• Announcement:

    The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2026 were announced at Fantasycon. Find out all the details on our blog.

The British Fantasy Society

A Community for those who love Magical Creatures, Monsters and the Fantastic!

What do we do here?

Community

We connect fantasy readers, writers, industry professionals. We offer many opportunities to gather, both in-person and online to share the love of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction writing!

Celebrate

Fantasycon and the British Fantasy Awards help our community enjoy, connect, network and get recognition. Join us for our annual events, or find out about past awards.

Support

Helping writers, publishers, agents, and fans (and anyone else interested in SFFH). Advice, moral support, ways to increase their reach and knowledge.

Promotion

We offer members fantastic opportunities and save on marketing campaigns. We also offer a publisher membership!

Publication

BFS Horizons magazine and BFS Journal are just two of the ways our members and others can find opportunities to get their writing out there!

Inform

Members receive exclusive news via our newsletter and Discord, and non-members get access to our blogs and social media too.

Find out more by using our main menu’s About or Get in Touch options, or see it all at a glance with our sitemap

Latest news on our blog

  • A Call To Arms To Honour Sir Patrick Stewart

    Katie Bruce grew up in Sir Patrick Stewart’s home town. She writes of the massive legacy of good he leaves—more than a bloke from Yorkshire who acted a bit—and how we need to fund the arts to help the next Sir Patrick Stewart to bloom.

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  • O Captain, My Captain: In Memory of Sir Patrick Stewart

    Adrian Fletcher remembers Jean-Luc Picard, the ultimate leader with heart and morality, and a beacon of hope that we can always be better people

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  • Meet Liz Delton

    Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). We’re headed to the US this week to meet indie publisher Liz Delton, author of the Cozy Cottage series, who’s drawn to…

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Latest reviews

  • Call of Cthulhu: Innsmouth
    Call of Cthulhu: Innsmouth

    Innsmouth is the menacing fictional town in Essex County, Massachusetts. Fabled home of a murderous cult, a dark conspiracy, and eldritch horrors. It is a place to be avoided and is spoken of in hushed tones; rumours of a vile disease have been passed from…

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  • Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game, Talagaad Adventures
    Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game, Talagaad Adventures

    There is no better way to understand a game than playing it. Thus, modules like those in Cubicle 7’s Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game, Talagaad Adventures, serve not only to explore the world, but to show how it should work. This supplement contains five…

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  • Goblin Market by AJ Hackwith
    Goblin Market by AJ Hackwith

    Goblin Market is a cosy take on the famous Rosetti poem. Goblin protagonist Toast grew up in the human world as a changeling, but was eventually ripped from her family and taken to the market to live her goblin life. There she guides tourists through…

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