Helix is downright proud to announce that the 'zine has been nominated in the Best Semiprozine category for the 2008 Hugo Awards. LET THERE BE W00TAGE!!! 03/21/2008 |
Jennifer Pelland's debut short story collection Unwelcome Bodies has just been released by Apex Publications. It contains her Helix stories "Captive Girl" and "The Last Stand of the Elephant Man," along with six other previously-published stories and three new ones. 03/07/2008 |
Helix is absolutely delighted to announce that Jennifer Pelland's Captive Girl has been placed on the 2007 Nebula Final Ballot. We offer our heartiest congratulations to Jennifer, and know that she will represent Helix with grace and humor in Austin. 02/22/2008 |
Helix has just learned that Jennifer Pelland's Captive Girl was shortlisted in the Best Short Story category for the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards. Our congratulations to Jennifer! 02/06/2008 |
Those readers who hold Worldcon memberships are reminded that Helix is eligible for the Hugo in Semiprozine category. (As, of course, are the many fine works of fiction that appeared in the magazine in 2007, in their respective categories; you could hardly go wrong nominating any of them.) And remember, if Helix isn't nominated, THEN THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON! The Webmistress would also like to point out that her novella Sabre Dance (Yard Dog Press, September 2007) is also eligible for the Novella category. See the warning about the terrorists. 01/24/2008 |
The following Helix stories have qualified for the 2007 Nebula Preliminary Ballot: Novelette Short Story
Congratulations to our writers! 01/10/2008 |
Helix is embarrassed to confess that J., the last novel by our steamed Senior Editor, is now once more available in a new edition from Norilana Books in both hardcover and paperback versions. With the holiday season approaching, buy several copies as gifts for your enemies. 10/16/2007 |
Helix stories "Port Custodial Blues" by Vera Nazarian and "Tonino and the Incubus" by Peg Robinson received Honorable Mentions for the 2007 Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Short Fiction Award. Helix Managing Editor Lawrence Watt-Evans accepted the Honorable Mention certificates on their behalf at Capclave, WSFA's annual convention. Congratulations, Vera and Peg! 10/14/2007 |
Helix Webmistress and Belly Dance Consultant Melanie Fletcher is happy to announce that her novella Sabre Dance, which will form half of Yard Dog Press's Double Dog #4 (with Laura J. Underwood's The Lunari Mask), is now available for ordering. When a spoiled duchess is kidnapped by a marriage-minded caliph's heir, Sgt. Adrianne Roche of the Queen's Own Sabres is sent to the rescue. Masquerading as a belly dancer and unwillingly teamed with a magic-using monsignor, Adrianne must stop this royal wedding — or else. 08/10/2007 |
The following Helix stories received Honorable Mentions in the 2006 Year's Best Science Fiction collection: Issue #1: Issue #2: Congratulations to our writers! 07/17/2007 |
Helix is pleased to announce that Lawrence Schimel won 3rd place in the Rhysling Award for his poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole" (published in Helix #3). The Rhysling Award is given annually by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in two categories, long and short, and has been won in the past by Gene Wolfe, Ursula K. LeGuin, Michael Bishop and Joe Haldeman. Congratulations, Lawrence! 07/08/2007 |
Helix has been awarded Honorable Mention for best new online magazine of 2006 in the Million Writers Award competition, sponsored by storySouth magazine. Four Helix stories have made the "Notable Short Stories of 2006" list, which is the long list for the Million Writers Award: "City of Chimeras" by Richard Bowes (Helix #1), "Mahmoud's Wives" by Janis Ian (Helix #1), "Put Up Your Hands" by Terry Bisson (Helix #2) and "Tonino and the Incubus" by Peg Robinson (Helix #2). Finalists will be named on May 23. 05/09/2007 |
Helix is proud to announce that of the eight poems we published in 2006, fully half have been honored with a Rhysling nomination. Our nominees are Mike Allen for "Manifest Density," William Sanders for "The Last Madman" (both from Helix #2), JoSelle Vanderhooft for "Pluto Contemplates His Next Career" and Lawrence Schimel for "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole" (both from Helix #3). The Rhysling Award is given annually by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in two categories, long and short, and has been won in the past by Gene Wolfe, Ursula K. LeGuin, Michael Bishop and Joe Haldeman. Helix congratulates our nominated poets and wishes them the very best of luck. 03/15/2007 |
In response to a number of inquiries: no, there are no plans for a downloadable version of Helix. Even if we wanted to do that, we couldn't, because we do not own the download rights to the stories. We buy online rights only. 08/05/2006 |
We have learned that according to the rules of the World Science Fiction Convention, in order to be considered a semiprozine, we must among other things announce ourselves to be a semiprozine. Therefore be it known to all and sundry — and mondry too, for that matter — that Helix is a semiprozine; amen, so mote it be. 07/28/2006 |
