Locus Award for Best Anthology

The Locus Award for Best Anthology is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Anthology was originally presented as Best Original Anthology between 1972 and 1975, in conjunction with a Best Reprint Anthology/Collection award which evolved into the modern Best Collection award.

Year	Nominated work^[1]	Author	Ref.
1972	Universe 1	Terry Carr	^[2]
1973	Again, Dangerous Visions	Harlan Ellison	^[3]
1974	Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology	Harry Harrison	^[4]
1975	Universe 4	Terry Carr	^[5]

Year	Nominated work^[1]	Author	Ref.
1976	Epoch	Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg	^[6]
1977	The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5	Terry Carr	^[7]
1978	Category not awarded
1979	The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7	Terry Carr	^[8]
1980	Universe 9	Terry Carr	^[9]
1981	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective	Edward L. Ferman	^[10]
1982	Shadows of Sanctuary	Robert Lynn Asprin	^[11]
1983	The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11	Terry Carr	^[12]
1984	The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12	Terry Carr	^[13]
1985	Light Years and Dark	Michael Bishop	^[14]
1986	Medea: Harlan's World	Harlan Ellison	^[15]
1987	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[16]
1988	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[17]
1989	Full Spectrum	Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy	^[18]
1990	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[19]
1991	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[20]
1992	Full Spectrum 3	Lou Aronica, Amy Stout and Betsy Mitchell	^[21]
1993	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[22]
1994	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[23]
1995	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[24]
1996	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[25]
1997	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[26]
1998	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[27]
1999	Legends	Robert Silverberg	^[28]
2000	Far Horizons	Robert Silverberg	^[29]
2001	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[30]
2002	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[31]
2003	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[32]
2004	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[33]
2005	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[34]
2006	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection	Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant	^[35]
2007	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[36]
2008	The New Space Opera	Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan	^[37]
2009	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[38]
2010	The New Space Opera 2	Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan	^[39]
2011	Warriors	George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois	^[40]
2012	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection	Gardner Dozois	^[41]
2013	Edge of Infinity	Jonathan Strahan	^[42]
2014	Old Mars	George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois	^[43]
2015	Rogues	George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois	^[44]
2016	Old Venus	George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois	^[45]
2017	The Big Book of Science Fiction	Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer	^[46]
2018	The Book of Swords	Gardner Dozois	^[47]
2019	The Book of Magic	Gardner Dozois	^[48]
2020	New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color	Nisi Shawl	^[49]
2021	The Book of Dragons	Jonathan Strahan	^[50]
2022	We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020	C. L. Clark and Charles Payseur	^[51]
2023	Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction	Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight	^[52]
2024	Out There Screaming	Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams	^[53]
2025	The Black Girl Survives in This One	Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell	^[54]

v t e Locus Award
Novels	Novel Science Fiction Novel Fantasy Novel Horror Novel First Novel Young Adult Book
Other fiction	Novella Novelette Short Story Collection Anthology
Other	Magazine Publisher Editor Artist Non-fiction Art Book

Locus Award for Best Anthology

Best Original Anthology

Best Anthology

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