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Clarkesworld Citizenship

On 06/07/2022

We developed the Clarkesworld Citizenship program in the very early days of the magazine and it since has evolved into a popular option, particularly among those find everything they need in our online text or audio podcast editions. Not everyone wants or needs a print or electronic subscription, so having an alternate method to support the magazine is important.

If you’ve ever seen one of our annual Clarkesworld anthologies, you may have noticed the key perk of being a Citizen: being officially recognized for their support.

Learning from our friends at PBS, we made Citizenship a tiered program with fun titles. You can be a Citizen, Burgermeister, Royalty, Overlord, or Diety based on your level of monthly support. Your name (or pseudonym) is listed under your title in the Census of the next volume (print and digital).

Subscriptions are important to the future of Clarkesworld and directly impact what we can pay our authors, artists, and staff. If a traditional subscription isn’t for you, I hope you’ll consider this fun little alternative available at one of these two sites: Patreon and ClarkesworldCitizens.com.

Oh and I’m working on the Year Thirteen anthology now. If you sign up soon, your name could be in that one!

Clarkesworld Android and Apple apps

By Neil Clarke

On 05/01/2022

In clarkesworld magazine

Over the last few months we’ve experienced an increasing number of issues with the company that has been handling our Android and Apple subscription apps for Clarkesworld Magazine. Among them is the fact that they haven’t paid us since August.

Because of this, we’ve been left with no choice but to cancel our relationship with them. At this time, we have been unable to secure a list of active subscribers from them, so we are sending out an alert via the app that will direct people to this post.

We are presently investigating other options for providing subscriptions on those platforms and hope to restore that option with a new vendor. If you were an app-based subscriber, please consider one of these options as an interim or permanent replacement:

AMAZON
Monthly digital subscriptions to Clarkesworld are available for the Kindle and Kindle Apps for Android, iPhone & iPad. Issues will automatically be delivered to your device as they are released.
BUY HERE – Amazon.com (US, Canadian and International Subscribers not covered below)
BUY HERE – Amazon.co.uk
BUY HERE – Amazon.de
BUY HERE – Amazon.fr

BARNES & NOBLE
Monthly and annual digital subscriptions are available for the Nook and Nook app. New issues will be delivered automatically to the Nook.
BUY HERE – barnesandnoble.com

CLARKESWORLD CITIZENS
Among the many options to support us directly at Clarkesworld Citizens are digital (EPUB, MOBI/KINDLE, and PDF) and print subscriptions. Monthly subscriptions start with the current month’s issue. Files must be downloaded to your device.
Join at clarkesworldcitizens.com.

PATREON
Among the many options to support us at Patreon are digital (EPUB, MOBI/KINDLE, and PDF) and print subscriptions. Monthly subscriptions start with the current month’s issue. Files must be downloaded to your device.
Join at Patreon.

WEIGHTLESS BOOKS
Annual and semi-annual digital (EPUB, MOBI/KINDLE, and PDF) subscriptions. Gift subscriptions available.
BUY HERE

If there are other subscription services that you are aware of, please feel free to leave a comment on this post and we’ll see whether or not we can add them to our list of distributors.

Chicon 8

By Neil Clarke

On 04/25/2022

In awards, conventions

I just booked my flight and hotel room for Chicon 8, so I’m one step closer to attending Worldcon this year. Despite that, I still have a reluctance to say that I’ll absolutely definitely be there even though it looks like I will.

Why?

Ten years ago, I was supposed to attend Chicon 7. I had just received my first Hugo nomination for Editor Short Form and I was excited to have the opportunity to celebrate with my fellow finalists. Everything was set. I had my flights, hotel, and membership. A month and a half before the convention, however, I had a heart attack and nearly died. I tried to maintain some hope that I could attend, but it wasn’t destined to happen. Trip canceled.

Here it is ten years later… I’m celebrating my tenth time on the ballot and it appears as though I’m set to visit the same city to mark the anniversary. To say I’m looking forward to it is an understatement.

That heart attack changed a lot of things for me and reshaped the direction of my career as an editor. It also left me with a significant amount of heart damage, which puts me at high risk with regards to COVID. All the other conventions on my list for 2022 are in driving distance, which eliminates the need for airports and reduces my risk of exposure to a more reasonable level. Toss in the recent end of mask requirements on planes and an expectation that cases will tick upwards towards the end of Summer, and you find the source of my uncertainty. I want to be wrong, but have to acknowledge that the ghost of my heart attack could strike again and keep me home.

For the tenth time

By Neil Clarke

On 04/09/2022

In awards

The Hugo Award finalists were announced this week and I’m honored to once again be a finalist for Editor Short Form. This is my tenth time in the category. Currently 0-9. Maybe the tenth time is the charm. I’d like to thank everyone who nominated and congratulate my fellow finalists.

I’d also like to give a shout out to Novelette finalist Suzanne Palmer. So happy to see “Bots of the Lost Arc” in the running. This is a sequel story to “The Secret Life of Bots” which won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

Clarkesworld Reader’s Poll – Round One

By Neil Clarke

On 01/24/2022

In clarkesworld magazine

The nomination phase for our 2021 Reader’s Poll kicks off today! Celebrate your favorite 2021 Clarkesworld cover art and stories by giving them a nod. The top five go onto the final round in February. Ends 1/26/22 11AM EST.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/cw2022nom

Stories and art here:

neil-clarke.com/2021-clarkesworld-stories-and-cover-art/

“But I haven’t read all the stories!”
No no no… don’t worry about that. This is about showing some love for the stories you read and enjoyed. You don’t need to read everything to do that. And at worst, you can just look at the twelve covers and say which of those spoke to you the most. Takes all of a couple minutes, tops!