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Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine

The Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine is given each year to a periodical publication related to science fiction or fantasy that meets several criteria having to do with the number of issues published and who, if anyone, receives payment.[1] The award was first presented in 1984, and has been given annually since, though the qualifying criteria have changed. Awards were once also given out for professional magazines in the professional magazine category, and are still awarded for fan magazines in the fanzine category.

Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine
Awarded forThe best semi-professional magazine devoted primarily to science fiction or fantasy
Presented byWorld Science Fiction Society
First awarded1984
Most recent winnerUncanny Magazine (edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Monte Lin, Meg Elison, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky)
Websitethehugoawards.org
Stephen H. Segal accepting the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for Weird Tales
Julia Rios and Michi Trota accepting the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for Uncanny Magazine

In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given.[2] To date, Retro Hugo awards have been awarded for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954, but for each of those years, the Semiprozine category failed to receive enough nominating votes to form a ballot.[3]

At the 2008 business meeting, an amendment to the World Science Fiction Society's Constitution was passed that would have removed the Semiprozine category. The vote to ratify this amendment was held the following year; the ratification failed and the category remained. Instead, a committee was formed to recommend improvements to the category and related categories.[4]

History of winners and nominees

During the 41 nomination years, 40 magazines have been nominated. Of these, only 9 magazines run by 31 editors have won. Locus won 22 times and was nominated every year until a rules change in 2012 made it ineligible for the category. Uncanny Magazine has won 7 times out of 9 nominations, including 5 times in a row in 2016–2020, while Science Fiction Chronicle, Clarkesworld Magazine, and Lightspeed are the only other magazines to win more than once, with 2 awards out of 18 nominations, 3 out of 4, and 2 out of 5, respectively. Ansible has won 1 out of 7 nominations, Interzone has won 1 out of 28, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction has each won 1 out of 6 nominations, and Weird Tales won 1 out of 4. As editor of Locus Charles N. Brown won 21 of 27 nominations, though he shared 5 of those awards with Kirsten Gong-Wong, 3 with Liza Groen Trombi and 2 with Jennifer A. Hall; as Locus editor Liza Groen Trombi won 1 shared with Kirsten Gong-Wong. Uncanny's awards were primarily earned by a team of 5 people, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky. The sole editor for Chronicle's awards was Andrew I. Porter, while David Pringle earned Interzone's, and Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal were the editors for Weird Tales's victory. Lightspeed's wins were under John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki, with Wendy N. Wagner and Christie Yant added for the second win, while David Langford was the editor when Ansible was awarded. Clarkesworld Magazine's winning years were under Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker, with 2 of the three also under Cheryl Morgan and the other under Jason Heller. FIYAH's win was under Troy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, Eboni Dunbar, Brandon O'Brien, Brent Lambert, and L. D. Lewis. The New York Review of Science Fiction has received the most number of nominations without ever winning at 22, under the helm of David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, Kevin J. Maroney, and 8 other editors.

The Hugo Award nomination process

Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon). The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting among six nominees, or more in the case of a tie. The works on the ballot are the ones nominated by members that year, ranked according to a complex algorithm, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated. The 1953 through 1956 and 1958 awards did not include any recognition of runner-up magazines, but since 1959 all six candidates were recorded.[2] Initial nominations are made by members in the first months of each year, while voters vote on the ballot of six nominations in the middle of the year, with exact timing varying from year to year.[5] Prior to 2017, the final ballot consisted of five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations.[6][7]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when the work was eligible. Entries with a yellow background won the award for that year; those with a gray background are the other nominees on the short-list. Note that Thrust was renamed to Quantum and was nominated under both names; no other magazine has been nominated under multiple names.[8]

  *   Winners and joint winners

Winners and nominees
YearWorkEditor(s)Ref.
1984Locus*Charles N. Brown[9]
Fantasy ReviewRobert A. Collins[9]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[9]
Science Fiction ReviewRichard E. Geis[9]
WhispersStuart David Schiff[9]
1985Locus*Charles N. Brown[10]
Fantasy ReviewRobert A. Collins[10]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[10]
Science Fiction ReviewRichard E. Geis[10]
WhispersStuart David Schiff[10]
1986Locus*Charles N. Brown[11]
Fantasy ReviewRobert A. Collins[11]
InterzoneSimon Ounsley and David Pringle[11]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[11]
Science Fiction ReviewRichard E. Geis[11]
1987Locus*Charles N. Brown[12]
Fantasy ReviewRobert A. Collins[12]
InterzoneSimon Ounsley and David Pringle[12]
Science Fiction ReviewRichard E. Geis[12]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[12]
1988Locus*Charles N. Brown[13]
Aboriginal Science FictionCharles C. Ryan[13]
InterzoneSimon Ounsley and David Pringle[13]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[13]
ThrustDoug Fratz[13]
1989Locus*Charles N. Brown[14]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[14]
The New York Review of Science FictionDavid G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick, and Kathryn Cramer[14]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[14]
ThrustDoug Fratz[14]
1990Locus*Charles N. Brown[15]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[15]
The New York Review of Science FictionDavid G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Susan Palwick, and Kathryn Cramer[15]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[15]
ThrustDoug Fratz[15]
1991Locus*Charles N. Brown[16]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[16]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Gordon Van Gelder[16]
QuantumDoug Fratz[16]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[16]
1992Locus*Charles N. Brown[17]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[17]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Gordon Van Gelder[17]
Pulphouse: The Hardback MagazineKristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith[17]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[17]
1993Science Fiction Chronicle*Andrew I. Porter[18]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[18]
LocusCharles N. Brown[18]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski[18]
Pulphouse: The Hardback MagazineDean Wesley Smith and Jonathan E. Bond[18]
1994Science Fiction Chronicle*Andrew I. Porter[19]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[19]
LocusCharles N. Brown[19]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski[19]
Pulphouse: The Hardback MagazineDean Wesley Smith and Jonathan E. Bond[19]
Tomorrow Speculative FictionAlgis Budrys[19]
1995Interzone*David Pringle[20]
LocusCharles N. Brown[20]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski[20]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[20]
Tomorrow Speculative FictionAlgis Budrys[20]
1996Locus*Charles N. Brown[21]
Crank!Bryan Cholfin[21]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[21]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, Ariel Haméon, and Tad Dembinski[21]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[21]
1997Locus*Charles N. Brown[22]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[22]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Tad Dembinski, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[22]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[22]
SpeculationsKent Brewster[22]
1998Locus*Charles N. Brown[23]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[23]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[23]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[23]
SpeculationsKent Brewster[23]
1999Locus*Charles N. Brown[24]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[24]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[24]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[24]
SpeculationsKent Brewster[24]
2000Locus*Charles N. Brown[25]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[25]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[25]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[25]
SpeculationsKent Brewster[25]
2001Locus*Charles N. Brown[26]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[26]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[26]
Science Fiction ChronicleAndrew I. Porter[26]
SpeculationsDenise Lee and Susan Fry[26]
2002Locus*Charles N. Brown[27]
Absolute MagnitudeWarren Lapine[27]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[27]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[27]
SpeculationsSusan Fry and Kent Brewster[27]
2003Locus*Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong[28]
AnsibleDavid Langford[28]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[28]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[28]
SpeculationsKent Brewster[28]
2004Locus*Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong[29]
AnsibleDavid Langford[29]
InterzoneDavid Pringle[29]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[29]
Third AlternativeAndy Cox[29]
2005Ansible*David Langford[30]
InterzoneDavid Pringle and Andy Cox[30]
LocusCharles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong[30]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[30]
Third AlternativeAndy Cox[30]
2006Locus*Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi[31]
AnsibleDavid Langford[31]
Emerald CityCheryl Morgan[31]
InterzoneAndy Cox[31]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[31]
2007Locus*Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi[32]
AnsibleDavid Langford[32]
InterzoneAndy Cox[32]
Lady Churchill's Rosebud WristletKelly Link and Gavin Grant[32]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[32]
2008Locus*Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi[33]
AnsibleDavid Langford[33]
Helix SFWilliam Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans[33]
InterzoneAndy Cox[33]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[33]
2009Weird Tales*Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal[34]
Clarkesworld MagazineNeil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, and Sean Wallace[34]
InterzoneAndy Cox[34]
LocusCharles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi[34]
The New York Review of Science FictionKathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney[34]
2010Clarkesworld Magazine*Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, and Cheryl Morgan[35]
AnsibleDavid Langford[35]
InterzoneAndy Cox[35]
LocusCharles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi[35]
Weird TalesAnn VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal[35]
2011Clarkesworld Magazine*Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, and Cheryl Morgan; podcast directed by Kate Baker[36]
InterzoneAndy Cox[36]
LightspeedJohn Joseph Adams[36]
LocusLiza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong[36]
Weird TalesAnn VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal[36]
2012Locus*Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong[37]
Apex MagazineCatherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore[37]
InterzoneAndy Cox[37]
LightspeedJohn Joseph Adams[37]
The New York Review of Science FictionDavid G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer[37]
2013Clarkesworld Magazine*Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker[38]
Apex MagazineLynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas[38]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[38]
LightspeedJohn Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki[38]
Strange HorizonsNiall Harrison, Jed Hartman, Lee Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, AJ Odasso, Sonya Taaffe, Dave Nagdeman, and Rebecca Cross[38]
2014Lightspeed*John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton and Stefan Rudnicki[39]
Apex MagazineLynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas[39]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[39]
InterzoneAndy Cox[39]
Strange HorizonsNiall Harrison, Lee Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, AJ Odasso, Sonya Taaffe, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Garvin[39]
2015Lightspeed*John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner, and Christie Yant[40]
Abyss & Apex MagazineWendy S. Delmater[40]
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineDavid Kernot and Sue Bursztynski[40]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[40]
Strange HorizonsNiall Harrison[40]
2016Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[41]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[41]
Daily Science FictionMichele-Lee Barasso and Jonathan Laden[41]
Sci Phi JournalJason Rennie[41]
Strange HorizonsCatherine Krahe, Julia Rios, AJ Odasso, Vanessa Rose Phin, and Maureen Kincaid Speller[41]
2017Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky[42]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[42]
Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction MagazineP. Alexander[42]
GigaNotoSaurusRashida J. Smith[42]
Strange HorizonsNiall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, and Anaea Lay[42]
The Book SmugglersAna Grilo and Thea James[42]
2018Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky[43]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[43]
The Book SmugglersAna Grilo and Thea James[43]
Escape PodMur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Norm Sherman, and Benjamin C. Kinney[43]
Fireside MagazineBrian White, Julia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Mikki Kendall, and Pablo Defendini[43]
Strange HorizonsKate Dollarhyde, Gautam Bhatia, AJ Odasso, Lila Garrott, Heather McDougal, Ciro Faienza, Tahlia Day, and Vanessa Rose Phin[43]
2019Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, and Dominik Parisien[44]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[44]
Fireside MagazineJulia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Chelle Parker, Meg Frank, Tanya DePass, Brian White, and Pablo Defendini[44]
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionTroy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, L. D. Lewis, Brandon O'Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert[44]
Shimmer MagazineBeth Wodzinski and E. Catherine Tobler[44]
Strange HorizonsJane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller[44]
2020Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[45]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[45]
Escape PodMur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Adam Pracht, Summer Brooks, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart[45]
Fireside MagazineJulia Rios, Elsa Sjunneson, Chelle Parker, Meg Frank, Pablo Defendini, Brian White[45]
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionTroy L. Wiggins, Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L. D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O'Brien and Kaleb Russell[45]
Strange HorizonsVanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz[45]
2021FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction*Troy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, Eboni Dunbar, Brandon O'Brien, Brent Lambert, L. D. Lewis[46]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[46]
Escape PodMur Lafferty, S. B. Divya, Benjamin C. Kinney, Adam Pracht, Summer Brooks, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart[46]
PodCastleC. L. Clark, Jen R. Albert, Setsu Uzumé, Peter Adrian Behravesh[46]
Uncanny MagazineLynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[46]
Strange HorizonsVanessa Rose Phin et al.[46]
2022Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[47]
Beneath Ceaseless SkiesScott H. Andrews[47]
Escape PodS. B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, Valerie Valdes, et al.[47]
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionTroy L. Wiggins, DaVaun Sanders, et al.[47]
PodCastleJen R. Albert, C. L. Clark, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Eleanor R. Wood, et al.[47]
Strange HorizonsThe Strange Horizons Editorial Collective[47]
2023Uncanny Magazine*Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Monte Lin, Meg Elison, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[48]
Escape PodMur Lafferty, Valerie Valdes, Benjamin C. Kinney, Premee Mohamed, Tina Connolly, Summer Brooks, Adam Pracht[48]
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionThe FIYAH team[48]
khōréōTeam khōréō[48]
PodCastleShingai Njeri Kagunda, Eleanor R. Wood, Sofia Barker, Matt Dovey, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Devin Martin, Eric Valdes[48]
Strange HorizonsThe Strange Horizons Editorial Team[48]
2024Escape PodMur Lafferty, Valerie Valdes, Benjamin C. Kinney, Premee Mohamed, Kevin Wabaunsee, Tina Connolly, Alasdair Stuart, Summer Brooks, Adam Pracht, Escape Pod team[49]
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionDaVaun Sanders, B. Sharise Moore, L. D. Lewis, Christian Ivey, Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, Nelson Rolon[49]
GigaNotoSaurusLaShawn M. Wanak, Mia Tsai, Edgard Wentz, GNS Slushreaders Team[49]
khōréōAleksandra Hill et al.[49]
Strange HorizonsThe Strange Horizons Editorial Collective[49]
Uncanny MagazineLynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, Meg Elison, Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky[49]

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