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The British Fantasy Society (BFS) was founded in 1971 as the British Weird Fantasy Society, an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association.[1] The society is dedicated to promoting the best in the fantasy, science fiction and horror genres.
In 2000, the BFS won the Special Award: Non-Professional at the World Fantasy Awards.[2] 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 Fantasycon in 1975.[3]
The current British Fantasy Society has no direct connection with the earlier science fiction group using the same name from 1942 to 1946.
- ^ A History of the BFS: the Early Years Archived February 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2000 World Fantasy Award Winners Archived 2001-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fantasycon: A Short History