The series has frequently changed editors and publishers. Aside from 1985–1997, when each editor edited three volumes in a row, and 2025, when four volumes were edited by one editor, the customary practice has been for every volume to have a different editor, or occasionally a pair of editors. The editors to date (each of one volume, unless otherwise indicated) have been
Brian W. Aldiss (co-editor),
Kevin J. Anderson,
Poul Anderson,
Catherine Asaro,
Isaac Asimov,
Greg Bear,
Gregory Benford,
Lloyd Biggle, Jr.,
Michael Bishop (3 volumes),
James Blish,
Ben Bova,
John F. Carr (co-editor),
Julie E. Czerneda,
Jack Dann (2 volumes),
Ellen Datlow,
Samuel R. Delany,
Gordon R. Dickson,
Gardner Dozois,
Bill Fawcett,
James E. Gunn,
Joe Haldeman,
Harry Harrison (co-editor),
Frank Herbert,
Kij Johnson,
James Patrick Kelly (co-editor),
John Kessel (co-editor),
Damon Knight, Stephen Kotowych (4 volumes),
Nancy Kress,
Mercedes Lackey,
Ursula K. Le Guin,
Vonda N. McIntyre,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
James Morrow (3 volumes),
Frederik Pohl,
Jerry Pournelle (co-editor),
Marta Randall,
Mike Resnick,
Kim Stanley Robinson,
Pamela Sargent (3 volumes),
Nibedita Sen,
Robert Silverberg (2 volumes),
Clifford D. Simak,
Catherynne M. Valente,
Kate Wilhelm,
Connie Willis,
Jane Yolen,
George Zebrowski (3 volumes), and
Roger Zelazny. Starting with v. 56 (2024), the SFWA announced it and future volumes were being edited by its own Publications Committee. However, in the event only that volume was issued as edited by SFWA, Inc.; the next four volumes being edited by Stephen Kotowych. The publishers for the first American editions (usually, though not always, the first editions worldwide) have been Doubleday (v. 1-6), Harper & Row (v. 7-15), Holt, Rinehart and Winston (v. 16-17), Arbor House (v. 18-19), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (v. 20-26), Harcourt Brace (v. 27-33), Harcourt (2000–2001), Roc/New American Library (2002–2010), Tor Books (2011), Pyr (2012–2018), Parvus Press (2019), and SFWA, Inc. (v. 54-60). ==Content==