A Life Achievement Award honoring Ginjer Buchanan for decades of editorial leadership at Ace Books and Roc Books.

An award for the editorial work that helped shape the field.

A Life Achievement Award honoring Jo Fletcher for a long career in publishing, editing, and genre advocacy through Jo Fletcher Books.

A tribute to decades of work as an editor, publisher, and critic.

Set in 1950s Florida, the novel follows a boy sent to a reform school where ghosts, racism, and institutional violence converge.

A haunted coming-of-age novel that confronts the violence of Jim Crow Florida.

A novella collected in Spin a Black Yarn, built around a strange presence in the house and the unsettling memories that accompany it.

The haunting of a house becomes inseparable from family history.

A short story in New Suns 2 about a royal wardrobist who resists colonization and survives invasion through craft and quiet defiance.

Resistance is expressed through the work of making and mending clothing.

An anthology of new witch stories from around the world, spanning folklore, horror, and fantasy.

A contemporary reimagining of witches by a wide range of contributors.

A collection of contemporary cosmic-horror stories that balances impossible situations, human connection, and lingering dread.

A debut collection where fear and human connection coexist.

Recognition for Audrey Benjaminsen's work as a fantasy illustrator, painter, and designer.

An award for visual imagination rather than a single book.

Locus Magazine has long served as a monthly trade magazine covering the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields.

A trade magazine that gathers reviews, news, interviews, and awards coverage.

A special award recognizing Uncanny Magazine as an online science-fiction-and-fantasy magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, podcasts, and art.

The award honors the magazine's continuing editorial work rather than a single issue.