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. It released its first issue October 1, 2006 and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as

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, Kij Johnson,

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and Peter Watts.

Formats

''Clarkesworld Magazine'' is published or collected in a number of formats: * All fiction is collected annually in print

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published by Wyrm Publishing * Apps are available for Android,

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and iPhone devices *

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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

readers * Print issues are sold on Amazon and also available as a

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History

''Clarkesworld'' was founded in October 2006. In May 2008, ''Clarkesworld'' began collecting its stories in annual print anthologies starting with ''Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine''. 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 "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter" is a military science fiction short story by Isabel Fall, published on 1 January 2020 in ''Clarkesworld Magazine''. The story relates the experience of Barb, a woman whose gender has been reassigned to ...

", after Fall had been harassed by people who suspected the story of trolling or transphobia.

Awards and recognition

Awards to magazine and editors

Other honors

* Winner 2006

Million Writers Award Million Writers Award was a short story literary award presented annually by storySouth. It honored the best online short stories. The award was structured to be egalitarian allowing for anyone to nominate a story including readers, authors, editor ...

for "Best New Online Magazine" * Named SciFi.com Site of the Week: August 29, 2007

Art

* Winner 2009

Chesley Awards The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists to recognize individual artistic works and achievements during a given year. The Chesleys were initially called the ASFA Awards, but were later r ...

for Best Magazine Cover,
Floating Fish
, Mats Minnhagen (4/2008 Issue) * Finalist 2010

for Best Magazine Cover,
Brain Tower
, Kazuhiko Nakamura (11/2009 Issue) * Finalist 2011

for Best Magazine Cover,
Warm
, Sergio Rebolledo (01/2010 Issue) * Finalist 2011

for Best Magazine Cover,
Honeycomb
,

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for Best Magazine Cover,
Soulhunter
, Andrey Lazarev (11/2010 Issue) * Winner 2013

for Best Magazine Cover,
New World
, Ken Barthelmey (11/2012 Issue) * Winner 2019 Chelsey Awards for Best Magazine Cover,
Meeting
, Arthur Haas (05/2018 Issue) * Winner 2021 Chelsey Awards for Best Magazine Cover,
Ancient Stones
, Francesca Resta (10/2020 Issue)

Content

* Winner 2006

for
Urchins, While Swimming
by

Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her short fiction has a ...

(12/2006 Issue) * Finalist 2007

WSFA Small Press Award The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature (e.g. science fiction, fantasy, horror) published in English for the first time in the previous ...

,
The Third Bear
by

(04/2007 Issue) * Finalist 2007

,
Orm the Beautiful
by

(01/2007 Issue) * Finalist 2010

Parsec Award The Parsec Awards were a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media. They were ...

for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form),
The Things
, Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)

Current staff

* Neil Clarke, publisher, editor-in-chief *

Sean Wallace Sean Wallace (born January 1, 1976) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologist, editor, and publisher best known for founding the publishing house Prime Books and for co-editing three magazines, ''Clarkesworld Magazine'', ''T ...

, editor, October 2006 – present *Kate Baker, Podcast Director, October 2009 – present, non-fiction editor, January 2013 – present

Former staff

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American people, American science fiction author and editing, editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of ...

, 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 Cheryl Morgan is a British science fiction critic and publisher. She has won Hugo Awards for her work on the fanzine ''Emerald City'' from 1995 to 2006, and as non-fiction editor of ''Clarkesworld'' magazine from 2009 to 2011. Morgan was the f ...

, non-fiction editor, January 2009 – December 2011 *

Nick Mamatas Nick Mamatas ( el, Νίκος Μαμματάς) (born February 20, 1972) is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media. His fiction has been ...

, editor, October 2006 – July 2008Clarkesworld Livejournal
entry June 23, 2008 about Mamatas's departure *

Ekaterina Sedia Ekaterina Sedia (born July 9, 1970) is a Russian fantasy writer. She immigrated to the United States and attended college in New Jersey to obtain her Ph.D. Her most famous work is ''The Alchemy of Stone'', a steampunk novel that examines sexism a ...

, interim non-fiction editor, August 2008 – December 2008

References

External links

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