For writers from the UK & Ireland.
FIRST PRIZE £500
To celebrate 50 years of the BSFA's promotion of British science fiction, we are please to announce our 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition.
The competition is open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland. The maximum length of stories is 8000 words. The stories must be science fiction, but we're willing to take a broad definition of what that means. All entries must be accompanied by a £10 entry fee.
The winner will receive a cash prize of £500, the short listed runners up will receive £50, and the winning and short listed entries will be published in a special issue of FOCUS the BSFA's magazine for writers. The closing date for entries is midnight on Friday 5th September 2008 - the winner will be announced at Novacon 38, 14th - 16th November 2008.
Judges include Stephen Baxter & Alistair Reynolds.
Friday, 15 February 2008
Monday, 11 February 2008
February Meeting
As before - upstairs room, Old Queen's Head, Pond Hill. Seven o'clock onwards. The date is Monday 18 February.
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
DeepGenre
Hello folks,
Browsing through the Chronicles forums, and found a discussion about Deep Genre, a blog run by several authors including Kate Elliott and Katherine Kerr. Handily, there are recent postings by David Louis Edelman concerning "How to write a novel".
Obviously what works for one person doesn't automatically work for anybody else, but its interesting to see Edelman's personal process broken down and analysed.
Interesting also to compare processes: I know I'm nowhere near as methodical as that, and that's possibly why The Project keeps stalling. It doesn't help that I've been invaded by another idea that could well be a go-er - this one does need careful outlining because of the characterisations and hidden plot twists, and while I know how to start and how to end, it's the lump in the middle that's the problem...again.
Anyway. Need sleep.
Browsing through the Chronicles forums, and found a discussion about Deep Genre, a blog run by several authors including Kate Elliott and Katherine Kerr. Handily, there are recent postings by David Louis Edelman concerning "How to write a novel".
Obviously what works for one person doesn't automatically work for anybody else, but its interesting to see Edelman's personal process broken down and analysed.
Interesting also to compare processes: I know I'm nowhere near as methodical as that, and that's possibly why The Project keeps stalling. It doesn't help that I've been invaded by another idea that could well be a go-er - this one does need careful outlining because of the characterisations and hidden plot twists, and while I know how to start and how to end, it's the lump in the middle that's the problem...again.
Anyway. Need sleep.
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Convention Calendar
Here's a run-down of the chief UK 2008 sf and fantasy conventions which focus on the written genre. This list is by no means complete...
21-24 March - Orbital 2008 - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
26 April - alt.fiction - Assembly Rooms, Derby
19-21 September - Fantasycon - Britannia Hotel, Nottingham
11-12 October - NewCon 4 - The Fishmarket, Northampton
14-16 November - Novacon 38 - Quality Hotel, Bentley, nr Walsall
21-24 March - Orbital 2008 - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
26 April - alt.fiction - Assembly Rooms, Derby
19-21 September - Fantasycon - Britannia Hotel, Nottingham
11-12 October - NewCon 4 - The Fishmarket, Northampton
14-16 November - Novacon 38 - Quality Hotel, Bentley, nr Walsall
Monday, 31 December 2007
New Writing Group in Sheffield
Anyone interested in writing science fiction, fantasy or horror, and is looking for a writing group dedicated to those genres in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is free to turn up. We're a friendly bunch.
The first session will be upstairs at the Old Queen's Head on Pond Hill, seven o'clock onwards, 15 January 2008.
The first session will be upstairs at the Old Queen's Head on Pond Hill, seven o'clock onwards, 15 January 2008.
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