NOTE: At this time, we are unaware of any publications that have taken themselves out of the running for the year ending December 31st, 2021.
The following publications are currently eligible for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine:
- Abyss & Apex
- After Dinner Conversation
- Anathema
- Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
- Apparition Lit
- The Arcanist
- Augur
- Aurealis
- Baffling Magazine
- Bards and Sages Quarterly
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Black Static
- Bourbon Penn
- Cast of Wonders
- Cirsova Magazine
- Cossmass Infinities
- Daily Science Fiction
- Dark Matter
- Deep Magic
- Diabolical Plots
- Drabblecast
- Dreamforge
- Escape Pod
- Etherea Magazine
- Fireside Magazine
- Fiyah
- Flash Fiction Online
- Frozen Wavelets
- Fusion Fragment
- Future Science Fiction Digest
- GigaNotoSaurus
- Grimdark Magazine
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
- Hexagon
- Infinite Worlds
- Interzone
- Kaleidotrope
- khōréō magazine
- Lackington’s
- Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- LampLight
- Land Beyond the World
- Luna Station Quarterly
- Mermaids Monthly
- Metaphorosis
- Mithila Review
- Mythaxis
- Neo-Opsis
- New Maps
- New York Review of Science Fiction
- Omenana
- On Spec
- Optopia
- Orion’s Best
- Planet Scumm
- Podcastle
- Pseudopod
- Reckoning
- Selene Quarterly
- Shoreline of Infinity
- StoryHack
- Strange Horizons
- Space and Time
- Tähtivaeltaja
- The Colored Lens
- The Deadlands
- The Dread Machine
- The Future Fire
- The Society of Misfit Stories
- Three Crows Magazine
- Three-Lobed Burning Eye
- Translunar Travelers Lounge
- Truancy
- Uncanny
- Unfit Magazine
- Unreal Magazine
- Vastarien
Not currently eligible for nomination, but could be next year (list created from reader inquiries and annual reviews of each publication’s website):
- Albedo One (no issues published in 2021)
- Asymmetry (no issues published in 2021)
- The Cascadia Subduction Zone (no issues published in 2021)
- Compelling Science Fiction (no issues published in 2021)
- Constelación Magazine (only two issues, needs four)
- Helios Quarterly (cannot confirm any 2021 issues)
- Hypnos Magazine (closed, cannot confirm any 2021 issues)
- Red Sun (no issues published in 2021)
- Visions (only two issues, no issues published in 2021)
Not eligible for nomination (list created from reader inquiries):
- Analog (professional)
- Amazing Stories
- Apex Magazine (professional)
- Ansible – according to current rules, this publication is a fanzine
- Asimov’s (professional)
- Buzzy Mag (professional)
- Clarkesworld Magazine (past winner, no longer eligible, professional)
- Cosmos (professional)
- The Dark Magazine (professional)
- Forever Magazine (professional)
- Galaxy’s Edge (professional)
- io9 (professional)
- Lightspeed Magazine (past winner, no longer eligible, professional)
- Locus Magazine (past winner, no longer eligible, professional)
- Nebula Rift (professional)
- New Realm (professional)
- Nightmare Magazine (professional)
- ParSec (professional, not enough issues)
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (professional)
- The Mary Sue (professional)
- Tor.com (professional)
- Terraform (professional)
- Weird Horror Magazine (professional)
This list was initially generated from the list of semiprozines that have been previously nominated (long list) and is by no means a complete or official list. Closed publications have been removed, recently ineligible have been marked, and new ones will be added. If you are an editor or publisher of a qualified semiprozine and would like to have yours added to this list, please email neil(@)clarkesworldmagazine.com and I’ll add it.