''Sci Phi Journal'' is a quarterly online magazine (formerly monthly, with a print option) devoted to publishing

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...

stories and essays "at the intersection between speculative philosophy",

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

and other

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at th ...

, with a particular focus on "fictional

non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with b ...

". The first issue was published in October 2014. Jason Rennie founded and helmed the publication with Ben Zwycky until mid-2017. The quarterly was then briefly managed by Ray Blank, and has been edited by Adam Gerencser and Mariano Martin Rodriguez since January 2019, the pair having relaunched the magazine as a "European project". In November 2014, a short story by

Lou Antonelli Louis Sergio Antonelli (January 6, 1957 – October 6, 2021) was an American speculative fiction author who wrote primarily alternate history, secret history, science fiction, and fantasy. He resided in Clarksville, Texas. Antonelli's stories ...

featured in the magazine's second issue was nominated for the 2015

Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...

. In 2016, the journal was a finalist 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 and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier ...

, and nominated for the

Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...

. At the 2022 EuroCon held in Luxembourg, ''Sci Phi Journal'' won the European SF Award for Best Magazine. Cover art and non-fiction essays featured in the magazine were also finalists for the 2022 Utopia Awards.

Notable authors

Notable authors published in the magazine include: *

* Michael F. Flynn *

Andrew Fraknoi Andrew Fraknoi (born 1948) is a retired professor of astronomy recognized for his lifetime of work using everyday language to make astronomy more accessible and popular for both students and the general public. In 2017 Fraknoi retired from his p ...

Sean Patrick Hazlett Sean Patrick Hazlett (born November 17, 1975) is an American horror, science fiction, and fantasy author, editor, and futurist. Biography Sean Patrick Hazlett was born in Wilmington, Delaware on November 17, 1975. He is an Army veteran who s ...

L. Jagi Lamplighter L. Jagi Lamplighter is an American children's and fantasy children's writer and editor. Personal life Lamplighter graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. She is married to fellow author John C. Wright, and has four children. ...

* Edward M. Lerner *

Paul Levinson Paul Levinson (born March 25, 1947) is an American author, singer-songwriter, and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. His novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into ...

Brian Niemeier Brian Niemeier is an American science fiction horror fiction, horror author. In 2016, he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and won the inaugural Dragon Awards, Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel. Background Brian ...

Benjamin Rosenbaum Benjamin Rosenbaum (born August 23, 1969) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer and computer programmer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the BSFA ...

Luís Filipe Silva Luís Filipe Silva (born 6 December 1969) is a Portuguese writer of science fiction. He has won the Editorial Caminho de Ficção Científica Prize in 1991 with the book ''O Futuro à Janela''. Bibliography As an author * ''O Futuro à Janela ...

Shweta Taneja Shweta Taneja is an Indian author of novels, short fiction, graphic novels, nonfiction and comic books. Her work includes fantasy fiction series ''The Rakta Queen: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ''The Matsya Curse: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery'', ...

* Ian Watson

References

External links

Official site
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