Final Results of the 2009 Best Semiprozine Hugo Award
1. Weird Tales
2. The New York Review of Science Fiction
3. Interzone
4. Locus
5. Clarkesworld Magazine
*source: http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2009%20Final%20Ballot.pdf
Results from the original nominations used to make the final ballot:
1. Interzone 82
2. Locus 74
3. Weird Tales 70
4. New York Review of Science Fiction 66
5. Clarkesworld 55
6. Ansible 43
7. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet [...]
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.
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.
Voting is still open for the 2009 Hugo Awards. If you aren’t familiar with all of this year’s semiprozine nominees, please take a moment to check them out before you vote:
Clarkesworld Magazine
Interzone
Locus Magazine
New York Review of Science Fiction
Weird Tales
Established: 1968
Editors: Charles N. Brown (editor-in-chief), Liza Groen Trombi (executive editor), Kirsten Gong-Wong (managing editor). Also, Carolyn Cushman (senior editor), Tim Pratt (senior editor), Amelia Beamer (editor), Jonathan Strahan (reviews editor), Mark Kelly (electronic editor-in-chief), Francesca Myman (assistant editor).
Overview :
Locus Magazine, covering the SF field since 1968, is a full-size, monthly glossy-cover magazine which publishes [...]
Established: 2006
Editors: Neil Clarke (fiction), Sean Wallace (fiction), Cheryl Morgan (non-fiction)
Overview:
Clarkesworld Magazine is a free online magazine that publishes a healthy balance of fiction from both up-and-coming and established authors like Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin Kiernan, Jay Lake, Catherynne M. Valente, Ken Scholes, and Mary Robinette Kowal. Each month, we also produce audio fiction [...]
Established: 1982
Editor: Andy Cox
Co-fiction Editors: Andy Hedgecock, Dave Mathew
Book Reviews Editor: Jim Steel
Overview:
Britain’s longest running science fiction magazine, published bimonthly (in alternate months with Black Static). New stories of science fiction and fantasy, highly illustrated, with lots of regular features including David Langford’s Ansible Link (news), Nick Lowe’s Mutant Popcorn (film reviews), Tony Lee’s Laser [...]
Established: 1988
Editors: Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Overview:
NYRSF is a monthly 24-page magazine of book reviews and criticism covering the science fiction and fantasy field published by Dragon Press, and run by an all-volunteer staff. The New York Review of Science Fiction was founded in 1988 by a group [...]
Established: Originally founded in 1923; relaunched spring 1988.
Editors: Stephen H. Segal (editorial director), Ann VanderMeer (fiction editor)
Overview:
Weird Tales has enjoyed a devoted following for many decades as the very first magazine of strange fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Founded in 1923, the pioneering publication introduced the world to such counter-culture icons as Cthulhu the alien [...]
This week, we’re going to feature the 2009 Hugo Award Nominees for Best Semiprozine.
Best Semiprozine
Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, [...]