British Science Fiction Association
@bsfa.bsky.social
The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
🚀 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 👇
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
June 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚀 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 👇
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
We have a new Chair!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
So, I became chair of @bsfa.bsky.social yesterday. This account will remain my personal account where i talk nonsense, politics, SFF, long covid experience and share my ridiculous opinions. #sff #books #scifi
I will share my writing news here.
This is a good way to reach me for BSFA stuff :-)
I will share my writing news here.
This is a good way to reach me for BSFA stuff :-)
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We have a new Chair!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
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!)
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
June 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚀 Monday caption competition!
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
(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 👇
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 👇
June 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚀 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 👇
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 👇
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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
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Think I can announce that my story "It's Always Your Choice" is in the @bsfa.bsky.social magazine Fission.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Think I can announce that my story "It's Always Your Choice" is in the @bsfa.bsky.social magazine Fission.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
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There’s a lot of trash in space and someone has to take care of it. Read my latest story, “A Feast for the Moon Junker’s Spouse” in @bsfa.bsky.social’s Fission #5.
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Fission #5: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association
Amazon.com: Fission #5: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association eBook : Rowe, Gene, Bacon, Eugen: Kindle Store
us.amazon.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There’s a lot of trash in space and someone has to take care of it. Read my latest story, “A Feast for the Moon Junker’s Spouse” in @bsfa.bsky.social’s Fission #5.
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...
🚀 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!
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!
June 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚀 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!
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!
Don’t forget to complete the events survey in your latest newsletter!
June 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚀 members!
Don’t forget to complete the events survey in your latest newsletter!
Don’t forget to complete the events survey in your latest newsletter!
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✨Are you a @bsfa.bsky.social member and thinking about @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social?
The BSFA is sponsoring two in person memberships for persons of colour, persons with disabilities and those with financial difficulties for any reason. Details on how to apply are in the latest newsletter.✨
The BSFA is sponsoring two in person memberships for persons of colour, persons with disabilities and those with financial difficulties for any reason. Details on how to apply are in the latest newsletter.✨
June 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
✨Are you a @bsfa.bsky.social member and thinking about @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social?
The BSFA is sponsoring two in person memberships for persons of colour, persons with disabilities and those with financial difficulties for any reason. Details on how to apply are in the latest newsletter.✨
The BSFA is sponsoring two in person memberships for persons of colour, persons with disabilities and those with financial difficulties for any reason. Details on how to apply are in the latest newsletter.✨
🚀 Tuesday caption competition!
Art by paul on Adobe
Art by paul on Adobe
May 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🚀 Tuesday caption competition!
Art by paul on Adobe
Art by paul on Adobe
🚀 May the 4th be with you on this very special day…
darth vader is dancing in front of stormtroopers and saying `` may the fourth be with you ! ''
ALT: darth vader is dancing in front of stormtroopers and saying `` may the fourth be with you ! ''
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May 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚀 May the 4th be with you on this very special day…
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I've finally got to hold my my @bsfa.bsky.social award!
It now finally feels real and I'm very thankful for it.
Although the dog has already tried to eat it twice. So it's going on a high shelf where he (hopefully) can't get to it.
It now finally feels real and I'm very thankful for it.
Although the dog has already tried to eat it twice. So it's going on a high shelf where he (hopefully) can't get to it.
April 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've finally got to hold my my @bsfa.bsky.social award!
It now finally feels real and I'm very thankful for it.
Although the dog has already tried to eat it twice. So it's going on a high shelf where he (hopefully) can't get to it.
It now finally feels real and I'm very thankful for it.
Although the dog has already tried to eat it twice. So it's going on a high shelf where he (hopefully) can't get to it.
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Congrats @bsfa.bsky.social Fission #5 authors! Cover by Elena Betti.
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Congrats @bsfa.bsky.social Fission #5 authors! Cover by Elena Betti.
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My sci-fi story "Mantaro" will be published in Fission #5 by @bsfa.bsky.social. It's a story about coca, corruption and a particularly lethal autonomous quadruped robot roaming the VRAEM in Peru -- the world's densest area of cocaine production. Cover art by Elena Berri.
www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
May 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My sci-fi story "Mantaro" will be published in Fission #5 by @bsfa.bsky.social. It's a story about coca, corruption and a particularly lethal autonomous quadruped robot roaming the VRAEM in Peru -- the world's densest area of cocaine production. Cover art by Elena Berri.
www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
Congratulations!!!
OMG Huge congratulations to our @jennicoutts.bsky.social on winning Best Artist for the cover of Nova Scotia 2!!! Gwan yerself, lass!!!
@bsfa.bsky.social @easterconuk.bsky.social #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
@bsfa.bsky.social @easterconuk.bsky.social #Eastercon2025 #Reconnect2025
April 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!!!
Thrilled and slightly stunned by this win. Thank you to the @bsfa.bsky.social, the voters, my fellow nominees, and of course @briardenebooks.bsky.social.
April 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!!!
I won the @bsfa.bsky.social award for audio fiction!
I found out via phone call during the safety demonstration on my flight home, and got told off. No regrets.
Thank you so much everyone who voted. Who helped me with it. @charlotteashley.bsky.social dor accepting the award.
What a day.
I found out via phone call during the safety demonstration on my flight home, and got told off. No regrets.
Thank you so much everyone who voted. Who helped me with it. @charlotteashley.bsky.social dor accepting the award.
What a day.
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Congratulations!!!
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Hey @bsfa.bsky.social people! If you haven’t voted yet, please consider this tiny but poignant episode of Dex Legacy, about the long-term psychological strain that comes from being a teenage super soldier 👇
Charlie Richard’s performance is amazing.
Charlie Richard’s performance is amazing.
April 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hey @bsfa.bsky.social people! If you haven’t voted yet, please consider this tiny but poignant episode of Dex Legacy, about the long-term psychological strain that comes from being a teenage super soldier 👇
Charlie Richard’s performance is amazing.
Charlie Richard’s performance is amazing.
🚀 hey members! If you’re coming to tonight’s event (specific details in newsletter) we’ll be in the lower cafe area of Waterstones 🙂
April 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚀 hey members! If you’re coming to tonight’s event (specific details in newsletter) we’ll be in the lower cafe area of Waterstones 🙂
🚀 Members! Don’t forget this Thursday’s meet up in London! Refer to your newsletters for details💥
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚀 Members! Don’t forget this Thursday’s meet up in London! Refer to your newsletters for details💥
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Huge congrats to Norah Nagi & @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social whose story & translation 'Unicorn 2512' from Egypt + 100 (Ed. @ahmednaji.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the @bsfa.bsky.social awards for best translated short fiction!
📙Order Egypt + 100 here
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📙Order Egypt + 100 here
commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-...
March 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Huge congrats to Norah Nagi & @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social whose story & translation 'Unicorn 2512' from Egypt + 100 (Ed. @ahmednaji.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the @bsfa.bsky.social awards for best translated short fiction!
📙Order Egypt + 100 here
commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-...
📙Order Egypt + 100 here
commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-...
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Shout for my fabulous colleague Grace, who's organising a Waterstones Piccadilly meet-up for @bsfa.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social members.
Tickets free, grab them on EventBrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfsbsfa-so...
Tickets free, grab them on EventBrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfsbsfa-so...
BFS+BSFA Social Thursday 10 April
Members of the British Fantasy Society (BFS) and British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) are hosting a private social at a bookshop cafe.
www.eventbrite.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Shout for my fabulous colleague Grace, who's organising a Waterstones Piccadilly meet-up for @bsfa.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social members.
Tickets free, grab them on EventBrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfsbsfa-so...
Tickets free, grab them on EventBrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/bfsbsfa-so...
🚀 Members! We have a social coming up on Thursday 10th of April in London! Check your latest newsletter for details 💥
March 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🚀 Members! We have a social coming up on Thursday 10th of April in London! Check your latest newsletter for details 💥