British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition 2009
First Prize £50 and your winning entry published by the BFS. Runner-up prize of £25 and publication by the BFS. Deadline: 31 August 2009. If you are a budding writer, having had no more than three...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Society Short Story Competition 2010
For the British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition of 2010 the cash prizes have been doubled, there’s a new cash prize for third place, and the runner-up now gets a year’s membership of the...
View ArticleThe Annual General Meeting 2010
The Annual General Meeting of the British Fantasy Society will be taking place on 19 September 2010 at FantasyCon. Members of the BFS committee will give their reports on the year’s activities, new...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Society Short Story Competition 2011
The BFS short story competition 2011 is now open to entries. Anyone can enter, regardless of how many times they have been previously published. The competition is open to entries from 1 January 2011...
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Why do you write? Tell us on the BFS forum
In his Mark of Fear column in the latest issue of the BFS Journal, Mark Morris writes: “Why do writers write? What compels them to commit their thoughts and ideas to paper, and then to present them for...
View ArticleBFS Committee announcement
The BFS committee is pleased to announce that Neil Ford has joined as Webmaster for the society. Neil has over 25 years experience in IT covering a wide range of disciplines and technologies, including...
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FantasyCon 2012 announces new GoH, Banquet and Programming information
FantasyCon 2012 is pleased to announce author, broadcaster and columnist Muriel Gray as its third Author Guest of Honour. Best remembered as co-presenter of Channel 4’s seminal early 1980s music...
View ArticleIndie Press reviewers wanted for the BFS!
The British Fantasy Society is looking for new reviewers of independent press titles. All reviews now appear on the BFS website so you will receive valuable exposure – not to mention receiving free...
View ArticleLess than one month left to enter the BFS Short Story Competition
Don’t forget that the BFS Short Story Competition closes this month. Allen Ashley, judge of this year’s competition, sent this message: “Now, I know that some people who enter competitions leave it...
View ArticleSchedule for BFS London Open Day on 16 June 2012
Here’s a reminder of the BFS London Open Day on Saturday 16 June 2012 from 1pm till late at The Mug House, 1 Tooley Street, London E1 2PF, together with a rough schedule for the day: 1pm: Meet, greet...
View ArticleThe future of the BFS Journal – new Editorial Team announcement
We hope you have been enjoying your copy of the Spring BFS Journal and thank everyone for the many messages of support for the new combined publication that we have received from the membership and...
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New designer joins BFS Journal team
We are pleased to announce that Phil Lunt has joined the new BFS Journal team as designer. Phil’s background is in interior design and architecture and he has over 10 years experience working on the...
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Shelflings #2 reviews ezine shortly to go out to BFS members
Soon to go out to BFS members: issue two of Shelflings, the British Fantasy Society’s reviews ezine! Shelflings #2 has been compiled by Stephen Theaker from reviews edited by Craig Lockley, Phil Lunt...
View ArticleBFS personnel change: Online News Editor
After almost a year in the role, Caroline Callaghan has decided to step down as the British Fantasy Society’s Online News Editor. She says: “To enable me to concentrate on other things, I’m reluctantly...
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BFS Journal now shipped out to BFS members
If you are a member of the BFS you should by now have received (or shortly be receiving) the latest BFS Journal (Autumn 2012). The Journal contains new fiction and poetry by: Christopher Golden, Gary...
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Coming Soon… The Burning Circus!
Edited by Johnny Mains and with artwork by David Whitlam, The Burning Circus is an anthology for members of the British Fantasy Society. Stories include: Foreword – Johnny Mains Introduction – Ramsey...
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Constitutional changes
The most exciting part of every FantasyCon is of course the Annual General Meeting of the British Fantasy Society and the constitutional changes that ensue. This year, unusually, there were changes to...
View ArticleAppointment of a new BFS chair
Unfortunately, no one stood for BFS chair at the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the society, but a suitable candidate has now been in touch to say that they would like to stand. (We will leave it to...
View ArticleNew BFS chair: Phil Lunt
Phil Lunt has been appointed chair of the British Fantasy Society by a formal vote of the BFS committee. Interim chairs have been appointed by committee vote before, but there had been expressions of...
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The 2015 AGM: Sunday, 25 October 2015, at FantasyCon 2015
This year’s Annual General Meeting is to be held at FantasyCon 2015, at the East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel, Nottingham, UK, on Sunday, 25 October 2015, from 10 am till noon. Here’s...
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Shelflings #6
Download links for Shelflings #6, a 64pp issue of our irregular reviews ezine, will appear in the next members-only BFS bulletin. This issue collects reviews that appeared on the BFS website during...
View ArticleBFA Nominations open!
The BFA awards administrator, and the British Fantasy Society, are happy to announce that the suggestions list for the BFAs 2019 is now open here. This list is open for all to add to (whether members...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Awards – call for Jurors – closes 12th May.
We are seeking to add to our pool of jurors for the shortlist stage – please click here to apply to join. We are especially keen to extend the diversity of the juror panels. What is it like? Here are...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Awards 2019
Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. For 2019, the shortlisted entrants...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Awards 2020
We’re pleased to announce that the ceremony took place online, at 8.15pm on Monday 22nd February 2021. It was streamed on our YouTube Channel, and if you subscribe and click the notification bell,...
View ArticleBritish Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced
The British Fantasy Awards 2021 took place on 26th September 2021, as part of FantasyCon, held at Jury’s Inn in Birmingham. It was also streamed online, and you can watch the ceremony back at any time...
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