The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best First Novel was first presented in 1981. The Locus Awards have been described as a prestigious prize in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature.
Winners +Award winnersYear Novel Author 1981 Dragon's Egg 1982 Starship & Haiku 1983 Courtship Rite 1984 Tea with the Black Dragon 1985 1986 Contact 1987 1988 War for the Oaks 1989 Desolation Road 1990 Orbital Decay 1991 In the Country of the Blind 1992 1993 China Mountain Zhang 1994 Cold Allies 1995 Gun, with Occasional Music 1996 1997 Reclamation Whiteout 1998 1999 Brown Girl in the Ring 2000 2001 Mars Crossing 2002 Kushiel's Dart 2003 2004 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom 2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 2006 Hammered / Scardown / Worldwired 2007 Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder War 2008 Heart-Shaped Box 2009 Singularity's Ring 2010 2011 2012 2013 Throne of the Crescent Moon 2014 Ancillary Justice 2015 2016 2017 Ninefox Gambit 2018 2019 Trail of Lightning 2020 Gideon the Ninth 2021 Elatsoe 2022 2023 2024 2025 Someone You Can Build a Nest In2026Sour Cherry
See also Locus Award
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20081201034720/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/06/locus-awards-2011-winners