Locus Awards 1983
Winners and nominees of the 1983 Locus Awards, by category. 🏆 marks the winner.
Best Anthology
- 🏆The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 — Terry Carr(winner)
- 🏆 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (winner)
- ✦Elsewhere, Vol. II — Mark Alan Arnold (nominee)
- ✦The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 5 — Melissa Ann Singer (nominee)
- ✦Fantasy Annual V — Terry Carr(nominee)
- ✦Universe 12 — Terry Carr(nominee)
- ✦ Shadows 5 (nominee)
- ✦ Elsewhere, Vol. II (nominee)
- ✦ The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 5 (nominee)
- ✦ Fantasy Annual V (nominee)
- ✦ The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 24th Series (nominee)
- ✦ Yesterday's Tomorrows (nominee)
- ✦ The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X (nominee)
- ✦ From Here to Forever (nominee)
- ✦ Storm Season (nominee)
- ✦ The Eureka Years (nominee)
- ✦Amazons II — Jessica Amanda Salmonson (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Martin H. Greenberg(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Martin H. Greenberg(nominee)
- ✦Perpetual Light — Alan Ryan (nominee)
- ✦The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: 24th Series — Edward L. Ferman (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Theodore Sturgeon (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Catherine Lucile Moore (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Leigh Brackett(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Leigh Brackett(nominee)
- ✦ Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (nominee)
- ✦ Universe 12 (nominee)
- ✦Yesterday's Tomorrows — Frederik Pohl(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Fritz Leiber(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Lewis Padgett (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Isaac Asimov(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Isaac Asimov(nominee)
- ✦Elsewhere, Vol. II — Terri Windling(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Fredric Brown (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Fredric Brown (nominee)
- ✦Shadows 5 — Charles L. Grant(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Ray Bradbury(nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Arthur C. Clarke(nominee)
- ✦ Amazons II (nominee)
- ✦The 1982 Annual World's Best SF — Arthur W. Saha (nominee)
- ✦The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 — Arthur W. Saha (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Chandler Davis (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Murray Leinster (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Murray Leinster (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Henry Kuttner (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Henry Kuttner (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Raymond F. Jones (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Award Stories Sixteen — Jerry Pournelle(nominee)
- ✦The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 5 — Victoria Schochet (nominee)
- ✦The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X — Karl Edward Wagner (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Paul A. Carter (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 — Lester del Rey (nominee)
- ✦From Here to Forever — James Gunn (nominee)
- ✦Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 — Nelson S. Bond (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Award Stories Sixteen — John F. Carr (nominee)
- ✦ The 1982 Annual World's Best SF (nominee)
- ✦The 1982 Annual World's Best SF — Donald A. Wollheim (nominee)
- ✦Storm Season — Robert Asprin(nominee)
Best Collection
- 🏆The Compass Rose — Ursula K. Le Guin(winner)
- ✦The Best of Randall Garrett — Randall Garrett(nominee)
- ✦Myths of the Near Future — J. G. Ballard (nominee)
- ✦Maurai & Kith — Poul Anderson(nominee)
- ✦Dilvish, the Damned — Roger Zelazny(nominee)
- ✦Best of Beaumont — Charles Beaumont (nominee)
- ✦Stalking the Nightmare — Harlan Ellison(nominee)
- ✦Majipoor Chronicles — Robert Silverberg (nominee)
- ✦The Robot Who Looked Like Me — Robert Sheckley(nominee)
- ✦The Complete Robot — Isaac Asimov(nominee)
- ✦Different Seasons — Stephen King(nominee)
- ✦The Worlds of George O. — George O. Smith (nominee)
- ✦Nifft the Lean — Michael Shea (nominee)
- ✦The Man Who Had No Idea — Thomas M. Disch (nominee)
- ✦Soldier Boy — Michael Shaara (nominee)
- ✦Collected Fantasies — Avram Davidson (nominee)
- ✦Erasmus Magister — Charles Sheffield (nominee)
- ✦Blooded on Arachne — Michael Bishop (nominee)
Best Fantasy Novel
- 🏆The Sword of the Lictor — Gene Wolfe(winner)
- ✦The Transmigration of Timothy Archer — Philip K. Dick(nominee)
- ✦Fevre Dream — George R. R. Martin(nominee)
- ✦Oh, Susannah! — Kate Wilhelm (nominee)
- ✦The Delicate Dependency — Michael Talbot (nominee)
- ✦Tempting Fate — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro(nominee)
- ✦The Blue Sword — Robin McKinley(nominee)
- ✦The Elfstones of Shannara — Terry Brooks(nominee)
- ✦The Black Beast — Nancy Springer(nominee)
- ✦Pawn of Prophecy — David Eddings(nominee)
- ✦The Citadel of the Autarch — Gene Wolfe(nominee)
- ✦The Bloodwind — Charles L. Grant(nominee)
- ✦The One Tree — Stephen R. Donaldson (nominee)
- ✦In Winter's Shadow — Gillian Bradshaw (nominee)
- ✦Centaur Aisle — Piers Anthony(nominee)
- ✦Ogre, Ogre — Piers Anthony(nominee)
- ✦Juxtaposition — Piers Anthony(nominee)
- ✦The Swordbearer — Glen Cook (nominee)
- ✦In Viriconium — M. John Harrison (nominee)
Best First Novel
- 🏆Courtship Rite — Donald Kingsbury (winner)
- ✦The Kalevide — Lou Goble (nominee)
- ✦A Greater Infinity — Michael McCollum (nominee)
- ✦God Stalk — P. C. Hodgell (nominee)
- ✦Earthchild — Sharon Webb (nominee)
- ✦The Delicate Dependency — Michael Talbot (nominee)
- ✦The Shadow Hunter — Pat Murphy (nominee)
- ✦Magician(nominee)
- ✦Magician: Apprentice(nominee)
- ✦Lady of Light — Diana L. Paxson(nominee)
- ✦Sorcerer's Legacy — Janny Wurts(nominee)
- ✦The Red Magician — Lisa Goldstein(nominee)
- ✦The Space Eater — David Langford (nominee)
- ✦Dreamrider — Sandra Miesel (nominee)
- ✦An Image of Voices — Warren Norwood (nominee)
Best Novelette
- 🏆Djinn, No Chaser — Harlan Ellison(winner)
- ✦Myths of the Near Future — J. G. Ballard (nominee)
- ✦Helen, Whose Face Launched Twenty-Eight Conestoga Hovercraft — Leigh Kennedy (nominee)
- ✦Burning Chrome — William Gibson(nominee)
- ✦Willow — C. J. Cherryh(nominee)
- ✦Fire Watch — Connie Willis(nominee)
- ✦A Private Whale — Brian Aldiss(nominee)
- ✦The Gorgon — Tanith Lee(nominee)
- ✦The Little Dirty Girl — Joanna Russ(nominee)
- ✦Blind Windows — Garry Kilworth (nominee)
- ✦Farmer on the Dole — Frederik Pohl(nominee)
- ✦Swarm — Bruce Sterling(nominee)
- ✦The Pope of the Chimps — Robert Silverberg (nominee)
- ✦Flare Time — Larry Niven(nominee)
- ✦Relativistic Effects — Gregory Benford(nominee)
- ✦The Raft — Stephen King(nominee)
- ✦Pawn's Gambit — Timothy Zahn(nominee)
- ✦High Steel — Jack C. Haldeman II (nominee)
- ✦High Steel — Jack Dann(nominee)
- ✦Come Then, Mortal. We Will Seek Her Soul — Michael Shea (nominee)
- ✦Understanding Human Behavior — Thomas M. Disch (nominee)
- ✦Nightlife — Phyllis Eisenstein(nominee)
- ✦Aquila — S. P. Somtow(nominee)
Best Novella
- 🏆Souls — Joanna Russ(winner)
- ✦The Magi — Damien Broderick (nominee)
- ✦To Leave a Mark — Kim Stanley Robinson(nominee)
- ✦Unsound Variations — George R. R. Martin(nominee)
- ✦Another Orphan — John Kessel (nominee)
- ✦Horrible Imaginings — Fritz Leiber(nominee)
- ✦Thesme and the Ghayrog — Robert Silverberg (nominee)
- ✦The Postman — David Brin (nominee)
- ✦The Breathing Method — Stephen King(nominee)
- ✦Moon of Ice — Brad Linaweaver (nominee)
- ✦Brainchild — Joseph H. Delaney (nominee)
- ✦Beyond Any Measure — Karl Edward Wagner (nominee)
- ✦The Fishing of the Demon-Sea — Michael Shea (nominee)
- ✦Rats in the Moon — Pauline Ashwell (nominee)
- ✦The Devil of Malkirk — Charles Sheffield (nominee)
Best Science Fiction Novel
- 🏆Foundation's Edge — Isaac Asimov(winner)
- ✦Friday — Robert A. Heinlein(nominee)
- ✦Mindkiller — Spider Robinson (nominee)
- ✦Roderick — John Sladek (nominee)
- ✦The Fall of the Shell — Paul Osborne Williams (nominee)
- ✦Crystal Singer — Anne McCaffrey(nominee)
- ✦Merchanter's Luck — C. J. Cherryh(nominee)
- ✦The Pride of Chanur — C. J. Cherryh(nominee)
- ✦Helliconia Spring — Brian Aldiss(nominee)
- ✦The Descent of Anansi — Steven Barnes(nominee)
- ✦Eye of Cat — Roger Zelazny(nominee)
- ✦Coils — Roger Zelazny(nominee)
- ✦Courtship Rite — Donald Kingsbury (nominee)
- ✦Starburst — Frederik Pohl(nominee)
- ✦The Descent of Anansi — Larry Niven(nominee)
- ✦Wintermind — Parke Godwin (nominee)
- ✦A Rose for Armageddon — Hilbert Schenck (nominee)
- ✦Life, the Universe and Everything(nominee)
- ✦The Golden Torc — Julian May(nominee)
- ✦Hawkmistress! — Marion Zimmer Bradley(nominee)
- ✦2010: Odyssey Two — Arthur C. Clarke(nominee)
- ✦Coils — Fred Saberhagen(nominee)
- ✦Nor Crystal Tears — Alan Dean Foster(nominee)
- ✦Wintermind — Marvin Kaye(nominee)
- ✦The White Plague — Frank Herbert (nominee)
- ✦Birthright: The Book of Man — Mike Resnick(nominee)
- ✦Light on the Sound — S. P. Somtow(nominee)
- ✦No Enemy But Time — Michael Bishop (nominee)
- ✦Aurelia — R. A. Lafferty(nominee)
Best Short Story
- 🏆Sur — Ursula K. Le Guin(winner)
- ✦Blair House — Barry N. Malzberg (nominee)
- ✦Corridors — Barry N. Malzberg (nominee)
- ✦Kitemaster — Keith Roberts(nominee)
- ✦Melancholy Elephants — Spider Robinson (nominee)
- ✦The Comedian — Tim Sullivan (nominee)
- ✦A Letter from the Clearys — Connie Willis(nominee)
- ✦The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever — Alice Bradley Sheldon (nominee)
- ✦Written in Water — Tanith Lee(nominee)
- ✦The Sorceress in Spite of Herself — Pat Cadigan(nominee)
- ✦The River Styx Runs Upstream — Dan Simmons(nominee)
- ✦Poems to Play in the Piccolo — George C. Chesbro (nominee)
- ✦Spider Rose — Bruce Sterling(nominee)
- ✦Gianni — Robert Silverberg (nominee)
- ✦Co-Existence — David Brin (nominee)
- ✦Petra — Greg Bear(nominee)
- ✦The Garden of the Cognoscenti — Michael P. Kube-McDowell (nominee)
- ✦What in Solemn Silence — Charles L. Grant(nominee)
- ✦The Theology of Water — Hilbert Schenck (nominee)
- ✦It Grows on You — Stephen King(nominee)
- ✦The Broken Hoop — Pamela Sargent (nominee)
- ✦The Man Who Met Picasso — Michael Swanwick(nominee)
- ✦The Scourge — James White (nominee)
- ✦The Horror on the #33 — Michael Shea (nominee)
- ✦Meet Me at Apogee — Bill Johnson (nominee)
- ✦Dr. Bhumbo Singh — Avram Davidson (nominee)
- ✦Ike at the Mike — Howard Waldrop (nominee)
- ✦God's Hooks! — Howard Waldrop (nominee)
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