Uncanny Magazine

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Uncanny Magazine
Uncanny magazine issue 10 cover med resolution.jpg
Cover of issue 10, May 2016
EditorLynne M. Thomas
EditorMichael Damian Thomas
Categoriesscience fiction and fantasy
FrequencyBimonthly
FounderLynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Year founded2014
First issueNovember 4, 2014; 7 years ago (2014-11-04)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websiteuncannymagazine.com

Uncanny Magazine is an American science fiction and fantasy online magazine, edited and published by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, based in Urbana, Illinois.[2] Its mascot is a space unicorn.[3]

The editors-in-chief, who originally edited Apex Magazine from 2012-2013, chose the name of the magazine because they say it "has a wonderful pulp feel," and like how the name evokes the unexpected.[4] They created the magazine "in the spirit of pulp sci-fi mags popular in the 1960s and '70s."[2]

Uncanny has been published bimonthly, beginning in November 2014, after receiving initial funding through Kickstarter.[5][6] It continues to fund itself through crowdfunding as well as subscriptions, which numbered 4,000 in 2017.[7][2]

The magazine publishes original works by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Catherynne M. Valente, Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, Mary Robinette Kowal, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Alex Bledsoe, Nalo Hopkinson, Jane Yolen, Naomi Novik, N.K. Jemisin, G. Willow Wilson, Carmen Maria Machado, Amal El-Mohtar, Ursula Vernon, Kameron Hurley and Ken Liu, and published early stories by Alyssa Wong and Brooke Bolander.[8][2] Each issue includes new short stories, one reprint, new poems, non-fiction essays, and a pair of interviews.[7] The magazine pays its authors and artists.[7] It also produces a podcast where some of the magazine's content is read aloud.[9] They have a staff of 10 editors and receive between 1,000 and 2,000 submissions every month.[2]

In 2018, they published a disability-themed issue called Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction with content exclusively from disabled creators.[10] This was a continuation of the Destroy series originally from Lightspeed magazine; in it, the authors and illustrators envisioned "a truly accessible future is one that features rather than erases the disabled mind and body."[10] The issue won an Aurora Award for Best Related Work in 2019.[11][12]

Awards and recognition[]

In 2017, Uncanny won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, and one of its published stories, "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang translated by Ken Liu, won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[13] It has won the Hugo Award for best Semiprozine every year from 2016 through 2020.

  • 2015 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review – "Does Sex Make Science Fiction 'Soft’?", (Uncanny Magazine #1), Tansy Rayner Roberts[14]
  • 2016 Gold Spectrum Award - Editorial Category – "Traveling to a Distant" Day by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)[15]
  • 2016 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine – Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky)[13]
  • 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette – "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine #2)[13]
  • 2016 Chesley Awards - Best Cover Illustration: Magazine – "Traveling to a Distant Day" by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)[16]
  • 2016 Parsec Awards - Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast– The Uncanny Magazine Podcast (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Erika Ensign, Amal El-Mohtar, C. S. E. Cooney, Deborah Stanish, and Steven Schapansky)[17]
  • 2017 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine – Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky)[18]
  • 2017 Locus Award for Best Novelette - "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine #10)[19]
  • 2017 Rhysling Award-Best Long Poem - "Rose Child" by Theodora Goss (Uncanny Magazine #13)[20]
  • 2017 Chesley Awards - Best Cover Illustration: Magazine – "Bubbles and Blast Off" by Galen Dara (Uncanny Magazine #10)[21]
  • 2018 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine – Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky)[22]
  • 2018 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor Short Form - Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas[23]
  • 2018 Eugie Award - "Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand" by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine #18)[24]
  • 2019 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine - Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson and Dominik Parisien)[25]
  • 2019 Aurora Awards- Best Related Work– Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction (Elsa Sjunneson and Dominik Parisien)[11]
  • 2019 British Fantasy Award- Best Magazine/Periodical– Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson and Dominik Parisien)[26]
  • 2019 World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction – “Like a River Loves the Sky” by Emma Törzs (Uncanny Magazine #21)[27]
  • 2020 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine - Uncanny Magazine (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky) [28]
  • 2020 Ignyte Awards- Best in Creative Nonfiction– “Black Horror Rising” by Tananarive Due (Uncanny Magazine #28)[29]

Staff[]

Current staff[]

Julia Rios and Michi Trota accepting the Hugo Award for best semiprozine at Worldcon in Helsinki 2017.
  • Lynne M. Thomas, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
  • Michael Damian Thomas, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
  • Chimedum Ohaegbu, Managing Editor/Poetry Editor
  • Elsa Sjunneson, Nonfiction Editor
  • Erika Ensign, Podcast Producer
  • Steven Schapansky, Podcast Producer
  • Joy Piedmont, Podcast Reader
  • Matt Peters, Podcast Reader
  • Caroline M. Yoachim, Interviewer
  • Naomi Day, Assistant Editor

Former staff[]

  • Angel Cruz - Assistant Editor
  • Michi Trota - Managing/Nonfiction Editor
  • Stephanie Malia Morris - Podcast Reader
  • Mimi Mondal - Poetry/Reprint Editor
  • Julia Rios - Poetry/Reprint Editor
  • Amal El-Mohtar - Podcast Reader
  • C. S. E. Cooney - Podcast Reader
  • Deborah Stanish - Interviewer
  • Shana DuBois - Interviewer

References[]

  1. ^ Studios, Clockpunk. "Uncanny Magazine Issue One". Uncanny Magazine.
  2. ^ a b c d e Mitchell, Tim (2021-02-08). "Sci-fi-focused Uncanny Magazine takes up residence in Urbana". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ^ Thomas, Lynne M.; Thomas, Michael Damian (2016-07-28). "A Space Unicorn Tale: The REAL Story Behind the Creation of Uncanny Magazine". Tor.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ^ Thomas, Lynne M.; Thomas, Michael Damian (2014-08-27). "Why We're Creating Uncanny, a Real Magazine with a Fake History (and a Space Unicorn)". Tor.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. ^ "Uncanny Magazine Year One". Kickstarter.
  6. ^ Mandelo, Lee (November 11, 2014). "Short Fiction Spotlight: Uncanny Magazine #1". Tor.com.
  7. ^ a b c Liptak, Andrew (2020-08-06). "Uncanny Magazine Launches Kickstarter For Year Seven". Tor.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  8. ^ Studios, Clockpunk. "Authors Archive". Uncanny Magazine.
  9. ^ "Podcasts Archives". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  10. ^ a b Holder, Matthew (2020). "Imagining Accessibility: Theorizing Disability in Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction". Disability Studies Quarterly. 40 (3). doi:10.18061/dsq.v40i3.6685. ISSN 2159-8371. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b "2019 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  12. ^ "Fight On, Space Unicorns: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction – Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds". Chuck Wendig. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  13. ^ a b c "2016 Hugo Awards Announced". August 21, 2016.
  14. ^ "2015 Ditmar and Other Australian Awards". April 6, 2015.
  15. ^ http://fleskpublications.com/blog/2016/02/29/spectrum-23-awards-nominations/
  16. ^ "2016 Chesley Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  17. ^ "2016 Parsec Awards Winners – Parsec Awards". www.parsecawards.com.
  18. ^ "2017 Hugo Awards". 31 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Sfadb : Alyssa Wong Awards".
  20. ^ "2017 Rhysling Award Winners Announced". 12 July 2017.
  21. ^ "2017 Chesley Award Winners". 8 July 2017.
  22. ^ "2018 Hugo Awards". 15 March 2018.
  23. ^ "The Groundbreaking Winners of the 2018 Hugo Awards". 19 August 2018.
  24. ^ "Fran Wilde Wins 2018 Eugie Foster Award". 2 September 2018.
  25. ^ "2019 Hugo Awards". 28 July 2019.
  26. ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2019". The British Fantasy Society. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  27. ^ "World Fantasy Awards℠ 2019, World Fantasy Convention". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  28. ^ "2020 Hugo Awards". 7 April 2020.
  29. ^ "The IGNYTE Awards". FIYAHCON 2020. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

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