Editor Neil Clarke has announced the finalists for the 2019 Clarkesworld Magazine Reader’s Poll for best story and cover art. Clarke commented, “It was a close race from the start and once again it ended with ties. The story … Continue reading
Neil Clarke, Publisher of Clarkesworld, today posted in “About the Story by Isabel Fall” an extended statement dealing with the response to the work, especially on Twitter. (See overview: “Clarkesworld Removes Isabel Fall Story”.) The concluding paragraphs are: …Going forward, … Continue reading
Isabel Fall’s short story “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” in the January Clarkesworld, the subject of intense discussion on Twitter this week, was removed from the magazine’s website today at the author’s request. Editor Neil Clarke tweeted: The … Continue reading
The Arthur C. Clarke Award administrators have announced they are taking submissions for the 34th presentation of the award in 2020. The prize is open to science fiction novels that received their first UK publication in 2019, written in English … Continue reading
The winner of the 33rd Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature was announced on July 17. Rosewater – Tade Thompson (Orbit) The members of the judging panel were: Kris Black, British Science Fiction Association Andrew Wallace, British Science … Continue reading
The finalists for the 33rd Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature were released on May 7. Tom Hunter, Award Director, commented: Our 6 shortlisted titles were selected from a record-breaking 124 eligible submissions, and as the imaginative breadth … Continue reading
The full list of eligible titles submitted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 has been posted. This is not a longlist but a tally of all the books under consideration by the judges — a record-breaking 124 books from … Continue reading
(1) NAME THAT FAHRENHEIT TEMP. “Chinese Govt. Burns Call of Cthulhu Supplement” claims Lovecraftian news site Yog-Sothoth. The main content is in the video at the link, but the intro sums up the problem this way: For many years, various … Continue reading
Voters have chosen the 2018 Clarkesworld Reader’s Poll winners from the five finalists in each category. Editor Neil Clarke made the announcement on the magazine’s website. The 2018 winners are: Best Story “When We Were Starless” by Simone Heller (October) … Continue reading
Neil Clarke has unveiled the table of contents for his The Best Science Fiction of the Year – Volume 4, which features science fiction short stories/novelettes/novellas originally published in 2018. The cover art is Mack Sztaba’s “Behemoth.” Table of Contents … Continue reading