Clarkesworld: Saturation Has Been Achieved
As the readership of science fiction is widely believed to be overwhelmingly male, there is a long history of women writers obscuring their gender (so as not to have their work prejudged) by writing under a name that includes their initials and their last name.
Going through the slush recently, I decided to count up the number of women who use initials versus the number of men who do so.
One hundred percent of the authors who submit their work to Clarkesworld under an initialed byline are women.
Going through the slush recently, I decided to count up the number of women who use initials versus the number of men who do so.
One hundred percent of the authors who submit their work to Clarkesworld under an initialed byline are women.