# Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It released its first issue October 1, 2006, and has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Kij Johnson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Sarah Monette, Catherynne M. Valente, Jeff VanderMeer and Peter Watts.

## Formats

Clarkesworld Magazine is published or collected in a number of formats:
* All fiction is collected annually in print anthologies published by Wyrm Publishing
* Apps are available for Android, iPad and iPhone devices
* EPUB, Amazon Kindle, and Mobipocket ebook editions of each issue are available for purchase
* All content is available online via the magazine website
* All fiction is available in audio format via podcast or direct download
* Ebook subscriptions for the Kindle and EPUB readers
* Print issues are sold on Amazon and also available as a Patreon subscription option

## History

Clarkesworld was founded in July 2006 and published its first issue in October of that year.
In February 2007, Clarkesworld announced the first in a series of annual print anthologies starting with Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine. It was published in June 2008 by Wyrm Publishing.
In January 2015, Clarkesworld began a relationship with Storycom to regularly translate and publish works of Chinese science fiction in their issues.
In February 2019, editor Neil Clarke announced that the magazine had received a grant from LTI Korea for the purposes of translating and publishing nine Korean science fiction stories in upcoming issues of Clarkesworld.
In January 2020, its editor Neil Clarke withdrew a short story by Isabel Fall at Fall's request, "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter", after Fall had been harassed by people who suspected the story of trolling or transphobia.
In November 2022, editor Neil Clarke announced that the magazine would be opening a submission period for science fiction written in Spanish.
In December 2022, Amazon declared that they would stop selling magazine subscriptions. Clarke called the announcement "devastating", and noted that they had been offered a chance to continue in Kindle Unlimited for less money.
On 20 February 2023, Clarkesworld temporarily closed submissions due to a sudden increase in AI-generated stories sent to the magazine. During the first weeks of 2023, the magazine received 35 times as many fake spam submissions (the magazine categorizes AI-generated stories as spam) as it did last year during the same time frame.

## Awards and recognition
### Awards to magazine and editors

| Award | Category | Year | Nominee | Result |
| Hugo Award | Semiprozine | 2009 | Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Semiprozine | 2010 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds. | Won |
| Hugo Award | Semiprozine | 2011 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won |
| Hugo Award | Semiprozine | 2013 | Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2012 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2013 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2014 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2016 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2017 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2018 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2019 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2020 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2021 | Neil Clarke | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2022 | Neil Clarke | Won |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2023 | Neil Clarke | Won |
| Hugo Award | Professional Editor (Short Form) | 2024 | Neil Clarke | Pending |
| World Fantasy Award | Non-Professional | 2009 | Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | Non-Professional | 2010 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds. | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | Non-Professional | 2012 | Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | Non-Professional | 2014 | Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won |
| British Fantasy Award | Magazine/Periodical | 2014 | Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, eds.; podcast directed by Kate Baker | Won |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2007 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–20th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2008 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–14th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2009 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–9th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2010 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–4th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2011 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–6th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2012 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–3rd |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2013 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–4th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2014 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–4th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2015 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–3rd |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2016 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–4th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2017 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–5th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2018 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–5th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2019 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–5th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2020 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–5th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2021 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–6th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2022 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–6th |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2023 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–3rd |
| Locus Awards | Magazine | 2024 | Clarkesworld Magazine | Nominated–2nd |

### Other honors

* Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Best New Online Magazine"
* Named SciFi.com Site of the Week: August 29, 2007

### Art

* Winner 2009 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Floating Fish", Mats Minnhagen (April 2008)
* Finalist 2010 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Brain Tower", Kazuhiko Nakamura (November 2009)
* Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Warm", Sergio Rebolledo (January 2010)
* Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Honeycomb", Julie Dillon (September 2010)
* Finalist 2011 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Soulhunter", Andrey Lazarev (November 2010)
* Finalist 2012 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Off Road", Facundo Diaz (June 2011)
* Winner 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "New World", Ken Barthelmey (November 2012)
* Finalist 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Space Journey", Martin Faragasso (August 2012)
* Finalist 2013 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Breaking Through", Julie Dillon (October 2012)
* Finalist 2014 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Elliptic", Julie Dillon (December 2013)
* Finalist 2015 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Hollow", Matt Dixon (March 2014)
* Winner 2016 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
* Finalist 2016 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "A-boushi-ya", shichigoro-shingo (October 2015)
* Finalist 2017 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
* Winner 2018 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
* Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Jungle Deep", Sergei Sarichev (March 2017)
* Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Darkess", Julie Dillon (May 2017)
* Finalist 2018 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Genetics Lab", Eddie Mendoza (July 2017)
* Winner 2019 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Meeting", Arthur Haas (May 2018)
* Winner 2019 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
* Finalist 2019 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "The Storkfriars", Sean Andrew Murray (June 2018)
* Finalist 2020 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Vertigo", Matt Dixon (May 2019)
* Winner 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Ancient Stones", Francesca Resta (October 2020)
* Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke
* Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "51", Rodion Shaldo (September 2020)
* Finalist 2021 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, "Alien Scout", Arjun Amky (November 2020)
* Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Return to Heaven 7”, Zezhou Chen (January 2022)
* Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Art Block”, Daniel Conway (October 2022)
* Finalist 2023 Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover, “Talk”, JC Jongwon Park (February 2022)
* Winner 2023 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, Neil Clarke

### Content

| Award | Category | Year | Nominee | Nominated Work | Issue | Result |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Novella | 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Silently and Very Fast" | #61 (Oct 2011) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Novelette | 2013 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Fade to White" | #71 (Aug 2012) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Novelette | 2015 | Tom Crosshill | "The Magician and Laplace's Demon" | #99 (Dec 2014) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Novelette | 2018 | Vina Jie-Min Prasad | "A Series of Steaks" | #124 (Jan 2017) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2010 | N. K. Jemisin | "Non-Zero Probabilities" | #36 (Sep 2009) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2010 | Kij Johnson | "Spar" | #37 (Oct 2009) | Won |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2012 | E. Lily Yu | "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | #55 (Apr 2011) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Immersion" | #69 (Jun 2012) | Won |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2013 | Helena Bell | "Robot" | #72 (Sep 2012) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2013 | Tom Crosshill | "Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes" | #67 (Apr 2012) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2015 | Matthew Kressel | "The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye" | #92 (May 2014) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2016 | Naomi Kritzer | "Cat Pictures Please" | #100 (Jan 2015) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2016 | Martin L. Shoemaker | "Today I Am Paul" | #107 (Aug 2015) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2016 | Sam J. Miller | "When Your Child Strays from God" | #106 (Jul 2015) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2017 | Sam J. Miller | "Things With Beards" | #117 (Jun 2016) | Nominated |
| Nebula Award | Nebula–Short Story | 2020 | A. T. Greenblatt | "Give the Family My Love" | #149 (Feb 2019) | Won |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novella | 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Silently and Very Fast" | #61 (Oct 2011) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2013 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Fade to White" | #71 (Aug 2012) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2017 | Carolyn Ives Gilman | "Touring with the Alien" | #115 (Apr 2016) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2018 | Suzanne Palmer | "The Secret Life of Bots" | #132 (Sep 2017) | Won |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2018 | Vina Jie-Min Prasad | "A Series of Steaks" | #124 (Jan 2017) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2019 | Simone Heller | "When We Were Starless" | #145 (Oct 2018) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2021 | Isabel Fall | "Helicopter Story" | #160 (Jan 2020) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2021 | Naomi Kritzer | "Monster" | #160 (Jan 2020) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2022 | Suzanne Palmer | "Bots of the Lost Ark" | #177 (Jun 2021) | Won |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2023 | S. L. Huang | "Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness" | #195 (Dec 2022) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2023 | Marie Vibbert | "We Built This City" | #189 (Jun 2022) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Novelette | 2023 | Gu Shi Emily Jen (translator) | "Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition" | #197 (Feb 2023) | Pending |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2010 | N. K. Jemisin | "Non-Zero Probabilities" | #36 (Sep 2009) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2010 | Kij Johnson | "Spar" | #37 (Oct 2009) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2011 | Peter Watts | "The Things" | #40 (Jan 2010) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2012 | E. Lily Yu | "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | #55 (Apr 2011) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Immersion" | #69 (Jun 2012) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2013 | Kij Johnson | "Mantis Wives" | #71 (Aug 2012) | Nominated |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2016 | Naomi Kritzer | "Cat Pictures Please" | #100 (Jan 2015) | Won |
| Hugo Award | Hugo–Short Story | 2023 | Naomi Kritzer | "Better Living Through Algorithms" | #200 (May 2023) | Pending |
| World Fantasy Award | WFA–Novella | 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Silently and Very Fast" | #61 (Oct 2011) | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | WFA–Novella | 2019 | Kij Johnson | "The Privilege of the Happy Ending" | #143 (Aug 2018) | Won |
| World Fantasy Award | WFA–Short Story | 2009 | Catherynne M. Valente | "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica" | #20 (May 2008) | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | WFA–Short Story | 2012 | E. Lily Yu | "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | #55 (Apr 2011) | Nominated |
| World Fantasy Award | WFA–Short Story | 2014 | Yoon Ha Lee | "Effigy Nights" | #76 (Jan 2013) | Nominated |
| Bram Stoker Award | BSA–Short Fiction | 2008 | Paul G. Tremblay | "There's No Light Between Floors" | #8 (May 2007) | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | SJA–Short Fiction | 2008 | Carrie Laben | "Something in the Mermaid Way" | #6 (Mar 2007) | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | SJA–Short Fiction | 2008 | Jeff VanderMeer | "The Third Bear" | #7 (Apr 2007) | Nominated |
| Shirley Jackson Award | SJA–Short Fiction | 2011 | Peter Watts | "The Things" | #40 (Jan 2010) | Won |
| Shirley Jackson Award | SJA–Short Fiction | 2017 | Sam J. Miller | "Things With Beards" | #117 (Jun 2016) | Nominated |
| BSFA Award | BSFA–Short Story | 2011 | Peter Watts | "The Things" | #40 (Jan 2010) | Nominated |
| BSFA Award | BSFA–Short Story | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Immersion" | #69 (Jun 2012) | Nominated |
| BSFA Award | BSFA–Short Story | 2016 | Aliette de Bodard | "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" | #100 (Jan 2015) | Won |
| BSFA Award | BSFA–Short Story | 2019 | Nina Allan | "The Gift of Angels: An Introduction" | #146 (Nov 2018) | Nominated |
| Aurora Award | Aurora–Novella/Novelette | 2020 | L. X. Beckett | "The Immolation of Kev Magee" | #167 (Aug 2020) | Nominated |
| Aurora Award | Aurora–Novella/Novelette | 2020 | Rebecca Campbell | "An Important Failure" | #167 (Aug 2020) | Nominated |
| Aurora Award | Aurora–Novella/Novelette | 2020 | A. C. Wise | "To Sail the Black" | #170 (Nov 2020) | Nominated |
| Aurora Award | Aurora–Short Fiction | 2013 | Suzanne Church | "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" | #68 (May 2012) | Nominated |
| Eugie | Eugie | 2016 | Catherynne Valente | "The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild" | #100 (Jan 2015) | Won |
| Eugie | Eugie | 2016 | Aliette de Bodard | "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" | #100 (Jan 2015) | Nominated |
| Eugie | Eugie | 2019 | Simone Heller | "When We Were Starless" | #145 (Oct 2018) | Won |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2010 | Kij Johnson | "Spar" | #37 (Oct 2009) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2011 | Peter Watts | "The Things" | #40 (Jan 2010) | 3rd |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2012 | Yoon Ha Lee | "Ghostweight" | #52 (Jan 2011) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Silently and Very Fast" | #61 (Oct 2011) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Immersion" | #69 (Jun 2012) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Scattered Along the River of Heaven" | #64 (Jan 2012) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2013 | E. Catherine Tobler | "(To See the Other) Whole Against the Sky" | #74 (Nov 2012) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2014 | Robert Reed | "Mystic Falls" | #86 (Nov 2013) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2014 | E. Lily Yu | "The Urashima Effect" | #81 (Jun 2013) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2016 | Kelly Robson | "The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill" | #101 (Feb 2015) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2017 | Carolyn Ives Gilman | "Touring with the Alien" | #115 (Apr 2016) | 2nd |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2017 | Sam J. Miller | "Things With Beards" | #117 (Jun 2016) | 3rd |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2018 | Suzanne Palmer | "The Secret Life of Bots" | #132 (Sep 2017) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2018 | Vina Jie-Min Prasad | "A Series of Steaks" | #124 (Jan 2017) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2018 | Kelly Robson | "We Who Live in the Heart" | #128 (May 2017) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2019 | Carolyn Ives Gilman | "Umbernight" | #137 (Feb 2018) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2019 | Simone Heller | "When We Were Starless" | #145 (Oct 2018) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2020 | A. T. Greenblatt | "Give the Family My Love" | #149 (Feb 2019) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2020 | Suzanne Palmer | "The Painter of Trees" | #153 (Jun 2019) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2021 | Rebecca Campbell | "An Important Failure" | #167 (Aug 2020) | Won–1st |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2021 | Sameem Siddiqui | "AirBody" | #163 (Apr 2020) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2021 | Vajra Chandrasekera | "The Translator, at Low Tide" | #164 (May 2020) | Finalist |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2022 | Suzanne Palmer | "Bots of the Lost Ark" | #177 (Jun 2021) | Nominated |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2022 | R. S. A. Garcia | "Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma" | #172 (Jan 2021) | Nominated |
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | Theodore Sturgeon Award | 2022 | Ray Nayler | "Sarcophagus" | #175 (Apr 2021) | Nominated |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novella | 2012 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Silently and Very Fast" | #61 (Oct 2011) | Won–1st |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novella | 2019 | Carolyn Ives Gilman | "Umbernight" | #137 (Feb 2018) | Nominated–10th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2010 | Sarah Monette | "White Charles" | #36 (Sep 2009) | Nominated–35th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2011 | Tobias Buckell | "A Jar of Goodwill" | #44 (May 2010) | Nominated–13th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2012 | Nnedi Okorafor | "The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)" | #54 (Mar 2011) | Nominated–9th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2012 | Yoon Ha Lee | "Ghostweight" | #52 (Jan 2011) | Nominated–27th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2013 | Carrie Vaughn | "Astrophilia" | #70 (Jul 2012) | Nominated–19th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2015 | Yoon Ha Lee | "Wine" | #88 (Jan 2014) | Nominated–9th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2015 | Tom Crosshill | "The Magician and Laplace's Demon" | #99 (Dec 2014) | Nominated–20th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2021 | JY Neon Yang | "A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential" | #164 (May 2020) | Nominated–8th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Novelette | 2022 | Suzanne Palmer | "Bots of the Lost Ark" | #177 (Jun 2021) | Nominated–9th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2008 | Jeff VanderMeer | "The Third Bear" | #7 (Apr 2007) | Nominated–12th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2008 | Elizabeth Bear | "Orm the Beautiful" | #4 (Jan 2007) | Nominated–18th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2008 | Barth Anderson | "Clockmaker's Requiem" | #6 (Mar 2007) | Nominated–39th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2009 | Catherynne M. Valente | "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica" | #20 (May 2008) | Nominated–11th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2009 | Jay Lake | "The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and into the Black" | #18 (Mar 2008) | Nominated–15th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2010 | Kij Johnson | "Spar" | #37 (Oct 2009) | Nominated–2nd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2010 | Catherynne M. Valente | "The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew" | #35 (Aug 2009) | Nominated–11th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2011 | Peter Watts | "The Things" | #40 (Jan 2010) | Nominated–2nd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2011 | Catherynne M. Valente | "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time" | #47 (Aug 2010) | Nominated–3rd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2011 | Robert Reed | "The Cull" | #48 (Sep 2010) | Nominated–28th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2011 | Nina Kiriki Hoffman | "Futures in the Memories Market" | #45 (Jun 2010) | Nominated–34th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2012 | E. Lily Yu | "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" | #55 (Apr 2011) | Nominated–3rd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2012 | Ken Liu | "Tying Knots" | #52 (Jan 2011) | Nominated–30th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Immersion" | #69 (Jun 2012) | Won–1st |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Kij Johnson | "Mantis Wives" | #71 (Aug 2012) | Nominated–4th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Aliette de Bodard | "Scattered Along the River of Heaven" | #64 (Jan 2012) | Nominated–10th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Theodora Goss | "England Under the White Witch" | #73 (Oct 2012) | Nominated–24th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Xia Jia | "A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight" | #65 (Feb 2012) | Nominated–31st |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2013 | Genevieve Valentine | "A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones" | #73 (Oct 2012) | Nominated–33rd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2014 | Yoon Ha Lee | "Effigy Nights" | #76 (Jan 2013) | Nominated–13th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2014 | James Patrick Kelly | "The Promise of Space" | #84 (Sep 2013) | Nominated–20th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2014 | James Patrick Kelly | "Soulcatcher" | #80 (May 2013) | Nominated–23rd |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2015 | Michael Swanwick | "Passage of Earth" | #91 (Apr 2014) | Nominated–10th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2015 | Ken Liu | "The Long Haul..." | #98 (Nov 2014) | Nominated–16th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2015 | Yoon Ha Lee | "The Contemporary Foxwife" | #94 (Jul 2014) | Nominated–20th |
| Locus Awards | Locus–Short Story | 2015 | Robert Reed | "Pernicious Romance" | #98 (Nov 2014) | Nominated–25th |
* Winner 2006 Million Writers Award for "Urchins, While Swimming" by Catherynne M. Valente (12/2006 Issue)
* Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer (04/2007 Issue)
* Finalist 2007 WSFA Small Press Award, "Orm the Beautiful" by Elizabeth Bear (01/2007 Issue)
* Finalist 2010 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), "The Things", Peter Watts (01/2010 Issue)

## Current staff

* Neil Clarke, publisher, editor-in-chief
* Sean Wallace, editor, October 2006 – present
* Kate Baker, Podcast Director, October 2009 – present, non-fiction editor, January 2013 – present

## Former staff

* Gardner Dozois, reprint editor, April 2013 – May 2018
* Jeremy L.C. Jones, interviewer, September 2010 – December 2014
* Jason Heller, non-fiction editor, January 2012 – December 2012
* Cheryl Morgan, non-fiction editor, January 2009 – December 2011
* Nick Mamatas, editor, October 2006 – July 2008
* Ekaterina Sedia, interim non-fiction editor, August 2008 – December 2008