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'''Ellen Datlow''' was the fiction editor of ''[[Omni]]'' and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni athologies. She has edited the horror portion of the ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' series since 1988 (with [[Terri Windling]] editing the fantasy portion through 2003, followed by the team of [[Gavin J. Grant|Gavin Grant]] and [[Kelly Link]]). She has also edited numerous original science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies solo, or with Terri Windling.  
Datlow was the fiction editor of [[Omni (magazine)|''Omni'' magazine]] and ''Omni Online'' from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies. She co-edited the ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' series from 1988 to 2008 (with co-editor [[Terri Windling]] through 2003), followed by the team of [[Gavin Grant]] and [[Kelly Link]] until the series end<ref>Gavin Grant announces the end of Years Best Fantasy and Horror: http://smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journal/2009/01/12/the-years-best-fantasy-horror/</ref>) She's now editing [[The Best Horror of the Year]] published by [[Night Shade Books]]. She has edited many original science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies on her own, as well as collaborations with Terri Windling, and one with [[Nick Mamatas]].  


She was editor of the webzine ''Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror'' from 1998 through 1999, and was the editor of ''[[SCIFICTION]]'' until it ceased publication on December 28, 2005.
She was editor of the webzine ''Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror'' from 1998 through 1999, and was the editor of [[Sci Fiction]] until it ceased publication with its last piece of fiction, December 28, 2005.
 
She currently edits original anthologies, and continues to co-edit ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]].'' She recently guest edited Issue 7 of ''Subterranean Magazine''.


==Awards==
==Awards==
Datlow is currently tied for winning the most [[World Fantasy Award|World Fantasy Awards]] in the organization's history (seven); has won, with co-editor [[Terri Windling]], a [[Bram Stoker Award]] for the ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' #13, with co-editors Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, a [[Bram Stoker Award]] for the ''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' #17, The International Horror Guild Award for her ghost story anthology, ''The Dark'', the Locus Award for Best Editor in 2005 and 2006, and the Hugo Award for Best Editor in 2002 and 2005. In addition, ''SCIFICTION'' won the Hugo Award for best Web site in 2005 as well as the Wooden Rocket award as best online magazine for 2005.
Datlow won the [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor|Best Professional Editor]] in 2002 and 2005, and the Hugo for Best Short Form Editor in 2009 and 2010. Her editing work has also been recognized with two [[Bram Stoker Award]]s, nine [[World Fantasy Award]]s<ref>{{cite web|author=World Fantasy Convention|date= 2010|title=“Award Winners and Nominees”|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/|accessdate= 04 Feb 2011}}</ref>, two International Horror Guild Awards for Best Anthology, the inaugural [[Shirley Jackson Award]] for Best anthology, four Locus Awards for Best Editor. She was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre. In 2011 she was awarded the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association."


==Works==
==Works==
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*''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' with Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, St. Martin's Press, twentieth annual volume, 2007 (August 2007)
*''[[Year's Best Fantasy and Horror]]'' with Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, St. Martin's Press, twentieth annual volume, 2007 (August 2007)
*''[[Inferno: Twenty Original Tales of Terror]]'', Tor (December, 2007)
*''[[Inferno: Twenty Original Tales of Terror]]'', Tor (December, 2007)
*''[[The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices]]'', Del Rey (April 2008)
*''[[Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe]]'', Solaris (January 2009)
*''[[Nebula Awards Showcase 2009]]'', Roc (March 2009)
*''[[Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales]]'', with Terri Windling, Viking Children (April 2009)
*''[[Lovecraft Unbound]]'', Dark Horse (October 2009)
*''[[Best Horror of the Year 1]]'', Night Shade (October 2009)
*''[[Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror]]'', Tachyon (February 2010)
*''[[Tails of Wonder and Imagination]]'', Night Shade (February 2010)
*''[[Best Horror of the Year 2]]'', Night Shade (April 2010)
*''[[The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People]]'', with Terri Windling (April 2010)
*''[[Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Prime (May 2010)
*''[[Haunted Legends]]'' (with Nick Mamatas), Tor Books (September 2010)
*''[[Teeth: Vampire Tales]]'', with Terri Windling, HarperCollins (2011)
*''[[Best Horror of the Year 3]]'', Night Shade (2011)


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Latest revision as of 07:29, 3 June 2011

Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies. She co-edited the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series from 1988 to 2008 (with co-editor Terri Windling through 2003), followed by the team of Gavin Grant and Kelly Link until the series end[1]) She's now editing The Best Horror of the Year published by Night Shade Books. She has edited many original science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies on her own, as well as collaborations with Terri Windling, and one with Nick Mamatas.

She was editor of the webzine Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror from 1998 through 1999, and was the editor of Sci Fiction until it ceased publication with its last piece of fiction, December 28, 2005.

Awards

Datlow won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor in 2002 and 2005, and the Hugo for Best Short Form Editor in 2009 and 2010. Her editing work has also been recognized with two Bram Stoker Awards, nine World Fantasy Awards[2], two International Horror Guild Awards for Best Anthology, the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award for Best anthology, four Locus Awards for Best Editor. She was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre. In 2011 she was awarded the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association."

Works

External Links

Ellen Datlow's web site

  1. ↑ Gavin Grant announces the end of Years Best Fantasy and Horror: http://smallbeerpress.com/not-a-journal/2009/01/12/the-years-best-fantasy-horror/
  2. ↑ World Fantasy Convention (2010). “Award Winners and Nominees”. Retrieved on 04 Feb 2011.
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