Emerald City (magazine)

Emerald City was a science fiction fanzine published in print and on the internet by Cheryl Morgan. She had assistance from Kevin Standlee and Anne Murphy. Morgan began publishing "Emerald City" in September 1995, and the magazine contained numerous reviews of books and reports on the current state of science fiction fandom. The vast majority of the published material was written by Morgan herself, though several guest writers also contributed. Ending its run in November 2006, the 'zine was published on a remarkably regular monthly schedule, Morgan having produced a total of 134 issues, all of which are still available for download in multiple formats. Morgan also maintained a popular weblog with current news related to science fiction and fantasy writing and publishing.

In 2004, "Emerald City" won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. [cite web
url= http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=13
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= 2004 Hugo Awards
publisher= World Science Fiction Society] [cite web
url= http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0505/onthenet.shtml
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= On the Net: Bring on the Digital Hugos
first= James Patrick
last= Kelly
publisher= Asimov's Science Fiction] In 2005, Cheryl Morgan was nominated for three Hugo Awards: the magazine for Best Fanzine, Morgan herself for Best Fan Writer and the web site for Best Web Site. [cite web
url= http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=12
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= 2005 Hugo Awards
publisher= World Science Fiction Society] Subsequently, Morgan declared "Emerald City" to be a semiprozine, and the magazine was nominated in 2006 for Best Semiprozine, while Morgan was again nominated for Best Fan Writer. [cite web
url= http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=16
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= 2006 Hugo Awards
publisher= World Science Fiction Society]

On August 1, 2006, Morgan announced on her weblog that "Emerald City will be ceasing publication over the next couple of months." Subsequently, the September 2006 issue (number 133) was described on Morgan's email list as "The final(-ish) edition." A last issue, number 134, was published in November, 2006. The closing lines were, "Exeunt, pursued by a giant squid. / Best wishes, / Cheryl." [cite web
last= Morgan
first= Cheryl
url= http://www.emcit.com/emcit134.php#Editorial
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= Editorial Matters
work= Issue #134 - October/November 2006
publisher= Emerald City]

In 2008, after continuing to write at her website [http://www.cheryl-morgan.com|cheryl-morgan.com] , Morgan was nominated for another Hugo Award for best fan writing. Ultimately, "Emerald City" and Morgan were nominated for a total of 9 Hugo Awards, with one win.

References

*cite news
first= Delfin
last= Vigil
coauthors= Michael Berry
url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/26/PKG66DD8CT1.DTL
accessdate= 2007-08-29
title= Bookstores
work= SF=Sci-Fi
publisher= San Francisco Chronicle
date= June 26, 2005

External links

* [http://www.emcit.com/ Emerald City official site]