The winners for the 2016 Locus Awards were announced over the weekend. Alastair Reynolds’ SLOW BULLETS, David G. Hartwell, co-editor of THE SWORD & SORCERY ANTHOLOGY,  James Tiptree, Jr, and cover artists Julie Dillon and Michael Whelan were all honored.

Congratulations to all the winners.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• ANCILLARY MERCY, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

FANTASY NOVEL

• UPROOTED, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

• THE SHEPHERD’S CROWN, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)

FIRST NOVEL

• THE GRACE OF KINGS, Ken Liu (Saga)

NOVELLA

• SLOW BULLETS, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)

Tachyon publisher Jacob Weisman accepting the award for Alastair Reynolds (photo: Patrick Swenson)

NOVELETTE

• ‘‘Black Dog’’, Neil Gaiman (TRIGGER WARNING)

SHORT STORY

• ‘‘Cat Pictures Please’’, Naomi Kritzer (CLARKESWORLD 1/15)

ANTHOLOGY

• OLD VENUS, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)

COLLECTION

• TRIGGER WARNING: SHORT FICTIONS AND DISTURBANCES, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)

MAGAZINE

• ASIMOV’S

PUBLISHER

• Tor

EDITOR

• David G. Hartwell

ARTIST

• Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION

• LETTERS TO TIPTREE, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce, eds. (Twelfth Planet)

ART BOOK

• JULIE DILLON’S IMAGINED REALMS, BOOK 2: EARTH AND SKY (self-published)

For more info about SLOW BULLETS, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover art by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

For more info about ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE 30^TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon site.

Cover by Michael Whelan

For more info on THE SWORD & SORCERY ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Jean-Sebastien Rossbach

Design by Elizabeth Story