Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Editors-in-Chief Dominik Parisien & Elsa Sjunneson-Henry Win an Aurora Award, and Uncanny Magazine Wins a British Fantasy Award!!!

Tremendous news, Space Unicorns! The 2019 Aurora Awards winners have been announced, and Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction,  (Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien, Editors-in-Chief), won the Aurora Award for Best Related Work!!! Congratulations to Dominik and Elsa and to everyone involved with this special issue! “Osiris” by Leah Bobet (Uncanny Magazine #25) was also a finalist […]

Best of Uncanny Has a Starred Review from Booklist!

More fabulous news, Space Unicorns! The forthcoming The Best of Uncanny (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas) from Subterranean Press will receive a coveted STARRED REVIEW in the American Library Association’s November 2019 issue of Booklist magazine! “This anthology contains a gluttonous surfeit of narrative riches. The works in this collection are inventive, […]

Best of Uncanny Has a Starred Review from Kirkus!

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! The forthcoming The Best of Uncanny (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas) from Subterranean Press received a coveted STARRED REVIEW from Kirkus! “…there are no weak links in this transcendent anthology. A deliciously diverse sampler of speculative-fiction bonbons, created by some of the most talented literary confectioners on […]

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The Revolution of Giving a Sh*t- A Guest Post by Tyler Hayes

(Author Tyler Hayes’s novel, The Imaginary Corpse was released by Angry Robot Books on September 10, 2019, and can be found at all major booksellers.) (CN: mention of 2016 U.S. Presidential election) When I started writing, I wrote grimdark. I wrote awful people in awful worlds, and plots where lots of people died and no […]

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Uncanny TV- The Pilot IS LIVE!!!!

Space Unicorns, the day has come! Behold the Pilot Episode of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine‘s Uncanny TV! Brought to you by the generosity of the Uncanny Magazine Year 5 Kickstarter Backers! Featuring geeky talk from phenomenal Chicago-based nerds working to make the world more awesome. Hosts & Showrunners: Matt Peters & Michi Trota Guests: Keisha […]

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 30- Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Cover and Table of Contents!

Coming September 3rd THE 30TH ISSUE OF THE 2016, 2017, 2018,  & 2019 HUGO AWARD-WINNING UNCANNY MAGAZINE, the Disabled People Destroy Fantasy special issue!!! Disabled People Destroy Fantasy is guest edited by: Nicolette Barischoff (Nonfiction), Lisa M. Bradley (Poetry), and Katharine Duckett (Fiction)! All of the content will be available in the eBook version on the day of release. The […]

Uncanny Magazine Wins the 2019 Best Semiprozine Hugo Award!

We have wonderful news! Uncanny Magazine won its fourth Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine (Publishers/Editors-in-Chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Managing Editor Michi Trota, Podcast Producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue Editors-in-Chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien)! We are deeply honored by this Hugo Award. It was a stellar […]

Two Uncanny Magazine Stories Are 2019 WSFA Small Press Award Finalists!

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat” by Brooke Bolander and “The Hydraulic Emperor” by Arkady Martine are 2019 WSFA Small Press Award Finalists! Congratulations to Brooke, Arkady, and all of the finalists! From the WSFA website: The award honors the efforts […]

Best of Uncanny Has a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly!

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! The forthcoming Best of Uncanny (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas) from Subterranean Press received a coveted STARRED REVIEW from Publishers Weekly! “Hugo-winning editors Thomas and Thomas have assembled some of the most well known, internationally respected, and utterly evocative pieces from Uncanny’s five-year history into this substantial and […]

The Thomases and Törzs’s Story Are World Fantasy Award Finalists!

More excellent award news, Space Unicorns! The World Fantasy Award Finalists have been announced! Once again, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are Finalists for the Special Award–Non-Professional World Fantasy Award for Uncanny Magazine! Also, “Like a River Loves the Sky” by Emma Törzs is a Finalist for the Best Short Story World Fantasy Award! We […]