NORTHWRITE
North of England Fantasy and science fiction writers
'It's your job as a writer to seek out harsh criticism - and learn from it.'- Paul Cornell

Northwrite SF is a group of speculative fiction writers writing short stories and novels for publication worldwide. Most of our members are published authors from across the northern half of Britain (mainly, but not exclusively, Yorkshire and Lancashire). Although we intend to stay small and select we welcome membership enquiries from published authors writing SF/F* (See below)

We meet four times a year in the Huddersfield HD8 area. Most of our members are drawn from writers who have attended the Milford SF Writers' Conference but this is not a prerequisite. Some of our far flung members attend remotely, but we strongly prefer to meet in person..




Meeting Schedule for 2025

  • Sun 26th January
  • Sun 27th April
  • Sun 27th July
  • Sun 26th October
We meet to crit each other's work and to discuss the nuts and bolts of writing speculative fiction, and of selling it on both sides of the Atlantic. The aim of the group is to provide social interaction as well as professional level critique delivered supportively. Manuscripts for critique are delivered in advance (preferably at least 2 weeks before the meeting) by email. Word count for the submission is limited to 10,000 words.
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Successes
These are some of the stories and novels that have been critiqued through Northwrite  and have gone on to publication.
  • Tony Ballantyne: DREAM LONDON
  • Tony Ballantyne: THE REPRESENTATIVE in Lightspeed
  • Jacey Bedford: CROSSWAYS
  • Jacey Bedford: NIMBUS
  • Jacey Bedford: SILVERWOLF
  • Jacey Bedford: ROWANKIND
  • Jacey Bedford: THE LAST WILD PLACE in Bloodbond (November 2015)
  • Jacey Bedford: WEIRD IS THE NEW NORMAL in Alien Artifacts
  • Jacey Bedford: METHUSELAH in Derelict (Anthology)
  • Jacey Bedford: THE AMBER CROWN
  • Jacey Bedford: THE WAGER in Familiars (Anthology)
  • Ian Creasey: ESCAPE FROM THE ANDROMEDAN EMPIRE in InterGalactic Medicine Show
  • Ian Creasey: RESTORING THE MAGIC in Neverland's Library (Anthology)
  • Ian Creasey: THE UNPARALLELED DEATH-DEFYING FEATS OF ASTOUNDIO, ESCAPE ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE in Asimov's
  • Ian Creasey: MY TIME ON EARTH in Asimov's
  • Ian Creasey: THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS in Analog Nominated BSFA Award
  • Ian Creasey: BOB'S NO-KILL MONSTER SHELETER in Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (Anthology)
  • Shellie Horst: MY LITTLE MECHA in Distaff A Science Fiction Anthology by Female Authors
  • D.A. Lascelles - COCH A GWYN in Gwyllion Magazine
  • Sue Oke: BEST CASE SCENARIO in Amazing Stories (Readers Choice Awards Winner)
  • Cheryl Sonnier: INVESTIGATING THE SEA HAG in Dark Cheer Cryptids Emerging (Anthology)


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