80]


References

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