Call for Applications to the post of Journal Editor
The SFF is seeking a new editor for its journal Foundation in 2025, as the current editor, Paul March-Russell, is standing down.
Main duties
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Overall responsibility for the production of Foundation (2 issues/year)
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Liaise with the Editorial Team, Lavenham Press, the SFF’s social media officer and other committee members for the smooth running of the journal
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Maintain the journal’s standards and reputation
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Oversee the journal’s peer-review process
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Promote and market the journal as widely as possible, for instance by regularly attending conferences in the field
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Develop the journal’s online presence
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Oversee the production process of the journal, liaising with designers and printers
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Work on new initiatives as appropriate to enhance the journal’s profile
Ideal skillset
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Wide knowledge of sf and sf scholarship (academic and otherwise, and reflecting the journal’s international remit)
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Ability to attract high-quality articles
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Understanding of journal publishing processes
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Ability to work with and develop an editorial team
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Organisational and administrative experience
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Experience of academic editing
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Commitment to the SFF’s aims (see website)
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Excellent communication
Prior to commencement in the role, there will be a period in which the successful candidate will shadow the editor and learn more about the production process.
Applications, comprising a CV and letter setting out the candidate’s qualifications and plans for the journal, should be made to the SFF recruitment committee via Shana Worthen (sworthen@owlfish.com) by 1 June 2025. The current editor will be happy to answer questions about the role informally (paulmarchrussell@gmail.com).
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Published 7 February 2025
DOINA CIOCHINA WINS THE PETER NICHOLLS ESSAY PRIZE 2025
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We are delighted to announce that Doina Ciochina, who is currently studying for a PhD at the Universite de Sherbrooke in Canada, has won this year's Peter Nicholls Essay Prize for their article on the Indigenous science fiction of Cherie Dimaline and Waubgeshig Rice. Doina's article will appear in our spring issue. Next year's prize will be announced later in 2025 - watch the skies!
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Published 14 January 2025
FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS
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Following the sad loss of our friend and colleague Heather Osborne, we are happy to announce that Nicole Devarenne and Elizabeth Miller have agreed to join Foundation as editorial consultants. Nicole, who is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at Dundee University, was one of the keynote speakers at CRSF 2019 and she recently spoke at this year's SFF conference. She participated in the 2022 AGM panel on John Christopher and Nigel Kneale (see Foundation 143). Elizabeth is Lecturer in Media Studies and Digital Ethics at Bangor University where she has been hosting a series of conferences on tech-noir. An expert also in French New Wave cinema, her co-authored book on the legacies of Blade Runner is forthcoming. We welcome them both!
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Published 10 December 2024
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​​​​​MAUREEN K. SPELLER TRAVEL FUND NOW AVAILABLE
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In honour of our departed friend and colleague, Maureen Kincaid Speller, we are launching an annual travel fund of up to £500 to enable independent scholars to pursue their research. The fund can be used to attend conferences, workshops and archives both in the UK and overseas. This has been made possible by the profits from the When It Changed conference held online in December 2022, for which we thank all the attendees. For further details, go to our new Research and Travel Funds page on the website.
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Published 1 May 2023
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​FOUNDATION EDITOR CO-LAUNCHES NEW SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT
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Paul March-Russell and Una McCormack have launched a science fiction imprint, Gold SF, devoted to new feminist writing, to be published by Goldsmiths Press. The call for submissions is below:
Gold SF - Call for Submissions
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Goldsmith’s Press is seeking to establish a dedicated imprint to publish feminist science fiction. We believe that sf and speculative fictions offer a mode of critical and utopian thinking ideally placed to address contemporary issues. We are therefore looking to commission novella and novel length work which answers to the times, dealing with subjects such as:
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· Anti-rationalism and the rise of the alt-right
· The climate crisis and feminism in the Age of the Anthropocene
· Global movements of populations and refugees
· New visions of race, class, and queerness
· Expanding frontiers in gender and sexuality
· Decoloniality and indigenous knowledge traditions
· Pathways to resistance and rebellion
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We are particularly keen to hear from new voices not traditionally represented by science fiction, literary fiction, and liberal feminism.
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Enquiries to: Ellen Parnavelas - E.Parnavelas@gold.ac.uk
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Editorial board: Abi Curtis, Elizabeth English, Joan Haran, Una McCormack, Paul March-Russell, C. Palmer-Patel, Aishwarya Subramanian, Sheree Renee Thomas and Aliya Whiteley
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/GoldSF_Books
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Published 17 April 2020 (last updated 5 September 2024)
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