Cover Art for My Anthology, ARMORED (Baen, 2012)

Check out the artwork for my forthcoming anthology ARMORED (Baen, 2012). The artwork is by Kurt Miller.

Cover Art for ARMORED, edited by John Joseph Adams (Baen, 2012)

Here’s a description of the book: From Starship Troopers and Iron Man to Halo and Mechwarrior, readers and gamers have long been fascinated by the idea of going to battle in suits of personal, powered combat armor or giant mechs. This anthology explores the range of what can be done with the trope, from the near-future powered exoskelton technologies we might be seeing just a few years from now, to the combat armors of Starship Troopers and Halo, to the giant bipedal mechs of Mechwarrior. Featuring original stories by: Alastair Reynolds, Dan Abnett, Jack Campbell, Jack McDevitt, Simon R Green, Sean Williams, Genevieve Valentine, and more! (Full table of contents not yet final.) For more, see this article on io9 about the anthology.

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Hugo! Award! Nominations!

So this year’s Hugo finalists have been announced…and I’m up for the Best Editor, Short Form award! Additionally, Lightspeed is up for Best Semiprozine, and a story we published in Lightspeed, “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn, is a finalist for Best Short Story!

To say I’m thrilled would be a huge understatement. It’s been so hard to keep this quiet until the results were announced, so it’s great to finally be able to share the news with you all. It is a huge, huge honor to be nominated, and one I will always cherish.

A big congrats to Carrie Vaughn–it’s her first sf award nomination!–and to all of the other authors who have appeared in Lightspeed. And also a sincere congratulations (and HUGE THANKS) to everyone who works with me on the Lightspeed team. I’d like to especially single out my assistant editors Christie Yant and Erin Stocks, my former assistant Jordan Hamessley, my editorial assistant Stacey Friedberg, our podcast/audio editor Stefan Rudnicki, our former nonfiction editor Andrea Kail, and our amazing webmaster Jeremiah Tolbert–you guys helped shape Lightspeed pretty much from the very beginning, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks too to all of the current team members who have helped keep the ship afloat–managing editor Molly Tanzer, current nonfiction editor Esther Inglis-Arkell, editorial assistant Robyn Lupo, and everyone who works on the slush team. And, last but not least, we all owe a huge debt to Lightspeed‘s publisher, Sean Wallace, for taking the bold step to launch the magazine and for giving us all the tools to put out a great product that we’re all really proud of.

And more generally, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Gordon Van Gelder for being such a fantastic editorial mentor; I wouldn’t have the career I have today if not for his tutelage. And thanks too to Ellen Datlow and all of my other editorial colleagues who have helped me along the way (both directly–and indirectly, by showing me the way with their great anthologies).

For a full list of the finalists, check out Locus Online’s reportage of the nominees.

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Lightspeed Wins Million Writers Award for Best New Online Magazine!

The storySouth Million Writers Award have announced the best online Notable Stories of 2010, and Lightspeed has been named the best new online magazine:

The winner of this year’s Million Writers Award for best new online magazine is Lightspeed Magazine. Edited by John Joseph Adams, Lightspeed has quickly established itself as one of the premier professional markets for science fiction and landed four nominations on this list. Equally as impressive, “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro was selected by more Million Writers Award judges than any other story in the history of our award.”

Here are the notable stories from Lightspeed and Fantasy:

Fantasy Magazine
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/

Lightspeed Magazine
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com

The top ten finalists for the Million Writers Award will be announced in May, at which point the voting will open up to the public to determine the winner. Congratulations to all of the finalists, both at my magazines and elsewhere!

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The Book of Cthulhu Update

Sad news, friends: I will no longer be editing The Book of Cthulhu for Night Shade Books. Thanks to everyone who made recommendations and sent in stories.

The good news is, the project will be moving forward, but with a new editor at the helm: Ross Lockhart of Night Shade Books. I’ve turned over my materials to him, and forwarded along any stories authors sent to me. If you want to get in touch with him, you can reach him at ross [at] nightshadebooks [dot] com.

My decision to step away from this project was part of some issues I had with Night Shade. For what it’s worth, resolution of those issues is now largely in place; Night Shade remains the publisher of several of my books and it continues to publish an innovative and exciting list in a difficult publishing environment.

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The Proposal

As many of you reading this already know, I recently proposed to my girlfriend, Christie Yant, who I have been seeing for about a year now. Because several of you were asking for details, here’s how the proposal happened.

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Breakdown of Lightspeed Honors

At Lightspeed, we had a great 2010. Ten out of the sixteen original stories published in Lightspeed in 2010 have now been either reprinted in a best-of-the-year anthology or nominated for a major award.

Here’s a breakdown of all the honors our various stories have received thus far:

“Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro

  • Nebula Award finalist
  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Rich Horton

“I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vylar Kaftan

  • Nebula Award finalist

“Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee

  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Rich Horton

“In-Fall” by Ted Kosmatka

  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois

“Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn

  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois

“How to Become a Mars Overlord” by Catherynne M. Valente

  • Reprinted in Year’s Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

“The Cassandra Project” by Jack McDevitt

  • Reprinted in Year’s Best SF edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

“No Time Like the Present” by Carol Emshwiller

  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Rich Horton

“Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu

  • Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Rich Horton

“The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine

  • Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year edited by Jonathan Strahan

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Lightspeed Nominated for TWO NEBULA AWARDS!!

The Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America have announced this year’s Nebula Awards ballot, and it includes TWO STORIES from Lightspeed!

Short Story

Check out the rest of the nominees here. Congratulations to all of the finalists but especially to Vylar and Adam-Troy!

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