Erotic Sky Magazine has received a nomination for Best Alt Magazine at the 2025 AltStar Awards, following its win in the same category last year. The publication has also garnered two nominations at the 2025 Urban X Awards.
AltStar Awards Nomination and Previous Win
Erotic Sky Magazine has been nominated for Best Alt Magazine at the 2025 AltStar Awards. This nomination follows the magazine's win of the Best Alternative Magazine award at the 2024 AltStar Awards, which took place in Las Vegas. The 2024 award was announced on June 13, 2024.
Lyric Sky, CEO of Erotic Sky Magazine, stated that each issue has improved with each quarterly release. Salacious Perceptions, magazine cinematographer and creative director, noted the effort involved in creating the magazine. Erotic Sky Magazine was founded in June 2022 by Lyric Sky, an adult entertainer and sex activist. The magazine's mission is to present erotic fetish for women in the industry.
Urban X Award Recognition
In addition to the AltStar Awards nomination, Erotic Sky Magazine has received two nominations at the 2025 Urban X Awards. This follows previous recognition from the Urban X Awards. In 2024, Erotic Sky Magazine won the Urban X Award for Most Popular Industry Magazine of the Year, announced on September 3, 2024. Earlier that year, on July 9, 2024, the magazine was nominated for two Urban X Awards: Most Popular Industry Magazine and Most Supportive Sponsor.
Erotic Sky Magazine also presented the 2025 Urban X Lingerie party, with event photos taken by Steven Sandler for AltPorn.Net, as documented on October 12, 2025.
Recent Issues and Features
Erotic Sky Magazine has continued to release new volumes and feature various personalities. On October 31, 2025, Venus Rising was featured in Issue 11 of Erotic Sky Magazine. Nina Nova was the Cover Empress for the October 2025 issue, with this news released on October 30, 2025.
The magazine released its eighth volume on November 6, 2024. Prior to this, its sixth volume was released on April 9, 2024. Cassidy Luxe was spotlighted in a March issue, landing the back cover. A special "Ebony Empress" edition, which was Volume 7, was released on June 19, 2024, as a Juneteenth edition. This special edition aimed to showcase Ebony women in the industry. Lyric Sky stated that the Ebony Edition was created to highlight "beautiful, intelligent, award-winning Ebony women" in the industry, noting that the industry's marketing decisions do not always represent Ebony women as they should be. Salacious Perceptions expressed enjoyment in creating this volume, and Volume 7 became the best-selling edition to date. This was the magazine's first special edition, with plans for more in the future.
Previous volumes of Erotic Sky Magazine and photo sets of individual Empresses are available digitally on the magazine’s website.
Key Facts
- Erotic Sky Magazine is nominated for Best Alt Magazine at the 2025 AltStar Awards.
- The magazine won Best Alternative Magazine at the 2024 AltStar Awards.
- Erotic Sky Magazine has received two nominations at the 2025 Urban X Awards.
- The publication won the 2024 Urban X Award for Most Popular Industry Magazine of the Year.
- Lyric Sky founded Erotic Sky Magazine in June 2022.
- Volume 7, a special "Ebony Empress" edition, was released on June 19, 2024.
