Comme chaque année, la Locus Science Fiction Foundation a dévoilé la liste des finalistes de son prix.
Ils sont dix à concourir dans chacune des seize catégories, dont vous trouverez un échantillon ci-dessous. Pour la liste complète, rendez-vous sur le site du magazine Locus.
Les vainqueurs de l'édition 2023 seront annoncés le 24 juin lors d'une cérémonie à Oakland, Californie.

FANTASY NOVEL

• The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
• When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
• Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
• The World We Make, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
• The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
• Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
• Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
• The Scratch Daughters, H.A. Clarke (Erewhon)
• Bloodmarked, Tracy Deonn (McElderry; Simon & Schuster UK)
• The Kindred, Alechia Dow (Inkyard)
• Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi (Knopf; Faber & Faber)
• Unraveller, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan; Amulet 1/23)
• Rust in the Root, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)
• Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends)
• Ballad & Dagger, Daniel José Older (Hyperion)
• An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan (Little, Brown; Orion)

FIRST NOVEL

• Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
• The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas (Berkley)
• The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean (Tor; Harper Voyager UK)
• The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia (Tachyon)
• The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Alex Jennings (Redhook; Orbit UK)
• The Unbalancing, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
• The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller (Tor)
• How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu (Morrow; Bloomsbury)
• The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• The Genesis of Misery, Neon Yang (Tor)

NOVELLA

• A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
• Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, Aliette de Bodard (JABberwocky)
• Servant Mage, Kate Elliott (Tordotcom)
• "Bishop’s Opening", R.S.A Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22)
• A Mirror Mended, Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Tread of Angels, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
• High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson (Tordotcom)
• Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)
• Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

NOVELETTE

• "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You", John Chu (Uncanny 7-8/22)
• "Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold", S.B. Divya (Uncanny 5-6/22)
• "Incident at Bear Creek Lodge", Tananarive Due (Other Terrors)
• "Solidity", Greg Egan (Asimov’s 9-10/22)
• "The Six Deaths of the Saint", Alix E. Harrow (Into Shadow)
• "In Mercy, Rain", Seanan McGuire (Tor.com 7/18/22)
• "Falling Off the Edge of the World", Suzanne Palmer (Asimov’s 11-12/22)
• "The Sadness Box", Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld 7/22)
• "A Dream of Electric Mothers", Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
• "The Difference Between Love and Time", Catherynne M. Valente (Someone in Time)

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