Locus Award for Best First NovelCheck all the winners of Locus Award for Best First Novel. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
|
Paul Melko | Singularity's Ring |
| 2008 |
|
Joe Hill | Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel |
| 2007 |
|
Naomi Novik | His Majesty's Dragon |
| 2006 |
|
Elizabeth Bear | Hammered |
| 2005 |
|
Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
| 2004 |
|
Cory Doctorow | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
| 2003 |
|
Alexander C. Irvine | A Scattering of Jades |
| 2002 |
|
Jacqueline Carey | Kushiel's Dart |
| 2001 |
|
Geoffrey A. Landis | Mars Crossing |
| 2000 |
|
Paul Levinson | The Silk Code |
| 1999 |
|
Nalo Hopkinson | Brown Girl in the Ring |
| 1998 |
|
Ian R. MacLeod | The Great Wheel |
| 1997 |
|
Sarah Zettel | Reclamation |
| 1997 |
|
Sage Walker | Whiteout |
| 1996 |
|
Linda Nagata | The Bohr Maker |
| 1995 |
|
Jonathan Lethem | Gun, with Occasional Music |
| 1994 |
|
Patricia Anthony | Cold Allies |
| 1993 |
|
Maureen F. McHugh | China Mountain Zhang |
| 1992 |
|
Kathe Koja | The Cipher |
| 1991 |
|
Michael F. Flynn | In the Country of the Blind |
| 1990 |
|
Allen Steele | Orbital Decay |
| 1989 |
|
Ian McDonald | Desolation Road |
| 1988 |
|
Emma Bull | War for the Oaks |
| 1987 |
|
Jack McDevitt | The Hercules Text |
| 1986 |
|
Carl Sagan | Contact |
| 1985 |
|
Kim Stanley Robinson | The Wild Shore |
| 1984 |
|
R. A. MacAvoy | Tea with the Black Dragon |
| 1983 |
|
Donald Kingsbury | Courtship Rite |
| 1982 |
|
S. P. Somtow | Starship & Haiku |
| 1981 |
|
Robert L. Forward | Dragon's Egg |
