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BRITISH
FANTASY SOCIETY |
The British Fantasy Society has a number of different areas of publishing, each with their own editors. When sending submissions, if you wish a reply or your ms to be returned to you, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with suitable postage, or two International Reply Coupons, or an email address. A response cannot be guaranteed if return postage is not supplied. Submissions to all publications are welcome from BFS members and non-members. Standard ms presentation is: A4 single side double spaced with good margins using 12 point Times Roman or Arial font - header sheet with contact details and approximate word count. Please state if your submission is available electronically and if so, in what format.
PRISMUK
The Newsletter of the British Fantasy Society
A5 format, perfect bound/stapled. Free to BFS members as part of
subscription. Not available to non-members. Published six times a year. Response
within four weeks. Payment is contributors copy only.
PrismUK is looking for all aspects of genre news, contributions
of articles on any aspect of Fantasy or Dark Fantasy, in any media (books, magazines,
graphic novels, comics, films, computing, television, music, arts etc). Interviews
with authors or others involved in the fantastic media. Short book reviews and
other media reviews are also welcome.
Editor: Jane Prior, The Retreat, Barry, Angus DD7 7RP.
DARK HORIZONS
The British Fantasy Society Fiction Magazine
A5 format, perfect bound. Free to BFS members as part
of subscription; may be offered for sale to non-members at various outlets.
Published twice yearly at present, subject to review. Immediate acknowledgement
of submission, reply within four weeks. Payment is contributors copy only.
Dark Horizons accepts short fantasy/dark fantasy fiction (up to 6,000
words, longer by invitation only) and poetry (up to 50 lines). Submissions welcome
from established and new writers - criteria is a good story. One story per submission
please.
Contact: Debbie Bennett, Beech House, Chapel Lane,
Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ
BFS PUBLICATIONS
Assorted one-off and series publications
A5 format, perfect bound. Occasional hardback and
A5 paperback format. Usually signed and numbered limited editions. Unsigned
copies generally free to members as part of subscription; signed editions offered
for sale at various outlets. Books published roughly three times a year. Immediate
acknowledgement of submission, reply within four weeks. Payment is a pro-rata
share of 50% of the profits plus complimentary copies.
BFS Publications is the publishing imprint of the British Fantasy Society and
aims to showcase the best writers & artists within the fantasy genre. We
publish 2-3 publications a year including themed and unthemed fiction anthologies,
appreciations of well-established professionals in the field and collaborative
works with other members of the independent press. Previous books have featured
material by Tom Holt, Graham Masterton, Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, Stephen Laws,
Simon Clark, S Baring-Gould and Louise Cooper, and have also been about Tanith
Lee, Clive Barker and Frank Belknap Long. We're looking for well-told, good
fantasy/horror fiction, from short stories to full novellas, also editors with
ideas for anthologies or collections. We're open to any suggestions from established
or new writers and editors so please feel free to send publication proposals
to the submissions editor for consideration. Either mark ms as disposable or
send with sae/IRCs for return. We're also looking for high quality illustrations
- send sample photocopies of work with sae/IRCs for return to the submissions
editor. No unsolicited email submissions. No poetry.
Submissions Editor: David J Howe, 61 Elgar Avenue,
Tolworth, Surrey, KT5 9JP.