Postscripts
{{italic title}}{{Short description|Defunct British magazine}}
Postscripts was a quarterly British magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, first published in June 2004.[http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/postscripts.asp PS Publishing - PostScripts Magazine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061217102910/http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/postscripts.asp |date=2006-12-17 }}, page retrieved 19 November 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/postscripts |title=SF Encyclopedia - Postscripts}} It was published by PS Publishing and the editor-in-chief was Peter Crowther.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/features/2008/A-PostScripts-with-Pete-Crowther-12872.php |title=A PostScripts with Pete Crowther}}
Each issue was published in two editions: a regular newsstand-type edition and a signed, numbered, 200-copy (150 copies until issue 14) hardcover edition.
From issue 18, the magazine was transformed briefly to a quarterly anthology, before becoming biannual, producing two double-sized issues a year starting with issue 20/21. The final issue was The Dragons of the Night #36/37, published in May 2016.
Awards
Postscripts has won the 2006 and 2008 International Horror Guild awards for best periodical{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/IhgWinsByCategory.html |title=International Horror Guild Awards Winners by Category}} and the 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine.{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/BfaWinsByYear.html |title=British Fantasy Awards Winners By Year |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020424072203/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/BfaWinsByYear.html |archivedate=2002-04-24 }}
Notable award-winning stories include Joe Hill's Best New Horror, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction in 2006.[http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/info/bfsawards.htm BFS Award Winners 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205020742/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/info/bfsawards.htm |date=2006-12-05 }}, page retrieved 19 November 2006 In the Porches of My Ears by Norman Prentiss won the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.{{cite web |url=http://www.horror.org/news/2009stokerwinners.htm |title=Horror Writers Association celebrates 2009 Stoker Winners}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/postscripts-34-c.asp}}
- [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/postscripts1.htm Issue 1 review]
- [https://www.sfsite.com/lists/ps-volume01.htm List of published stories]
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Category:2004 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Biannual magazines published in the United Kingdom
Category:Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Category:Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United Kingdom
Category:English-language magazines