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I'm pleased to announce that Strange Horizons has been voted onto the Hugo semiprozine shortlist for the seventh year in a row. To our readers—thank you so much for supporting the magazine and believing in our words and worlds, strange and true.

We'd like to congratulate our fellow semiprozine finalists, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Fireside, Fiyah, Shimmer, and Uncanny. You're wonderful people and organizations, and we love the time we've spent in the SFF word-forest with you.

Congratulations also to folks on the Hugo shortlists who have written, edited, made art, or otherwise contributed to Strange Horizons:

Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Brooke Bolander, Becky Chambers, Zen Cho, P. Djèlí Clark, Tina Connolly, Galen Dara, Gardner Dozois, Grace P. Fong, Alix E. Harrow, T. Kingfisher, Mary Robinette Kowal, Naomi Kritzer, Yoon Ha Lee, Likhain, Foz Meadows, Brandon O’Brien, Nnedi Okorafor, Dominik Parisien, Charles Payseur, Alexandra Pierce, Sarah Pinkser, Julia Rios, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Alasdair Stuart, Bogi Takács, E. Catherine Tobler, Troy L. Wiggins, Renay Williams, & Gary K. Wolfe

Best of luck to everyone, and see you in Dublin!



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14 Apr 2025

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On June 4th, we will be opening for speculative fiction novelette submissions between the word count of 10,000 and 18,000 words. We will cap submissions at 300.
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On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.
The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school. We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon in Cozumel. I got out of the shower in our small bungalow and Minju was sitting in bed, staring at her laptop.
In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti talks to Charlie Jane Anders about her Strange Horizons publications dating all the way back to 2002, charting her journey as a writer and her experience with the magazine over 20 years, as well as her love for community events and bringing people together.
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