The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2026 were announced at Fantasycon. Find out all the details on our blog.
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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.
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Latest news on our blog
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The BFS Writing Retreat 2027
The BFS is now inviting expressions of interest for the 2027 writing retreat. The retreat will take place in the Queen at Chester hotel in Chester from Friday 26th February to Monday 1st March. The cost will be £350 per person for 3 nights bed…
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A Hagstravaganza
Tracy Fahey writes us this missive just days before she travels to the UK to talk to four different audiences about the Irish Hag, the Cailleach, in the wake of the publication of her 2026 book, Queens of the Crone Age (PS Publishing).
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Classic Halloween Monsters: The Werewolf
The countdown to Halloween has begun, and we’re ready to get spooky! But which monster should you disguise yourself as this year? Corinne Pollard is delving into some classic Halloween monsters to help you make your final call. Up next: The Werewolf.
Latest reviews
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The Tarot Trials by Katee Robert
Kestrel lives in the shadows of a walled city in an area known as the Dregs, where she and her family live in poverty, like all of its residents. Meanwhile, farther in from the wall that keeps the dangers of the wild out, the Cups,…
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Spiderlight by Adrian Tchiakovsky
Fantasy novels often contain a number of over-familiar tropes. There is the battle between Light and Dark, with, often, a band of heroes battling against an evil wizard who wants to enslave the world. A prophecy that the heroes have to fulfil in order to…
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The Deep and the Drowned by Ian Green
Lieutenant of the Cil-Marie, Marion, is not a sailor, so she can only cling on as the ship threatens to sink. Too many miles from land, she can only trust that the captain is good enough to keep his ship seaworthy, and that the child…