Uncanny Magazine Explained
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."
Uncanny has been published bimonthly, beginning in November 2014, after receiving initial funding through Kickstarter.[5] It continues to fund itself through crowdfunding as well as subscriptions, which numbered 4,000 in 2017.[6]
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.[7] Each issue includes new short stories, one reprint, new poems, non-fiction essays, and a pair of interviews. The magazine pays its authors and artists. It also produces a podcast where some of the magazine's content is read aloud.[8] They have a staff of 10 editors and receive between 1,000 and 2,000 submissions every month.
In 2018, they published a disability-themed issue called Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction with content exclusively from disabled creators.[9] 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". The issue won an Aurora Award for Best Related Work in 2019.[10] [11]
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.[12] It since went on to win the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine every year from 2017 through 2020, 2022, and 2023.
Magazine awards
!Award!Category!Year!Nominee!Result!RefHugo Award | Hugo–Best Semiprozine | 2016 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky | | [13] |
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2017 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky | | [14] [15] |
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2018 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky | | [16] [17] |
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2019 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, and Dominik Parisien | | [18] [19] |
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2020 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky | | [20] [21] |
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2021 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky | | [22] [23] |
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2022 | Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky | | [24] [25] |
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Hugo–Best Professional Editor, Short Form | 2017 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | | |
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2018 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | | [26] |
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2019 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | | |
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2020 | Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas | | |
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British Fantasy Award | BFA–Magazine/Periodical | 2017 | Uncanny | | [27] [28] |
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2019 | Uncanny (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson and Dominik Parisien) | | [29] [30] |
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Aurora Awards | Aurora–Best Related Work | 2019 | Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction (Elsa Sjunneson and Dominik Parisien) | | [31] |
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Parsec Awards | Parsec–Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast | 2016 | The Uncanny Magazine Podcast (Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Erika Ensign, Amal El-Mohtar, C. S. E. Cooney, Deborah Stanish, and Steven Schapansky) | | [32] | |
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Art awards
- 2016 Gold Spectrum Award – Editorial Category – "Traveling to a Distant" Day by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)[33]
- 2016 Chesley Awards – Best Cover Illustration: Magazine – "Traveling to a Distant Day" by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)[34]
- 2017 Chesley Awards – Best Cover Illustration: Magazine – "Bubbles and Blast Off" by Galen Dara (Uncanny Magazine #10)[35]
Content awards
Staff
Current staff
- Lynne M. Thomas – Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
- Michael Damian Thomas – Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
- Monte Lin – Managing Editor/Poetry Editor
- Meg Elison – Nonfiction Editor
- Erika Ensign – Podcast Producer
- Steven Schapansky – Podcast Producer
- Matt Peters – Podcast Reader
- Caroline M. Yoachim – Interviewer
- Naomi Day – Assistant Editor
Former staff
- Elsa Sjunneson – Nonfiction Editor
- Joy Piedmont – Podcast Reader
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Uncanny Magazine Issue One. Clockpunk. Studios. Uncanny Magazine. February 27, 2019. February 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065742/https://uncannymagazine.com/issues/uncanny-magazine-issue-one/. live.
- Web site: Mitchell . Tim . Sci-fi-focused Uncanny Magazine takes up residence in Urbana . The News-Gazette . February 8, 2021 . February 8, 2021 . October 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211020223713/https://www.news-gazette.com/news/sci-fi-focused-uncanny-magazine-takes-up-residence-in-urbana/article_7f6772de-9343-5b3a-9a57-421b8ea5c420.html . live .
- Web site: Thomas . Lynne M. . Thomas . Michael Damian . A Space Unicorn Tale: The REAL Story Behind the Creation of Uncanny Magazine . Tor.com . July 28, 2016 . February 8, 2021 . July 29, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160729161130/https://www.tor.com/2016/07/28/a-space-unicorn-tale-the-real-story-behind-the-creation-of-uncanny-magazine/ . live .
- Web site: Thomas . Lynne M. . Thomas . Michael Damian . Why We're Creating Uncanny, a Real Magazine with a Fake History (and a Space Unicorn) . Tor.com . August 27, 2014 . February 8, 2021 . August 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150817113628/https://www.tor.com/2014/08/27/why-were-creating-uncanny-a-real-magazine-with-a-fake-history-and-a-space-unicorn/ . live .
- Web site: Short Fiction Spotlight: Uncanny Magazine #1. Lee. Mandelo. November 11, 2014. Tor.com. February 27, 2019. March 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324075419/https://www.tor.com/2014/11/11/short-fiction-spotlight-uncanny-magazine-1-maria-dahvana-headley-christopher-barzak/. live.
- Web site: Liptak . Andrew . Uncanny Magazine Launches Kickstarter For Year Seven . Tor.com . August 6, 2020 . February 8, 2021 . August 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200806215744/https://www.tor.com/2020/08/06/uncanny-magazine-launches-kickstarter-for-year-seven/ . live .
- Web site: Authors Archive. Clockpunk. Studios. Uncanny Magazine. February 27, 2019. November 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141120091208/https://uncannymagazine.com/authors/. live.
- Web site: Podcasts Archives . Uncanny Magazine . February 8, 2021 . November 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141120091315/https://uncannymagazine.com/type/podcasts/ . live .
- Holder . Matthew . Imagining Accessibility: Theorizing Disability in Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction . Disability Studies Quarterly . 2020 . 40 . 3 . February 8, 2021 . 2159-8371 . 10.18061/dsq.v40i3.6685 . free . February 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210208040953/https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6685/5709 . live .
- Web site: 2019 Aurora Awards Winners . Locus Online – The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field . October 20, 2019 . February 8, 2021 . October 20, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020225130/https://locusmag.com/2019/10/2019-aurora-awards-winners/ . live .
- Web site: Fight On, Space Unicorns: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction – Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds . Chuck Wendig . August 15, 2017 . February 8, 2021 . August 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170818051218/http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/08/15/fight-on-space-unicorns-disabled-people-destroy-science-fiction/ . live .
- Web site: 2016 Hugo Awards Announced. August 21, 2016. November 13, 2016. August 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821133111/http://www.thehugoawards.org/2016/08/2016-hugo-awards-announced/. live.
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- Web site: March 15, 2018 . 2018 Hugo Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180402094920/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2018-hugo-awards/ . April 2, 2018 . February 7, 2021.
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- Web site: April 7, 2020 . 2020 Hugo Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407224006/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/ . April 7, 2020 . February 7, 2021.
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- Web site: August 19, 2018 . The Groundbreaking Winners of the 2018 Hugo Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041817/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/the-groundbreaking-winners-of-the-2018-hugo-awards/ . November 9, 2020 . June 28, 2022.
- Web site: sfadb: British Fantasy Awards 2017 . 2022-07-15 . www.sfadb.com.
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- Web site: 2016 Parsec Awards Winners – Parsec Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161201083504/http://www.parsecawards.com/announcements/2016-parsec-awards-winners/ . December 1, 2016 . December 19, 2016 . www.parsecawards.com.
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- Web site: August 19, 2016 . 2016 Chesley Awards Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210312201221/https://locusmag.com/2016/08/2016-chesley-awards-winners/ . March 12, 2021 . February 8, 2021 . Locus Online.
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- Web site: Sfadb : Alyssa Wong Awards. June 28, 2022. November 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211119171550/https://www.sfadb.com/Alyssa_Wong. live.
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