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Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. 2022 and 2023 Hugo Award Winner, Best Editor Short Form.
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I never posted the audio version of my semi-recent @clarkesworldmagazine.com story "Her Body, The Ship" !!! Wonderfully read by Kate Baker, for your listening pleasure !!! Still so so amazed this happened!!! clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_03_24e/

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I didn't plan on making these daily updates, but we crossed into the 200s over the holiday and that seems like a reason to celebrate. Only 286 subscriptions remain before we've erased all the losses caused by Amazon!

We appreciate the support we're getting here. Today, it's down to 326.

We're 344 subscribers away from where we were before Amazon pulled the rug out from under their traditional subscription program. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but still much work to do. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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I have a new story in this! "Aktis Aeliou, or the Machine of Margot's Destruction" is science fantasy about Greek gods in space, needy love, and running towards oneself. clarkesworldmagazine.com/theodoridou_...

The July 2024 issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features new stories by Tia Tashiro, Amal Singh, Grant Collier, Em X. Liu, Natalia Theodoridou, AnaMaria Curtis, and Polenth Blake. Read here clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_214 and subscribe here clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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My husband @clarkesworldmagazine.com and I are headed to Glasgow next month for #worldcon2024 and I've made jewelry to coordinate with con's official tartan. Some pieces for me, and some pieces for you, if you'd like 😊 Blogged here: www.lisaclarke.net/2024/07/02/g... 🧶#polkadotcottage #artshop

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I have a new story at Clarkesworld, which I talk about a bit here (with bonus tulip photograph): blog.polenthblake.com/2024/07/stor... #SFF #ShortStory #ShortFiction

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So, a lot has happened on the health front. No final answers yet, but what we've learned so far needs to be followed up, & fast. For that, I need at least $11,000 (to go to $55,000 overall) for blood tests, CT scans, consultant fees & more. Please donate & share! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Ah, so it looks like my courtesy time to enjoy the win is up. That was fast, but not entirely shocking. Think I will just ignore social media for the rest of the day.

The Locus Award for Best Editor has been around since 1989. Prior to last night, only three people have ever won: Gardner Dozois (17), Ellen Datlow (17), and David G. Hartwell (1). Honored to be among them and still very stunned.

So... I apparently won the Locus Award for Best Editor. Stunned. Thank you to all the voters, readers, and everyone I worked with in 2023. Wow!

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FOGcon's Zoom panel on the Changing Landscape for Short Speculative Fiction - June 20 at 6 pm Pacific Time. Panelists: Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld); LaShawn Wanak (Giganotosaurus); David Steffen (Submission Grinder, Diabolical Plots); Julia Rios (Worlds of Possibility). fogcon.org/2024/05/pane...

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FOGcon panel (by Zoom)! Changing Landscape for Short SpecFic. June 20, 2024, 6 pm Pacific Time. Panelists: Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld), Julia Rios (Worlds of Possibility), David Steffen (Diabolical Plots, Submission Grinder), and LaShawn Wanak (Giganotosaurus). FOGcon's own Wendy Shaffer moderating.

Ultrasound scans of my heart complete. (It's always longer than I remember.) They let me leave the facility, so I'm assuming nothing new and scary has developed since last time. At least nothing urgent. Hard to believe I've been dealing with this for nearly twelve years.

I know there's a piece circulating on the evils of "AI" detectors, but keep in mind that it willingly quotes someone who is helping scammers pass of generated works as legit. Not a good look.

If you haven't updated your robots.txt to protect your work from scraping for "AI" training recently, there's probably a few bots you aren't blocking. Added Applebot-Extended this morning. neil-clarke.com/block-the-bo...

And just so my feed isn't just about people who have behaved badly, here is a chipmunk enjoying a meal on our front steps.

Oh, look at that... A certain plagiarist (who has been previously caught and discussed by others) raised his head under a new identity and tried again. Blocked. Original publisher notified.

Feel like this needs to be said this morning. Short fiction is not dead. We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple

We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so... clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you!

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Our June 2024 issue features original stories by H.H. Pak, Caroline M. Yoachim, S.B. Divya, Tan Gang, Carrie Vaughn, Cat McMahan, and Luc Diamant. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_213 Subscribe (or surrender) at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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I have a new story out today in @clarkesworldmagazine.com! "Our Chatbots Said "I Love You," Shall We Meet?" Here at 123aiLOVEu, we take all the guesswork out of dating... clarkesworldmagazine.com/yoachim_06_24/

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👏Go read all those wonderful stories. 💭And then... read my essay on the science and fiction of dream hacking (lucid dreaming devices, REM sleep's weird physiology, and - yes - companies and advertisers that want to hack your dreams).

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Super happy to share my first story in Clarkesworld with all of you! It's a fun one about a street artist and a strange monument.

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GHOSTDRIFT by @zanzjan.bsky.social, the fourth and final installment of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper, is available now in hardcover! Binge the whole series today. astrapublishinghouse.com/product/ghos...

I'm dying reading one of the more recent "make money with Clarkesworld" articles. Clearly generated, but maybe in another language and machine translated to English. "While prior composing experiences can be valuable, it’s not in a general sense required to surrender to Clarkesworld Magazine."

According to some calendars, today is National Magazine Day. Whether or not it's a real holiday, thanks go to all our readers and listeners! And in keeping with now required practices, here's how you can subscribe: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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You can enter to win a copy of the next novel I have (co-written with @daveklecha.bsky.social ), the upcoming "Runes of Engagement" here:

Win a copy of THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT, the new novel by New York Times bestselling author @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social "Fun, action-packed, occasionally gritty, and full of jokes" @jimchines.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social "Fun, action-packed, occasionally gritty, and full of jokes" @jimchines.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway