The literary award season is about over. Today, there are two results to report. Following this report of the Locus Awards will be the Cambell and Sturgeon winners.

The Locus Award is a readers' poll award conducted by Locus Magazine, with the original intent to inform Hugo award voters. The Locus Award honors the publishers of the works. This year's winners include:

• Science Fiction Novel: Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)
• Fantasy Novel: Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
• First Novel: Singularity's Ring, Paul Melko (Tor)
• Young-Adult Book: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins, Bloomsbury)
• Novella: "Pretty Monsters", Kelly Link (Pretty Monsters)
• Novelette: "Pump Six", Paolo Bacigalupi (Pump Six and Other Stories)
• Short Story: "Exhalation", Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)

The remaining categories are found here. Here is the 2009 Locus Award long list (finalists) .