British Science Fiction Association
Information about their magazines and awards plus links.
Christchurch City Library
Useful information on the Betty Trask Awards, Crime Writers' Association Awards, Guardian Awards, Hugo Awards for Science Fiction, Nebulla Awards for Science Fiction, Whitbread Prizes, Kate Greenaway Award and the Carnegie.
Crime Writers Association
Organisation promoting the appreciation of crime fiction and non-fiction.
Fantastic Fiction
Bibliographies of science fiction, fantasy and horror genres.
MSc in Creative Non-fiction Writing
A new Masters programme in Creative Non-Fiction Writing launched in October 2005 at Imperial College London. The first programme of its type to run in the UK, the creative non-fiction course tackles writing at length by developing craft skills that combine analytical expertise, factual research, and explanatory techniques.
My Science Fiction Life
Part of the BBC Four website about the story of science ficiton in Britain.
NESTA
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Set up by Act of Parliament in 1998, NESTA uses the interest on a National Lottery endowment to pioneer ways of supporting and promoting talent, innovation and creativity. They invest in a diverse range of people, including scientists, inventors, engineers, medical practitioners, educators, artists, writers, film-makers and musicians.
The Royal Society
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to promoting excellence in science. One of its many varied activities include devising a highly proactive science communications programme comprising meetings, lectures, and exhibitions aimed at specialists and non-specialists. Past events have included talks that explore the relationship between science and literature.
Science Book Prizes
The Aventis Prizes for Science Books are an annual book prize, which celebrate the best in popular science writing for adults and children. The Prizes are managed by the Royal Society, in cooperation with the prize's sponsor: pharmaceutical company Aventis. There are two categories: The Junior Prize, which is given to the best book written for under-14s, and the General Prize, for the best book written for a more general readership.
Science Writer Awards
The Daily Telegraph and BASF Science Writer Awards gives young scientists (16-19, 20-28) the opportunity to write an article on any scientific or science-related subject, to inform and entertain the millions of readers of Britain's best-selling broadsheet The Daily Telegraph and its sister online publication.
SciTalk
SciTalk offers a way for scientists to communicate their expertise and their enthusiasm to writers, and a way for writers to find out about science and how scientists ‘work’ — through personal contact and meeting face-to-face, not just by email or phone.
SF Hub (for science fiction research)
A portal for science fiction scholars. The SF Hub is based on the wealth of research resources in the Science Fiction Collections of The University of Liverpool's Special Collections and Archives, including the Science Fiction Foundation Collection.
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