Strange Horizons
Online speculative fiction magazine
Strange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, and publishes new material (fiction, articles, reviews, poetry, and/or art) 51 weeks of the year, with an emphasis on "new, underrepresented, and global voices."[ 1] The magazine was founded by writer and editor Mary Anne Mohanraj .[ 2] It is registered with the IRS as 501(c)(3) non-profit organization .[ 3] It has a staff of approximately sixty volunteers, and is unusual among professional speculative fiction magazines in being funded entirely by donations, holding annual fund drives.
Editors-in-chief
Awards
Susan Marie Groppi won the World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional in 2010 for her work as Editor-in-Chief on Strange Horizons .[ 8] The magazine itself was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Website in 2002[ 9] and 2005.[ 10] The magazine won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine in 2024, after being a finalist every year from 2013 onward. Strange Horizons won The Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre, presented by the Ignyte Awards , in 2020.[ 11]
The short story "The House Beyond Your Sky " by Benjamin Rosenbaum , published in 2006[ 12] in the magazine, was nominated for a 2007 Hugo Award for Best Short Story .[ 13] "Selkie Stories Are for Losers " by Sofia Samatar was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2014. Other stories in Strange Horizons have been nominated for the Nebula and other awards.[ 14] Three stories published in Strange Horizons have won the Theodore Sturgeon Award .
Awards to magazine and editors
Award
Category
Year
Nominee
Result
Ref
Hugo Award
Hugo–Best Website
2002
http://www.strangehorizons.com
Nominated
[ 15]
2005
Nominated
[ 16]
Hugo–Best Semiprozine
2013
Niall Harrison , with Rebecca Cross, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, Dave Nadgeman, Abigail Nussbaum, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe
Nominated
[ 17]
2014
Niall Harrison, with Rebecca Cross, Shane Gavin, Anaea Lay, Brit Mandelo, Abigail Nussbaum, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe
Nominated
[ 18]
2015
Niall Harrison, editor-in-chief
Nominated
[ 19]
2016
Catherine Krahe, A. J. Odasso , Vanessa Rose Phin, Julia Rios, Maureen Kincaid Speller, eds.
Nominated
[ 20]
2017
Niall Harrison, ed., with additional editors Vajra Chandrasekera , Li Chua, Catherine Krahe, Anaea Lay, Tim Moore, Vanessa Rose Phin, Aishwarya Subramanian (and the Strange Horizons staff)
Nominated
[ 21]
2018
Kate Dollarhyde, Gautam Bhatia & A. J. Odasso (additional editors: Lila Garrott, Heather McDougal, Ciro Faienza, Tahlia Day, Vanessa Rose Phin, and the Strange Horizons staff)
Nominated
[ 22]
2019
ed. by Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde, with Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller (and the Strange Horizons Staff)
Nominated
[ 23]
2020
Vanessa Rose Phin, with Joyce Chng, Dan Hartland, Catherine Krahe, Dante Luiz, A. J. Odasso (and the Strange Horizons staff)
Nominated
[ 24]
2021
Vanessa Rose Phin, et al.
Nominated
[ 25]
2022
The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
Nominated
[ 26]
2023
The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
Nominated
2024
The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
Won
World Fantasy Award
WFA–Non-Professional
2007
Susan Marie Groppi
Nominated
[ 27]
2010
Susan Marie Groppi
Won
[ 28]
2022
Vanessa Rose Phin, Gautam Bhatia
Nominated
[ 29]
British Fantasy Award
BFA–
Magazine/Periodical
2011
Susan Marie Groppi, Niall Harrison
Nominated
[ 30]
2016
Niall Harrison
Nominated
[ 31]
2021
Vanessa Rose Phin
Won
[ 32]
Locus Awards
Locus–Magazine
2006
Strange Horizons
Nominated–8th
[ 33]
2007
Nominated–4th
2008
Nominated–9th
2009
Nominated–10th
2010
Nominated–6th
2011
Nominated–7th
2012
Nominated–8th
2013
Nominated–8th
2014
Nominated–9th
2015
Nominated–7th
2016
Nominated–10th
2017
Nominated–9th
2018
Nominated–7th
2019
Nominated–9th
2020
Nominated–8th
2021
Nominated–7th
2022
Nominated–7th
Locus–Editor
2006
Susan Marie Groppi
Nominated–27th
[ 34]
2007
Nominated–20th
[ 35]
2008
Nominated–23rd
[ 36]
2016
Niall Harrison
Nominated–28th
[ 37]
Content
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See also
References
^ Phin, Vanessa Rose (March 20, 2019). "Fond Farewells" . Strange Horizons.
^ Walter, Damien (June 13, 2014). "A digital renaissance for the science fiction short story" . The Guardian.
^ "Strange Horizons Inc - Nonprofit Explorer" . ProPublica . 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-28 .
^ Harrison, Niall (April 3, 2017). "Moving On" . Strange Horizons . Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ Glyer, Mike (3 April 2017). "Strange Horizons Announces New Editors-in-Chief" . File 770 . Retrieved 14 April 2017 .
^ Phin, Vanessa Rose (March 20, 2019). "Fond Farewells" . Strange Horizons . Retrieved March 21, 2019 .
^ Strange Horizons Masthead: http://strangehorizons.com/masthead/
^ Locus Publications (October 31, 2010). "World Fantasy Awards Winners" . Locus Online News. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "2002 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards. September 2, 2002. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "2005 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards. 24 July 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "2020 Ignyte Awards Results" . FiyahCon2021 . 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-17 .
^ Elena, Lara. "Strange Horizons Fiction: The House Beyond Your Sky, by Benjamin Rosenbaum, illustration by Vladimir Vitkovsky" . Strange Horizons . Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "2007 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards. 9 August 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "Strange Horizons Awards" . Strange Horizons . July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2002" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2005" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2013" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2014" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2015" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2016" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2017" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2018" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2019" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2020" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2021" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Hugo Awards 2022" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2007" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2010" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2022" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: British Fantasy Awards 2011" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: British Fantasy Awards 2016" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: British Fantasy Awards 2021" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "Award Category: Best Magazine (Locus Poll Award)" . www.isfdb.org . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Locus Awards 2006" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Locus Awards 2007" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "sfadb: Locus Awards 2008" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
^ "Award Category: Best Editor (Locus Poll Award)" . www.isfdb.org . Retrieved 2022-07-29 .
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