Locus Award for Best Novella
1981

winner

Nightflyers
by
George R R Martin

nominee

The Patchwork Girl
by
Larry Niven

nominee

The Web of the Magi
by
Richard Cowper

nominee

The Autopsy
by
Michael Shea

nominee

Dangerous Games
by
Marta Randall

nominee

Unicorn Tapestry
by
Suzy McKee Charnas

nominee

Slow Music
by
James Tiptree Jr

nominee

Lost Dorsai
by
Gordon R Dickson

nominee

All the Lies That Are My Life
by
Harlan Ellison

nominee

Buoyant Ascent
by
Hilbert Schenck

nominee

There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me
by
Avram Davidson

nominee

Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat
by
Glen Cook

nominee

One-Wing
by
George R R Martin and Lisa Tuttle

nominee

Le Croix (The Cross)
by
Barry N Malzberg

nominee

On the North Pole of Pluto
by
Kim Stanley Robinson

nominee

Anasazi
by
Dean Ing

nominee

Tell Us a Story
by
Zenna Henderson

About the Locus Awards

The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Website

Years when the Locus Award for Best Novella was given

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Other Locus Awards given in 1981

Locus Award for Best Novella1981