Advertising

Advertising with the BFS is a great way of reaching the very heart of the genre market in the UK (and beyond...)

Advertising space is available in all BFS publications, most of which are litho-printed to A5 final size.

Prism is the BFS Newsletter and from September 2004 will be bi-monthly, black & white and saddle-stitched. This will be primarily a short newsletter for anything which is time-sensitive, such as news, events, competitions etc.

From 2005, what was our fiction anthology Dark Horizons will be triannual and include fiction, reviews, articles and interviews. This will be thicker, perfect bound and may have a colour cover.

Please contact the editor for Prism or Dark Horizons or the BFS secretary (for all other publications) to book ad space.

All advertising copy must be either camera-ready or electronic. If you wish to use half- tones then please discuss your requirements with the appropriate contact beforehand. Any additional work required to make camera-ready will be charged pro-rata. Electronic copy must be compatible with an IBM PC / Word 97 and image files can be sent by email/disk/ZIP disk.

The following ad rates are valid from July 2004 until further notice or alteration.

Black & White

  • FULL-PAGE FRONT COVER: £125 (no fan rate) - 17 cm wide x 25 cm high, but must allow for BFS/Prism logo
  • FULL-PAGE BACK COVER: £100 (no fan rate) - 17 cm wide x 25 cm high
  • FULL-PAGE INTERNAL: £75 (Fan Rate* £35) 17 cm wide x 25 cm high
  • HALF-PAGE INTERNAL: £40 (Fan Rate*: £20) 17 cm wide x 13 cm high or 8 cm wide x 25 cm high
  • QUARTER-PAGE INTERNAL: £25 (Fan Rate* £10) 8 cm wide x 13 cm high

All sizes allow for borders, i.e. artwork can fill the above dimensions.

*Fan Rate applies to fan-produced (non profit-making) goods and services only.

Colour

Prices available on request for front/back cover only.

BFS Mailing Inclusion

There are also bi-monthly mailings to all members, which normally include Prism and at least one other publication.

Your own pre-printed inserts can be included with BFS mailings. This service has proved particularly popular and costs only £60 per insert per mailing.

N.B. If the inclusion of your flier pushes the postage cost up, then the additional postage will be charged pro-rata on top of the fee. If more than one flier, from different advertisers, is included in the mailing, and the postage costs are increased, then the additional postage will be charged pro-rata and split equally between the advertisers on top of the fee.

With effect from September 2004, mailings will take place in February, April, June, August, October & December.

All monies should be made payable to 'British Fantasy Society' and sent with the advertisement copy.

Contact Addresses:

BFS SECRETARY: Vicky Cook
5 Greenbank,
Barnt Green,
Birmingham
B45 8DH
Email: Secretary@britishfantasysociety.org

DARK HORIZONS EDITORS: TBD
Email: darkhorizons@britishfantasysociety.org

PRISM EDITOR:Lee Harris
Email: Prism@britishfantasysociety.org