Science Fiction Foundation

This year's SFF conference, in partnership with the Clarke Award and the University of Liverpool, is now live - online, 12-13 December. Confirmed speakers: Andrew M. Butler, Anne Charnock, E.J. Swift, Tade Thompson. buytickets.at/thesciencefi...

Applications are now invited for the Support a New Scholar 2027-2028 programme, which will be reserved this year for the Track A, Graduate Student route. Application forms and eligibility criteria are available on the SFRA website at sfra.org/support-a-ne...

In a historic move, the SF Collections at the University of Liverpool have been awarded Designated Status by Arts Council England. The award recognises them as a site of national & international significance. Many congratulations to our Curator, Tom Dillon, for successfully piloting the application.

The Science for Fiction podcast from @sffoundation.bsky.social is back with a new episode where we talk to @planetgreaves.bsky.social about searches for the pebbles that combine to build planets, and the quest for life elsewhere in our own Solar System. open.spotify.com/episode/5bEC...

E.J. Swift wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel When There are Wolves Again. You can read our interview with Emma in the current issue of Foundation. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Worried you missed the deadline for our Clarke Award conference in December? Fear not - our partners at the University of Liverpool have extended the deadline to 17 August. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/04/...

Extended cfp for this issue on US science fiction. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

Another tempting cfp. (Tara Smith, one of the organisers, was shortlisted for the BSFA Awards for her 2021 Foundation article on Dune, colonialism, and the Anthropocene.) le.ac.uk/media/resear...

Proof that F152 exists - with a little treat for current UK members.

We've just received confirmation that F152 will be distributed by the middle of next week. We apologise again to members for the delay and reassure them that we are putting in plans to avoid this in future. We'd also encourage non-members to join the SFF - your support will help to strengthen us.

The next piece to be unlocked in the @strangehorizons.bsky.social fund drive is a really great review essay by Paul March-Russell of @sffoundation.bsky.social, on the latest from Francis Spufford. It goes deep, in a number of ways - and we need less than $2000 to get there. Do help if you can!

The Science Fiction Foundation's biennial conference this year is in partnership with the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the University of Liverpool. Attendance is online; deadline for cfps is 27 July. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/04/...

A reminder that the BSFA/SFF AGM is online this Sunday (14 June). To get the link, please contact Shana Worthen at sworthen@owlfish.com www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

🏆 The shortlist for the 40th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social science fiction book of the year was announced as part of the Digital Futures Institute’s Festival of Storytelling. Find out which books made the shortlist ⬇️

The BSFA/SFF AGM has been announced for Sunday, 14 June. As in recent years, the event will be held online. Our Guest of Honour is Lisa Tuttle and we will also be remembering Ian Watson. Please see the schedule in our news page. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

Sorry, we are still experiencing delays with sending out the spring issue. To whet your appetites, please see the ToC. If you have queries, please contact our membership secretary at sff@beccon.org www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...

We are still experiencing a delay in distributing the spring issue of Foundation due to long-term health issues. Please bear with us - we hope to get the copies in the post over the coming fortnight.

Tickets are now available for the Digital Futures Festival of Storytelling in partnership with the Arthur C. Clarke Award. www.tickettailor.com/events/dfist...

Apologies for the delay in sending out the spring issue of Foundation. Our distributor fell ill shortly after Eastercon. But we hope for the journal to be in the post next week.

The SFF is proud to be a sponsor of the Women in SFF conference in Newcastle on 11-12 June. Registration is free but there's a form to complete. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Paul March-Russell, the outgoing editor of Foundation, will be interviewing Una McCormack and James Swallow at Waterstones Canterbury tomorrow (23 April) at 6.30 pm. www.waterstones.com/events/james...

The SFF's biannual conference is in collaboration this year with the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the University of Liverpool. We'll be celebrating 40 years of the Clarke Award and looking ahead to the next 40 years. Links to the cfp are in the news item. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

The 2022 issues of Foundation are now available on our online archive. If you'd like to scan and submit any of the earlier issues we're currently missing, we'd be deeply grateful. fanac.org/fanzines/Fou...

Many congratulations to all the finalists but especially in the entrants in the Best Short Non-Fiction category. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

The Aldiss Award for speculative worldbuilding has been launched for this year (entries end of March). thealdissaward.com/the-aldiss-a...

A little later than usual - so much to pack it in! - but Foundation 152 is now in press. Amongst the highlights - papers from the Glasgow Worldcon, interview with E.J. Swift, essays by Jeff Noon and Mario Petrucci...

You can now catch up with the latest episode from the Science for Fiction podcast - James Kirk (no, not that one...) on exoplanets. In conversation with our Education Officer, David Clements. open.spotify.com/episode/3S75...

Cfp on Victorian science fiction in York in October. victorianpopularfiction.org/out-of-this-...

Many congratulations to all the longlisted nominees for this year's BSFA Awards, but in particular Fiona Moore, whose article on The Terror was published in Foundation 150. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Cfp for this year's WisCon. wiscon.net/programming/...

We are delighted that Prof Nick Hubble will be the next editor of Foundation. Many congratulations to them and the other candidates, who we hope will also contribute to the journal. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

Final week for entries for this year's Peter Nicholls Essay Prize - deadline is 11 January. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

Quick reminder that, not only is Christmas around the corner, the deadline for this year's Peter Nicholls Essay Prize is only six weeks away - 11 January. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

Farah Mendlesohn is convening a symposium on Frances Hardinge next July at King's College London. All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-...

The SF Collections at Liverpool host the Olaf Stapledon Archive. We're delighted that SFF trustee Una McCormack was able to discuss Stapledon's landmark debut novel with Matthew De Abaitua and Andy Miller. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...

Proud to be sponsoring this event next summer.

A request on behalf of Gold SF. For the first time, the Nebula Award is honouring poetry. They would like to put forward Jessy Randall's latest collection, The Path of Most Resistance. But it can only be nominated by a member of the SFWA. Would someone like to do so? Email Susan.Kelly@gold.ac.uk

A reminder that we have two current calls for papers - the Peter Nicholls Essay Prize (deadline: 11 January 2026) and a special issue on pulp sf (deadline: 5 April 2026). Details in the newsfeed. www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about

Cfp with a sf element. www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/10/call...

The deadline for the 2026 SFRA conference has been extended to 20 November. sfra.org/conferences/...

Tickets now available for the 2025 London sf theatre festival. www.cyborphic.com/talos-2025

F151 has landed!