British Fantasy Society

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The British Fantasy Society (BFS) began in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy and horror genres.

In 2000, the BFS won the Special Award: Non-Professional at the World Fantasy Awards. The society also has its own awards, the annual British Fantasy Awards, created in 1971 at the suggestion of its president, the author Ramsey Campbell. It held its first convention in 1975.

[edit] Publications

The BFS publishes its own news magazine (Prism) and fiction magazine (Dark Horizons). It has enjoyed the patronage of many established authors, artists, critics and journalists.

The society continues to produce a remarkable series of publications, including numbered chapbooks of works by William Hope Hodgson, Michael Moorcock, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Tremayne, August Derleth, and M. R. James. Magazines include Winter Chills (now named Chills) and Mystique: Tales Of Wonder. Both these magazines are independent publications but linked to the BFS. Paperback titles include some authored by Clive Barker, Mythmaker for the Millennium by Suzanne J. Barbieri, and Annabel Says, a modern ghost story by Simon Clark and Stephen Laws.