Awards Eligibility

Hell Itself staff are not compensated and run the magazine as a hobby. Authors are paid a small stipend for their work ($5/story), significantly below what the industry has deemed to be “pro rates.” We honestly don’t know if that makes us a “fanzine” or a “semiprozine” for Hugo purposes.

All our stories are eligible as original short stories for award purposes.

The stories we published in 2025 are:

Thank you for your consideration.