“BCS is rapidly becoming my favorite short fiction magazine of all time.”
–Lou Anders, Hugo Award-winning former editor of Pyr Books
Awards
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2021
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2020
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2019
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2018
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2017
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2016
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2015
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2014
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Semiprozine, Hugo Awards, 2013
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Winner, Best Magazine/Periodical, British Fantasy Awards, 2016
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Best Short Story, Hugo Awards, 2018
- “Carnival Nine,” by Caroline M. Yoachim
Winner, Short Story, World Fantasy Awards, 2013
- “The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert
Finalist, Short Story, World Fantasy Awards, 2018
- “Carnival Nine,” by Caroline M. Yoachim
Finalist, Short Story, World Fantasy Awards, 2013
- “The Castle That Jack Built,” by Emily Gilman
Winner, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2019
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2018
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2017
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2016
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2015
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2014
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Special Award–Non-Professional, World Fantasy Awards, 2013
- Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Finalist, Short Story, Nebula Awards, 2018
- “Carnival Nine,” by Caroline M. Yoachim
Finalist, Novelette, Nebula Awards, 2017
- “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories,” by Jason Sanford
Finalist, Novelette, Nebula Awards, 2017
- “The Orangery,” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Finalist, Novelette, Nebula Awards, 2016
- “Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds,” by Rose Lemberg
Finalist, Short Story, Nebula Awards, 2015
- “The Breath of War,” by Aliette de Bodard
Finalist, WSFA Small Press Award, 2020
- “The Blighted Godling of Company Town H,” by Beth Cato
Finalist, Best Short Story–English, Aurora Awards, 2015
- “No Sweeter Art,” by Tony Pi
Finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast, Parsec Awards, 2016
- BCS 173: The Sweetest Skill, by Tony Pi
Finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast, Parsec Awards, 2016
- BCS 150: The Punctuality Machine, Or, A Steampunk Libretto, by Bill Powell
Finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast, Parsec Awards, 2015
- BCS 133: No Sweeter Art, by Tony Pi
Finalist, Best Short Fiction, British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards, 2013
- “Boat in Shadows, Crossing,” by Tori Truslow
Finalist, Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story of 2013
- “Cold, Cold War,” by Ian McHugh
Finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast, Parsec Awards, 2013
- BCS 100: Boat in Shadows, Crossing, by Tori Truslow
Finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast, Parsec Awards, 2012
Finalist, WSFA Small Press Award, 2010
- “The Pirate Captain’s Daughter,” by Yoon Ha Lee
Winner, Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story of 2009
- “Father’s Kill,” by Christopher Green
Runner-Up, Million Writers Award for Best New Online Magazine of 2008
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
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Reprints
Reprinted in Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 8, ed. Jonathan Strahan
- “Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls,” by Richard Parks
Reprinted in Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014, ed. Rich Horton
- “On the Origin of Song” by Naim Kabir
Reprinted in Space Opera, ed. Rich Horton
- “The Mote-Dancer and the Firelife” by Chris Willrich
Reprinted in Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013, ed. Rich Horton
- “The Castle That Jack Built” by Emily Gilman
- “The Governess and the Lobster” by Margaret Ronald
Reprinted in Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2013, ed. Paula Guran
- “Sinking Among Lilies,” by Cory Skerry
Reprinted in Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012, ed. Paula Guran
- “Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin,” by Adam Callaway
Reprinted in Steampunk Revolution, ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
- “Salvage,” by Margaret Ronald
Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Steampunk, ed. Sean Wallace
- “A Serpent in the Gears,” by Margaret Ronald
Reprinted in Steampunk Reloaded, ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
- “A Serpent in the Gears,” by Margaret Ronald
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Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention, The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois
- “Dancing the Warrior,” by Marie Brennan
- “In the Gardens of the Night,” by Siobhan Carroll
- “The Nine-Tailed Cat,” by Michael J. DeLuca
- “Mr Morrow Becomes Acquainted with the Delicate Art of Squid Keeping,” by Geoffrey Maloney
- “The Tiger’s Turn” and “The Ghost of Shinoda Forest,” by Richard Parks
Honorable Mention, The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois
- “Lady of the Ghost Willow,” by Richard Parks
- “Beloved of the Sun,” by Ann Leckie
- “The Curse of Chimère,” by Tony Pi
Recommended Reading, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011, ed. Rich Horton
- “A Serpent in the Gears,” by Margaret Ronald
- “Sanji’s Demon,” by Richard Parks
- “Lady of the Ghost Willow,” by Richard Parks
- “The Six Skills of Madame Lumiere,” by Marissa Lingen
- “Beloved of the Sun,” by Ann Leckie
- “The Leafsmith in Love,” by K.J. Kabza
- “More Full of Weeping Than You Can Understand,” by Rosamund Hodge
Honorable Mention, The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois
- “In the Age of Iron and Ashes,” by Aliette de Bodard
- “Great, Golden Wings,” by Rachel Swirsky
- “Songdogs,” by Ian McHugh
- “Thieves of Silence,” by Holly Phillips
- “The Mansion of Bones,” by Richard Parks
- “The Tinyman and Caroline,” by Sarah L. Edwards
- “The Orangery,” by K.D. Wentworth
- “Silk and Shadow,” by Tony Pi
Recommended Reading, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2009, ed. Rich Horton
- “Architectural Constants,” by Yoon Ha Lee
- “The Sword of Loving Kindness,” by Chris Willrich
Honorable Mention, The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois
- “The Crystal Stair,” by Charles Coleman Finlay and Rae Carson Finlay
- “Sun Magic, Earth Magic,” by David D. Levine
- “The Sword of Loving Kindness,” by Chris Willrich
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Locus Recommended Reading List
- “Heaven Thunders The Truth” by K.J. Parker
- “The Manor of Lost Time” by Richard Parks
- “The Sorrow of Rain” by Richard Parks
- “The Penitent,” by M. Bennardo
- “On the Origin of Song,” by Naim Kabir
- “Misbegotten,” by Raphael Ordoñez
- “Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls,” by Richard Parks
- “The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert
- “The Castle That Jack Built,” Emily Gilman
- “Scry,” Anne Ivy
- “Unsilenced,” Karalynn Lee
- “In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” Richard Parks
- “Sinking Among Lilies,” Cory Skerry
- “Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin,” by Adam Callaway
- “The Isthmus Variation,” by Kris Millering
- “Thieves of Silence,” by Holly Phillips
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Million Writers Award
Notable Stories of 2011:
- “Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin,” by Adam Callaway
- “The Nine-Tailed Cat,” by Michael J. DeLuca
- “Playing for Amarante,” by A. B. Treadwell
Notable Stories of 2010:
- “The Isthmus Variation,” by Kris Millering
- “Memories in Bronze, Feathers, and Blood,” by Aliette de Bodard
Notable Stories of 2009:
- “The Pirate Captain’s Daughter,” by Yoon Ha Lee
- “The Mathematics of Faith,” by Jonathan Wood
- “Thieves of Silence,” by Holly Phillips
- “The Orangery,” by K.D. Wentworth
Notable Stories of 2008:
- “The Crystal Stair,” by Charles Coleman Finlay and Rae Carson Finlay
- “Architectural Constants,” by Yoon Ha Lee