Semiprozine.org

When I launched this site, I told fellow editors that we needed to focus on our strengths and accomplishments to make our case. In a page right out of Horton Hears a Who, we’ve stood up and screamed “We’re here! We’re here! We’re here!” and I think people have heard us. Now we count on [...]

If you are just coming into this discussion at this post, I suggest that you check out part 1 and part 2. Same rules apply. “And remember the point I made about how few of the fiction semiprozines ever get nominated in the existing category anyway. There’s no reason the editors should be discouraged any [...]

If you are just coming into this discussion at this post, I suggest that you check out part 1. Same rules apply. The next few quotes will from a recent post and comments at File 770. “When I looked at the wordage rates offered to beginning writers by semiprozines and prozines, I was surprised to [...]

The fate of the Best Semiprozine Hugo will be determined next week at Worldcon. In preparation for the vote, I’m been spending some extra time  reading what the opponents of the award have to say. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting some quotes, their sources, and my responses. By all means, consider this [...]

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #24 is now available in print and PDF. “This zine was made in the spring and summer of 2009 by Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link, Jedediah Berry, Michael J. DeLuca, Sara Majka, Paul Bozzo, Kristen Evans, and Faune Albert, and put back from June to July by the best reason Gavin [...]

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39 is now available as a PDF download. Contents: Fiction “Luxembourg” by Rob Shearman “Snake-Eater” by Linda Steele “The Dissolution of Blue” by James Targett “The Colonel’s Character Flaw” by Paul Kennebeck “In the Blink of an Eye” by Dr Philip Edward Kaldon “Dragon Bones”  by Joanne Anderton Regular Features Contributor [...]

The results from the annual Locus Magazine poll are detailed in the July issue and highlights the accomplishments of many semiprozines: Best Magazine #6 Interzone #7 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #8 The New York Review of Science Fiction #9 Clarkesworld Magazine #10 Strange Horizons #11 Weird Tales #14 Ansible #15 Postscripts #19 Fantasy Magazine #20 [...]

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #21, just released on July 16th, has a novelette by Sunburst Award-winning author Holly Phillips. BCS #22 on July 30 will have a new story by Campbell Award finalist Aliette de Bodard, and subsequent issues will have new stories from past BCS authors Michael J. DeLuca and Erin Cashier.

Interzone has recently published its 223rd issue,  making it the longest-running British science fiction magazine (if counted by issues). The previous record-holder was New Worlds, which ran to 222 issues. Source: Fictionmags mailing list.

Sad news reported in Locus Magazine this morning: Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon. Details here.