The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000 cash prize to the author of a book that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula's own work.
The nine shortlisted titles are:
This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.
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Kayla Allen has announced on the Westercon website that as of the filing deadline, there have been no bids filed to host the 2028 Westercon. The Site Selection ballot is now available for voters to file write-ins by the end of Westercon 78/BayCon 42 on July 4, 2026. Results will be announced at the Westercon Business Meeting on July 5. If no bid receives sufficient votes or None of the …Read…
Ahmad, The Age of Calamities (Holt 1/26) Original debut collection of nine stories (two reprints) with surreal, fantastic, and historical elements: Anne Boleyn keeps coming back to life whatever Henry does, a choose-your-own-apocalypse story set at the Manhattan Project, and a dinner party mystery with Nefertiti to Marilyn Monroe, among others. Dazzlingly inventive…. These stories make it…
Winners have been announced for the 2026 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels published in Spain.
Mejor Novela Original (Best Original Novel)
WINNER: Animales difi �ciles , Rosa Montero (Seix Barral)
Impi �a , J.V. Gachs (Dolmen)
U.N.I. , Antonio Garber (Menoscuarto)
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A new week means a brand-new stack of books to get excited about! Join us as we spotlight some of the most anticipated Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult releases arriving the week of June 23rd, 2026. Whether you're eager for epic quests, imaginative futures, chilling tales, or unforgettable coming-of-age stories, this week's selection offers something for every speculative…
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour announced the winner of its prize for short fiction at a ceremony in London.
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WINNER: A Blade Drawn from Envy , Ty Ogunade
RUNNER-UP: There Will Come Soft Rains , Jessica Tsang
A Song of Shir'ja , Harps Aujla
Zonbi , Zarah Elouis-Ro
Crooked Straits , Olivia Ho
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Rebellion Publishing imprint Solaris has announced that it is being acquired by Profile Books. As of July 1, 2026 Profile will take over turnover and ebook distribution. As of September 1, it will take over physical books. Solaris staff Amy Borsuk, Natalie Sorrell Charlesworth, Jess Gofton, David Thomas Moore, and Amanda Raybould will transfer across.
Profile CEO Rebecca Gray said,
We are…
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Barrow, Rebecca: Doe (Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen 979-8217006335, $20.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 06/23/2026)
Horror novel in verse. Being captain of the cheer team helps Maris forget about her absent father, and girlfriend that doesn't love her. While sleepwalking,…
Rachel Schneider's Light Wielder (Saturday Books), second in the author's Fire & Metal series, debuts in the top 10 on three lists.
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.28 LAT
06.21 USAT
06.14 PW
06.22 Amz
(06.22) UK:
Amz UK
(06.22) Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.22) Items on …Read More
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The REH Foundation has announced the winners of the 2026 Robert E. Howard Awards, voted on by members of the REH Foundation and honoring work that is substantively devoted to the life and/or work of Robert E. Howard or that carries on the spirit and tradition of Robert E. Howard, to better recognize and celebrate his influence on future generations of writers.
**The Costigan-Literary…
Keith Giles, co-owner of independent publisher Quoir, has announced the launch of new SF imprint Pink Beam Press, which will publish visionary, provocative, and genre-defying speculative fiction.
The imprint will launch with seven SF novellas: Sim Cop and the Haunted City by David Agranoff, Shadowboxing by Gordon Bonnet, Glitch by Brian Evenson, Hard Video by Keith Giles,…
**The Locus Bestsellers for November include top titles: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey), Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine),**and Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising by Dan Abnett (Black Library).
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month 1) Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter , Heather Fawcett (Del Rey) 2 5 2) **The Butcher's…
Get ready for a fresh batch of must-read releases as we take a look at the most exciting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult books hitting shelves during the week of June 16th, 2026! From sweeping epic adventures and thought-provoking speculative fiction to spine-tingling horror and captivating YA stories, this week's lineup is packed with new worlds, memorable characters, and…
ActuSF has announced the winners for the 2026 Prix de l'Uchronie. The prize is awarded to works of alternate history, written or translated into French and published between March 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026.
Prix Littéraire
WINNER: La fille qui sauva Hiroshima , Stéphane Desienne (Gephyre)
Entre Autres Univers [In Universes] , Emet North, tr. Gilles Goullet (Bigbang)
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The finalists for the 2025 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.
Long Form
Short Form
Finalists have been announced for the 2026 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels published in Spain.
Mejor Novela Original (Best Original Novel)
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2026 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced during Mythcon 54, to be held July 24-27, 2026 in Weatherford OK.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
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Alexander, Jessica: Agnes, We're Not Murderers! (Clash Books 978-1968043087, $22.87, 236pp, formats: paperback, 06/16/2026)
Gothic vampire horror novel. Agnes, and Mary, lesbian vixens from another world must survive despite Agnes wasting away. Their curse is spreading, and it seeks…
Debuts this week: Cindy Pham's The Secret World of Briar Rose (Kokila), on three lists, including the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list at #1; Caty Rogan's Kissed by the Gods (Requited), on three lists; Katherine Arden's The Unicorn Hunters (Del Rey), on two lists; and on one list each, Isabel J. Kim's Sublimation (Tor) and Lynette Noni's Shadow Reaper…
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CJ CHERRYH announced her retirement from writing on Facebook. She thanks her publisher Betsy Wollheim and wife Jane, who is all things.
KELLY MURASHIGE is now represented by Ashley Reisinger of Triada US. Murashige sold Milkiverse , in which a neurodiverse woman discovers that drinking her customers' leftover milk allows her to enter alternate worlds in which she is…
LAcon V has announced the Hugo Awards Base will be designed by Scott Lefton, and the Lodestar Award Base will be designed by H. Emiko Ogasawara.
Lefton specializes in multiple artistic forms, including metal, glass, wood, electronics, and digital design. He designed the 2004 Hugo Award base and the Hugo rocket displayed on the International Space Station. He is also an engineer. He says, I'm…
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the Lammys ), celebrating the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books. Winning titles and authors of genre interest, and their competing finalists of genre interest, include the following:
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
WINNER: Beings , Ilana Masad (Bloomsbury)
**Volatile…
The British Fantasy Society, HWS, and Karen Fishwick have revealed preliminary plans for Fantasycon 2027. Fantasycon 2027 will include some aspects of World Fantasy Convention including the World Fantasy Awards. This is alongside all the usual Fantasycon content of panels, readings, books, art and social activities.
Fantasycon 2027 will run September 24-26, 2027 in Birmingham, England. For more…
Join us for another exciting week of new releases as we spotlight the most anticipated Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult books arriving the week of June 9th, 2026! Whether you're in the mood for thrilling adventures, imaginative worlds, chilling tales, or unforgettable characters, this week's selection has plenty of fresh stories to discover. We've rounded up some of the standout…
Author Jane Yolen, 87, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, in Hatfield MA on June 11, 2026.
Jane Hyatt Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City NY. She graduated Smith College with a BA in 1960, at which time she was already writing poetry and articles, and received a master's in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1978. Between degrees, in 1962, she married…
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist for short fiction:__
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The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
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Anderson, Taylor: Fleet of Ghosts(Ace 978-0593641606, $31.95, 464 pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 6/09/26)
Alternate history military SF novel, the first in the Destroyermen series. Courtney Bradford, along with other war veterans, sets out to explore a spot in the Pacific…
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards at an awards banquet during StokerCon 2026, held June 4-7, 2026 in Pittsburgh PA and streamed virtually.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
WINNER:The Buffalo Hunter Hunter , Stephen Graham Jones (Saga) amazon / bookshop
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls , Grady Hendrix (Berkley) amazon /…
