On behalf of everyone at Clarkesworld, we would like to thank all the subscribers who joined during our recent subscription drive. Because of you, we've been able to give all our staff and contributors a raise for our 20th anniversary.
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Our subscription drive is closing in on its goal. So far, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, we've managed to give everyone but our authors a raise. We're only 20 subscriptions away upping author pay from 14 to 15 cents/word. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Heading home after a lovely day visiting @sheilawilliams.bsky.social. Good to see her in the new place the gofundme has helped pay for. So much better for her. www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...
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this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word
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Congratulations @somtoihezue.bsky.social and all the other Ignyte Award winners! You can read his (multiple) award-winning story here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/ihezue_02_25/
The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Outstanding Novelette category recognizes speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words. Congratulations to WE BEGIN WHERE INFINITY ENDS by @somtoihezue.bsky.social #2026IgnyteAwards
I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/
The Job by Elizabeth Bear
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Clarkesworld gave me my first professional publication, and I couldn't be more thrilled to be in their 20yr anniversary issue. Happy birthday, @clarkesworldmagazine.com! And with one of my favourite stories, too: "Roams the Planet of Our Grief," where a trans boy talks to the dead. As one does.
Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 2w agoIt all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
More great news this week. I'm honoured to be part of @clarkesworldmagazine.com's 20th anniversary issue, with what is likely the last Morag and Seamus story. Find out how a Welsh holiday tradition comes in handy when there's ghosts in the abandoned mine... clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_10_26/
The Mari Lwyd by Fiona Moore
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It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
Thrilled to be part of the 20th anniversary issue and in such good company. Check out Shi Heiyao's 'How Does One Person Kill A Mountain?'...
Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 2w agoThe October issue of Clarkesworld (our 20th anniversary issue) is now online and features stories by Alex T. Singer, Fiona Moore, Shi Heiyao, Elizabeth Bear, Louis Inglis Hall, Natalia Theodoridou, and Tia Tashiro clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_241 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Very very (very) proud to have a story in Clarkesworld’s 20th anniversary issue! ‘Five Bottles’ is a story about families and death but mostly it’s about the world’s worst wine tasting and i apologise for that in advance
Five Bottles in Memory of the Winemaker Petronius Finch by Louis Inglis Hall
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Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 2w agoThe October issue of Clarkesworld (our 20th anniversary issue) is now online and features stories by Alex T. Singer, Fiona Moore, Shi Heiyao, Elizabeth Bear, Louis Inglis Hall, Natalia Theodoridou, and Tia Tashiro clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_241 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
The October issue of Clarkesworld (our 20th anniversary issue) is now online and features stories by Alex T. Singer, Fiona Moore, Shi Heiyao, Elizabeth Bear, Louis Inglis Hall, Natalia Theodoridou, and Tia Tashiro clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_241 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Have we crowed loud enough that our 2027 guests of honor are Fonda Lee and Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld Magazine? How awesome is that? Come and join us in July 2027 as we celebrate their contributions to the literature of speculative fiction!
Incredibly honored that "We, the Fleet" (Clarkesworld: clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/) is the 2026 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner. It's amazing to be chosen, especially among such an fantastic set of fellow nominees. Thrilled to be attending the symposium in October!
We, the Fleet by Alex T. Singer
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File 770@file770.bsky.social · 2w agoAlex T. Singer Wins 2026 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award file770.com/alex-t-singe...
Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Updating the "AI" community's own words for short fiction marketing: Short stories won’t replace humans, but humans who read short stories will replace those who don’t. The true power of short stories lies not in replacing humans, but in working alongside us to achieve what neither can do alone.
Files are at the printer. Official release date is November 17th, but if you order it direct from us, it will be signed and could be sooner. shop.wyrmpublishing.com/b/bsfoty2025
Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 2mo agoCover art by Colie Wertz
We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Nommo Award Short Story Finalist✨🪲💕 Infinitely grateful to everyone who nominated it, the ASFS community, every reader, reviewer, and friend who read, loved, and shared this story💫 And just honored to share this ballot with these incredible authors!!!
I just came from an appointment with my electrocardiologist and someone there was having a total meltdown because their doctor was late. When you are told the doctor is in the OR it means someone else needs them more at that moment. You really don't want to be the priority in these cases. Trust me.
I have a new story out in the September issue of Clarkesworld, a little, tender piece on eye contact and human connection... or the lack thereof. It's called "Skin and Glass"' and you can read it here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/sand_09_26/
Skin and Glass by R. P. Sand
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It's my last night at Dragoncon. My program obligations ended yesterday, so I decided to wait in line today for a Stargate panel featuring Richard Dean Anderson, Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Teryl Rothery, and Michael Shanks. Very amusing. Enjoyed Stargate and Farscape, so it was nice to see them.
Ok. Have arrived at Dragoncon and have settled in at the Hyatt.
I'm still recovering from Worldcon. Slept most of yesterday. Dealt with some backlogged emails and other work today. Have stuff I want to say about Hugos and Worldcon, but it will have to wait. Heading to my first Dragoncon in the morning. I need to start scheduling longer breaks between conventions
The September issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Beth Goder, Zhu Yixuan, A.D. Sui, Rachel Sobel, Rich Larson, Madeleine Vigneron, and R. P. Sand. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_240 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe
To be clear: no author has won a Hugo Award in the Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story or Series categories at a younger age than @hhpak.bsky.social just did. Astonishing.
An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog@hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2mo agoCONGRATULATIONS @hhpak.bsky.social! YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST-EVER WINNER OF A HUGO AWARD IN A PROSE CATEGORY! YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Short Story goes to “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223).
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novelette goes to “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220).
