Cheryl Morgan

For the sprinter, see Sheryl Morgan.

Cheryl Morgan
Morgan at Finncon 2019
Occupation	Publisher, Critic
Nationality	British
Genre	Science fiction
Website
www.cheryl-morgan.com

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,[1][2] and she is currently the editor of the science fiction magazine Salon Futura.

Biography

Morgan edited the fanzine Emerald City from 1995 to 2006, and resided in Melbourne, San Francisco and the United Kingdom during this period.[3] She was a part of the team running Science Fiction Awards Watch, and was non-fiction editor of Clarkesworld Magazine from 2009 to 2011.[4] She is the owner of Wizard's Tower Press[5] and the Wizard's Tower Books ebook 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.[6][7]

Morgan was a Guest of Honor at the 2012 Eurocon,[8] and served as judge for the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award in 2018.[9] She was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Worldling SF conference,[10] and is on the advisory board of Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research.[11] Morgan is also a director of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc.,[12] and was a founder of the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation.[13][14]

In addition to her genre work, Morgan co-presents Women's Outlook, a weekly community radio program in Bristol, UK focusing on women's issues,[15] and is a director of The Diversity Trust, a UK-based community interest company.[16][17] She is also co-chair of OutStories Bristol, an LGBT history organization,[18] and has presented work on trans history in the form of lectures.[19]

Awards and honours

Morgan has been nominated for several Hugo Awards and has won four: Best Fanzine in 2004 for Emerald City,[20] Best Fan Writer in 2009,[9] and joint wins with the rest of the Clarkesworld team for Best Semiprozine in 2010[21] and 2011.[22] She was the first openly trans person to win a Hugo.[1][2]

Award	Category	Work	Year	Result[9]
BSFA Award	Non-fiction	"A Sick Mind" (review)	2004	Nominated
Hugo Award	Semiprozine	Emerald City	2006	Nominated
		Clarkesworld	2010	Won
			2011	Won
	Fanzine	Emerald City	2003	Nominated
			2004	Won
			2005	Nominated
	Fan writer	Fan writing	2004	Nominated
			2005	Nominated
			2006	Nominated
			2008	Nominated
			2009	Won
	Web site	Emerald City	2005	Nominated
World Fantasy Award	Non-professional	Clarkesworld	2010	Nominated
			2012	Nominated

References

1. Pierce, Alexandra; Krasnostein, Alisa, eds. (2015). Letters to Tiptree. Twelfth Planet Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-922101-39-6.
2. "Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies: Trans Studies Now Programme". University of Sussex. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. Clute, John; et al., eds. (19 January 2017). "Emerald City". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (3rd ed.). Gollancz.
4. "Clarkesworld Staff". Clarkesworld Magazine. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
5. "Wizard's Tower". Wizard's Tower Press. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
6. Harris, Lee (4 September 2010). "Salon Futura". Angry Robot Books. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010.
7. Mandelo, Lee (18 January 2011). "Salon Futura on the Hugo for Graphic Story". Tor.com. Macmillan.
8. "Cheryl Morgan (Fan GoH)". Eurocon 2012. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
9. "Cheryl Morgan Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
10. "Systems of Sex and Gender". Worlding SF. Austria: University of Graz. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
11. "Advisory Board". Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
12. "SFSFC Directors". San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
13. Gallo, Irene (25 August 2013). "Announcing the 2013 SF&F Translation Awards". Tor.com. Macmillan.
14. "Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation". SF&F Translation Awards. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
15. "Women's Outlook". Ujima Radio. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
16. Le Marecha, Caroline (18 October 2019). "Demand for transgender awareness courses 'up 50%'". BBC News.
17. "Diversity News, Winter 2015" (PDF). The Diversity Trust. Retrieved 3 June 2018.^[permanent dead link‍]
18. "Bristol Voices, June 6, 2017". Bristol 24/7. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
19. "Cheryl Morgan – Chosen of the Goddess". Exeter LGBT History Festival. University of Exeter. 9 February 2017.
20. "2004 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
21. "2010 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
22. "2011 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. World Science Fiction Society. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2018.

External links

• Emerald City fanzine (1995–2006)
• Salon Futura magazine (2010–)