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Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld 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-winning art director. clarkesworldmagazine.com neil-clarke.com

Flyer: readercon 36, save the date July 8-11, 2027, Burlington Marriott, Burlington MA Guests of honor: Neil Clarke and Fonda Lee
Sheet cake with picture of Clarkesworld robot and text : twenty years of Clarkesworld Magazine
Cover art for the July 2026 issue is by Alex Vede features a lone figure facing left and looking slightly up. He stands in an orange and yellow field that also contains a variety of large satellite dishes aimed into the left sky. The dusk sky is blue with stars and two moons (or maybe one is a planet and this is a moon). Interviews with Tran Nguyen and Meg Elison, article by Gunnar De Winter, and editorial by Neil Clarke. Authors listed are the same as in the post.
Cover art for issue 237 is a mostly yellow water scene. The water itself is blue-green, but it's teeming with yellow plant life and golden brown and yellow fish swim by. The fish have many fins that resemble feathered wings. Their main bodies are covered with lidded eyes.
Pictures of Isabel J. Kim and Neil Clarke in circles next to the book cover for Sublimation. Repeats the location and date information from the post and has a QR code for reserving tickets. There are no possums in this image.
2026 Locus Awards for Best Magazine to clarkesworld and best editor Neil clarke
The blue box for the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk's little free library, overlooking the ocean. Glass panel on front reveals several books and a stack of Clarkesworld Magazine issues
Cover art is "Beastly" by Lisa Falkenstern. A black furred monkey with a monocle and orange eyes is smoking a cigarette in a holder. They are wearing a fur coat and have one hand in a pocket. The smoke from the cigarette blows in a wavy line up, over their head, and to the left.
Text: Grab what you're eyein' at Geek Flea. Arts, Crafts, Collectibles, Snacks. 663 Kearny Avenue, Kearny, NJ. April 18, 10AM - 3PM. Image: One-eyed, green, furry sea monster with many arms holds a sailing vessel and a sailor. Two figures are trying to swim away.
Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworld robot looks to the right where the cover of issue 235 is located. It features a tall spacecraft floating over a dockyard in a pink and purple sky.
Cover for issue 235 of Clarkesworld is by Ian McQue and features a craft floating above dockyards. Background is a hazy purple. Smaller ships float nearby. This issue includes interviews with John Chu and Suzanne Palmer, an article by Jason Collins, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
Cover for issue 235 of Clarkesworld is by Ian McQue and features a craft floating above dockyards. Background is a hazy purple. Smaller ships float nearby. This issue includes interviews with John Chu and Suzanne Palmer, an article by Jason Collins, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
Screencap of Netflix newsroom website featuring an announcement of a four-year deal with Clarkesworld to create a new science fiction anthology series.
Message reads: Hi Neil, We can secure between 2 and 35 million for Clarkesworld Magazine, Our association of single and multi-family offices with HNW individuals are interested in potential new ventures including Clarkesworld Magazine and other actors in this industry. Would that be something you'd consider? Warm regards, Rebecca
Screen showing a flight to Newark's current stats: 496mph ground speed with 33mph tailwind at 25112 ft altitude. -18F outside
My feet on a table at the gazebo over the lake behind the hotel. Sign on the fence reads do not feed the alligators. Call... to report feeding or molesting
Book cover is red with black line drawing of crow. Other wing patterns behind.
Book cover is set in blue background. Food in three planes changes to planets as you go lower. Hands grab with chopsticks
Clarkesworld booth at awp. Issues out on the tables. Banners hung with care
Going to AWP? See you at booth 442. Clarkesworld robot (head and shoulders) looks to the right, where the cover of issue #234 is located. Includes url clarkesworldmagazine.com in the lower left corner.
Cover art by Pascal Blanché features a blue skinned person wearing red-orange partial armor and helmet. They are sitting on a raised red piece of machinary in front of a large yellow sun on a bright yellow background. Smoke trails in from the lower right. Their helmeted head looks forward while they hold a large round device in both hands. Cables lead from the device to the helmet. Art is titled "Long Distance Call." Also in this issue: interviews with J.M. Sidorova and Rebecca Roanhorse, article by Benjamin C. Kinney, and the final results our annual readers' poll.
Post from twitter on our @clarkesworld account from 11:48AM on Feb 20, 2023. "Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."
Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Picture of the Clarkesworld robot looking over at the cover of our February issue. That cover features a robot looking out at the sea while standing on the beach with their hands clasped behind their back. The water comes gently towards their feet. Peaceful ocean and sky. A contemplative moment of peace. Cover art by Matt Dixon.
Cover art by Matt Dixon features a robot with his back to the viewer standing on the beach near the water as it looks out onto the sea. Also in this issue: interviews with James Sallis and Michael Swanwick, article by Terry Franklin, and the results of the first round of our readers poll.
Cover art by li moly features a large mecha in the distance framed by trees. A human looks at it from a path. Only the upper half of the mecha is visible. May be partially buried or leaning against raised ground. Some vegetation is on it, suggesting that it hasn't moved in a while.
Previous Text: “Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” New Text: “Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” -and- Previous Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot” New Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified.”
11 In order to be eligible for any award, the work must include at least one (1) credited writer. Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible. Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot.
The cover for issue 231 is "The Brood" by Kristen Kest. Image features transparent egg sacks with winged insects in various stages of development. Scene is mostly tans and browns, but the insects' heads are green.
Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworldmagazine.com The Clarkesworld robot (center) looks to the right at the cover of Clarkesworld #230, which is in yellow, orange, and brown and features a futuristic cityscape with a small craft approaching. Cover art is "Neo Mars" by Guy Warley.
New podcast episode... The Apologists a novella by Tade Thompson Playing time 2 hours, 35 minutes Available at most podcast directories Text and audio available at clarkesworldmagazine.com
Cover art by Guy Warley features a futuristic cityscape in yellows and browns. A yellow sky features a small wingless craft flying towards it.
Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. clarkesworldmagazine.com Includes our robot mascot's head looking up and over at the cover of a recent issue that has a building on a hill with red tubes bursting through the walls and into the sky. A small robot and some people approach the woods in front of the building. Ok, so maybe that place has problems too, but at least it's pretty to look at. I won't say that won't happen in the real world because you never know who will decide to invest in the BuildingDestroyer(tm) after seeing that picture instead of buying a subscription and supporting real human artists and authors. Those people probably wouldn't support us anyway because we hate their so-called "AI" and mock their little toys when we have the opportunity to. But yes, visit our world. The stories are good. Really. At least we think so. Can't hurt to try, can it? Stay as long as you like. There's nineteen years of stories, many in audio too. Just don't forget to stop to eat and drink and sleep and take care of yourself. And when you're ready, go back to the real world and fight your monsters or just breathe. You can come back any time. I suppose I should stop rambling now. I apologize for the lack of a screaming possum in this ad, but trust that it is there in spirit.
Gary Numan on stage at District Music Hall in CT. Standing in front of microphone, hands to chest, eyes closed as he sings.
Galaxy Award on a little picnic table in front of trees.
Cover art by Quentin Stipp features a robot and two humans walking into a forest and towards a tall building with red tubes that have burst through the upper levels and into the sky.
Galaxy award and certificate
Cover art by Ninja Jo features a robot with an inverted egg-shape head low to the chest against a dark reddish background with a bright yellow almost circular outline directly behind the robot. The title of the piece is "The Key" and there is a lighted keyhole pattern on the robot's chest. Bottom of image fades into darkness, so you can't see it's hands or lower body.
Boxy robot with a clock in its chest. Box from LACon V that it came in is in the background
Xray of suitcase with a Hugo award in it
Clarkesworld, no AI, and short fiction is not dead buttons on freebie table
Cooper's Hawk standing in a pool by a fountain. Wings extended.
Members of The Mountain Goats and Guster on stage at the Stone Pony in Asbury park as seen from the front row. Song is "Lido Shuffle" by Boz Skaggs, closing out a great evening.
Godzilla wearing a Santa hat and carrying a green sack
Cover art is "Blue Ship" by Pascal Blanché. A blue standing t-shaped ship flies left-to-right along a giant bright-orange industrial facility with pipes and rails.
Squirrel goes to get a drink from the pool, slips, gets wet and runs right at the camera.
Cooper's hawk taking a bath and shower in the pool. Enjoying the fountain.
A bobcat sitting on the path to our front door. This mighty predator is fixated on a chipmunk that is hiding in foliage by our house. When it was clear that he was about to eat my little friend, I ran out of the house screaming and both went in opposite directions. Tragedy averted.
Concerned about reading short fiction? Ask about Clarkesworld. Image is green with a screaming possum in the background.
Cover art is "Alone" by Matt Dixon. A lone bronze-colored robot looks out from the center of a dimly-lit maze of solid, but short, walls.
Picture of a fox in the backyard shrubs. Pixelated due to recent doxxing of fox agents.
Image of google search result: About Clarkesworld Magazine Clarkesworld Magazine is an American online science fiction and fantasy magazine known for publishing short stories by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, Kij Johnson, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. The magazine has been praised for its high-quality content and diverse range of stories, but has also faced criticism for publishing AI-generated stories. The "but has also faced criticism for publishing AI-generated stories" is a lie.
Text repeats what is said in the main message (without the urls) on a bit of a sparkly background.
Cover art is "Azarax" by Marcel Deneuve. A view that nearly fills the page, save for a bit of starfield in the upper left corner, of the view seen through the large circular open of a white ring. Tall buildings litter the landscape that makes up this oddly constructed city in space. Issue also includes interviews with Elizabeth Bear and Matthew Kressel, and an article by Andrew Liptak.
I can't begin to apologize enough for this visual travesty. Our robot mascot is the largest element. It sits in the lower right, with a flower wreath on it's head and a waving capybara is poking out from it. In the top left, there's a screaming possum, yelling READ CLARKESWORLD!!! Our robot will be sad if you don't. Across the top it says The only science fiction magazine that is possum approved! Oh, and I forgot to mention that this includes the most offensive fonts, primarily comic sans, but also papyrus, brush script, and courier. I won't pain you by explaining each use. Oh and wingdings, which is under the approval notice. Apparently, it's Clarkesworld in wingdings. How did I forget to say that the background is blue and most of the text is pink? Next down from the top is an area just labeled This space intentionally left blank, then the possum speak. Now we have No Zombies Allowed even with the capy, who by the way has lens flares arcing down and away from the robot. That runs into a sloth with its arms and legs outward, like it is falling. It's saying fun! As it falls towards a hole, which has above it, Get the hole story! a callout to Isabel J. Kim's story that's on so many award ballots this year. Above the sloth, it says science fiction written by humans! and below the robot's chin, it says Online now! In the bottom right corner is the I'm just a girl hamster with subscribe written over it's head. The text is at all sorts of angles. Chaos reigns. And nowhere does it say where you can find Clarkesworld.
"The Book Trading Post" on the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk is a blue wooden box with a glass panel on the door. It sits on a wooden post attached to the aluminum railing facing away from the sand dunes and sea. A few books and magazines can be seen through the door.
Read. Enjoy. Subscribe. Go on, take that final step. We count on readers like you.
Fiction * "Brainstem Disco, 2191" by Angela Liu * "The Library of the Apocalypse" by Rati Mehrotra * "We, the Fleet" by Alex T. Singer * "Descent" by Wole Talabi * "Oh Time Thy Pyramids" by Ann LeBlanc * "Proxima One" by Caryanna Reuven * "Yarn Theory" by Marie Vibbert Non-Fiction * "Symbiosis and Holobionts, or Life Is a Manifold" by Gunnar De Winter * "Dialogue Only: A conversation with Jane Espenson" by Arley Sorg * "Inside the Science Fiction Studio: A Conversation with David Barr Kirtley" by Arley Sorg * "Editor’s Desk: From Unusual Places" by Neil Clarke Cover art is "Jungleman II" by Arthur Haas. An astronaut in an orange and white suit with a helmet observes and alien landscape of fungus-like green, orange, and purple life. Balloon-like shapes float in the sky and a pink-winged lifeform appears to be caught by one of the purple plants.