Cheryl Morgan is a British
science fiction critic and publisher. She has won
Hugo Awards for her work on the fanzine ''
Emerald City'' from 1995 to 2006, and as non-fiction editor of ''
Clarkesworld'' magazine from 2009 to 2011. Morgan was the first openly trans person to win a Hugo Award,
[ and is currently the editor of the science fiction magazine ''Salon Futura''.
]
Biography
Morgan edited the fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...
'' Emerald City'' from 1995 to 2006, and resided in Melbourne, San Francisco and the United Kingdom during this period.[ She was a part of the team running ]Science Fiction Awards Watch
''Science Fiction Awards Watch'' was a blog created in 2007 by Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee, providing information on science fiction awards. It succeeded their fanzine ''Emerald City'', which shut down in November 2006. The blog's objective ...
, and was non-fiction editor of '' Clarkesworld Magazine'' from 2009 to 2011.ebook
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store before it closed due to changes in EU regulation. She is currently the editor of ''Salon Futura'', a science fiction magazine featuring a mix of articles and videos that launched in 2010.[
Morgan was a Guest of Honor at the 2012 Eurocon, and served as judge for the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award in 2018.][ She was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Worldling SF conference, and is on the advisory board of '' Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research''. Morgan is also a director of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc., and was a founder of the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation.][
In addition to her genre work, Morgan co-presents '']Women's Outlook
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'', a weekly community radio program in Bristol, UK focusing on women's issues, and is a director of The Diversity Trust
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, a UK-based community interest company
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.[ She is also co-chair of OutStories Bristol, an LGBT history organization,][
]
Awards and honours
Morgan has been nominated for several Hugo Award
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s and has won four: Best Fanzine in 2004 for '' Emerald City'',[ and joint wins with the rest of the ''Clarkesworld'' team for Best Semiprozine in 2010][
]
References
External links
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Emerald City
' fanzine (19952006)
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Salon Futura
' magazine (2010)
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Living people
Hugo Award-winning fan writers
Science fiction critics
Science fiction editors
British speculative fiction critics
British speculative fiction editors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women speculative fiction editors
LGBT writers from the United Kingdom