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The Hugo Award winners are all amazing and I’m pissed I can’t say the same for the ceremony

First & most importantly: I am absolutely ecstatic about the winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards. What an incredible set of finalists to begin with — voting was SO HARD in so many categories, and they are all an amazing snapshot of how vibrant and wondrous and inspiring our genre is.

I’m so honored to have won my fifth (!!!) Hugo Award as part of Uncanny Magazine‘s team, especially with once…

2020 Hugo Awards acceptance speech

Several folks have asked for the text to my acceptance speech, so here is the transcript. My speech was pre-recorded at the request of CoNZealand. Many thanks to Uncanny Magazine Podcast producers Steven Schapansky and Erika Ensign for seamlessly cutting the acceptance speeches of our team into a single video!

Transcript:

Thank you to everyone who voted for and has supported Uncanny! It’s…

My C2E2 2020 Schedule

My first con of 2020 is coming up and I’m pleased to share I’ll be at C2E2 again from February 28-March 1. I’m on two panels this year and pretty excited about the topics.

Imagining Revolutionary Worlds Friday, February 28, 2:00-3:00pm, S503 Description: What does it mean for stories to feature new worlds and possibilities, rather than glorified replicas of a past or present we already know?…

Say Hello to the New Editor-in-Chief of SFWA

I’m proud to announce that I’ve accepted a position with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as their Editor-in-Chief! Here’s the official announcement:

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is pleased to announce that Michi Trota will be the new SFWA Editor-in-Chief. The position was previously held by Neil Clarke, who stepped down earlier this year. SFWA…

2019 Awards Eligibility Post

In many ways, 2019 was a year of transition for me in SF/F. Early in the year, I announced that 2019 would be my last year on Uncanny Magazine‘s editorial staff, and much of the year was spent setting things in place for that change. I’m so pleased with how I was able to spend this last year on Uncannyand am excited to see what Elsa Sjunneson-Henry (Nonfiction Editor), Chimedum Ohaegbu (Managing…

Maraming Salamat, Space Unicorns!

Today is publication day for my final issue as part of Uncanny Magazine‘s editorial staff. The previous installment, Issue 30/Disabled People Destroy Fantasy! was my last issue as Managing Editor; today’s Issue 31 is my final issue as Nonfiction Editor, and features brilliant essays by Ms. Marvel creator G. Willow Wilson, SF/F writer and political pundit Alexandra Erin, FIYAH Literary Magazinepoe…

Dublin 2019 Worldcon Schedule

Dublin 2019, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, is in two weeks! I’m so excited to go, as this will be the first trip to Dublin for myself and Jesse, and the first time we’ll have visited Europe together. If you’ll be at the convention, you can find me on the following program items:

Friday, August 16, 2019

How creators and fans respond to political unrest 11:30am-12:20pm | Point…

Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter for Year 6 Is Live!

Uncanny Magazine is Kickstarting another year of fabulous, innovative, and passionate SFF fiction, nonfiction & poetry! This magazine has been an immensely important part of my life for the last five years, and I hope to see it continue for many years to come. The November/December 2019 issue, which begins UncannyYear 6, will be my last issue as part of the editorial staff, and while I’m sad to…

Where to Find Me at WisCon 43

This month has been a blur but ready or not, WisCon 43 is happening this weekend (May 24-28)! I’m looking forward to returning to Madison, WI, for my fifth (!!) time visiting this convention. It’s a little bittersweet as well, as it was during my very first WisCon in 2014 that I received the offer from Lynne and Michael Thomas to become Uncanny Magazine‘s first Managing Editor (and later also…

Uncanny Magazine Issue 28 Part 1 Is Live!

It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means Part 1 of Uncanny Magazine‘s latest issue is now free to read online (subscribers get the FULL contents of Issue 28 all at once in PDF, ePUB & MOBI formats).

While I’m excited, I’m also aware that I’m now on a countdown to my final issue as Uncanny‘s Managing Editor & Nonfiction Editor — after Issue 28, I only have two issues left (as Issue 30…

Change and Preparing for Life After Uncanny Magazine

By now you may have seen the news and yes, it’s true: 2019 will be my last year with Uncanny Magazine. After five years as Uncanny‘s Managing Editor and Nonfiction Editor, I will close out the year with Issue 31 for November/December 2019 and hand over the reins to a brand new team. And what a team it will be!

Chimedum Ohaegbu has been nothing less than a fantastic to work with since she…

Talking About “Worlds Beyond Here” on Seattle NPR

Because I excel at overbooking myself, the same day that Worldcon Dublin released the names of the 2019 Hugo Award finalists and it became public that Uncanny Magazine was a finalist for Best Semiprozine (my 4th time as a Hugo Awards finalist WHOO!!!), I was also scheduled to appear as a guest on KUOW, the Seattle NPR affiliate, to talk about the Wing Luke Museum’s Worlds Beyond Here: Expanding…

Uncanny Is a Hugo Awards Finalist Again!

I’m thrilled to share that Uncanny Magazine is a finalist for the 2019 Best Semiprozine Hugo Award! This is our fourth time being a finalist at the Hugo Awards, and I’m so proud of the work Uncannydid in 2018, and my contribution as the magazine’s managing editor. And I am so happy to share this honor with our editorial staff: Co-Publishers/Co-Editors-in-Chief Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian…

Convention Survival Tips for First-Timers

With C2E2 coming up and knowing some friends who are going as first timers, I’ve been seeing several posts and tweets asking for tips and things to know. After having made what feels like the same comment in several places, it finally dawned on me to take my own advice and turn what was becoming a series of long Facebook posts into an actual blog post.

So here are some survival tips I’ve…

Where to Find Me at C2E2

The Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo is this weekend at McCormick Place, and if you’ll be at the convention, you can find me on two panels this year:

March 22, 11am-12pm | Room S405a | all-ages “Sorting Fair Play Throughout the Universe: Doctor Who and Inclusion” Description: “Many Doctor Who fans have been excited about Series 11 focusing on inclusive, diverse storylines and production…

2018 feels like both the longest year ever and like time passed within the blink of an eye. I didn’t get as much writing done as I would’ve liked, but on the other hand, 2018 was filled with several big projects, and let’s be real: the energy to be creative has been in extraordinarily short supply thanks to the general state of things.

I am, however, very proud of the things that I managed to…

Michi Trota at WisCon 42 This Weekend

Starting today, I’ll be making the rounds at WisCon 42 in Madison, WI! I’m excited to go as WisCon has become a special, can’t-miss weekend, and this will be my 5th year in a row attending. Per usual, I will be on a couple of panels and I am representing Team Uncanny by running the Uncanny Magazine WisCon Party. I’m looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones, so here’s where you…