Clarkesworld Magazine
| File:Clarkesworldmagazine200.jpg Cover of Clarkesworld Magazine's 200th issue, May 2023 | |
| Editor | Neil Clarke |
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| Categories | Fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | October 2006 |
| Company | Wyrm Publishing |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Stirling, New Jersey |
| Language | English |
| Website | clarkesworldmagazine |
| ISSN | 1937-7843 |
Clarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine edited by Neil Clarke. It released its first issue October 1, 2006, and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Kij Johnson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Sarah Monette, Catherynne M. Valente, Jeff VanderMeer and Peter Watts.
Formats
[edit | edit source]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, Amazon Kindle, 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
- Print issues are sold on Amazon and also available as a Patreon subscription option
History
[edit | edit source]Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace founded Clarkesworld Magazine in July 2006, originally as a companion to Clarkesworld Books, a now defunct online bookstore.[1] The magazine published its first issue three months later.[2]
In February 2007, Clarkesworld announced the first in a series of annual print anthologies starting with Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine.[3] It was published in June 2008 by Wyrm Publishing.[4]
In January 2015, Clarkesworld began a relationship with Storycom to regularly translate and publish works of Chinese science fiction in their issues.[5]
In February 2019, editor Neil Clarke announced that the magazine had received a grant from LTI Korea for the purposes of translating and publishing nine Korean science fiction stories in upcoming issues of Clarkesworld.[6]
In January 2020, its editor Neil Clarke withdrew a short story by Isabel Fall at Fall's request, "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter", after Fall had been harassed by people who suspected the story of trolling or transphobia.[7]
In November 2022, editor Neil Clarke announced that the magazine would be opening a submission period for science fiction written in Spanish.[8]
In December 2022, Amazon declared that they would stop selling magazine subscriptions. Clarke called the announcement "devastating", and noted that they had been offered a chance to continue in Kindle Unlimited for less money.[9]
On 20 February 2023, Clarkesworld temporarily closed submissions due to a sudden increase in AI-generated stories sent to the magazine.[10] During the first weeks of 2023, the magazine received 35 times as many fake spam submissions (the magazine categorizes AI-generated stories as spam) as it did last year during the same time frame.[11]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]Awards to magazine and editors
[edit | edit source]| Award | Category | Year | Nominee | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Award | Semiprozine | 2009 | Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated | [12] |
| 2010 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds. | Won | [13] | ||
| 2011 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won | [14] | ||
| 2013 | Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won | [15] | ||
| Professional Editor
(Short Form) |
2012 | Neil Clarke | Nominated | [16] | |
| 2013 | Nominated | [15] | |||
| 2014 | Nominated | [17] | |||
| 2016 | Nominated | [18] | |||
| 2017 | Nominated | [19] | |||
| 2018 | Nominated | [20] | |||
| 2019 | Nominated | [21] | |||
| 2020 | Nominated | [22] | |||
| 2021 | Nominated | [23] | |||
| 2022 | Won | [24] | |||
| 2023 | Won | ||||
| 2024 | Pending | [25] | |||
| World Fantasy Award | Non-Professional | 2009 | Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated | [26] |
| 2010 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated | [27] | ||
| 2012 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Nominated | [28] | ||
| 2014 | Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won | [29] | ||
| British Fantasy Award | Magazine/Periodical | 2014 | Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won | [30] |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2007 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–20th | [31] |
| 2008 | Nominated–14th | [32] | |||
| 2009 | Nominated–9th | [33] | |||
| 2010 | Nominated–4th | [34] | |||
| 2011 | Nominated–6th | [35] | |||
| 2012 | Nominated–3rd | [36] | |||
| 2013 | Nominated–4th | [37] | |||
| 2014 | Nominated–4th | [38] | |||
| 2015 | Nominated–3rd | [39] | |||
| 2016 | Nominated–4th | [40] | |||
| 2017 | Nominated–5th | [41] | |||
| 2018 | Nominated–5th | [42] | |||
| 2019 | Nominated–5th | [43] | |||
| 2020 | Nominated–5th | [44] | |||
| 2021 | Nominated–6th | [45] | |||
| 2022 | Nominated–6th | [46] | |||
| 2023 | Nominated–3rd | [47] | |||
| 2024 | Nominated–2nd | [48] |
Other honors
[edit | edit source]- Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Best New Online Magazine"[49]
- Named SciFi.com Site of the Week: August 29, 2007[50]
Art
[edit | edit source]- Winner 2009 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Floating Fish", Mats Minnhagen (April 2008)[51]
- Finalist 2010 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Brain Tower", Kazuhiko Nakamura (November 2009)
- Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Warm", Sergio Rebolledo (January 2010)
- Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Honeycomb", Julie Dillon (September 2010)
- Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Soulhunter", Andrey Lazarev (November 2010)
- Finalist 2012 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Off Road", Facundo Diaz (June 2011)
- Winner 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "New World", Ken Barthelmey (November 2012)[51]
- Finalist 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Space Journey", Martin Faragasso (August 2012)
- Finalist 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Breaking Through", Julie Dillon (October 2012)
- Finalist 2014 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Elliptic", Julie Dillon (December 2013)
- Finalist 2015 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Hollow", Matt Dixon (March 2014)
- Winner 2016 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
- Finalist 2016 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "A-boushi-ya", shichigoro-shingo (October 2015)
- Finalist 2017 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
- Winner 2018 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
- Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Jungle Deep", Sergei Sarichev (March 2017)
- Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Darkess", Julie Dillon (May 2017)
- Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Genetics Lab", Eddie Mendoza (July 2017)
- Winner 2019 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Meeting", Arthur Haas (May 2018)[51]
- Winner 2019 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
- Finalist 2019 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "The Storkfriars", Sean Andrew Murray (June 2018)
- Finalist 2020 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Vertigo", Matt Dixon (May 2019)
- Winner 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Ancient Stones", Francesca Resta (October 2020)[51]
- Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
- Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "51", Rodion Shaldo (September 2020)
- Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Alien Scout", Arjun Amky (November 2020)
- Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Return to Heaven 7”, Zezhou Chen (January 2022)
- Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Art Block”, Daniel Conway (October 2022)
- Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Talk”, JC Jongwon Park (February 2022)
- Winner 2023 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
Content
[edit | edit source]- Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Urchins, While Swimming" by Catherynne M. Valente (12/2006 Issue)[108]
- 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)
- Finalist 2010 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)
Current staff
[edit | edit source]- 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
Former staff
[edit | edit source]- Gardner Dozois, reprint editor, April 2013 – May 2018
- Jeremy L.C. Jones, interviewer, September 2010 – December 2014
- 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[109]
- Ekaterina Sedia, interim non-fiction editor, August 2008 – December 2008
See also
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- ^ Clarkesworld Livejournal Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine entry June 23, 2008 about Mamatas's departure
External links
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