Tremendous news, Space Unicorns! “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou won the Best Novelette Shirley Jackson Award! Congratulations to Eugenia, and to all of the phenomenal finalists!

From the Shirley Jackson Awards website:

Boston, MA (June 2024) — In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics. 

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia and “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer are both finalists for the 2024 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction!!!! Congratulations to Rhonda, Naomi, and to all of the finalists!

From their website:

The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (or Eugie Award) celebrates the best in innovative fiction. This annual award is presented at Dragon Con, the nation’s largest fan-run convention. Starting with the 2020, we will add a video presentation of the award online, along with a reading of a section of each finalist.

The Eugie Award honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain. We will be looking for stories that are beautiful, thoughtful, and passionate, and change us and the field. The recipient is a story that is unique and will become essential to speculative fiction readers.

Stupendous news, Space Unicorns! “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark won the Locus Award for Best Short Story!!! Congratulations to P. Djèlí Clark and to all of the finalists!

Once again, congratulations to the other Uncanny Magazine stories that were finalists: “The Year Without Sunshine”  by Naomi Kritzer (which was a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist), “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (which was a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist), “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under a Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou  (which was a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist), “A Soul in the World” by Charlie Jane Anders (which was a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist), and “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (which was a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist)! Congratulations to everyone!!!

But that is not all! Uncanny Magazine won the Locus Award for Best Magazine!!!!!! WE ARE SO EXCITED AND HONORED!!!

Here is the video of Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas’s acceptance speech!

And here is the text:

We are so very honored to win the Locus Award. This was a fabulous group of finalists, filled with friends, colleagues, and people who inspired us as editors and publishers.

Uncanny Magazine is the work of numerous people, so we want to thank our 2023 staff of managing editor Monte Lin, nonfiction editor Meg Elison, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, assistant editor Tania Chen, podcast reader Matt Peters, interviewer Caroline M. Yoachim, all of our submissions editors, and contributors.

We also wish to thank the Locus Magazine staff, everyone who voted for us, our agent Lisa Rogers at JABBERwocky, and finally, a huge thank you to every single member of the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps.

We make Uncanny Magazine for all of you, you magnificent Space Unicorns. Keep making a world a better place with your art and kindness. Thank you.

Most of all, we want to thank world’s greatest daughter, Caitlin, who was the strongest, fiercest, most loving, and most amazing human we have ever known. She passed away in April, and we miss her more than we can ever express. Caitlin lived a life entirely without malice– full of joy in everyday things. She was the best of us, and she touched many lives. She loved her people fiercely and unconditionally, and was extremely loved in return. Caitlin had a lifetime of adventures, and will live on forever in our hearts.

The Space Unicorn was always Caitlin.

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You can find the list of all of the winners and finalists here!

Spectacular news, Space Unicorns! “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia won the Best Short Story Nebula Award, and “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer won the Best Novelette Nebula Award!!! Congratulations to Rhonda, Naomi, and to all of the finalists!

Once again, congratulations to the other two Uncanny Magazine stories that were finalists: “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou  for Best Novelette, and “Bad Doors” by John Wiswell for Best Short Story.

Congratulations to all of the Nebula Award winners and finalists!

The ceremony can be viewed at SFWA’s YouTube!

(A very special thanks from the Thomases to SFWA for including Caitlin Thomas in the In Memoriam list and to Naomi Kritzer for dedicating her Nebula Award to Caitlin.)

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! The 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced, and “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllouis a finalist for the Best Novelette Shirley Jackson Award! Congratulations to Eugenia, and to all of the phenomenal finalists!

From the Shirley Jackson Awards website:

Boston, MA (June 2024) — In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics. 

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The 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented in-person on Saturday, July 13 at 8pm at Readercon 33, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Tremendous news, Space Unicorns!!

Uncanny Magazine is thrilled to announce that Betsy Aoki will be the new Uncanny Magazine Poetry Editor!!! The position was previously held by Chimedum Ohaegbu, who stepped down after Uncanny Magazine Issue 49 to focus on other career opportunities.

Betsy Aoki is a poet, game producer and graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. A Rhysling Award nominee, she won the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown. Her debut poetry collection, Breakpoint, was a National Poetry Series Finalist and winner of the Patricia Bibby First Book Award. Aoki’s speculative fiction and poetry have appeared in: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Translunar Travelers Lounge, The Deadlands, 580 Split, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Magazine, Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, and anthologized in Climbing Lightly Through Forests (a Ursula K. Le Guin tribute poetry anthology). Learn more at betsyaoki.com .

Betsy is a fabulous writer and editor. We’re certain that she will continue Uncanny’s tradition of publishing gorgeous, passionate poetry that you will love. BETSY WILL BE PHENOMENAL, Space Unicorns!!

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “The Year Without Sunshine”  by Naomi Kritzer is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under a Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou  is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “A Soul in the World” by Charlie Jane Anders is a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist, “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark is a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist, and “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard is a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist! Congratulations to everyone!!! Plus, Uncanny Magazine is a Best Magazine Locus Award finalist, and Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas are a Best Editor Locus Award finalist!

We are so honored!

A huge congratulations to all of the phenomenal finalists!

From the Locus website:

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all of the finalists!

The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 22, 2024, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in downtown Oakland, California. Join MC Henry Lien and special guest Connie Willis for an entertaining presentation of the awards, plus program items and a catered reception. Additional virtual events include author readings, panels with leading authors, and more. Buy your ticket today!

Wonderful news, Space Unicorns! “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction! Congratulations to P. Djèlí Clark and to all of the finalists!

From the BSFA website:

The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science fiction convention, held since 1955.