Jupiter issue 23 now out

The publication of anything written by members of the group will be announced on this blog - whether published online, in print, or wherever else. Which means I now get to blow my own trumpet:

Jupiter issue 23, containing the science fiction story 'Thicker Than Water' by Ian Sales, is now available. The story is set on Tethys, a moon of Saturn, and was inspired by Euripides' play Iphigeneia in Tauris.

Get Jupiter from here.

Thoughtcrimes Anthology Call for Submissions

Writer Leonard Richardson is putting together an anthology of five stories, Thoughtcrimes. Deadline is February 28th 2009, unless he fills the anthology before then. Payment is $200. The anthology will be published on his web site under a Creative Commons licence.

Full details here.

Group Meetings 2009

We now have the upstairs room at the Old Queen's Head on Pond Hill booked for the first and third Mondays of every month. If you're interested in joining us, someone is usually there from around 7:30 p.m.

Meeting dates:
19 January 2009
2 February 2009
16 February 2009
2 March 2009
16 March 2009

Another Competition

The US National Space Society and Baen Books have teamed up to create a science fiction short story competition in memory of Jim Baen. They want "a short story of no more than 8,000 words, that shows the near future (no more than about 50-60 years out) of manned space exploration." There is no entry fee. Deadline is 1st April 2009.

Details here.

Aeon Award 2009 Now Open

The short fiction competition run by Albedo One magazine is now open. Grand prize is €1000 and publication in Albedo One. Second and third place prizes are €200 and €100 and guaranteed publication in Albedo One. Entry fee is €7 and you can submit as many time as you want.

Details here.

Book Launch - 29 November 2008

Dave Lee will be launching his new book, Bright From The Well - Northern Tales in the Modern World at:

Rare and Racy,
164/166 Devonshire Street
Sheffield S3 7SG

2 p.m. on Saturday 29th November 2008.

There will be readings from Dave's book plus a performance of Waterfall Galdor by singing group Wasume.

All welcome.

New Anthology - Call for Submissions

From the PS Publishing news blog:

Allen Ashley is in the process of putting together a new anthology for PS Publishing. Entitled Catastrophia, it will be "a collection of stories loosely themed around the theme of catastrophes, disasters and post-apocalyptic fiction."

More information here.