{"id":862086,"date":"2025-07-12T21:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/read-the-best-of-sff-the-2025-locus-award-winners-are-here\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:14:43","slug":"read-the-best-of-sff-the-2025-locus-award-winners-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/read-the-best-of-sff-the-2025-locus-award-winners-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Read The Best of SFF: The 2025 Locus Award Winners Are Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-area\">\n<div itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<p><img width=\"620\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/s2982.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/outer-space-image.jpg.optimal.jpg\" alt=\"Image of outer space with an image of the locus award\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"  >\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>Book Riot Editorial is made up of passionate readers, writers, and book lovers dedicated to delivering insightful book recommendations, literary analysis, and the latest in book culture. With expertise spanning multiple genres and a deep understanding of the publishing industry, we offer thoughtful commentary, book deals, and news that matters to readers. Whether it\u2019s uncovering hidden gems, analyzing literary trends, or championing diverse voices, Book Riot\u2019s editorial team is here to keep you informed and inspired.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/author\/bookriotcommunity\/\">View All posts by Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Love speculative fiction? Then you\u2019re going to want to get your paws on the winners of this year\u2019s Locus Awards. These books represent the best of the best as voted on by readers in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and they\u2019re given by <em>Locus Magazine<\/em>, which allows any reader to vote on the winners of the awards. <\/p>\n<p>The awards were present at the <a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2025-locus-awards-weekend\/\">Locus Awards Weekend<\/a> on June 21, 2025.  Here are the winners in 17 categories, ranging from best in genre to excellence in editing:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Community<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/2025-locus-award-winners\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Book Riot Editorial is made up of passionate readers, writers, and book lovers dedicated to delivering insightful book recommendations, literary analysis, and the latest in book culture. With expertise spanning multiple genres and a deep understanding of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2235,64139],"tags":[15755,64137],"class_list":{"0":"post-862086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-award","8":"category-locus","9":"tag-award","10":"tag-locus"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}