Aquí tenemos los finalistas de los premios Locus 2026, preparaos para un listado bastante extenso:
NOVELAS DE CIENCIA FICCIÓN
- The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)
- Picks & Shovels, Cory Doctorow (Ad Astra; Tor)
- Notes from a Regicide, Isaac Fellman (Tor)
- When We Were Real, Daryl Gregory (Saga)
- All That We See or Seem, Ken Liu (Saga; Ad Astra)
- Where the Axe Is Buried, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfel & Nicolson)
- Slow Gods, Claire North (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz)
- The Shattering Peace, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
- Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
NOVELAS DE FANTASÍA
- The Devils, Joe Abercrombie (Tor; Gollancz)
- The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
- Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan UK)
- A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor; Tor UK)
- The Raven Scholar, Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)
- Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Tor UK)
- Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager; Harper Voyager UK)
- The Incandescent, Emily Tesh (Tor; Orbit UK)
- Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor)
NOVELAS DE TERROR
- The Possession of Alba Díaz, Isabel Cañas (Berkley; Solaris UK)
- Spread Me, Sarah Gailey (Nightfire)
- King Sorrow, Joe Hill (Morrow; Headline UK)
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK)
- The Library at Hellebore, Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire; Titan UK)
- Never Flinch, Stephen King (Scribner, Hodder & Stoughton UK)
- The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Arcadia UK)
- It Was Her House First, Cherie Priest (Poisoned Pen)
- The Crimson Road, A.G. Slatter (Titan US & UK)
- The Staircase in the Woods, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
NOVELAS JUVENILES
- The Singular Life of Aria Patel, Samira Ahmed (Little, Brown; Atom UK)
- Make Me a Monster, Kalynn Bayron (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
- Costumes for Time Travelers, A.R. Capetta (Candlewick; Walker UK)
- The Executioners Three, Susan Dennard (Tor Teen; Daphne UK)
- The Underwood Tapes, Amanda DeWitt (Peachtree Teen)
- Among Ghosts, Rachel Hartman (Random House)
- Sky on Fire, E.K. Johnston (Dutton)
- Starstrike, Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
- I Am Not Jessica Chen, Ann Liang (Harper)
- They Bloom at Night, Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
PRIMERAS NOVELAS
- A Song of Legends Lost, M.H. Ayinde (Orbit UK; Saga)
- Red Rabbit Ghost, Jen Julian (Run For It)
- When Devils Sing, Xan Kaur (Holt; First Ink UK)
- Awake in the Floating City, Susanna Kwan (Pantheon; Simon & Schuster UK)
- Luminous, Silvia Park (Simon & Schuster; Magpie)
- Archive of Unknown Universes, Ruben Reyes Jr. (Mariner; Footnote UK)
- North Sun, Or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther, Ethan Rutherford (A Strange Object)
- Blob, Maggie Su (Harper; Sceptre UK)
- Song of Spores, Bogi Takács (Broken Eye)
- Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House; Wildfire UK)
NOVELA TRADUCIDA
- On the Calculation of Volume III, Solvej Balle, tr. Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell (New Directions; Faber & Faber)
- The Unworthy, Agustina Bazterrica, tr. Sarah Moses (Scribner; Pushkin UK)
- The Midnight Shift, Cheon Seon-Ran, tr. Gene Png (Bloomsbury UK; Bloomsbury US)
- Red Sword, Bora Chung, tr. Anton Hur (Honford Star)
- The Midnight Timetable, Bora Chung, tr. Anton Hur (Algonquin)
- Ice, Jacek Dukaj, tr. Ursula Phillips (Head of Zeus)
- Blood for the Undying Throne, Sung-il Kim, tr. Anton Hur (Tor)
- Vanishing World, Sayaka Murata, tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Grove; Granta UK)
- Dengue Boy, Michel Nieva, tr. Rahul Bery (Astra House; Serpent’s Tail)
- The Wax Child, Olga Ravn, tr. Martin Aitken (New Directions; Viking UK)
NOVELAS CORTAS
- The Orb of Cairado, Katherine Addison (Subterranean)
- The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)
- What Stalks the Deep, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
- Cinder House, Freya Marske (Tordotcom)
- Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
- Making History, K.J. Parker (Tordotcom)
- Psychopomp & Circumstance, Eden Royce (Tordotcom)
- Lives of Bitter Rain, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
- A Mouthful of Dust, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
- Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
RELATOS LARGOS
- “The Witch and the Wyrm“, Elizabeth Bear (Reactor 2/26/25)
- “Barnacle“, Kate Elliott (Reactor 11/5/25)
- “Uncertain Sons“, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons)
- “We Begin Where Infinity Ends“, Somto Ihezue (Clarkesworld 2/25)
- “The Tin Man’s Ghost“, Ray Nayler (Asimov’s 5-6/25)
- “The Millay Illusion“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 11-12/25)
- “When He Calls Your Name“, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny 7-8/25)
- “The Twenty-One Second God“, Peter Watts (Lightspeed 6/25)
- “Wolf Moon, Antler Moon“, A.C. Wise (Reactor 1/13/25)
- “Phantom View“, John Wiswell (Reactor 10/22/25)
RELATOS CORTOS
- “Secret Night“, Nathan Ballingrud (Night & Day)
- “In the Halls of the Makeshift King”, Tobias S. Buckell (Asimov’s 7-8/25)
- “In My Country“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25)
- “Wire Mother“, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 10/25)
- “The Shape of Stones“, Hildur Knútsdóttir (Reactor 3/12/25)
- “Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead“, Sam J. Miller (Nightmare 10/25)
- “Because I Held His Name Like a Key“, Aimee Ogden (Strange Horizons 6/16/25)
- “Landline“, Kelly Robson (Reactor 3/5/25)
- “Missing Helen“, Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld 7/25)
- “Woolly“, Carrie Vaughn (Asimov’s 5-6/25)
ANTOLOGÍA
- The Black Fantastic, andré m. carrington, ed. (Library of America)
- Night & Day, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Saga)
- Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, Julie C. Day, Carina Bissett & Craig Laurance Gidney, eds. (Essential Dreams)
- The End of the World As We Know It, Christopher Golden & Brian Keene, eds. (Gallery)
- We Will Rise Again, Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz & Malka Older, eds. (Saga)
- Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, Lee Mandelo, ed. (Erewhon)
- The Best Weird Fiction of the Year: Volume 1, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
- Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three, Stephen Kotowych, ed. (Ansible)
- The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)
- As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, Terese Mason Pierre, ed. (Spiderline)
COLECCIÓN
- Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock)
- Moon Songs, Carol Emshwiller (Third Man)
- Letters from an Imaginary Country, Theodora Goss (Tachyon)
- Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow)
- Bright Dead Star, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
- The Essential Patricia A. McKillip, Patricia A. McKillip (Tachyon)
- One Message Remains, Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp)
- The Revelation Space Collection Volumes 1 & 2, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
- Crows and Silences, Lucius Shepard (Subterranean)
- A Catalog of Storms, Fran Wilde (Fairwood)
MAGAZINE
- Asimov’s
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Clarkesworld
- F&SF
- Fiyah
- khōréō
- Lightspeed
- Reactor
- Strange Horizons
- Uncanny Magazine
EDITORIAL (Tor Publishing Group & Subterranean Press se han retirado de esta categoría. Tor UK es una división de Pan Macmillan, no de TPG.)
- Angry Robot
- DAW
- Del Rey
- Gollancz
- Neon Hemlock
- Orbit
- Pan Macmillan/Tor UK
- Saga
- Solaris
- Tachyon
EDITOR
- John Joseph Adams
- Scott H. Andrews
- Neil Clarke
- Ellen Datlow
- dave ring
- Jonathan Strahan
- Bogi Takács
- Wendy N. Wagner
- Fran Wilde & Julian Yap
- Sheila Williams
ARTISTA
- Brom
- Rovina Cai
- Galen Dara
- Bob Eggleton
- Kathleen Jennings
- Alan Lee
- John Picacio
- Shaun Tan
- Charles Vess
- Michael Whelan
LIBROS DE ARTE E ILUSTRADOS
- The Invisible Parade, Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Frank Frazetta: Fine Lines, Sara Frazetta & Arnie Fenner, eds., arte de Frank Frazetta (Frazetta Girls)
- Starling House, Alix E. Harrow, arte de Rovina Cai (Subterranean)
- Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Paul Kidby (Harper; Doubleday UK)
- Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, arte de Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (Beehive)
- The Space Cat, Nnedi Okorafor, arte de Tana Ford (First Second)
- Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Volumes 1-3, adaptado por Rebecca K. Reynolds, arte de Justin Gerard (Sky Turtle)
- Sunset at Zero Point, Simon Stålenhag (Swedish Machines Free League Sweden; Saga US)
- Faraway Dreaming, Ulla Thynell (Atthis Arts)
- Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection, Amanda T. Zehnder & David M. Brinley, eds. (University of Delaware Press)
NO FICCIÓN
- The Outspoken and the Incendiary, Terry Bisson (PM)
- Enshittification, Cory Doctorow (MCD)
- Colourfields, Paul Kincaid (Briardene)
- Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling, Henry Lien (Norton)
- Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, Susana M. Morris (Amistad)
- Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World, Tavia Nyong’o (University of California Press)
- Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet, Tochi Onyebuchi (Roxane Gay)
- Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, Becky Siegel Spratford, ed. (Saga)
- Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Science Fiction Legends, Richard Wolinsky, ed. (Tachyon)
- Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse, Chi-ming Yang (Oxford University Press)
¡Enhorabuena a los nominados!
