About Realms of Fantasy Magazine

Realms of Fantasy is a full-sized bimonthly color magazine, dedicated to publishing the best in fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. First launched with the October 1994 issue, the magazine proved an enormous success and quickly established itself as one of the most important short fiction venues in speculative literature. Over the years, RoF has garnered a number of major awards and nominations, and has developed a reputation for the balance it achieves in publishing prominent authors and artists while also fostering new and emerging talents. Early in 2009, Sovereign Media, the longtime publisher of RoF, unexpectedly ceased publication of the magazine with the April 2009 issue.

Shortly afterward, the magazine was purchased by longtime genre publisher, Warren Lapine, of the newly founded Tir Na Nog Press. One of Lapine’s first acts as publisher was to bring back the magazine’s old editorial crew, including longtime and founding editor, Shawna McCarthy, the magazine’s sole holdover from its first issue. The magazine successfully re-launched with the August 2009 issue, with much of its old look and feel intact. To date, June 2009 marks the only issue RoF has missed in its long and respected publishing history.