Cheryl Morgan


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, and she is currently the editor of the science fiction magazine Salon Futura.
WWW Official Site

Biography

Morgan edited the fanzine Emerald City from 1995 to 2006, and resided in Melbourne, San Francisco and the United Kingdom during this period. She was a part of the team running Science Fiction Awards Watch, and was non-fiction editor of Clarkesworld Magazine from 2009 to 2011. She is the owner of Wizard's Tower Press 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.
Morgan was a Guest of Honor at the 2012 Eurocon, and served as judge for the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award in 2018. She was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Worldling SF conference, and is on the advisory board of Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. Morgan is also a director of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc., and was a founder of the Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation.
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, and is a director of The Diversity Trust, a UK-based community interest company. She is also co-chair of OutStories Bristol, an LGBT history organization, and has presented work on trans history in the form of lectures.

Awards and honours

Morgan has been nominated for several Hugo Awards and has won four: Best Fanzine in 2004 for Emerald City, Best Fan Writer in 2009, and joint wins with the rest of the Clarkesworld team for Best Semiprozine in 2010 and 2011. She was the first openly trans person to win a Hugo.
AwardCategoryWorkYearResult
BSFA AwardNon-fiction"A Sick Mind" 2004Nomitated
Hugo AwardSemiprozineEmerald City2006Nomitated
Hugo AwardSemiprozineClarkesworld2010Won
Hugo AwardSemiprozineClarkesworld2011Won
Hugo AwardFanzineEmerald City2003Nomitated
Hugo AwardFanzineEmerald City2004Won
Hugo AwardFanzineEmerald City2005Nomitated
Hugo AwardFan writerFan writing2004Nomitated
Hugo AwardFan writerFan writing2005Nomitated
Hugo AwardFan writerFan writing2006Nomitated
Hugo AwardFan writerFan writing2008Nomitated
Hugo AwardFan writerFan writing2009Won
Hugo AwardWeb siteEmerald City2005Nomitated
World Fantasy AwardNon-professionalClarkesworld2010Nomitated
World Fantasy AwardNon-professionalClarkesworld2012Nomitated