Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld Magazine (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Kij Johnson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Jeff VanderMeer and Peter Watts.
Editor | Neil Clarke |
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Categories | fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy |
Frequency | Monthly |
First issue | October 2006 |
Company | Wyrm Publishing |
Country | United States |
Based in | Stirling, New Jersey |
Language | English |
Website | clarkesworldmagazine |
ISSN | 1937-7843 |
Formats
Clarkesworld Magazine is published or collected in a number of formats:
- All fiction is collected annually in print anthologies published by Wyrm Publishing
- Apps are available for Android, iPad and iPhone devices
- EPUB, Amazon Kindle, and Mobipocket ebook editions of each issue are available for purchase
- All content is available online via the magazine website
- All fiction is available in audio format via podcast or direct download
- Ebook subscriptions for the Kindle and EPUB readers
- Print issues are sold on Amazon and also available as a Patreon subscription option
History
Clarkesworld was founded in October 2006.
In May 2008, Clarkesworld began collecting its stories in annual print anthologies starting with Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine.[1]
In January 2020, its editor Neil Clarke withdrew a short story by Isabel Fall at Fall's request, "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter", after Fall had been harassed by people who suspected the story of trolling or transphobia.[2]
Awards and recognition
- Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Best New Online Magazine"[3]
- Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Urchins, While Swimming" by Catherynne M. Valente (12/2006 Issue)[4]
- Nominee 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, "There's No Light Between Floors" by Paul Tremblay (05/2007 Issue)
- Finalist 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction, "The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer (04/2007 Issue)
- Finalist 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction, "Something in the Mermaid Way" by Carrie Laben (03/2007 Issue)
- Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer (04/2007 Issue)
- Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "Orm the Beautiful" by Elizabeth Bear (01/2007 Issue)
- Named SciFi.com Site of the Week: August 29, 2007[5]
- Winner 2009 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Floating Fish" by Mats Minnhagen (4/2008 Issue)
- Nominee 2009 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine[6]
- Nominee 2009 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
- Nominee 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica", Catherynne M. Valente (05/2008 Issue)
- Nominee 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "Non-Zero Probabilities", N. K. Jemisin (09/2009 Issue)
- Winner 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue)
- Winner 2010 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine[7]
- Nominee 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "Non-Zero Probabilities", N. K. Jemisin (09/2009 Issue)
- Nominee 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue)
- Finalist 2010 Locus Award for Best Magazine, finished 4th
- Finalist 2010 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue), finished 2nd
- Nominee 2010 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Brain Tower", Kazuhiko Nakamura (11/2009 Issue)
- Finalist 2010 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
- Nominee 2010 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
- Nominee 2010 BSFA Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
- Winner 2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
- Winner 2011 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine[8]
- Nominee 2011 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
- Finalist 2011 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
- Finalist 2011 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time", Catherynne M. Valente (08/2010 Issue)
- Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Warm", Sergio Rebolledo (01/2010 Issue)
- Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Honeycomb", Julie Dillon (09/2010 Issue)
- Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Soulhunter", Andrey Lazarev (11/2010 Issue)
- Nominee 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
- Nominee 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
- Finalist 2012 Locus Award for Best Magazine
- Finalist 2012 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
- Winner 2012 Locus Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
- Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
- Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
- Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
- Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
- Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
- Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
- Winner 2012 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "New World" by Ken Barthelmey
- Finalist 2013 Locus Award for Best Magazine
- Nominee 2013 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
- Winner 2013 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine [9]
- Finalist 2014 Locus Award for Best Magazine
- Nominee 2014 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
- Winner 2014 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional Kate Baker, Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld[10]
- Winner 2014 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical
Current staff
- Neil Clarke, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
- Sean Wallace, Editor, October 2006 – present
- Kate Baker, Podcast Director, October 2009 – present, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2013 – present
Former staff
- Gardner Dozois, Reprint Editor, April 2013 – May 2018
- Jeremy L.C. Jones, Interviewer, September 2010 – December 2014
- Jason Heller, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2012 – December 2012
- Cheryl Morgan, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2009 – December 2011
- Nick Mamatas, Editor, October 2006 – July 2008[11]
- Ekaterina Sedia, Interim Non-Fiction Editor, August 2008 – December 2008
References
- "About Us". Clarkesworld. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- Ellis, Emma Grey (17 January 2020). "The Disturbing Case of the Disappearing Sci-Fi Story". Wired. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "storySouth / notable short stories of 2006". www.storysouth.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- "storySouth Million Writers Award : storySouth". www.storysouth.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw16755.html Archived December 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "2009 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- "2010 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- "2011 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- "2013 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society.
- Inc., Mike McMillan for BWAWA. "Awards - WFC 2014". worldfantasy2014.org. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- Clarkesworld Livejournal Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine entry June 23, 2008 about Mamatas's departure