''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American

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, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awards including the

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...

. After an 8-month hiatus starting in 2019, the magazine returned on January 5, 2020, with issue 121 and transitioned to a bimonthly publication cycle.

About

The monthly magazine was edited by award-winning author

Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne Morgan Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Andre Norton Award, and Mythopoeic Award. Her short ficti ...

from issues #15-29, Hugo Award-winning editor, Lynne M. Thomas, from issues #30-55, and Sigrid Ellis, from issues #56-67. The current editor-in-chief is Lesley Conner. On June 25, 2009, it was announced that a print version of ''Apex Digest'' would be returning, this time utilizing print-on-demand technology. Upon return from its 2019 hiatus, Apex resumed digital-only publication. The magazine promotes a Story of the Year which is voted on by readers and fans of the magazine. It also published poems until 2017.

Contributing writers

Authors published by ''Apex'' have included

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

Poppy Z Brite William Joseph Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He initially achieved fame in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collecti ...

Cherie Priest Cherie Priest (born July 30, 1975) is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington. Biography Priest is a Florida native, born in Tampa in 1975. She graduated from Forest Lake Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh- ...

Eugie Foster Eugie Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. Her stories were published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including ''Fantasy Magazine (2005), Fantasy Magazine'', ...

Maurice Broaddus Maurice Broaddus is an American author who has published fiction across a number of genres including young adult, horror, fantasy and science fiction. Among his books are ''The Knights of Breton Court'' urban fantasy trilogy from Angry Robot, t ...

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fac ...

, William F. Nolan,

Sara King Sara J. King (born 1982) is an Alaskan Fantasy writer residing in the Alaska Bush. She is currently working on her 11th novel, part of the "After Earth" series. History Sara King was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1982. She has remained an Alaska ...

Brian Keene Brian Keene (born September 22, 1967) is an American author and podcaster, primarily known for his work in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction, and comic books. He has won the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards. In ad ...

and many others. Featured authors on Apex Online have included

Steven Savile Steven Savile (born 12 October 1969) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer and editor living in Sweden. His published work includes novels and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Career Steven Savile started out ...

, Sara King,

David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...

and

Lavie Tidhar Lavie Tidhar (; born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Tidhar has lived in London ...

Awards and honors

In 2012, the magazine was nominated for a

. It was nominated again in 2013 and 2014. Fiction published in ''Apex'' has been nominated for the

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), a nonprofit association of pr ...

. Poetry published in ''Apex'' has been nominated for the

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Apex Publications

In 2006 ''Apex Digest'' announced a move to book publishing, beginning with the anthology ''

Aegri Somnia ''Aegri Somnia'' is an anthology of horror stories edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth, and published by Apex Books in 2006. The twelve stories in this collection were all written by different authors. In 2006, ''Aegri Somnia'' was no ...

'' (2006), edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth. This book contains original work by the first twelve featured writers of ''Apex Online''. Apex Publications has since released a number of novels, nonfiction books and anthologies, including short story collections such as ''Let's Play White'' by

Chesya Burke Chesya Burke is an American editor, educator and author of comic books and speculative fiction, most notably horror and dark fantasy. She has published over a hundred short stories, essays, and articles in magazines and anthologies such as ''Clar ...

, anthologies such as ''Dark Faith'' edited by Jerry Gordon and

, and novels such as ''An Occupation of Angels'' by

References

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