Cheryl Morgan

Cheryl Morgan is a Hugo award-winning British science fiction critic and publisher.[1] She is the owner of Wizard's Tower Press[2] and the Wizard's Tower Books ebook store before it closed due to changes in EU regulation, and is the editor of Salon Futura magazine. She is a director of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc.,[3] and was a founder of the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation.[4] She was a part of the team running Science Fiction Awards Watch, and was non-fiction editor of Clarkesworld Magazine Magazine from 2009–2011.[5] She was previously the editor of the Hugo award-winning Emerald City fanzine.

Cheryl Morgan at Archipelacon, 2015.

She has been nominated for several Hugo awards and has won four: Best Fanzine in 2004 for Emerald City, Best Fan Writer in 2009, and joint wins with the rest of the Clarkesworld team for Best Semiprozine in 2010[6] and 2011.[7]

Morgan was a Guest of Honor at the 2012 Eurocon[8] and a keynote speaker at the 2018 Worldling SF[9] conference.

She is on the advisory board of Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research.[10]

She is a co-presenter of Women's Outlook.,[11] a weekly community radio program in Bristol, UK focusing on women's issues.

She is a director of The Diversity Trust,[12] and Co-Chair of OutStories Bristol.[13]

References
  1. "2004 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. "Wizard's Tower". 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "SFSFC Directors". 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation". 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. "Clarkesworld Staff". Clarkesworld Staff. Clarkesworld Magazine. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. "2010 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. "2011 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. "Cheryl Morgan (Fan GoH)". zagreb-eurocon2012.com. Eurocon 2012. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. "Systems of Sex and Gender". worlding-sf.com. University of Graz, Austria. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  10. "Advisory Board". finfar.org. Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. "Women's Outlook". ujimaradio.com. Ujima Radio CIC. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  12. "Diversity News, Winter 2015" (PDF). diversitytrust.org.uk. Diversity Trust CIC. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  13. "Bristol Voices, June 6, 2017". bristol247.com. Bristol 24/7 CIC. Retrieved 3 June 2018.


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