Clarkesworld 2020 Numbers

Strictly by the numbers, here’s a quick snapshot of Clarkesworld’s 2020 output.

12 issues69 authors36 authors had never been published in Clarkesworld before8 (possibly 10) had never been published before, 2 others were first professional sales76 stories (classified by Hugo Award categories below)44 short stories30 novelettes2 novellas552,820 words total0 solicited works (all works were published from open submissions, not by invitation)24 interviews12 articles76 podcasts12 works of art for our cover

On seeing that we crossed the half-million words mark in 2020, I thought I should see how many words were submitted. Turns out that the 2020 slush pile contained 63,752,717 words.