S-F Magazine
{{Short description|Japanese science fiction magazine}}
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S-Fマガジン
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| category = Fantasy, science fiction
| frequency = Monthly
| format = A4
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| founder = Masami Fukushima
| founded = 1959
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| company = Hayakawa Shobō
| country = Japan
| based = Tokyo
| language = Japanese
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{{nihongo|S-F Magazine|S-Fマガジン|Esu-Efu Magajin}} is a science fiction magazine published by Hayakawa Shobō in Japan. It was Japan’s first successful commercial science fiction magazine.
History
Image:Illo for Hayakawa S-F Magazine by Hidenori Watanave.jpg
S-F Magazine was established in 1960.{{cite book|author=Robert Matthew|title=Japanese Science Fiction: A View of a Changing Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCPIXYWkyLYC&pg=PT49|accessdate=28 October 2016|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-98360-5|page=49}} It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appeared in bookshops in December 1959.{{cite book|author=Michael Ashley|title=Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qkmF8HvP_gC&pg=PA420|accessdate=16 September 2016|year=2007|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-1-84631-003-4|page=420}} The magazine was established by Masami Fukushima{{cite book|author=David Seed|title=A Companion to Science Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiphRocVYRwC&pg=PA328|accessdate=16 September 2016|date=9 June 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-79701-3|page=328}} and was also first edited by him.
He was the editor for nearly a decade, being succeeded by Masaru Mori in 1969. At first the magazine published translations of English language science fiction stories. Later, the magazine began publishing original fiction by Japanese authors.
S-F Magazine was published on a monthly basis. It became a bimonthly publication from the April 2015 issue.
Awards
S-F Magazine has conducted {{nihongo|Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award|SFマガジン読者賞|Esuefu Magajin Dokusha Shō}} where the magazine’s readers vote annually for best foreign short story, best Japanese short story and best illustrator from their issues in the previous year since 1989.
It also held {{nihongo|Hayakawa SF Contest|ハヤカワ・SFコンテスト|Hayakawa Esuefu Kontesuto}} during 1962-1992 and resumed in 2013, a prize for unpublished works to recruit new writers.
Notable contributors
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See also
References
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Category:1960 establishments in Japan
Category:Magazines established in 1960
Category:Science fiction magazines established in the 1960s
Category:Science fiction magazines published in Japan