Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny Magazine

Cover of issue 10, May 2016
Editor	Lynne M. Thomas
Editor	Michael Damian Thomas
Categories	science fiction and fantasy
Frequency	Bimonthly
Founder	Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
First issue	November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	uncannymagazine.com

Uncanny Magazine is an American science fiction and fantasy online magazine, edited and published by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Issues appear bimonthly, starting November 2014^[2] after receiving funding through Kickstarter.^[3] Uncanny Magazine has maintained a regular bimonthly schedule since, publishing original works by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Catherynne M. Valente, Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Alex Bledsoe, Kameron Hurley and Ken Liu.^[4]

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.^[5]

Awards and recognition

• Winner 2015 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review– “Does Sex Make Science Fiction ‘Soft’?", (Uncanny Magazine #1), Tansy Rayner Roberts ^[6]
• Nominee 2015 Prix Aurora Awards- Best Poem/Song – English– “The New Ways” by Amal El-Mohtar, Uncanny Magazine #1^[7]
• Finalist 2015 Parsec Awards- Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast– The Uncanny Magazine Podcast^[8]
• Winner 2016 Gold Spectrum Award- Editorial Category– "Traveling to a Distant" Day by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)^[9]
• Finalist 2016 Theodore Sturgeon Award– “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine #2)^[10]
• Finalist 2016 Locus Award- Best Novelette– “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine #2)^[11]
• Winner 2016 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky^[12]
• Winner 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette– “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine #2)^[13]
• Winner 2016 Chesley Awards- Best Cover Illustration: Magazine– "Traveling to a Distant Day" by Tran Nguyen (Uncanny Magazine #4 Cover)^[14]
• Winner 2016 Parsec Awards- Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast– The Uncanny Magazine Podcast^[15]
• Finalist 2016 World Fantasy Award- Best Short Fiction– “Pockets” by Amal El-Mohtar, (Uncanny Magazine #2)^[16]
• Finalist 2016 World Fantasy Award- Best Short Fiction– “Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History” by Sam J. Miller, (Uncanny Magazine #2)^[17]
• Finalist 2016 World Fantasy Award- Special Award Nonprofessional – Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine^[18]
• Finalist 2017 World Fantasy Award Special Award, Non-Professional – Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, for Uncanny Magazine^[19]

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, November 2014 – Present
• Michael Damian Thomas, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, November 2014 – Present
• Michi Trota, Managing Editor, November 2014 – Present
• Julia Rios, Reprint and Poetry Editor/Interviewer, May 2016 – Present
• Erika Ensign, Podcast Producer, November 2014 – Present
• Steven Schapansky, Podcast Producer, November 2014 – Present
• Amal El-Mohtar, Podcast Reader, November 2014 – Present

Former staff

• C. S. E. Cooney, Podcast Reader, November 2014 - August 2015
• Deborah Stanish, Interviewer, November 2014 - December 2016

References

External links

• Uncanny Magazine on Patreon