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Stories of the Quantum Universe micro-fiction competition — Science Gallery London Are you a budding science-fiction writer? Quantum ideas open up boundless opportunities for storytelling. From branching realities to quantum technology gone wrong, create your own quantum universe an...

Microfiction writing competition for anyone 16+. london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/s...

SF Foundation Latest Issue | SF Foundation Org

F151 is out! Here's the ToC with pieces from, amongst others, Joy Sanchez-Taylor, Nisi Shawl and Sheree Renee Thomas. And, as an added bonus, membership rates for 2026 have been frozen! So, it's the perfect time to join and support our activities. www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...

Online exhibition, marking 50 years of the Voyager space probe, co-created by Jonathan Thornton, our Book Reviews Editor. digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager

Cheers Dave but we don't seem to be in the LibGen dataset.

Farah Mendlesohn, Melanie Fishbane, Jed Hartman and Emily Tesh in conversation about Joanna Russ. fb.me/e/js9qlm5yL

2-year research post in a sf-adjacent project. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

MEMBERSHIP | SF Foundation Org

F151 is off the printers! A special issue on 'women in the black fantastic' with features by Nisi Shawl and Sheree Renee Thomas. If you want to become a member of the SFF, you can join via the website.
www.sf-foundation.org/new-membersh...

SF Foundation UK News Science Fiction Journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary magazine established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews ab

You can also find our other cfps - including the 2026 Peter Nicholls Essay Prize - in our newsfeed. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

Latest cfp - special (autumn 2026) issue of Foundation on pulp sf. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...

Brian Aldiss and the Natural World Exhibition Launch Launch of online exhibition about science fiction legend Brian Aldiss and his relationship with the environment through his fiction.

An in-person event to launch an online exhibition, Brian Aldiss and the Natural World, curated by the SFF Collections at Liverpool. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brian-aldi...

Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!

Eileen Gunn has started this GoFundMe on behalf of Nisi Shawl, GOH at this year's Worldcon, but short of funds for their next project. gofund.me/ed5ace6d

Lecturer in English Literature (Part Time) - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in English Literature (Part Time) - Grade 7 opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Job opportunity teaching science fiction in Liverpool. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC313/l...

Future Waves | Graphic History Company

Fascinating festival in Senegal. www.graphichistorycompany.com/futurewaves?...

SF Foundation UK News Science Fiction Journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary magazine established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews ab

Editorial consultant and director of the Olaf Stapledon Centre, Will Slocombe, has announced a new call for chapters on sf and social problems. See our newsfeed for more details. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

YouTube video by Literature and Science Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities (Dr Anna McFarlane, University of Glasgow)

Editorial consultant Anna McFarlane on techno-futures and the medical humanities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...

Tonnvane Wiswell of the London Lovecraft Festival is editing a new magazine of weird short fiction. If interested in submitting a story, you can contact Tonnvane at tonnvanne@gmail.com

Sierra Greer accepting the 2025 Clarke Award for her novel Annie Bot.

Many congratulations to Sierra Greer for winning this year's Clarke Award and congrats to our sponsored judges, Nic Clarke and John Coxon.

SF Foundation Style Guide | SF Foundation Org

A quick reminder that, although Foundation publishes special issues and special sections, we also publish general issues and accept submissions throughout the year. If you'd like to submit an article to Foundation, here's our style guide. www.sf-foundation.org/style-guide

Thank you for taking part - the conversation and the Q & A were brilliant ❤️

Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) - Daily Nous Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Won...

And we are also sad to hear of the death of Helen de Cruz, philosopher and science fiction anthologist. dailynous.com/2025/06/20/h...

Obituary Notice: Professor Simon James It is with immense sadness that we must announce that Professor Simon James, our friend and colleague in our Department of English Studies, has died. Simon passed away peacefully surrounded by his …

We are sad to announce the death of Prof Simon James, one of the leading experts on the work of H.G. Wells. His enthusiasm, knowledge, and support of younger colleagues will be deeply missed. readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/o...

Now also at cfp UPenn: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

SF Foundation UK News Science Fiction Journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary magazine established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews ab

Later than usual - due to several other calls - but the Peter Nicholls Essay Prize 2026 is now open! Details in our newsfeed plus the latest on the AGM. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

SF Foundation UK News Science Fiction Journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary magazine established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews ab

Draft schedule for our AGM (22 June), with Guest of Honour E.J. Swift, is now online. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

"We had sensed this need for greater diversity in the ecosystem"

Editors of GoldSF @unamccormack.bsky.social
& Paul March-Russell - on why they started a feminist sci-fi imprint, who they want to read proposals from and where the project is going!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhL...

Wyndham symposium at St Andrews in June. events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/a-ver...

Andor Analysed, Part 2 Red Futures is an online Marxist science fiction magazine. We publish new fiction and writing on science fiction, including the edited collections on The Expanse and Andor Analysed, part 1. This call...

Cfp on Andor Season 2 (deadline impending). www.redfuturesmag.com/publications...

This may be of interest to a few people. (Fixed-term to begin with but the OLH are hoping to extend the position.) cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/edit...

Sending support and solidarity to the staff of the University of Warsaw, including the delegates at the Forgotten SF conference.

Cfp for the next Speculative Fiction Across Media conference. sfamla.org/speculative-...