Jeff Berkwits is an American
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
editor.
Work
Berkwits was appointed editor of ''
Amazing Stories
''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearance ...
'' by
Paizo Publishing
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in 2004.
Berkwits remained in that position until ''Amazing'' went on hiatus in 2005, only three issues into his editorship.
In addition to editing the final three issues of ''Amazing'', Berkwits published ''Asterism: The Journal of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Space Music'' in the 1990s. ''Asterism'' focused its attention on science fictional music (although not particularly
filk
Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since the early 1950s and been played primarily since the mid-1970s. The genre has a ni ...
). In 2000 and 2001, he served as the entertainment editor for ''Galaxy OnLine''.
Berkwits received two nominations, in 2002 and 2004 for 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 ...
for
Best Fan Writer.
As a freelance writer, Berkwits' articles have appeared in a variety of magazines, including ''Locus'', ''Cinescape'', ''SCI FI'', ''The X-Files Official Magazine'', and ''Science Fiction Weekly''.
Berkwits published two short stories, "First Contact" and "Dirty Laundry," in ''Keen Science Fiction'' in 1996.
References
External links
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A.I. Mines Science Fiction's Rich Robotic History article by Berkwits at ''Locus''
article by Berkwits at ''Locus''
Living people
American science fiction editors
American speculative fiction editors
1969 births
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