The following stories from semiprozines have been selected by Rich Horton for his 2009 year’s best collections: Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2009 “The Magician’s House” by Meghan McCarron (Strange Horizons, July 14-21, 2008) “The Difficulties of Evolution” by Karen Heuler (Weird Tales, July/August ’08) “The God of Au” by Ann Leckie (Helix #8, [...]
Established: January 2003 Editor-In-Chief: Wendy S. Delmater Associate Editor: Jude-Marie Greene Overview: Our mission is to publish the finest in speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry, with special attention to character-driven stories that examine the depths and heights of emotion and motivation from a broad variety of cultural and social perspectives. We want to publish [...]
Established: Autumn 2005 Staff: Editor/Publisher: Beth Wodzinski, Art Director: Stephen Stanley, Fiction Editor: E. Catherine Tobler, Managing Editor: Anne Zanoni, and Other staff, past and present, can be found at here. Overview: Shimmer publishes short fiction several times a year, in both print and electronic versions. Shimmery stories are most often contemporary fantasy, frequently dark [...]
The Locus Magazine Recommended Reading list is published annually in their February issue and represents a consensus view by Locus editors and reviewers. The following 2008 novelettes and short stories were selected from the pages of semiprozines: Novelettes “The Tale of Junko and Sayuri” by Peter Beagle (Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, 7/08) “The [...]
The table of contents for David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer’s Year’s Best SF 14 (EOS) and Year’s Best Fantasy 9 (Tor.com) have been released. The following stories were originally published in semiprozines: Year’s Best SF 14 “The Ships like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain” by Jason Sanford (Interzone, Issue 217) Year’s Best Fantasy 9 [...]
Established: 2004 Editors: Editor in Chief: Stacey Jannsen, Reviews Editor: Jaq Greenspon, Features Editor: Bridget McKenna, News Editor: Scott James Magner, Editors-at-Large: Marti McKenna, Corie Ralston, Publisher: Blunt “Bluejack” Jackson Overview: The Internet Review of Science Fiction started in 2004 with the goal of creating a forum for the serious exploration of the literature of [...]
Established: 1995 Editor: Patrick Swenson Overview: Talebones was a quarterly magazine for the first 7 years of publication. It now publishes twice a year, and has had 37 issues out to date. It publishes a mix of SF and dark fantasy. Awards and Recognition: Numerous honorable mentions in the Year’s Bests and several story reprints. [...]
03 Apr, 2009
Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Hugo Rules
The fate of the Best Semiprozine Hugo will be determined during the WSFS business meeting at Anticipation this August. I’ve invited Kevin Standlee, WSFS Business Meeting Chair, to give us an overview of how the process will work. Here’s his response: Short Version The proposal to eliminate the Semiprozine Hugo Award and make existing semiprozines [...]
Established: 2003 Editor: Karl Johanson Assistant Editor: Stephanie Johanson Overview: Neo-opsis is a literary magazine that runs short stories, editorials, articles, reviews, and SF news. With beautiful cover art, accent illustrations, and photo work, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection. So if you are looking for thought provoking entertainment, Neo-opsis Science Fiction [...]
Established: 1992 Editors: John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, David Murphy, Roelof Goudriaan and Bob Neilson. Contributing Editors Juliet E. McKenna, Mike O’Driscoll, Dev Agarwal, Andrew McKenna (no relation) and David Conyers. Overview: Albedo One is a speculative fiction magazine from Ireland that features short stories by new and established writers, author interviews, commentary and book reviews. [...]
