Congratulations to all the BCS authors named finalists for the 2021 World Fantasy Awards for their work appearing elsewhere!

• P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe” in BCS #253) for Novella

• R.B. Lemberg (“Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds” in BCS #175, “Geometries of Belonging” in BCS #183, Seventh Anniversary Double-Issue, and several others set in their Birdverse world) for Novella

• Kay Chronister (“The Warriors, The Mothers, The Drowned” in BCS #174 and podcast BCS 152) for Short Fiction

• Jordan Taylor (“La Orpheline” in BCS #269) for Short Fiction

• C.C. Finlay (“The Hummingbird Temple” in BCS #300, Special Double-Issue) for Special Award–Professional

• Christie Yant (“The Three Feats of Agani” in BCS #100 and podcast BCS 086) for Special Award–Non-Professional

BCS is recognized again this year with one finalist, your Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, me (Scott H. Andrews), for Special Award–Non-Professional.

Congratulations, all! And thanks very much to all who found the magazine worthy.

In addition to the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast named a finalist for the Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast, several BCS authors had other work named finalists for the 2021 Ignyte Awards, presented by FiyahCon.

• P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe” in BCS #253) for Best Novella

• R.B. Lemberg (“To Balance the Weight of Khalem” in BCS #300, Special Double-Issue) for Best Novella

• Nghi Vo (“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs” in BCS #275) for Best Novella

• Aliette de Bodard (“Court of Birth, Court of Strength” in BCS #261, “The Breath of War” in BCS #142 and podcast BCS 121, “The Moon Over Red Trees” in BCS #157 and podcast BCS 136, and many others) for Best Novelette

• C.L. Clark (“The Captain and the Quartermaster” in BCS #326 and podcast BCS 275; “Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea” in BCS #296 and podcast BCS 252) for Best Short Story

• Maria Haskins (“It’s Easy to Shoot A Dog” in BCS #260; “The Root Cellar” in BCS #251) for Critics Award

• Charles Payseur (“Undercurrents” in BCS #274 and podcast BCS 235; “Rivers Run Free” in BCS #230 and podcast BCS 201) for Critics Award

• Tamara Jerée (“In Case You’re the One to Devour a Star,” forthcoming in BCS later this year) for Best in Creative Nonfiction

Congratulations, all!

In addition to Yoon Ha Lee’s “The Mermaid Astronaut” from BCS #298 – Science-Fantasy Month 5 voted a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, a bunch of BCS authors had other works voted finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards, in a fantastic variety of categories!

• Nghi Vo (“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs” in BCS #275) for Best Novella

• P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe” in BCS #253) for Best Novella

• A.T. Greenblatt (“A Place to Grow” in BCS #225; “They Said the Desert” in BCS #199 and podcast BCS 175) for Best Novelette

• Aliette de Bodard (“Court of Birth, Court of Strength” in BCS #261, “The Breath of War” in BCS #142 and podcast BCS 121, “The Moon Over Red Trees” in BCS #157 and podcast BCS 136, and many others) for Best Novelette

• Sarah Pinkser (“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing” in BCS #246; “The Mountains His Crown” in BCS #195 and podcast BCS 171) for Best Novelette

• Rae Carson (“The Crystal Stair,” as Rae Carson Finlay and co-authored with Charles Coleman Finlay, in BCS #3 and #4) for Best Short Story

• C.C. Finlay (“The Hummingbird Temple” in BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, and “The Crystal Stair”, co-authored with Rae Carson Finlay, in BCS #3 and #4) for Best Editor, Short Form

• Charles Payseur (“Undercurrents” in BCS #274 and podcast BCS 235; “Rivers Run Free” in BCS #230 and podcast BCS 201) for Best Fan Writer

• Jason Sanford (“Blood Grains Speak Through Memories” in BCS #195 – Science-Fantasy Month 3; “The Emotionless, in Love” in BCS #246 – Science-Fantasy Month 4; “Where the World Ends Without Us” in BCS #299 – Science-Fantasy Month 5) for Best Fan Writer

Congratulations, all!

Nine pieces from BCS made the 2020 Recommended Reading List from Locus magazine, the top review source in the field, as compiled by their veteran team of short fiction reviewers including Rich Horton, Jonathan Strahan, Paula Guran, Karen Burnham, and many others.

The BCS pieces named to the list:

Short Story:

“Forgive Me, My Love, for the Ice and the Sea,” C.L. Clark (BCS #296, 01/30/20)

“The Mermaid Astronaut,” Yoon Ha Lee (BCS #298 – Science-Fantasy Month 5, 02/27/20)

“Never a Butterfly, Nor a Moth With Moon-Painted Wings,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #300, Special Double-Issue, 04/02/20)

“Deep in the Drift, Spinning,” Lisa L. Hannett (BCS #312, 09/10/20)

Novelette:

“The Ordeal,” M. Bennardo (BCS #297, 02/13/20)

“The Black-Eyed Goddess of Apple Trees and Farmers’ Wives,” Erin Eisenhour (BCS #308, 07/16/20)

“To Balance the Weight of Khalem,” R.B. Lemberg (BCS #300, Special Double-Issue, 04/02/20)

“Girls with Needles and Frost,” Jenny Rae Rappaport (BCS #315, 10/22/20)

“As The Shore To The Tides, So Blood Calls To Blood,” Karlo Yeager Rodríguez (BCS #301, 04/09/20)

These alongside many, many other BCS authors for stories appearing in other fine magazines and anthologies.

Congratulations, all!

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion” by Alix E. Harrow, in BCS #270, has been voted a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Congratulations, Alix! “Do Not Look Back, My Lion” is a great story of life, family, duty, and parenthood, in a rich fantasy setting.

It is joined on the Hugo ballot by work by a bunch of BCS authors, in categories ranging from Best Novel to Best Novelette to Best Editor, Short Form and Best Fanzine. Congratulations to Caroline for “Carnival Nine” and all the other BCS authors and other finalists.

In addition to Alix E. Harrow’s “Do Not Look Back, My Lion” from BCS #270 voted a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, a bunch of BCS authors had other works voted finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards, in a fantastic variety of categories!

• Kameron Hurley (“The Fisherman and the Pig” in BCS #235 Ninth Anniversary Double-Issue; “The Judgment of Gods and Monsters” in BCS #200 Special Double-Issue) for Best Novel

• Alix E. Harrow (“Do Not Look Back, My Lion” from BCS #270) for Best Novel

• P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe” in BCS #253) for Best Novella

• Sarah Pinkser (“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing” in BCS #246; “The Mountains His Crown” in BCS #195 and podcast BCS 171) for Best Novelette

• Caroline M. Yoachim (“Carnival Nine” in BCS #225 and podcast BCS 196, “Seasons Set in Skin” in BCS #177 and podcast BCS 156, and “The Land of Empty Shells” in BCS #20) for Best Novelette

• Siobhan Carroll (“The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes” in BCS #247, “The Year of Silent Birds” in BCS #138, “In the Gardens of the Night” in BCS #74) for Best Novelette

• Fran Wilde (“Ruby, Singing” in BCS #261 Tenth Anniversary Month Double-Issue I and podcast BCS 224, “Bent the Wing, Dark the Cloud” in BCS #181 and podcast BCS 157; “The Topaz Marquise” in BCS #152 and podcast BCS 131) for Best Short Story

• C.C. Finlay (“The Hummingbird Temple” in BCS #300 Special Double-Issue, and “The Crystal Stair”, co-authored with Rae Carson Finlay, in BCS #3 and #4) for Best Editor, Short Form

• Charles Payseur (“Undercurrents” in BCS #274 and podcast BCS 235; “Rivers Run Free” in BCS #230 and podcast BCS 201) for Best Fan Writer

Congratulations, all!

A number of pieces from BCS made the 2019 Recommended Reading List from Locus magazine, the top review source in the field, as compiled by their veteran team of short fiction reviewers including Jonathan Strahan, Rich Horton, Paula Guran, Karen Burnham, and many others.

The BCS pieces named to the list:

Short Story:

“Do Not Look Back, My Lion,” Alix E. Harrow (BCS #270, 1/31/19)

“Adrianna in Pomegranate,” Samantha Mills (BCS #271, 2/14/19)

“Boiled Bones and Black Eggs,” Nghi Vo (BCS #275, 4/11/19)

Novelette:

“A Handful of Sky,” Elly Bangs (BCS #280, 6/20/19)

“Blood, Bone, Seed, Spark,” Aimee Ogden (BCS #271, 2/14/2019)

These alongside many other BCS authors for stories appearing in other fine magazines and anthologies.

Congratulations, all!

The 2019 Hugo Award nominees were announced this morning by Dublin 2019 Worldcon, and BCS is again a finalist for Best Semiprozine!

Thanks very much to all who found us worthy! We are honored to be a Hugo finalist for the seventh time, for the year that had our 250th issue, our tenth anniversary, our largest number of stories published ever, and a 25% jump in our readership to its largest ever, because this honor is for the whole magazine; all our authors and fiction.

Thank you very much to everyone who helped this year keep BCS what it has become, especially Editorial Assistants Kerstin Hall, Dierdre Quirk, and Christine Row, all our authors and artists, our guest podcast narrators, our ebook subscribers and our donors, and every one of our readers and fans.

“The Starship and the Temple Cat” by Yoon Ha Lee, from BCS #244 , one of the three special issues for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 4 last February, is a finalist for the Sturgeon Award!

This award, in memoriam for legendary SF short fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon, is given every year for a great science fiction short story. Past winners include Kelly Link, Ted Chiang, and BCS author James Morrow (“Novel Excerpt: Galápagos Regained” in BCS #164 and podcast BCS 141).

Congratulations, Yoon! “The Starship and the Temple Cat” shows one end of the range of short fiction that BCS publishes: science fantasy, with worlds as awe-inspiring and fantastical as our fantasy but technology and cultures that feel futuristic rather than pre-technological.

Other finalists for the Sturgeon this year include BCS author P. Djèlí Clark (“A Tale of Woe,” BCS #253). Congratulations, all!