Sci Phi Journal

{{short description|Science fiction on-line magazine}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Sci Phi Journal

| editor = {{ubl|Adam Gerencser|Mariano Martin Rodriguez}}

| editor_title = Editors

| frequency = Quarterly

| category = Science fiction, Short fiction, Nonfiction

| firstdate = {{start date|2014|10|01}}

| country = Belgium

| language = English

| website = {{URL|https://www.sciphijournal.org/|sciphijournal.org}}

}}

Sci Phi Journal is a quarterly online{{cite web |url=https://duotrope.com/listing/16523/sci-phi-journal |title=Sci Phi Journal |website=Duotrope |accessdate=6 April 2020}} magazine (formerly monthly,{{cite web |title=List of reviews of Sci Phi Journal 2016-2017 |url=https://tangentonline.com/category/e-market-monthly/sci-phi-journal-e-market-monthly/ |website=Tangent Online |accessdate=6 April 2020}} with a print option) devoted to publishing science fiction stories and essays "at the intersection between speculative philosophy", anthropology and other humanities, with a particular focus on "fictional non-fiction".{{cite web |url=https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/about/ |title=About Sci Phi Journal |website=Sci Phi Journal |accessdate=6 April 2020}} The first issue was published in October 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/2014/09/27/issue-1-now-available/ |title=SPJ Issue 1 now available |website=Sci Phi Journal |date=27 September 2014 |accessdate=6 April 2020}} Jason Rennie founded and helmed the publication with Ben Zwycky until mid-2017. The quarterly was then briefly managed by Ray Blank, and has been edited by Adam Gerencser and Mariano Martin Rodriguez since January 2019,{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?38781 |title=Sci Phi Journal |website=International Science Fiction Database |accessdate=6 April 2020}} the pair having relaunched the magazine as a "European project".{{cite web |title="Sci Phi Journal relaunched as an European Project" |url=https://europasf.eu/sci-phi-journal-relaunched-as-an-european-project/ |website=The European Speculative Fiction Portal |accessdate=6 April 2020}}

In November 2014, a short story by Lou Antonelli featured in the magazine's second issue was nominated for the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/ |title=2015 Hugo Awards |website=The Hugo Awards |date=31 March 2015 |accessdate=6 April 2020}} In 2016, the journal was a finalist for the Hugo Award,{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |title=2016 Hugo Awards |website=The Hugo Awards |date=29 December 2015 |accessdate=6 April 2020}} and nominated for the Locus Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/award_category_year.cgi?352+2016 |title=List of 2016 Locus Award nominees |website=International Science Fiction Database |accessdate=6 April 2020}} At the 2022 EuroCon held in Luxembourg, Sci Phi Journal won the European SF Award for Best Magazine.{{Cite web |title=2022 Hall of Fame Awards – European Science Fiction Society |url=https://www.esfs.info/2020-2/|access-date=2022-04-09 |language=en-GB}} Cover art and non-fiction essays featured in the magazine were also finalists for the 2022 Utopia Awards.{{Cite web |title=2022 Utopia Award nominees announced in Locus Mag |date=8 June 2022 |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/06/inaugural-utopia-awards-nominees/ |access-date=2023-01-27}}