Journey Planet is an Irish-American science fiction fanzine currently edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia and various other co-editors. It has been nominated twelve times for the

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine The Hugo Award for Best Fanzine is given each year for non professionally edited magazines, or "fanzines", related to science fiction or fantasy which has published four or more issues with at least one issue appearing in the previous calendar y ...

, winning in 2015.

Description

Journey Planet began as a Fanzine-in-an-hour program item at the 2008

Eastercon Eastercon is the common name for the annual British national science fiction convention. The convention is organised by voluntary self-organising committees, rather than a permanent entity. Organisation Groups of fans (typically 5–8 in n ...

at Heathrow. Bacon and Garcia headed up the item and produced the first version of issue 1. After the convention, Claire Brialey came on-board as editor, and remained through issue #9. Ever since, Garcia and Bacon have teamed with an ever-changing roster of co-editors on themed issues. Guest editors have included Michael Carroll, John Coxon, Vincent Docherty, Sara Felix, Colin Harris, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Alissa McKersie, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Lynda E. Rucker, Chuck Serface, Steven H Silver, Erin Underwood, Linda Wenzelburger, Pete Young, and others. The zine has carried material, both written and artistic, from professionals and fans, including

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, Maura McHugh,

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, and many others. It has also run interviews with figures such as Neil Gaiman,

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, and

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. Each issue is themed, with most themes being in the realm of science fiction, fandom, or comics. Other topics have included historical personages, such as Richard III, historical moments such as

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, or authors like Flann O'Brien. The editors have twice run bilingual issues, the first in English and Russian, and the second in English and Chinese. Journey Planet has 12 Hugo nominations for Best Fanzine (being nominated every year from 2012 to 2024, excluding 2016, and receiving the award in 2015), won the

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's European Science Fiction Award twice, the Alfie, and a Nova Award for Best Fanzine in 2010.

Awards and nominations

Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

External links

*Website: *List of Issues:

References

{{reflist Science fiction magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2008 Science fiction magazines established in the 2000s Magazines published in Ireland Science fiction fanzines Online magazines published in the United States