NOTE: At this time, we are unaware of any publications that have taken themselves out of the running for the year ending December 31st, 2020.
The following publications are currently eligible for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine:
- Abyss & Apex
- Albedo One
- Anathema
- Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
- Apparition Lit
- The Arcanist
- Aurealis
- Bards and Sages Quarterly
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Black Static
- Cast of Wonders
- The Cascadia Subduction Zone
- Cirsova Magazine
- Compelling Science Fiction
- Daily Science Fiction
- Deep Magic
- Diabolical Plots
- Drabblecast
- Dreamforge
- Escape Pod
- Fireside Magazine
- Fiyah
- Flash Fiction Online
- Future Science Fiction Digest
- GigaNotoSaurus
- Grimdark Magazine
- Helios Quarterly
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
- Hypnos Magazine
- Infinite Worlds
- Interzone
- Kaleidotrope
- Lackington’s
- Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
- Luna Station Quarterly
- Metaphorosis
- Mithila Review
- Mythaxis
- Neo-Opsis
- New York Review of Science Fiction
- On Spec
- Podcastle
- Pseudopod
- Reckoning
- Red Sun
- Selene Quarterly
- Shoreline of Infinity
- StoryHack
- Strange Horizons
- Space and Time
- The Colored Lens
- The Future Fire
- Truancy
- Uncanny
- Unfit Magazine
- Unreal Magazine
Not currently eligible for nomination, but could be next year (list created from reader inquiries and annual reviews):
- Asymmetry (no issues published in 2020)
- Cossmass Infinities (only three issues)
- Hexagon (only three issues)
- Tähtivaeltaja (no issues published in 2020)
- Visions (only two issues, no issues published in 2020)
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)
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (professional)
- The Mary Sue (professional)
- Tor.com (professional)
- Terraform (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.