The Locus Award for Non-fiction 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 Best non-fiction award has been made since 1979, originally known as Best Reference Book. The category was briefly merged with Best Art Book in 2004 and 2009-2010, and had on some occasions been previous won by graphic novels, which at the time did not have a category to fit them.
Winners +Award winnersYearNominated workAuthor197919801981In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954-19781982Danse Macabre19831984Dream Makers, Volume II 1985Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed1986Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf 1987Trillion Year Spree with David Wingrove1988Watchmen and Dave Gibbons1989First Maitz1990Grumbles from the Grave1991Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook and Dean Wesley Smith1992Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1993Dinotopia 1994 and Peter Nicholls1995I. Asimov: A Memoir1996Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia1997Look at the Evidence1998 and John Grant19992000Sixty Years of Arkham House2001On Writing2002Being Gardner Dozois2003Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years200420052006Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop2007James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon2008Breakfast in the Ruins2009Awarded to an Art Book2010Cheek by Jowl: Essays2011Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve2012Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature2013Distrust That Particular Flavor2014Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction 2015What Makes This Book So Great2016Letters to Tiptree and Alexandra Pierce20172018Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler and Mimi Mondal2019Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing and David Naimon2020Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction and Melanie R. Anderson20212022Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 and Iain McIntyre2023Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography 2024Space Crone2025Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction2026Enshittification
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