In 2006, Clarke launched Clarkesworld Magazine as a companion to his online bookstore Clarkesworld Books (2000-2007). He serves as the editor-in-chief of the digital publication. Fiction published in Clarkesworld has been nominated for or won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Locus, Ditmar, Aurealis, Shirley Jackson, WSFA Small Press and Stoker Awards.[1]Clarkesworld has been a finalist for the
Hugo Award in the
Best Semiprozine category four times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) winning in 2010, 2011 and 2013.[2][3][4] Clarke has been a finalist for the
Hugo Award for Best Editor: Short Form in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] He received the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in May 2019.[12]
When Clarke closed his bookstore in 2007,[13] he launched Wyrm Publishing, which has since published books by
Gene Wolfe,
Charles Stross,
Catherynne M. Valente and others. Clarkesworld Magazine is currently published by Wyrm in online, digital, audio and print editions. He launched Forever Magazine in 2015 and became the editor of The SFWA Bulletin in early 2016.[14] He edits The Best Science Fiction of the Year series for
Night Shade Books. He is also the
ebook designer for Cheeky Frawg Books,[15]Prime Books,[16] Wyrm Publishing and several magazines.
As of 2022, Clarke and his family reside in New Jersey.
Health
In 2012, Clarke suffered a severe
heart attack while attending
Readercon, and had a
defibrillator implanted. He has credited this event with having led him to become a full-time editor.[17][18]
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