Awards Eligibility
Hell Itself staff are not compensated and run the magazine as a hobby. Authors are paid a small stipend for their work, significantly below what the industry has deemed to be “pro rates.” We believe we are a “fanzine” for Hugo purposes.
All our short stories are eligible as original short stories for award purposes.
The stories we published in 2025 are:
- Ashcraft, Rachel, “Float” — September 19, 2025 (1,008 words)
- Boltz, Christopher R, “The Tell-Tale Pump” — September 12, 2025 (1,917 words)
- Brothers, Laurence Raphael, “Munitions Release” — October 10, 2025 (1,028 words)
- Comer, Lindsay, “One and a half socks.” — November 21, 2025 (2,030 words)
- Davitt, Deborah L., “The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu” — October 31, 2025 (4,894 words)
- Davitt, Deborah L., “Reaping Whirlwinds” — September 5, 2025 (5,883 words)
- Dawson, Robert, “Milk Run” — November 14, 2025 (4,506 words)
- De Marino, Nicholas, “On the Ropes” — October 24, 2025 (1,453 words)
- Hugenbruch, Brian, “In All Its Infinite Variety” — November 28, 2025 (6,053 words)
- Ipse, James, “The Case of Kilts: A Colm Ramirez Mystery” — September 26, 2025 (4,909 words)
- Kamei, Toshiya, “Matt’s Baby” — October 17, 2025 (2,533 words)
- Kwok, Reggie, “Pala” — December 26, 2025 (1,901 words)
- Leen, Gerri — “The Eleusinian What Now?” — December 19, 2025 (818 words)
- Morrissey, Ted, “The Unbearable Sweetness” — December 12, 2025 (7,066 words)
- Nicoll, Gregory, “Playing Vegas Odds with Doc, Sammy, and Bob” — November 7, 2025 (3,982 words)
- Pickett, Galen T., “Rejected (Again)” — December 5, 2025 (1,469 words)
- Wagner, KT, “On the Rainy Side of the Mountain They Grow Columbine, Nightshade, and Stinging Nettle” — October 3, 2025 (1,169 words)
Thank you for your consideration.