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Nalo Hopkinson

Hopkinson, Nalo

December 20, 1960 (age 65)

Birth place: Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies

123 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
September 1995 Poem Cyborg Rag Dark Planet, Fall 1995
September 1995 Essay Octavia Butler Awarded "Genius Grant" Dark Planet, Fall 1995
September 1995 Essay The Clarion Experience Dark Planet, Fall 1995
June 1997 8 Short Fiction Tan-Tan and the Rolling Calf Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Summer 1997
May 1998 23 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Locus, #448 May 1998
June 1998 7 Poem For Winsom, Turning 50 Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Summer 1998
June 1998 27 Short Fiction Money Tree Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Summer 1998
July 1998 Review Brown Girl in the Ring SF Site, Mid-July 1998
July 1998 21 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Locus, #450 July 1998
August 1998 26 Review Brown Girl in the Ring The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1998
September 1998 Review Psycho Shop Science Fiction Weekly, 21 Sep 1998
October 1998 Review Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Science Fiction Weekly, 5 Oct 1998
November 1998 Review A Scientific Romance Science Fiction Weekly, 2 Nov 1998
December 1998 134 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1998
December 1998 133 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1998
1999 49 Review Brown Girl in the Ring TransVersions, #10
January 1999 Review Flying Cups and Saucers Science Fiction Weekly, 4 Jan 1999
January 1999 8 Interview Nalo Hopkinson: Many Perspectives Locus, #456 January 1999
January 1999 Review The Children Star Science Fiction Weekly, 11 Jan 1999
February 1999 72 Essay Letter (Locus #457) Locus, #457 February 1999
March 1999 Review Parable of the Talents Science Fiction Weekly, 15 Mar 1999
April 1999 Review Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask Science Fiction Weekly, 12 Apr 1999
June 1999 7 Review Brown Girl in the Ring The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1999
June 1999 Review Dragon's Eye Science Fiction Weekly, 1 June 1999
June 1999 9 Short Fiction Tan-Tan and Dry Bone Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Spring/Summer 1999
October 1999 51 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine (October, 1999)
February 2000 61 Review Midnight Robber Locus, #469 February 2000
February 2000 19 Review Midnight Robber Locus, #469 February 2000
May 2000 7 Interview Following the Midnight Robber: An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, May 2000
May 2000 82 Review Midnight Robber Talebones #19, Spring 2000
July 2000 229 Review Midnight Robber Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2000
August 2000 82|82.5 Review Midnight Robber Realms of Fantasy, August 2000
September 2000 |4 Interview Interview: Nalo Hopkinson Strange Horizons, 1 September 2000
2001 40 Interview A Dialogue on SF and Utopian Fiction Foundation, #81 Spring 2001
February 2001 66 Review Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root Locus, #481 February 2001
April 2001 31 Interview Interview with Nalo Hopkinson Challenging Destiny, April 2001
October 2001 6 Interview Nalo Hopkinson: Winging It Locus, #489 October 2001
November 2001 23 Review Midnight Robber Vector 220
November 2001 19 Review Skin Folk Locus, #490 November 2001
November 2001 25 Review Skin Folk Locus, #490 November 2001
November 2001 32|32.1 Review Skin Folk Science Fiction Chronicle, #218 November 2001
December 2001 35 Review Skin Folk Locus, #491 December 2001
March 2002 136 Review Skin Folk Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002
April 2002 Review Skin Folk Strange Horizons, 8 April 2002
2003 112 Essay Looking for Clues (WisCon GOH 2002 Speech) Extrapolation, Spring 2003
May 2003 21 Review Mojo: Conjure Stories Locus, #508 May 2003
May 2003 33 Review Mojo: Conjure Stories Locus, #508 May 2003
October 2003 22 Review Mojo: Conjure Stories SFRA Review #266
October 2003 203 Review Mojo: Conjure Stories Black Gate, Fall 2003
November 2003 17 Review The Salt Roads Locus, #514 November 2003
2004 307 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Femspec, Volume 4, Issue 2
2004 5 Essay Sometimes It Might Be True Foundation, #91 Summer 2004
2004 115 Review The Salt Roads Foundation, #91 Summer 2004
June 2004 136 Review The Salt Roads Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2004
July 2004 232 Review The Salt Roads Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2004
July 2004 20 Review The Salt Roads SFRA Review #269
August 2004 Review Mojo: Conjure Stories Strange Horizons, 16 August 2004
August 2004 Review The Salt Roads Strange Horizons, 16 August 2004
2005 124 Review So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy Foundation, #94 Summer 2005
January 2005 23 Review So Long Been Dreaming SFRA Review #271
April 2005 12 Review The Salt Roads The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2005
September 2005 450 Short Fiction Men Sell Not Such in Any Town Nature, September 15, 2005
October 2005 31 Review Tesseracts Nine Locus, #537 October 2005
July 2006 361 Review So Long Been Dreaming Science Fiction Studies, July 2006
2007 101 Short Fiction Soul Case Foundation, #100 Summer 2007
March 2007 17 Review The New Moon's Arms Locus, #554 March 2007
March 2007 21 Review The New Moon's Arms Locus, #554 March 2007
May 2007 138 Review The New Moon's Arms Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2007
June 2007 6 Interview Nalo Hopkinson: Multiplicity Locus, #557 June 2007
June 2007 Review The New Moon's Arms Strange Horizons, 25 June 2007
August 2007 36 Review The New Moon's Arms The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2007
August 2007 137 Review The New Moon's Arms Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2007
December 2007 21 Interview Conjuring Caribbean Moonbeams: An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2007
December 2007 17 Review Tesseracts 9 The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2007
March 2008 17 Review The New Moon's Arms The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2008
March 2008 17 Review The New Moon's Arms The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2008
December 2010 9 Essay The Care and Feeding of Authors The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2010
February 2011 33 Short Fiction A Raggy Dog, a Shaggy Dog Apex Magazine, February 2011
June 2012 60 Review The Chaos Locus, #617 June 2012
June 2012 Review The Chaos Strange Horizons, 25 June 2012
July 2012 Short Fiction Ours Is the Prettiest PodCastle, #215
October 2012 52 Review Report from Planet Midnight Locus, #621 October 2012
2013 289 Interview Somehow Déclassé: An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson Paradoxa, Number 25, 2013: Africa SF
February 2013 Interview "Write Your Heart Out": An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson Strange Horizons, 25 February 2013
March 2013 16 Review Sister Mine Locus, #626 March 2013
June 2013 |5 Interview Interview: Nalo Hopkinson Lightspeed, June 2013
July 2013 26 Review Sister Mine Locus, #630 July 2013
September 2013 6 Interview Nalo Hopkinson: As Magic Does Locus, #632 September 2013
December 2013 |9 Review Sister Mine Ideomancer, December 2013
September 2014 66 Essay Letter (Locus #644) Locus, #644 September 2014
October 2014 233 Interview Author Spotlight: Nalo Hopkinson (Fantasy Magazine, October 2014) Fantasy Magazine, October 2014
October 2014 136 Short Fiction The Glass Bottle Trick Fantasy Magazine, October 2014
December 2014 Interview Author Spotlight: Nalo Hopkinson Lightspeed, December 2014
March 2015 Short Fiction Snow Day The Drabblecast, #352
June 2015 258 Short Fiction Skin Folk (from "Something to Hitch Meat To") (excerpt) Lightspeed, June 2015
August 2015 25 Review Falling in Love with Hominids The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2015
May 2016 |7 Review Brown Girl in the Ring Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
May 2016 |5 Review Falling in Love with Hominids Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
May 2016 |1 Short Fiction Left Foot, Right Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
May 2016 |6 Review Report from Planet Midnight Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
May 2016 |3.5 Essay [The Lemonade Award] Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
June 2016 Editor Lightspeed - 2016 Lightspeed, June 2016
June 2016 Editor Lightspeed Podcast - 2016 Lightspeed Podcast, June 2016
June 2016 |1 Essay The People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Manifesto Lightspeed, June 2016
November 2016 |2 Short Fiction Can't Beat 'Em Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2016
2017 |11 Short Fiction Glass Bottle Trick People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
March 2017 Short Fiction Whose Upward Flight I Love Cicada, March 2017
August 2017 |5 Short Fiction Shift Nightmare Magazine, August 2017
August 2017 105 Short Fiction Whimper Shoreline of Infinity, Summer 2017 (Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition)
February 2018 |4 Short Fiction Jamaica Ginger Lightspeed, February 2018
March 2018 |8 Short Fiction Old Habits Uncanny Magazine, March-April 2018
April 2018 9 Review Brown Girl in the Ring The New York Times Book Review, April 29, 2018
May 2018 |2 Short Fiction Ally Nightmare Magazine, May 2018
May 2018 |8 Interview Author Spotlight: Nalo Hopkinson Nightmare Magazine, May 2018
October 2018 |1 Short Fiction Fisherman Strange Horizons, 29 October 2018
June 2021 |4 Short Fiction Inselberg Lightspeed, June 2021
November 2021 6 Short Fiction Broad Dutty Water The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2021
2022 84 Review Brown girl in the Ring Ultimate Sci-Fi Retro Collection
March 2022 |4 Short Fiction Greedy Choke Puppy Black Cat Weekly, #27
March 2024 63 Review Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson MOSF Journal of Science Fiction, March 2024
November 2024 131 Interview Teslapunk and Nerve Endings: A Conversation with Nalo Hopkinson Clarkesworld, November 2024
January 2025 |10 Review Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions Strange Horizons, 27 January 2025
July 2025 204 Review Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1998 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
1999 Golden Duck Award Hal Clement Young Adult Award Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
1999 Hugo Award Best Novel Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
1999 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Brown Girl in the Ring Winner
1999 Nebula Award Novel Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
1999 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Midnight Robber Nominee
2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF The Glass Bottle Trick Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Slow Cold Chick Nominee
2000 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais Brown Girl in the Ring Nominee
2001 Hugo Award Best Novel Midnight Robber Finalist
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Midnight Robber Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Greedy Choke Puppy Nominee
2001 Nebula Award Novel Midnight Robber Nominee
2001 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Midnight Robber Nominee
2001 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. Midnight Robber Nominee
2001 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Skin Folk Finalist
2002 Premio Ignotus Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel Ladrona de medianoche Finalist
2002 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Skin Folk Winner
2002 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Something to Hitch Meat To Nominee
2003 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. Skin Folk Winner
2004 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Best Novel The Salt Roads Winner
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Mojo: Conjure Stories Nominee
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Salt Roads Nominee
2004 Nebula Award Novel The Salt Roads Nominee
2005 Prix Aurora Awards Best Other Work in English / Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre) So Long Been Dreaming Nominee
2005 Prix Aurora Awards Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais The Smile on the Face Nominee
2006 Prix Aurora Awards Best Other Work in English / Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre) Tesseracts Nine Winner
2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Best Science Fiction Novel The New Moon's Arms Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The New Moon's Arms Nominee
2008 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Soul Case Nominee
2008 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature The New Moon's Arms Nominee
2008 Nebula Award Novel The New Moon's Arms Nominee
2008 Prix Aurora Awards Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais The New Moon's Arms Winner
2008 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. The New Moon's Arms Winner
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Easthound Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Young Adult Book The Chaos Nominee
2014 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Andre Norton Award Sister Mine Winner
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Sister Mine Nominee
2014 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Adult Sister Mine Nominee
2015 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Falling in Love with Hominids Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Left Foot, Right Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Falling in Love with Hominids Nominee
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Jamaica Ginger Nominee
2017 British Fantasy Award Best Anthology Lightspeed - 2016 Winner
2017 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Lightspeed - 2016 Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Lightspeed - 2016 Nominee
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Repatriation Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Broad Dutty Water Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Clap Back Nominee
2022 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Broad Dutty Water Winner
2024 Prix Aurora Awards Best Novelette/Novella The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World Nominee
2025 Ignyte Award Best Novel - Adult Blackheart Man Nominee
2025 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions Finalist
2025 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Blackheart Man Nominee
2025 The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Blackheart Man Nominee
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