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Interzone
First issue Cover
Editor	David Pringle (till 2004), Andy Cox
Categories	Science fiction magazine
Frequency	bimonthly
First issue	Spring 1982
Company	TTA Press
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	TTA Press/interzone

Interzone is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, published since 1982. Both genres are covered in the critical articles, but the original stories are mainly science fiction.

Interzone was initially produced by an unpaid collective of eight people^[1]. In 1984 it received a generous donation from Sir Clive Sinclair^[2]. Furthermore it received support from the Arts Council of Great Britain , Yorkshire Arts, and the Greater London Arts Association. It was first published quarterly, from Spring 1982 to Issue 24, Summer 1988. It was then on a bi-monthly schedule from September/October 1988 to Issue 34, March/April 1990. For over a decade, it was then published monthly until several slippages of schedule reduced it to an effectively bi-monthly magazine in 2003. The founding editor, David Pringle, stepped down in early 2004, with issue 193. Andy Cox, of TTA Press, which publishes The Third Alternative, then took ownership of Interzone, which has subsequently undergone a series of redesigns while maintaining high fiction standards.

The magazine was nominated several times for the Hugo award for best semiprozine, winning the award in 1995. In 2005 the Worldcon committee gave David Pringle a Special Award for his work on the magazine. In 2006, the Science Fiction Writers of America removed the magazine from its list of professional markets due to low rates and small circulation.^[3] As of 2006 the magazine had a circulation of about 2-3,000. It pays semi-professional rates to writers.^[4]

Interzone has been responsible for starting the careers of a number of important science fiction writers, including Stephen Baxter, Kim Newman, Alastair Reynolds and Greg Egan, as well as publishing works by established writers such as Brian Aldiss, J.G. Ballard, Iain M. Banks, Thomas M. Disch, William Gibson, Christopher Priest, Ian Watson and many others.

Interzone features regular columns by David Langford (Ansible Link - News & Gossip, Obituaries), Tony Lee (Laser Fodder - DVD Reviews) and Nick Lowe (Mutant Popcorn - Film Reviews).

In 2008 a Mundane SF issue was published, guest edited by Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters.^[5]

In the first years, several anthologies were published.

• John Clute, Colin Greenland and David Pringle: Interzone - The 1st Anthology, Everyman Fiction Limited, 1985
• John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 2nd Anthology, Simon & Schuster Limited, 1987
• John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 3rd Anthology, Simon & Schuster Limited, 1988
• John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 4th Anthology, Simon & Schuster Limited, 1989
• John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 5th Anthology, New English Library Paperbacks, 1991
• David Pringle: The Best of Interzone, Voyager, 1996

The second through fourth anthologies were reissued by New English Library.

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