Milford SFF Conference
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Longest-running SF writers' event in the UK; yearly workshops and writing retreats. https://www.milfordsf.co.uk/ (We don't have access to DMs, so please contact us via the website!)
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Bursaries for writers of colour to attend the Milford Writers Workshop next year are now open. I seriously cannot recommend the experience enough. Apply here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm @milfordsff.bsky.social
Milford Bursaries for Writers of Colour
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November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Bursaries for writers of colour to attend the Milford Writers Workshop next year are now open. I seriously cannot recommend the experience enough. Apply here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm @milfordsff.bsky.social
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the Milford Bursaries:
Funded Places for SF Writers of Colour September 2026!!
We have two bursaries available.
Apply before 30 Nov. All necessary info here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Funded Places for SF Writers of Colour September 2026!!
We have two bursaries available.
Apply before 30 Nov. All necessary info here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Milford Bursaries for Writers of Colour
www.milfordsf.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the Milford Bursaries:
Funded Places for SF Writers of Colour September 2026!!
We have two bursaries available.
Apply before 30 Nov. All necessary info here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Funded Places for SF Writers of Colour September 2026!!
We have two bursaries available.
Apply before 30 Nov. All necessary info here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Colin Brush's next step in writing a blurb: writing a beginning that gets--and keeps--a possible reader's attention by considering your opening line.
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5) Beginnings, or How to Get People’s Attention by Colin Brush
It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell We’re just over the halfway point in my guide to writing blurbs and you’re probably won…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Colin Brush's next step in writing a blurb: writing a beginning that gets--and keeps--a possible reader's attention by considering your opening line.
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my good friend @shonak.bsky.social is launching this wonderful book on the Friday evening of @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social (7pm, so put it in your diary). So come along and be entranced by this brilliant story.
October 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
my good friend @shonak.bsky.social is launching this wonderful book on the Friday evening of @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social (7pm, so put it in your diary). So come along and be entranced by this brilliant story.
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Just to let @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees know: my book Human Resources will be available from Newcon Press, but I am bringing along a *small* number of copies of my (BSFA Award shortlisted) novel Rabbit in the Moon and my (not shortlisted for anything) novel Driving Ambition.
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Just to let @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees know: my book Human Resources will be available from Newcon Press, but I am bringing along a *small* number of copies of my (BSFA Award shortlisted) novel Rabbit in the Moon and my (not shortlisted for anything) novel Driving Ambition.
Next up in Colin Brush's series about writing blurbs focuses on the story's emotional hook, which requires you to boil it all down to a 12-word (or shorter!) pitch!
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4) Pitching your story’s Emotional Hook by Colin Brush
Number 4/8 in a series of weekly posts on how-to write your own cover copy by Colin Brush reprinted from Summer 2020. Follow this blog to get all the instalments. I never take on a client unless I …
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October 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Next up in Colin Brush's series about writing blurbs focuses on the story's emotional hook, which requires you to boil it all down to a 12-word (or shorter!) pitch!
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Have you ever wondered why an author would teach a writing workshop? It usually happens by accident, but it can be a very valuable experience for a new writer. Listen in on @julietemckenna.bsky.social telling you about her experience.
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Poacher Turned Gamekeeper? by Juliet E McKenna
When I became a published fantasy author, I didn’t really plan on developing a sideline as a creative writing tutor. The first time I ran seminars was at a convention, when the writer scheduled to …
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October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Have you ever wondered why an author would teach a writing workshop? It usually happens by accident, but it can be a very valuable experience for a new writer. Listen in on @julietemckenna.bsky.social telling you about her experience.
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Over on the Milford blog, we are back with Pete Sutton and his Writing About Writing About Writing posts. This time, he looks at Scarlett Thomas's Monkeys With Typewriters: How to Write -- and Read -- Better.
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Writing about writing about writing #12 – by Pete W. Sutton
Part 12 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here This book stems from Thomas’s creative writing lectur…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Over on the Milford blog, we are back with Pete Sutton and his Writing About Writing About Writing posts. This time, he looks at Scarlett Thomas's Monkeys With Typewriters: How to Write -- and Read -- Better.
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The next step in writing a blurb and marketing your book: Colin Brush explains how you have to know who your audience actually is (and no, it's not "everybody").
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3) Who Are We Talking To? by Colin Brush
Number 3/8 in a series of how-to posts on writing your own cover copy by Colin Brush reprinted from Summer 2020. Follow this blog to get all the instalments. ‘Half the money I spend on advertising …
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October 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The next step in writing a blurb and marketing your book: Colin Brush explains how you have to know who your audience actually is (and no, it's not "everybody").
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New Review - happy publication day to the excellent When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social - a science fiction novel for the 21st century that gives us hope. Run and get it I think we need this. One of the best reads of my year! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...
When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Arcadia for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and valid review Publisher – Arcadia Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £9.99 ebook Dec...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New Review - happy publication day to the excellent When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social - a science fiction novel for the 21st century that gives us hope. Run and get it I think we need this. One of the best reads of my year! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...
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Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.
October 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.
More practical advice from Colin Brush on writing a blurb. This time, you have to know what kind of story--what kind of plot--you're writing to be able to market the book: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/2...
2) What’s the Story by Colin Brush
The second in a series of how-to posts by Colin Brush reprinted from July 2020 ‘Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strang…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
More practical advice from Colin Brush on writing a blurb. This time, you have to know what kind of story--what kind of plot--you're writing to be able to market the book: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/2...
Marketing a book is one aspect of being an author (even if you're trad pubbed). Colin Brush has a set of posts all about selling your book; the first one is about writing the blurb, or cover copy.
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1) How to sell Your Book in a Few Words, by Colin Brush
This is the beginning of a series of weekly how-to posts by Colin Brush reprinted from Summer 2020. Follow this blog to get all the instalments. ‘If you think you have a book evolving, now is the t…
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October 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Marketing a book is one aspect of being an author (even if you're trad pubbed). Colin Brush has a set of posts all about selling your book; the first one is about writing the blurb, or cover copy.
milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/1...
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I wrote about my first Milford SF experience. Spoiler: It was terrific.
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My first (but definitely not last) Milford SF experience – by Vera Brook
Let me cut to the punchline: If you can attend the Milford Speculative Fiction Writers’ Workshop, do it. I had a terrific experience, learned a ton about the writing craft, met wonderful writers wo…
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September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I wrote about my first Milford SF experience. Spoiler: It was terrific.
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF #SpeculativeFiction #Writer
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@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF #SpeculativeFiction #Writer
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Milford loves to welcome new writers/attendees into the fold, and @verabrook.bsky.social describes that experience from a first-timer's point of view: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/m...
My first (but definitely not last) Milford SF experience – by Vera Brook
Let me cut to the punchline: If you can attend the Milford Speculative Fiction Writers’ Workshop, do it. I had a terrific experience, learned a ton about the writing craft, met wonderful writers wo…
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September 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Milford loves to welcome new writers/attendees into the fold, and @verabrook.bsky.social describes that experience from a first-timer's point of view: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/m...
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Huge congrats to Ana Sun on her short fiction collection! Just out from NewCon Press (while we are at Milford SF Writer Workshop.) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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#speculativefiction #solarpunk #climatefiction #newrelease
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September 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge congrats to Ana Sun on her short fiction collection! Just out from NewCon Press (while we are at Milford SF Writer Workshop.) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@singingtotigers.bsky.social
@milfordsff.bsky.social
#speculativefiction #solarpunk #climatefiction #newrelease
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@singingtotigers.bsky.social
@milfordsff.bsky.social
#speculativefiction #solarpunk #climatefiction #newrelease
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The last day at Milford Speculative Fiction Writers’ Workshop. Very bittersweet after a week full of intense writing craft discussions, mutual encouragement & community. So happy to be part of this group.
I already reserved my spot for September 2026.✨✍️✨
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I already reserved my spot for September 2026.✨✍️✨
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The last day at Milford Speculative Fiction Writers’ Workshop. Very bittersweet after a week full of intense writing craft discussions, mutual encouragement & community. So happy to be part of this group.
I already reserved my spot for September 2026.✨✍️✨
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
I already reserved my spot for September 2026.✨✍️✨
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
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Lunch at The Glynne Arms pub & restaurant in Hawarden on the last day of Milford SF Writers’ Workshop. Great food, great conversation! 🍻
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September 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Lunch at The Glynne Arms pub & restaurant in Hawarden on the last day of Milford SF Writers’ Workshop. Great food, great conversation! 🍻
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The 2025 Milford critique week just ended, and we have reports! @jaceybedford.bsky.social gives us a look at how it gets off to a start (and what we did before email!): milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/m...
Milford 2025 – By Jacey Bedford
It’s that time of year again! Milford’s annual critique week will be happening from 13th to 20th September. Right now, the fifteen participants will be deeply into reading the pieces submitted, som…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The 2025 Milford critique week just ended, and we have reports! @jaceybedford.bsky.social gives us a look at how it gets off to a start (and what we did before email!): milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/m...
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The face of a writer who just wrote a brand new story (a flash). 🥳
With thanks to Milford Speculative Fiction Writers Workshop for the time, place & inspiration! ✨✍️✨
Now to revise the story that the Milford group critiqued for me…
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With thanks to Milford Speculative Fiction Writers Workshop for the time, place & inspiration! ✨✍️✨
Now to revise the story that the Milford group critiqued for me…
www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
September 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The face of a writer who just wrote a brand new story (a flash). 🥳
With thanks to Milford Speculative Fiction Writers Workshop for the time, place & inspiration! ✨✍️✨
Now to revise the story that the Milford group critiqued for me…
www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
With thanks to Milford Speculative Fiction Writers Workshop for the time, place & inspiration! ✨✍️✨
Now to revise the story that the Milford group critiqued for me…
www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm
@milfordsff.bsky.social #MilfordSF
Welcome to Vera and the rest of the crew busy this week at the workshop!
The Milford SFF Writers' Workshop is going on RIGHT NOW at @gladlib.bsky.social in North Wales. It happens every year. To join us next September, find out more here: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/about-milfor...
The Milford SFF Writers' Workshop is going on RIGHT NOW at @gladlib.bsky.social in North Wales. It happens every year. To join us next September, find out more here: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/about-milfor...
At Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden. Ready to read & write some speculative fiction and meet some fellow writers. ✨✍️✨
#MilfordSF #writer #writerslife #writingworkshop #GladstonesLibrary @milfordsff.bsky.social
#MilfordSF #writer #writerslife #writingworkshop #GladstonesLibrary @milfordsff.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Welcome to Vera and the rest of the crew busy this week at the workshop!
The Milford SFF Writers' Workshop is going on RIGHT NOW at @gladlib.bsky.social in North Wales. It happens every year. To join us next September, find out more here: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/about-milfor...
The Milford SFF Writers' Workshop is going on RIGHT NOW at @gladlib.bsky.social in North Wales. It happens every year. To join us next September, find out more here: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/about-milfor...
Landing a literary agent is the dream for many writers, but it's not easy. @felipeazucares.bsky.social tells us about his journey and gives some important tips on how to approach this big step for many writers: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
All the ways I failed to get a Literary Agent – Until I didn’t – by Phil Suggars
Why did I want an agent? Self publishing is really popular and I get why. The traditional route to having your book in your sweaty little mitt is long, fraught and paved with ha…
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September 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Landing a literary agent is the dream for many writers, but it's not easy. @felipeazucares.bsky.social tells us about his journey and gives some important tips on how to approach this big step for many writers: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
Pete Sutton hits us again with #11 in his series of Writing About Writing About Writing in which he looks at writing guides to see what's good and what isn't terribly helpful!
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September 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pete Sutton hits us again with #11 in his series of Writing About Writing About Writing in which he looks at writing guides to see what's good and what isn't terribly helpful!
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We share the sad news that a past Chair of the Milford SF Conference, author David Gullen, passed away a few days ago. Dave was an award-winning writer and a funny, witty & wonderful person. We send our deepest condolences to his wife, Gaie Sebold, his family, his friends, and the writing community.
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We share the sad news that a past Chair of the Milford SF Conference, author David Gullen, passed away a few days ago. Dave was an award-winning writer and a funny, witty & wonderful person. We send our deepest condolences to his wife, Gaie Sebold, his family, his friends, and the writing community.
Are you a newer writer hoping to publish but not totally sure how the industry works or what you might need to do to get your book seen? @jaceybedford.bsky.social talks about what she wish she'd known:
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My Debut Novel – What I Know Now That I Wish I’d Known Before Publication – by Jacey Bedford
My first book, Empire of Dust, a space opera, came out in October 2014. I was excited, pleased and nervous all at the same time. A week or so before publication my author copies arrived, all packed…
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August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you a newer writer hoping to publish but not totally sure how the industry works or what you might need to do to get your book seen? @jaceybedford.bsky.social talks about what she wish she'd known:
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