Fantasycon

[Dan]

Had an amusing incident today.

Been looking around for ages now for some kind of writers conference to goto - it's always recommended. I trawled the internet but without any luck - most seemed a bit too literary for what i wanted. For some reason this morning i found myself on Ramsey Campbell's website so i thought i'd email him for advise, as you do. Amazingly enough he replied with a very polite and friendly mail suggesting i went to Fantasycon (http://www.fantasycon.org.uk) which is a 2 day event in September. There's a pretty impressive line up with RC plus Clive Barker and others...I think you can book seminars and workshops.

There's also a competition which looks interesting: http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/info/sscomp.htm

The British Fantasy Society is pleased to announce the Short Story Competion for 2006. This year celebrates the 35th anniversary of the BFS and the 30th anniversary of Fantasycon.

Entries: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy, Horror or Science Fiction with an anniversary theme

Special Guest Judges: Chaz Brenchley, Stephen Gallagher and Chris Fowler.

First Prize: £50, Engraved Award and publication in Dark Horizons

Second Prize: £25 and publication in dark Horizons

Entry fees: FREE to BFS members (you can join here) or £5 per story to non members

Closing Date: May 30th 2006