Strange Horizons
{{short description|Online speculative fiction magazine}}
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| editor = Vanessa Rose Phin
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| previous_editor = Jane Crowley
Kate Dollarhyde
Niall Harrison
Susan Marie Groppi
Mary Anne Mohanraj
| category = Speculative fiction
| frequency = Weekly
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| founder = Mary Anne Mohanraj
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| firstdate = {{Start date|2000|9}}
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| based = Utah
| language = English
| website = {{URL|strangehorizons.com}}
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Strange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and non-fiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, and publishes new material (fiction, articles, reviews, poetry, and/or art) 51 weeks of the year, with an emphasis on "new, underrepresented, and global voices."{{cite news|last1=Phin|first1=Vanessa Rose|title=Fond Farewells|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/azimuth/fond-farewells/|agency=Strange Horizons|date=March 20, 2019}} The magazine was founded by writer and editor Mary Anne Mohanraj.{{cite news|last1=Walter|first1=Damien|title=A digital renaissance for the science fiction short story|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/13/science-fiction-short-story-digital-renaissance|agency=The Guardian|date=June 13, 2014}} It is registered with the IRS as 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= 9 May 2013|title=Strange Horizons Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/870668085 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328202542/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/870668085 |archive-date=2024-03-28 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=ProPublica |language=en}} It has a staff of approximately sixty volunteers, and is unusual among professional speculative fiction magazines in being funded entirely by donations, holding annual fund drives.
Editors-in-chief
- Mary Anne Mohanraj, 2000–2003
- Susan Marie Groppi, 2004–2010
- Niall Harrison, 2010–2017{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Niall |date=April 3, 2017 |title=Moving On |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/azimuth/editorials/moving-on/ |access-date=April 9, 2017 |website=Strange Horizons}}
- Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde, 2017–2019{{cite web |last=Glyer |first=Mike |date=3 April 2017 |title=Strange Horizons Announces New Editors-in-Chief |url=http://file770.com/?p=34164 |access-date=14 April 2017 |website=File 770}}
- Vanessa Rose Phin, 2019–2021{{cite web |last=Phin |first=Vanessa Rose |date=March 20, 2019 |title=Fond Farewells |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/azimuth/fond-farewells/ |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=Strange Horizons}}
- Gautam Bhatia, 2021–presentStrange Horizons Masthead: http://strangehorizons.com/masthead/
Awards
Susan Marie Groppi won the World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional in 2010 for her work as Editor-in-Chief on Strange Horizons.{{cite web|author=Locus Publications|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/10/world-fantasy-awards-winners/|title=World Fantasy Awards Winners|publisher=Locus Online News|date=October 31, 2010 |access-date=July 15, 2014}} The magazine itself was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Website in 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2002-hugo-awards/|title=2002 Hugo Awards|publisher=The Hugo Awards|date=September 2, 2002|access-date=July 15, 2014}} and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=12|title=2005 Hugo Awards|date=24 July 2007 |publisher=The Hugo Awards|access-date=July 15, 2014}} The magazine won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine in 2024, after being a finalist every year from 2013 onward. Strange Horizons won The Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre, presented by the Ignyte Awards, in 2020.{{Cite web |title=2020 Ignyte Awards Results |url=https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/the-ignyte-awards/2020-ignyte-award-results/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=FiyahCon2021|date=24 February 2021 }}
The short story "The House Beyond Your Sky" by Benjamin Rosenbaum, published in 2006{{cite web|last=Elena|first=Lara|url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20060904/house-f.shtml|title=Strange Horizons Fiction: The House Beyond Your Sky, by Benjamin Rosenbaum, illustration by Vladimir Vitkovsky|work=Strange Horizons|access-date=July 15, 2014}} in the magazine, was nominated for a 2007 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2007-hugo-awards/ |title=2007 Hugo Awards |date=9 August 2007 |publisher=The Hugo Awards|access-date=July 15, 2014}} "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" by Sofia Samatar was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2014. Other stories in Strange Horizons have been nominated for the Nebula and other awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/Awards.shtml|title=Strange Horizons Awards|work=Strange Horizons|date=July 9, 2012|access-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103032040/http://strangehorizons.com/Awards.shtml|archive-date=January 3, 2010|url-status=dead }} Three stories published in Strange Horizons have won the Theodore Sturgeon Award.
= Awards to magazine and editors =
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!Award !Category !Year !Nominee !Result !Ref |
| rowspan="14" |Hugo Award
! rowspan="2" |Hugo–Best Website !2002 | rowspan="2" |http://www.strangehorizons.com |{{Nominated}} |
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| 2005
|{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="12" |Hugo–Best Semiprozine
!2013 |Niall Harrison, with Rebecca Cross, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, Dave Nadgeman, Abigail Nussbaum, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe |{{Nominated}} |
| 2014
|Niall Harrison, with Rebecca Cross, Shane Gavin, Anaea Lay, Brit Mandelo, Abigail Nussbaum, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe |{{Nominated}} |
| 2015
|Niall Harrison, editor-in-chief |{{Nominated}} |
| 2016
|Catherine Krahe, A. J. Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, Julia Rios, Maureen Kincaid Speller, eds. |{{Nominated}} |
| 2017
|Niall Harrison, ed., with additional editors Vajra Chandrasekera, Li Chua, Catherine Krahe, Anaea Lay, Tim Moore, Vanessa Rose Phin, Aishwarya Subramanian (and the Strange Horizons staff) |{{Nominated}} |
| 2018
|Kate Dollarhyde, Gautam Bhatia & A. J. Odasso (additional editors: Lila Garrott, Heather McDougal, Ciro Faienza, Tahlia Day, Vanessa Rose Phin, and the Strange Horizons staff) |{{Nominated}} |
| 2019
|ed. by Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde, with Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller (and the Strange Horizons Staff) |{{Nominated}} |
| 2020
|Vanessa Rose Phin, with Joyce Chng, Dan Hartland, Catherine Krahe, Dante Luiz, A. J. Odasso (and the Strange Horizons staff) |{{Nominated}} |
| 2021
|Vanessa Rose Phin, et al. |{{Nominated}} |
| 2022
|The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective |{{nom}} |
| 2023
|The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective |{{nom}} | |
| 2024
|The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective |{{won}} | |
| rowspan="3" |World Fantasy Award
! rowspan="3" |WFA–Non-Professional !2007 |Susan Marie Groppi |{{Nominated}} |
| 2010
|Susan Marie Groppi |{{Won}} |
| 2022
|Vanessa Rose Phin, Gautam Bhatia |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" |British Fantasy Award
! rowspan="3" |BFA– Magazine/Periodical !2011 |Susan Marie Groppi, Niall Harrison |{{Nominated}} |
| 2016
|Niall Harrison |{{Nominated}} |
| 2021
|Vanessa Rose Phin |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="21" |Locus Awards
! rowspan="17" |Locus–Magazine !2006 | rowspan="17" |Strange Horizons |{{Nominated|Nominated–8th}} |
| 2007
|{{Nominated|Nominated–4th}} |
| 2008
|{{Nominated|Nominated–9th}} |
| 2009
|{{Nominated|Nominated–10th}} |
| 2010
|{{Nominated|Nominated–6th}} |
| 2011
|{{Nominated|Nominated–7th}} |
| 2012
|{{Nominated|Nominated–8th}} |
| 2013
|{{Nominated|Nominated–8th}} |
| 2014
|{{Nominated|Nominated–9th}} |
| 2015
|{{Nominated|Nominated–7th}} |
| 2016
|{{Nominated|Nominated–10th}} |
| 2017
|{{Nominated|Nominated–9th}} |
| 2018
|{{Nominated|Nominated–7th}} |
| 2019
|{{Nominated|Nominated–9th}} |
| 2020
|{{Nominated|Nominated–8th}} |
| 2021
|{{Nominated|Nominated–7th}} |
| 2022
|{{Nominated|Nominated–7th}} |
| rowspan="4" |Locus–Editor
!2006 | rowspan="3" |Susan Marie Groppi |{{Nominated|Nominated–27th}} |
| 2007
|{{Nominated|Nominated–20th}} |
| 2008
|{{Nominated|Nominated–23rd}} |
| 2016
|Niall Harrison |{{Nominated|Nominated–28th}} |
= Content =
{{Missing information|section|winning writing published by the magazine|date=April 2024}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.strangehorizons.com/}}
- {{isfdb series|id=28717|title=Strange Horizons}}
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{{Ignyte Award: The Community Award}}
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Category:Hugo Award–winning works
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