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

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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-...

CFP: Terminal Futures: JG Ballard In The 21st Century A Conference Call for Papers Kingston University, UK, 28th and 29th October 2025 Terminal Futures: JG Ballard In The 21st Century Kingston School of Art, Kingston University #Kingston2025 October 2…

Call for papers. arttvfilm.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/t...

Forbidden Worlds Film Festival Bristol's biggest repertory film festival is dedicated to classic horror, action and sci-fi movies and the people that made them.

Organised alongside the Forbidden Worlds festival in Bristol. www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk?fbclid=IwY2x...

Free for film students and young filmmakers. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-convers...

Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA Silent auction 'Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA' hosted online at 32auctions.

So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up! www.sffworld.com/2025/04/news...

Fantastic Fiction: Fascism We live in worrying times. Fascism is on the rise across Europe and America, according to the consensus of many commentators. In this post, I will highlight SF that has speculated on the rise and acti...

Our former editor, Farah Mendlesohn, has written this (sadly) relevant essay for the Seattle Worldcon. seattlein2025.org/2025/04/18/f...

Eugen Bacon Named the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award Recipient - The Nebula Awards® The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association is pleased to announce that the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award will be presented to Eugen Bacon at the 60th Annual SFWA Nebula Awards® ceremony on...

But we are also delighted that another star of Australian sf, Eugen Bacon, has been awarded this year's Solstice Award. nebulas.sfwa.org/eugen-bacon-...

We are sad to hear of the death of Damian Broderick, novelist, anthologist, critic and science writer. Read more about him here and then find his books! sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/broder...

Not sure if it's too late to get an online membership - you could try via the ReConnect website.

Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025. A hybrid conference convened by the University of Warwick and Manchester in partnership with the European Network for Short Fiction Research. We are excited to announce this call for papers on Ecol…

One for sf and utopian peoples too. ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2025/04/03/c...

Reminder that it's the first day of Corflu 42 in Newbury, and Joe Siclari from Fanac will be on hand to scan your fanzines and magazines, including Foundation! We'd love to get more copies from the mid-80s to mid-00s up online. corflu.org