Issues

The April 2026 Locus magazine, issue #783, has interviews with Rebecca Roanhorse and John Chu and a spotlight on one of the three Locus Awards 2026 guests of honor, Tananarive Due. The issue includes a feature on speculative poetry, with commentary by Linda D. Addison, Marie Brennan, Brian U. Garrison, Emily Hockaday, Brandon O’Brien, Josh Pearce, Terese Mason Pierre, Tim Melody Pratt, Sumiko Saulson, Holly Lyn Walrath, and Bryan Thao …Read More

The March 2026 Locus magazine, issue #782, has interviews with Richard K. Morgan and Makana Yamamoto, and a spotlight on one of the three Locus Awards 2026 guests of honor, Stephen Graham Jones. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2026. News covers new Tor imprint Wildthorn Books, DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter’s ICE protest, Andy Weir’s Heinlein Award win, Gay Haldeman’s Service to SFWA …Read More

The November 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Joe Hill and Eden Royce. News includes the Ignyte Awards winners, Loyer’s Sturgeon Award win, the planned Baker & Taylor shutdown, Anthropic settlement news, and more. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled Show Me the Incentive, I’ll Show You the Outcome . Galaxycon in Chengdu is covered with a report and photos. Guest columnist Kate Maruyama shares The Conversation Continues, Even …Read More

The September 2025 issue of Locus magazinehas interviews with Cadwell Turnbull and Yume Kitasei, and a spotlight on Comma Press. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2026. News includes the 2025 Hugo Awards winners, the launch of new Simon & Schuster UK imprint Solstice Books, the Montréal in 2027 Worldcon bid win, and SFWA updates; plus Aurora, Mythopoeic, Seiun, and Sidewise Awards winners, Dragon Awards and …Read More

The August 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alexander Boldizar, and a spotlight on artist Michael Blank. News covers the World Fantasy Awards Ballot, the Shirley Jackson and Prometheus Awards winners, Sierra Greer’s Arthur C. Clarke Award win, the British Fantasy Awards shortlist, and much more. Reports include the 2025 Locus Awards Weekend, StokerCon, Westercon 77/BayCon, and the 2025 Locus Survey results. Tess Williams is …Read More

The July 2025 issue of Locus has interviews with Fran Wilde and H.E. Edgmon. News includes the 2025 Locus Awards winners and Locus Poll writeup, as well as the Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards winners, Ignyte and Sturgeon Award finalists, Clarion West’s announcement that it will host in-person summer camps for teens, and much more. The SFWA Nebula Conference and WisCon 47 are covered with reports and photos. Obituaries remember …Read More

The June 2025 issue of Locus has interviews with Akwaeke Emezi and Joan Slonczewski and a spotlight on publisher Beehive Books. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2026. News includes Percival Everett’s Pulitzer Prize win, Brenda Peynado’s Philip K. Dick Award win, Seattle Worldcon’s AI controversy, the LA Times Book Prize and Otherwise winners, and much more. Norwescon 47 and Hal-Con are covered with reports …Read More

The May 2025 issue of Locus has interviews with Guy Gavriel Kay and Rita Woods and a spotlight on agent Lee O’Brien. News includes the 2025 Hugo Awards Ballot, Nicola Griffith’s induction as a SFWA Grand Master, Samantha Mills’s Compton Crook Award win, the BSFA Awards shortlist, the HWA Lifetime Achievement recipients, and more. Photo reports cover the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, the Writers & Illustrators …Read More

The April 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Daryl Gregory and S.A. Barnes and a spotlight on Tachyon Publications. News includes the 2024 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, the sale of Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF to Must Read Magazines, and much more. Obituaries and appreciations remember Guy Thomas and Chris Moore. Reviews cover new works by Guy Gavriel Kay, Joe Abercrombie, Nnedi Okorafor, Sofía Rhei, …Read More

The March 2025 issue of Locus has interviews with Amal El-Mohtar and Hache Pueyo, a spotlight on Diabolical Plots & the Submission Grinder, and a spotlight on Allan Kaster & Infinivox. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2025. News covers the Stoker Awards Preliminary ballot, ALA awards, the launch of magazine Remains, the Department of Education’s dismissal of the book ban suits, and much more. …Read More

The February 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Gareth L. Powell & Ibi Zoboi and a spotlight on Never Whistle at Night,edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. Main stories include tributes to the late Barry N. Malzberg, nominees for the Philip K. Dick Awards, the announcement of 2025’s World Fantasy Award judges, the return of Fantasy magazine, and the bankruptcy of comics/magazine distributor Diamond. …Read More

The January 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee and Tobi Ogundiran and a spotlight on artist Ethan Price. Main stories include the last Kitschies Awards winners, Percival Everett’s National Book Awards win, the conclusion of the Internet Archive case, and more. People and publishing covers news about Isabel Allende, Ken Liu, Kosoko Jackson, Adam Cesare, Ai Jiang, Sarah Gailey, and many others. Obituaries …Read More

The December 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Paolo Bacigalupi and Vajra Chandrasekera, a spotlight on artist Christine Mitzuk, and a spotlight on book subscription box service Illumicrate and their quarterly science fiction subscription, Starbright. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2025. News includes Samantha Harvey’s Booker win, SFWA’s special election results, the 2024 Ignyte Awards, the final Kitschies Awards shortlist, and more. …Read More

The November 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with R.S.A. Garcia and Suzan Palumbo and a spotlight on artist Virginia Lee. News covers the 2024 World Fantasy Awards, Han Kang’s Nobel Prize win, Margaret Owen’s Endeavour win, the Cixin Liu Museum in Yangquan, the British Fantasy, SFPA, and Ditmar awards winners, and more. International reports look at SF in India and SF in Japan. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled …Read More

The October 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Lev Grossman and Ananda Lima and a spotlight on The Deadlands and Psychopomp. Glasgow 2024 Worldcon is covered with an extensive report and photos, the complete Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. News covers the Dragon Awards winners, R.S.A. Garcia’s Sturgeon Award win, F&SF‘s shift to quarterly publication, the Internet Archive appeal decision, and more. H. Bruce …Read More

The September 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Catherynne M. Valente and Justin C. Key and a spotlight on artist Micaela Alcaino. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2025. News covers 2024 Hugo Awards winners, the World Fantasy Awards ballot, Dragon Awards finalists, SFWA resignations, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees Okorafor and Griffith, MacInnes’s Clarke win, additional Gaiman allegations, the Galaxy magazine revival, and …Read More

The August 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Sarah Langan and Moniquill Blackgoose and spotlights on artist Chris McGrath and the Authors Against Book Bans organization. News covers the Shirley Jackson and Prometheus awards winners, the Hugo Awards disqualification, a new Orbit horror imprint, and much more. Reports include the 2024 Locus Awards Weekend, the SFWA Nebula Conference, Readercon, BayCon, the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and …Read More

The July 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with Cory Doctorow and Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ. News covers the 2024 Locus Awards winners and Locus Poll writeup, as well as the 2023 Nebula Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, and Seiun Awards, the transformation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s home into a writers residency site, the auction of the first Hugo trophy, the RWA bankruptcy, and much more. StokerCon 2024 is covered with a …Read More

The June 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with M.R. Carey and Travis Baldree and a spotlight on artist Raya Golden. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2025. News includes the Aurealis Awards winners, Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist, LA Times Book Prize winners, British Book Awards winners, and much more. The 40th Anniversary Writers & Illustrators of the Future and LuxCon 2024 are covered …Read More

The May 2024 issue of Locushas interviews with Malka Older and Victor Manibo. News includes the 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot, Bethany Jacobs’s Philip K. Dick Award win, the Small Press Distribution shutdown, the Chesley Awards winners, and more. Photo reports cover the 2024 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Norwescon 46, and the Williamson Lectureship. Daria Piskozub reports on SF in Ukraine: On Fantasy Tropes and Romanticizing Reality. …Read More

The April 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Nalo Hopkinson and Ken MacLeod and a spotlight on artist Sara Felix. News includes the 2023 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, Chandrasekera’s Crawford win, Doherty’s Heinlein Award win, Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s shift to editor-at-large, the BSFA Awards finalists, and much more. Obituaries remember Brian Stableford, Jaime Lee Moyer, Dick Jenssen, and Sue Arroyo, with additional appreciations for …Read More

The March 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with Shelley Parker-Chan and Moses Ose Utomi and spotlights on artists Manzi Jackson and Richard A. Kirk. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2024. News and features include remembrances of Christopher Priest (1943-2024), a report on Hugo Awards tampering, the Stoker Award preliminary ballot, international reports on SF in Brazil and Indian science fiction magazines, and much …Read More

The February 2024 issue of Locus is the annual Year in Review overview with essays, the Locus 2023 Recommended Reading List, and magazine and book summaries tracking the progress of the industry. The issue also features an interview with Martha Wells. News includes the complete 2023 Hugo voting, Tor.comrebranding as Reactor, the empanelment of the World Fantasy Awards judges, the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, Chesley Awards finalists, and more. …Read More

The December 2023/January 2024 issue of Locus magazine is a special double issue and has interviews with Robert J. Sawyer, Andrea Stewart, and Ai Jiang, and a spotlight on artist Winona Nelson. Chengdu Worldcon and the World Fantasy Convention are both covered with extensive reports and photos. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2024. News includes the Ignyte and Sidewise Awards winners, Mueller’s Endeavour win, …Read More

The November 2023 issue of Locus magazine is a special issue, Dimensions of Wonder: Focus on Short Fiction, featuring interviews with Carmen Maria Machado and a roundtable on short fiction with Ted Chiang, Kelly Link, and Usman T. Malik. The issue also includes spotlights on khōréō, Omenana, and The Sunday Morning Transport, and essays on short fiction by Neil Clarke, A.T. Greenblatt, José Pablo Iriarte, Ai Jiang, Tobi Ogundiran, and …Read More

The October 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with John Scalzi and Justina Ireland and spotlights on artist Lauren Raye Snow and The Best of World SF series. News covers the Aurora and Dragon Awards winners, Samantha Mills’s Sturgeon Award win, S.P. Somtow’s Thai National Artist honor, the closure of Cossmass Infinities, and more. Patrick Lucien Price is remembered with an obituary and appreciation. A December/January double issue of …Read More

The September 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Wole Talabi and John Wiswell. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2024. News covers the 2023 World Fantasy Awards Ballot, the sale of Simon & Schuster to KKR, Ned Beauman’s Clarke win, the closure of Fantasy Magazine, the Seiun Awards winners, the Dragon Awards ballot, and much more. This month’s commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled …Read More

The August 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Karen Lord and Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore. News covers the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees, Sheila Gilbert’s retirement, Irene Gallo’s departure from Tor, and the Shirley Jackson, Kitschies, and Prometheus awards winners. Reports include StokerCon, BayCon, the 2023 Locus Survey results, and more. This year’s Locus Awards Weekend is covered with a full report and photos. …Read More