Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Editor	Neil Clarke
Categories	fantasy and science fiction
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	October 2006
Company	Wyrm Publishing
Country	United States
Based in	Stirling, New Jersey
Language	English
Website	clarkesworldmagazine.com
ISSN	1937-7843

Clarkesworld Magazine (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released the first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Kij Johnson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Jeff VanderMeer and Peter Watts.

Formats

Clarkesworld Magazine is published or collected in a number of formats:

• All fiction is collected annually in print anthologies published by Wyrm Publishing
• Apps are available for Android, iPad and iPhone devices
• EPUB and Mobipocket ebook editions of each issue are available for purchase
• All content is available online via the magazine website
• All fiction is available in audio format via podcast or direct download
• Ebook subscriptions for the Kindle and EPUB readers

Awards and recognition

• Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Best New Online Magazine"^[1]
• Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Urchins, While Swimming" by Catherynne M. Valente (12/2006 Issue)^[2]
• Nominee 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, "There's No Light Between Floors" by Paul Tremblay (05/2007 Issue)
• Finalist 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction, "The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer (04/2007 Issue)
• Finalist 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction, "Something in the Mermaid Way" by Carrie Laben (03/2007 Issue)
• Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer (04/2007 Issue)
• Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "Orm the Beautiful" by Elizabeth Bear (01/2007 Issue)
• Named SciFi.com Site of the Week: August 29, 2007^[3]
• Winner 2009 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Floating Fish" by Mats Minnhagen (4/2008 Issue)
• Nominee 2009 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine^[4]
• Nominee 2009 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
• Nominee 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica", Catherynne M. Valente (05/2008 Issue)
• Nominee 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "Non-Zero Probabilities", N. K. Jemisin (09/2009 Issue)
• Winner 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue)
• Winner 2010 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine^[5]
• Nominee 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "Non-Zero Probabilities", N. K. Jemisin (09/2009 Issue)
• Nominee 2010 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue)
• Finalist 2010 Locus Award for Best Magazine, finished 4th
• Finalist 2010 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "Spar", Kij Johnson (10/2009 Issue), finished 2nd
• Nominee 2010 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Brain Tower", Kazuhiko Nakamura (11/2009 Issue)
• Finalist 2010 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
• Nominee 2010 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
• Nominee 2010 BSFA Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
• Winner 2010 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
• Winner 2011 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine^[6]
• Nominee 2011 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
• Finalist 2011 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
• Finalist 2011 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time", Catherynne M. Valente (08/2010 Issue)
• Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Warm", Sergio Rebolledo (01/2010 Issue)
• Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Honeycomb", Julie Dillon (09/2010 Issue)
• Nominee 2011 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "Soulhunter", Andrey Lazarev (11/2010 Issue)
• Nominee 2011 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
• Nominee 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
• Finalist 2012 Locus Award for Best Magazine
• Finalist 2012 Locus Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
• Winner 2012 Locus Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
• Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
• Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
• Nominee 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
• Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees", E. Lily Yu (4/2011 Issue)
• Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, "Silently and Very Fast", Catherynne M. Valente (10/2011-12/2011 Issues)
• Nominee 2012 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional
• Winner 2012 Chesley Awards for Best Magazine Cover, "New World" by Ken Barthelmey
• Finalist 2013 Locus Award for Best Magazine
• Nominee 2013 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
• Winner 2013 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine ^[7]
• Finalist 2014 Locus Award for Best Magazine
• Nominee 2014 Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, Neil Clarke
• Winner 2014 World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional Kate Baker, Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld^[8]
• Winner 2014 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine/Periodical

Current staff

• Neil Clarke, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
• Sean Wallace, Editor, October 2006 – present
• Kate Baker, Podcast Director, October 2009 – present, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2013 – present
• Gardner Dozois, Reprint Editor, April 2013 – present
• Jeremy L.C. Jones, Interviewer, September 2010 – present

Former staff

• Jason Heller, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2012 – December 2012
• Cheryl Morgan, Non-Fiction Editor, January 2009 – December 2011
• Nick Mamatas, Editor, October 2006 – July 2008^[9]
• Ekaterina Sedia, Interim Non-Fiction Editor, August 2008 – December 2008

References

3. http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw16755.html Archived December 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. "2009 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
5. "2010 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
6. "2011 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. August 20, 2011. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
7. "2013 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society.
8. http://worldfantasy2014.org/awards2.php
9. Clarkesworld Livejournal entry June 23, 2008 about Mamatas's departure

External links

• Clarkesworld Magazine website
• Clarkesworld Magazine podcast feed
• Clarkesworld's Awards & Recognition List