Glasgow Science Fiction Writers' Circle
The Glasgow Science Fiction Writers’ Circle (GSFWC, aka "The Circle") is a group of amateur, semi-professional, and professional fiction authors that has met regularly in Glasgow, Scotland since 1987.
The purpose of the Circle is to provide a supportive, non-confrontational setting in which an individual's work can be reviewed, critiqued and discussed. The group's underlying emphasis on quality and professionalism has, in recent years, contributed to the commercial publication of novels and/or short story collections by members including Michael Cobley, Hal Duncan, Gary Gibson, and Neil Williamson. Members have also had work published in magazines including Asimov's Science Fiction, Interzone, Analog and The Third Alternative, and short story anthologies Other Edens II, Shipbuilding, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction.
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