- Helix SF
"Helix SF" is a quarterly American
speculative fiction online magazine edited byWilliam Sanders andLawrence Watt-Evans . The poetry editor isBud Webster .Sanders began the magazine as "a place where writers could publish things that none of the regular markets wanted to touch" without any attempt "to be a commercial publication." The venture is supported entirely by reader donations, though Sanders emphasizes in his first editorial that the intention is to make Helix SF "a professional-quality online magazine." The magazine is not open to general submissions.
Since its first issue appeared on the web in July of 2006, each issue of "Helix SF" has featured 7 stories, 4 to 6 poems, several regular columns, and editorials by both the editors. The magazine was nominated for the 2008
Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine , theshort story "Captive Girl" byJennifer Pelland , published in the Fall 2006 issue, was nominated for the 2007Nebula Award , and the poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole" byLawrence Schimel , published in the Winter 2007 issue, took the 3rd placeRhysling Award in the short poem category for 2007.In the Fall, 2008 issue, Sanders announced "This will be the final issue of Helix."Sanders, William. " [http://www.helixsf.com/editorials.htm#sanders Editorial] ." "Helix SF" 10, Fall 2008.] Sanders stated that "Perhaps the biggest one is the ongoing failure to develop a broad support base. Not that we've ever hurt for money — we've always been able to pay the writers, if not pro rates, at least considerably better than the average free webzine - but as things have turned out, the support has come mainly from a small number of amazingly generous donors, rather than over a wide range of the readership."
Other authors published include Mike Allen,
Bruce Boston ,Adam-Troy Castro ,Melanie Fletcher ,Esther Friesner ,Janis Ian ,Jay Lake ,Vera Nazarian ,Michael H. Payne ,Peg Robinson , andJane Yolen .External links
* [http://helixsf.com Helix SF]
* [http://helixsf.com/submissions.htm Submission Guidelines]References
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