British Science Fiction Association
The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
- 🚀 Space Vault Exhibition at the Think Tank - Birmingham! Don't forget to go along and see one of the UK’s largest private collections of space artefacts from human space exploration. Find out more:
- 🚀 Fission #6 - Call for Submissions Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th. We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
- 🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards! Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
- 🚀 okay people, we’re probably overdue for this but… it’s time to take our rocket and leave X-Twitter. The account has been dormant for a long time now… the outpost is defunct… let’s nuke it from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure…
- Oh look at that - they’re making it hard 🤦♀️ This feels like skipping to the nuclear silo ready to blow everything up, only to find that you need three keys and three people and they’re all busy right now 😅 (For the record - I hope that’s the minimum security they put on nuclear silos 🫣)
- 🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville:
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
- 🚀 Happy festivities folks! Have a great day - from all of us at the BSFA 🎄
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
- 🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 👇
- 🚀 Members - there's still time to nominate your favourite books, stories, audio dramas, works of art and more to the BSFA long list. Go now and give your favourites the boost they deserve! If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
- 🚀 A reminder to all members that Fission #5 is available to download from the member site 👉 see 'Members Digital Editions' under 'Publications' 👈 you can also buy the paperback on Amazon! It's a very strong selection of stories, perfect for some Christmas to New Year reading 🎄
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition! (art by Corona Borealis)
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- 🚀 It's tonight! Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
- 🚀 Check out Leanbh Pearson's review of The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song 👇
- 🚀 So what are your favourite Christmas sci-fi reads?
- 🚀 Members! Don't forget to come join us this Friday 12 December at the Dorich Arch in Euston. We will be there from 7pm to 9pm. Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
- 🚀 Members! Nominate your favourite works of the year to the BSFA Awards Longlist today! If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
- 🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
- 🚀 BSFA reps reporting for duty - @emilyinkpen.bsky.social , @stewarthotston.com and @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social - on our way to the Clarke Awards! Stay tuned for the results! The shortlist is 👇
- PRIVATE RITES - BY JULIA ARMFIELD THE MINISTRY OF TIME - BY KALIANE BRADLEY EXTREMOPHILE - BY IAN GREEN ANNIE BOT - BY SIERRA GREER SERVICE MODEL - BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY THIRTEEN WAYS TO KILL LULABELLE ROCK - BY MAUD WOOLF
- We have a new Chair! After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀 Congratulations Stewart!
- 🚀 Monday caption competition! (art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
- 🚀 hey people! Don’t forget great BSFA AGM events today! These include panels and interviews to entertain and inspire. Some of these are free to members and non-members. See the links below. 👇 AGM Day Activities The provisional schedule for the day will be 👇
- 9:45am - Doors Open: Welcome from the BSFA and SFF. us06web.zoom.us/j/5577381294... 1. SFF: Paul March-Russell in conversation with E.J. Swift Time: Jun 22, 2025 10:00 AM London Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/5577381294... Meeting ID: 557 738 1294 👇
- 2. BSFA: Fission 5 Panel Writers from the forthcoming Fission #5 anthology discuss their work with editor Eugen Bacon. Time: Jun 22, 2025 11:00 AM London Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/5577381294... Meeting ID: 557 738 1294 👇
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View full thread6. 🚀 Followed by BSFA AGM at 3pm. Zoom link provided to BSFA Members via their newsletter. Sunday will be Allen Stroud’s last day as BSFA Chair, after 6 years! It’s the end of a fabulous era and the start of the next…
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- 🚀 Hey members! Just a reminder that Bona Books are running a Writing Queer People, Editing Queer People workshop lonline tomorrow - 7-8:30pm - as part of Pride Month. The event was over subscribed at Eastercon! Details of how to sign-up are in the newsletter!
- 🚀 members! Don’t forget to complete the events survey in your latest newsletter!
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- 🚀 Tuesday caption competition! Art by paul on Adobe
- 🚀 May the 4th be with you on this very special day…
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