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The winners of the 2009 Aurealis Awards* were announced at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on January 24th, 2010. Semiprozines were well-represented among the winners: Best Science Fiction Short Story “Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens” by Peter M. Ball, Apex Magazine, May 2009 Best Fantasy Short Story (joint winners) “Father’s Kill” by [...]

Beneath Ceaseless Skies recently celebrated its first anniversary with an Anniversary Double-Issue containing four stories, including ones by Yoon Ha Lee and Ian McHugh. With this issue, #27, BCS is now also available in two downloadable file formats for ebook readers: PDF and MobiPocket PRC. To read our fiction, or download our ebook files or [...]

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #23 is now available. FICTION: Between Two Treasons by Michael J. DeLuca Oil Fire by Kate MacLeod

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.

Issue #20 of  Beneath Ceaseless Skies is now available: The Land of Empty Shells by Caroline M. Yoachim The rest of the birthing was hard work, but painless. Dziko and Terra sprinkled water over the clay to soften it and kneaded the flesh together until there was no way to separate his riverbed brown from [...]

It is said by some that semiprozines are publishing some of the best new writers. Who are the authors people should be on the lookout for? Robert Neilson, Albedo One The Albedo One authors who have impressed me most in recent times are Philip Raines & Harvey Welles, Colin Harvey, Nina Allan, Julian West, Will [...]

I asked a few of our semiprozine editors and publishers if they had any advice for someone considering starting a semiprozine of their own. I was originally going to run these all at once, but it turns out their answers are best served separately. This installment is by Scott Andrews from Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Have [...]

Established: October 2008 Editor-In-Chief: Scott H. Andrews Overview: Beneath Ceaseless Skies publishes “literary adventure fantasy”–short fiction with traditional fantasy elements, such as secondary-world settings, but written with modern literary flair. We pay SFWA pro rate for short stories and novelettes of all lengths. We publish two stories online every two weeks. Our authors include established [...]