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2013 Locus Poll Award

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Best SF Novel
1 Redshirts John Scalzi
2 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson
3 The Hydrogen Sonata Iain M. Banks
4 Captain Vorpatril's Alliance Lois McMaster Bujold
5 Caliban's War James S. A. Corey
6 Blue Remembered Earth Alastair Reynolds
7 The Fractal Prince Hannu Rajaniemi
8 The Rapture of the Nerds Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
9 Slow Apocalypse John Varley
10 Intruder C. J. Cherryh
11 Empty Space M. John Harrison
12 Arctic Rising Tobias S. Buckell
13 Bowl of Heaven Gregory Benford and Larry Niven
14 Intrusion Ken MacLeod
15 Angelmaker Nick Harkaway
16 Any Day Now Terry Bisson
17 Jack Glass Adam Roberts
18 Rapture Kameron Hurley
19 The Last Policeman Ben H. Winters
20 The Eternal Flame Greg Egan
21 The Fourth Wall Walter Jon Williams
22 Fate of Worlds: Return from the Ringworld Edward M. Lerner and Larry Niven
23 Ashes of Candesce Karl Schroeder
24 Existence David Brin
25 Lost Everything Brian Francis Slattery
26 In the Mouth of the Whale Paul McAuley
27 Turing & Burroughs Rudy Rucker
Best Fantasy Novel
1 The Apocalypse Codex Charles Stross
2 The Drowning Girl
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
3 Hide Me Among the Graves Tim Powers
4 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin
5 Glamour in Glass Mary Robinette Kowal
6 Red Country Joe Abercrombie
7 Some Kind of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce
8 The King's Blood Daniel Abraham
9 Whispers Under Ground Ben Aaronovitch
10 Worldsoul Liz Williams
11 The Mirage Matt Ruff
12 Sharps K. J. Parker
13 And Blue Skies from Pain Stina Leicht
14 Bullettime Nick Mamatas
15 The Steel Seraglio Linda Carey and Louise Carey and Mike Carey
16 The Troupe Robert Jackson Bennett
17 Boneland Alan Garner
18 Range of Ghosts Elizabeth Bear
19 Crandolin Anna Tambour
Best First Novel
1 Throne of the Crescent Moon Saladin Ahmed
2 Alif the Unseen G. Willow Wilson
3 vN Madeline Ashby
4 Seraphina Rachel Hartman
5 The Games Ted Kosmatka
6 Blackwood Gwenda Bond
7 Rituals Roz Kaveney
8 Goblin Secrets William Alexander
9 Wide Open Deborah Coates
10 The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey
11 The Gathering Dark Leigh Bardugo
12 Bad Glass Richard E. Gropp
13 The Man from Primrose Lane James Renner
14 Sanctum Sarah Fine
Best Young Adult Book
1 Railsea
China Miéville?China Mieville
2 The Drowned Cities Paolo Bacigalupi
3 The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There Catherynne M. Valente
4 Dodger Terry Pratchett
5 Pirate Cinema Cory Doctorow
6 Be My Enemy Ian McDonald
7 Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan
8 Black Heart Holly Black
9 Radiant Days Elizabeth Hand
10 Apollo's Outcasts Allen Steele
11 Zeuglodon James P. Blaylock
12 The Chaos Nalo Hopkinson
13 Bitterblue Kristin Cashore
14 The Diviners Libba Bray
15 The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater
16 Days of Blood & Starlight Laini Taylor
17 A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge
18 The Crown of Embers Rae Carson
19 Team Human Sarah Rees Brennan and Justine Larbalestier
20 Son Lois Lowry
21 Every Day David Levithan
Best Novella
1 After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Nancy Kress
2 The Stars Do Not Lie Jay Lake
3 The Boolean Gate Walter Jon Williams
4 In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns Elizabeth Bear
5 On a Red Station, Drifting Aliette de Bodard
6 Gods of Risk James S. A. Corey
7 Hand of Glory Laird Barron
8 Murder Born Robert Reed
9 Let Maps to Others K. J. Parker
10 Eater-of-Bone Robert Reed
11 Katabasis Robert Reed
12 The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future Jay Lake
13 The Last Judgment James Patrick Kelly
14 Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" Michael Bishop
15 Sky Kaaron Warren
16 Maze of Shadows Fred Chappell
17 The Moon Belongs to Everyone Michael Alexander and K. C. Ball
18 The Mongolian Book of the Dead Alan Smale
Best Novelette
1 The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi Pat Cadigan
2 Faster Gun Elizabeth Bear
3 Close Encounters Andy Duncan
4 The Lady Astronaut of Mars Mary Robinette Kowal
5 Fake Plastic Trees
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
6 The Wish Head Jeffrey Ford
7 Significant Dust Margo Lanagan
8 Fireborn Robert Charles Wilson
9 The Sea of Trees Rachel Swirsky
10 Arbeitskraft Nick Mamatas
11 Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery Eleanor Arnason
12 The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
13 Troll Blood Peter Dickinson
14 Bruce Springsteen Paul McAuley
15 The Peak of Eternal Light Bruce Sterling
16 Frontier Death Song Laird Barron
17 Swift, Brutal Retaliation Meghan McCarron
18 The Ghosts of Christmas Paul Cornell
19 Astrophilia Carrie Vaughn
20 Liberty's Daughter Naomi Kritzer
21 Old Paint Megan Lindholm
22 Goddess of Mercy Bruce Sterling
23 The Thorn and the Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story Theodora Goss
24 One Little Room an Everywhere K. J. Parker
25 Mating Habits of the Late Cretaceous Dale Bailey
26 Electrica Sean McMullen
27 The Grinnell Method Molly Gloss
28 The Bernoulli War Gord Sellar
29 Declaration James Patrick Kelly
30 No Decent Patrimony Elizabeth Bear
31 The Color Least Used by Nature Ted Kosmatka
Best Short Story
1 Immersion Aliette de Bodard
2 Mono no Aware Ken Liu
3 The Deeps of the Sky Elizabeth Bear
4 Mantis Wives Kij Johnson
5 Elementals Ursula K. Le Guin
6 Great-Grandmother in the Cellar Peter S. Beagle
7 Coming of Age on Barsoom Catherynne M. Valente
8 Blood Drive Jeffrey Ford
9 Valedictorian N. K. Jemisin
10 Scattered Along the River of Heaven Aliette de Bodard
11 Two Houses Kelly Link
12 Goggles (c.1910)
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
13 A Natural History of Autumn Jeffrey Ford
14 Tyche and the Ants Hannu Rajaniemi
15 Reindeer Mountain Karin Tidbeck
16 One Breath, One Stroke Catherynne M. Valente
17 The Woman Who Fooled Death Five Times Eleanor Arnason
18 Rebecka (translation of Samtal med Rebecka) Karin Tidbeck
19 The Water Thief Alastair Reynolds
20 The Easthound Nalo Hopkinson
21 Antarctica Starts Here Paul McAuley
22 About Fairies Pat Murphy
23 The Education of a Witch Ellen Klages
24 England Under the White Witch Theodora Goss
25 Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream Maria Dahvana Headley
26 Blue Lace Agate Sarah Monette
27 Bricks, Sticks, Straw Gwyneth Jones
28 Nightside on Callisto Linda Nagata
29 Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden Paul McAuley
30 In Autotelia M. John Harrison
31 A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight (translation of
百鬼夜行街?Bǎi guǐ yèxíng jiē
Bai gui yexing jie
)
Xia Jia
32 The Memcordist Lavie Tidhar
33 A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones Genevieve Valentine
Best Collection
1 Shoggoths in Bloom Elizabeth Bear
2 The Best of Kage Baker Kage Baker
3 At the Mouth of the River of Bees Kij Johnson
4 Outer Space, Inner Lands Ursula K. Le Guin
4 Where on Earth Ursula K. Le Guin
5 The Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard
6 The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories Andy Duncan
7 Jagannath: Stories Karin Tidbeck
8 Fountain of Age: Stories Nancy Kress
9 Crackpot Palace Jeffrey Ford
10 We Are for the Dark: 1987-90 Robert Silverberg
11 Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two Jack Vance
12 Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey
13 Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
14 The Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories Jonathan Carroll
15 Cracklescape Margo Lanagan
16 Last and First Contacts Stephen Baxter
17 Wonders of the Invisible World Patricia A. McKillip
18 Errantry: Strange Stories Elizabeth Hand
19 Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas Robert Reed
20 Permeable Borders Nina Kiriki Hoffman
21 The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective Michael Bishop
22 Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley
23 Other Seasons: The Best of Neal Barrett, Jr. Neal Barrett, Jr.
24 Sorry Please Thank You Charles Yu
25 Ancient, Ancient Kiini Ibura Salaam
25 Moscow But Dreaming Ekaterina Sedia
27 Birds and Birthdays Christopher Barzak
28 Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures Peter Dickinson
29 Remember Why You Fear Me: The Best Dark Fiction of Robert Shearman Robert Shearman
30 The Janus Tree and Other Stories Glen Hirshberg
Best Anthology
1 Edge of Infinity Jonathan Strahan
2 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection Gardner Dozois
3 After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
4 The Future Is Japanese Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington
5 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six Jonathan Strahan
6 Year's Best SF 17 Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
7 Steampunk Revolution Ann VanderMeer
8 Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron Jonathan Strahan
9 Epic: Legends of Fantasy John Joseph Adams
10 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four Ellen Datlow
11 Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction Brit Mandelo
12 Rip-Off! Gardner Dozois
13 The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012 Rich Horton
14 Solaris Rising 1.5: An Exclusive Ebook of New Science Fiction Ian Whates
15 Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
16 AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers Ivor W. Hartmann
17 The Sword & Sorcery Anthology David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman
18 Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic Chris N. Brown and Eduardo Jiménez Mayo
19 The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 John Pelan
19 The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000 John Pelan
20 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2012 Edition Paula Guran
21 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 23 Stephen Jones
22 Ishtar Amanda Pillar and K. V. Taylor
23 Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana Anil Menon and Vandana Singh
24 Rock on: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy Paula Guran
25 Robots: The Recent A. I. Rich Horton and Sean Wallace
Best Magazine
1 Asimov's Science Fiction - 2012 Sheila Williams
2 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - 2012 Gordon Van Gelder
3 Tor.com - 2012 Liz Gorinsky and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
3 Tor.com - 2012 Liz Gorinsky
3 Tor.com - 2012 Patrick Nielsen Hayden
3 Tor.com - 2012 James R. Frenkel
3 Tor.com - 2012 Beth Potter
3 Tor.com - 2012 David G. Hartwell
3 Tor.com - 2012 Kat Brzozowski
3 Tor.com - 2012 Janine O'Malley
3 Tor.com - 2012 Holly West
3 Tor.com - 2012 Elizabeth Szabla
3 Tor.com - 2012 Noa Wheeler
3 Tor.com - 2012 Nancy Mercado
3 Tor.com - 2012 Kate Jacobs
3 Tor.com - 2012 Joy Peskin
3 Tor.com - 2012 Melissa Ann Singer
4 Clarkesworld Magazine - 2012 Neil Clarke
5 Subterranean Online - 2012 William Schafer
6 Analog Science Fiction and Fact - 2012 Stanley Schmidt
7 Lightspeed - 2012 John Joseph Adams
8 Strange Horizons - 2012 Niall Harrison
9 SF Signal uncredited
10 Interzone - 2012 Andy Cox and Andy Hedgecock
10 Interzone - 2012 Andy Cox
11 Apex Magazine - 2012 Lynne M. Thomas
12 The New York Review of Science Fiction - 2012 David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney
13 Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 2012 Scott H. Andrews
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The Locus Poll results list this as number 14 for best magazine. However, the rules state that eligible works must be published in 2012 and there were no issues with a 2012 cover date.
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet uncredited
15 Ansible - 2012 David Langford
16 Cemetery Dance - 2012 Richard Chizmar
17 Weird Tales - 2012 Ann VanderMeer
17 Weird Tales - 2012 Marvin Kaye
18 SF Site uncredited
Best Non-Fiction
1 Distrust That Particular Flavor William Gibson
2 Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo
3 Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing Neal Stephenson
4 The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
5 An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections Brian Aldiss
6 We Wuz Pushed: On Joanna Russ and Radical Truth-telling Brit Mandelo
7 London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction Allan Kausch and Michael Moorcock
8 On Conan Doyle: or, The Whole Art of Storytelling Michael Dirda
9 Angela Carter: New Critical Readings Sonya Andermahr and Lawrence Phillips
10 As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary PreHistory of Virtual Reality Michael Saler
11 Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America John Cheng
Best Art Book
1 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner
2 Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions Brian J. Robb
3 The Art of the Hobbit Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull and J. R. R. Tolkien
4 Trolls Brian Froud and Wendy Froud
5 Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration Scott Tracy Griffin
6 Velocity Stephan Martiniere
7 The Art of the Dragon J. David Spurlock and Patrick Wilshire
8 Star Wars Art: Illustration Eric Klopfer
9 Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan
10 Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! Brom and Phil Hale and Android Jones and Iain McCaig and Mike Mignola
11 Fantasy+ 4: World's Most Imaginative Artworks Vincent Zhao
Best Editor
1 ---- Ellen Datlow
2 ---- Jonathan Strahan
3 ---- Gardner Dozois
4 ---- John Joseph Adams
5 ---- Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
6 ---- David G. Hartwell
7 ---- Sheila Williams
8 ---- Gordon Van Gelder
9 ---- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
10 ---- Lou Anders
11 ---- Neil Clarke
12 ---- Stanley Schmidt
13 ---- Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
14 ---- Terri Windling
15 ---- Liz Gorinsky
16 ---- William Schafer
17 ---- Betsy Wollheim
18 ---- Peter Crowther
19 ---- Beth Meacham
20 ---- Lynne M. Thomas
21 ---- Martin H. Greenberg
22 ---- Toni Weisskopf
23 ---- Stephen Jones
24 ---- Shawna McCarthy
25 ---- Teresa Nielsen Hayden
26 ---- Ginjer Buchanan
27 ---- Alisa Krasnostein
28 ---- Sharyn November
29 ---- Betsy Mitchell
Best Publisher/Imprint
1 Tor
2 Subterranean Press
3 Orbit
4 Baen Books
5 Angry Robot
6 Night Shade Books
7 Small Beer Press
8 DAW Books
9 Gollancz
10 Ace
11 Pyr
12 Del Rey Books
13 PS Publishing
14 Tachyon
15 NESFA Press
16 Roc
17 ChiZine Publications
18 St. Martin's
19 HarperVoyager
20 Twelfth Planet Press
21 Prime
22 Solaris
23 Aqueduct Press
24 Haffner Press
25 Haikasoru
Best Artist
1 ---- Michael Whelan
2 ---- John Picacio
3 ---- Stephan Martiniere
4 ---- Shaun Tan
5 ---- Donato Giancola
6 ---- Charles Vess
7 ---- Bob Eggleton
8 ---- Kinuko Y. Craft
9 ---- Daniel Dos Santos
10 ---- Frank Frazetta
11 ---- Dave McKean
12 ---- Phil Foglio
13 ---- Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
14 ---- Vincent Chong
15 ---- J. K. Potter
16 ---- Jim Burns
17 ---- Vincent Di Fate
17 ---- John Jude Palencar
19 ---- Don Maitz
20 ---- Thomas Canty
21 ---- Boris Vallejo
22 ---- Todd Lockwood
23 ---- Julie Bell
24 ---- Michael Kaluta
25 ---- Frank Wu
26 ---- Brom
27 ---- David Cherry
28 ---- Yoshitaka Amano

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