Neil Clarke, Publisher & Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine is tired of the disparagaing remarks about the Semiprozine Hugo Award category…and he’s doing something about it..

He has started a new blog called Save the Semiprozine Hugo to educate folks on the value of semiprozines. Here’s how he describes the goal of the site:

This is a website born from an ongoing attempt to abolish the Best Semiprozine Hugo. In the course of trying to eliminate the category, some disparaging remarks have been made against semiprozines. By and large, I consider their statements about the worth and health of the semiprozine field uninformed. As such, I have invited (and continue to invite) people involved with these publications to join me in providing content for this blog.

Our goal is to be both educational and informational. We’ll be featuring specific venues, providing current news, and offering some of our opinions on the state of the field as well as the Best Semiprozine Hugo. We encourage you to ask questions, suggest topics, and help spread the word.

To that end, their first post profiles the Irish speculative fiction magazine Albedo One.

[via Jason Sanford]

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