Cheryl Morgan is a British

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critic and publisher. She has won

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for her work on the fanzine ''

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'' from 1995 to 2006, and as non-fiction editor of ''

Clarkesworld ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabet ...

'' magazine from 2009 to 2011. Morgan was the first openly trans person to win a Hugo Award, and is currently the editor of the science fiction magazine ''Salon Futura''.

Biography

Morgan edited the fanzine ''

'' from 1995 to 2006, and resided in

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and the United Kingdom during this period. She was a part of the team running Science Fiction Awards Watch, and was non-fiction editor of ''

Clarkesworld Magazine ''Clarkesworld Magazine'' (ISSN 1937-7843) is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabe ...

'' from 2009 to 2011. She is the owner of Wizard's Tower Press and the Wizard's Tower Books ebook store before it closed due to changes in EU regulation. She is currently the editor of ''Salon Futura'', a science fiction magazine featuring a mix of articles and videos that launched in 2010. Morgan was a Guest of Honor at the 2012

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, and served as judge for the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award in 2018. She was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Worldling SF conference, and is on the advisory board of '' Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research''. Morgan is also a director of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc., and was a founder of the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation. In addition to her genre work, Morgan co-presents '' Women's Outlook'', a weekly community radio program in Bristol, UK focusing on women's issues, and is a director of The Diversity Trust, a UK-based community interest company. She is also co-chair of OutStories Bristol, an LGBT history organization, and has presented work on trans history in the form of lectures.

Awards and honours

Morgan has been nominated for several Hugo Awards and has won four: Best Fanzine in 2004 for ''

'', Best Fan Writer in 2009, and joint wins with the rest of the ''Clarkesworld'' team for Best Semiprozine in 2010 and 2011. She was the first openly trans person to win a Hugo.

References

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Emerald City
' fanzine (19952006) *
Salon Futura
' magazine (2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Cheryl Living people Hugo Award-winning fan writers Science fiction critics Science fiction editors British speculative fiction critics British speculative fiction editors Year of birth missing (living people) Women speculative fiction editors LGBT writers from the United Kingdom