Ellen Datlow

(December 31, 1949 – )

An American sf editor and anthologist, Ellen Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998. She was co-editor of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series from 1988 to 2008 and was editor of the webzine Event Horizon: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in 1998--1999 and of Sci Fiction until it ended in 2005. She has been the co-host of the Fantastic Fiction reading series at the KGB Bar since 2000.

• Website.
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1984 -- ArmadilloCon 6
• 1986 -- ArmadilloCon 8
• 1989 -- New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '89
• 1993 -- Necon 13
• 1994 -- MileHiCon 26
• 1995 -- Swancon '95, Ad Astra 15
• 1999 -- Conucopia, Empirecon, Readercon 11
• 2002 -- 2002 Best Professional Editor Hugo
• 2003 -- Toastmaster at ConQuesT 34
• 2004 -- World Fantasy Convention 2004
• 2005 -- 2005 Best Professional Editor Hugo
• 2006 -- OryCon 28, Conflux 3
• 2007 -- Capclave 2007, Finncon 2007, Karl Edward Wagner Award
• 2009 -- ConQuesT 40, 2009 Best Editor, Short Form Hugo
• 2010 -- AggieCon 41, 2010 Best Editor, Short Form Hugo
• 2011 -- Swancon Thirty Six, Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, Ad Astra 30 (returning guest)
• 2012 -- Fantasticon 2012
• 2013 -- LoneStarCon III, ICON 38
• 2014 -- World Fantasy Convention Life Achievement Award
• 2017 -- NecronomiCon Providence 2017
• 2024 -- RavenCon 17
• three Bram Stoker Awards
• nine World Fantasy Awards
• two International Horror Guild Awards for Best Anthology
• two Shirley Jackson Awards for Best anthology
• five Locus Awards for Best Editor
• long time trustee of the Horror Writers Association.
• Plus 12 other Hugo nominations

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