Twenty years ago today, I was talked into starting a magazine. The anniversary of the first issue is October 1st, but this is when it began for me. Time flies.
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Forever Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Four-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award winner for Best Art Director.
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We are about halfway towards our goal of picking up enough new subscriptions to give our staff, authors, translators, and artists a raise when we publish our 20th anniversary issue in October. Thanks to all who have signed up and/or boosted the signal.
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Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here:
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
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The May issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Louis Inglis Hall, Tia Tashiro, Nick Wolven, Sheri Singerling, Grace Chan, Raahem Alvi, and Zhao Haihong.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_236
Subscriptions available at:
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Digital subscriptions were sent out this morning. Print edition will be available later this month.
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The annoying thing about doing a subscription drive is having to keep yelling about it. Doesn't work if I say nothing. Strange, eh?
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Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Open quoted postFriday is a great day to subscribe.
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(Ok, so any day is good, but why wait?)
Sent out thirteen acceptances this morning. Looking forward to sharing these stories with everyone.
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It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on.
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Thank you.
Our April 2026 issue features stories by Ryan Cole, Tania Fordwalker, Rajeev Prasad, K. J. Khan, Nadia W. Aldsen, Malena Salazar Maciá, and Abby Nicole Yee.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_235
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We have 15 stories (3 novellas, 7 novelettes, and 5 short stories) on the Locus Recommended Reading List this year. Congratulations to all the authors!
https://locusmag.com/2026/02/2025-recommended-reading/
Our March 2026 issue features stories by David D. Levine, R.L. Meza, Carolyn Zhao, Thomas Ha, Wanxiang Fengnian, Thoraiya Dyer, and Marissa Lingen.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_234
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Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
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Our first issue of the year features stories by Samantha Murray, M. L. Clark, Nika Murphy, James Patrick Kelly, Ju Chu, A. W. Prihandita, and Seth Chambers.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_232
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The November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tade Thompson, Ramiro Sanchiz, Chisom Umeh, Brent Baldwin, and Kemi Ashing-Giwa.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_230
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Our February 2026 issue features stories by Sarah Pauling, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Raahem Alvi, Claire Jia-Wen, Fiona Moore, Rich Larson, and Louis Inglis Hall.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_233
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The December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.T. Ester, Michelle Z. Jin, Anne Wilkins, Ferenc Samsa, Robert Reed, Rob Gillham, and Madeleine Vigneron.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_231
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Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
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No one in short fiction is getting rich. Most (all here) are terribly underpaid. We're putting 100% of all new subscription income towards improved pay across the board. We love our jobs, but a job should help you pay your bills. So you're not just subscribing. You're helping us. Thanks!
Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkesworld2025r1
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
A new episode of the Clarkesworld podcast has been published! Listen to "The Apologists" by Tade Thompson (and many other stories) at our website:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_11_25b/
or via any of these podcast directories:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/podcasting/
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkesworld2025r1
POLL CLOSES TODAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
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And since I've been asked, it's not a matter of where you subscribe. Digital subscriptions tend to be best for us everywhere. Yes, we offer print, but the rates are in constant conflict with the increasing printing, shipping, and materials costs. Our revenue there is much less reliable.
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Today is your last chance to vote!
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We have well over a hundred translated stories in text and audio at this point. Only seven of them, however, are novella length. Not sure if I've seen that length at any other magazine. The easy way to find them (by source language for all, but if you only want novellas, select "novellas" and search in page for "translated by") is here:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/tags/
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@Delib@mastodon.social If you are looking for the RSS feed, you can find it here:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/podcasting/
along with a list of the various directories that we're in. (RSS is listed towards the bottom of the page.)
