SciFiction, one of the consistently best sf short fiction markets on the Internet, has folded. SciFiction was funded by the SciFi channel, and was edited by the astute Ellen Datlow, the editor who, as head of fiction for Omni, published some of the seminal cyberpunk stories, including William Gibson's first short fiction.
As SCIFI.COM gears up to expand with exciting new ventures utilizing the newest technology, it will discontinue SCI FICTION, the online publishing division of of the site, at the end of 2005.
In almost six years of groundbreaking online publishing, SCI FICTION and its editor, Ellen Datlow, had an unparalleled record of critical success, earning 10 major awards, including three Hugo Awards, four Nebula Awards and a World Fantasy Award.
We wish Ellen the best and look forward to seeing her future work.
No word on what will happen to the archives of all that great fiction. Color me bummed.
(Thanks, Lauren!)
