Turku Science Fiction Society

Turku Science Fiction Society (Finnish: Turun Science Fiction Seura ry),[1] or TSFS, is the oldest science fiction society in Finland. It was founded in 1976. The society publishes its own semiprozine, called Spin, also the oldest in Finland. It maintains a club room at the University of Turku with several related societies.[2]

the TSFS has been the main organiser of Finncon three times, in 1999,[3] 2003[4] and 2011.[5] The 2003 event was also Eurocon and Baltcon.[6]

Since 1983, the TSFS awards the annual Atorox Award for the best Finnish science fiction short story.

References
  1. Turun Science Fiction Seura website (in Finnish)
  2. Pasi Karppanen, The Finnish Fandom - All You Need to Know About It Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, a translation of an article from Kosmoskynä ("Cosmos Pen") magazine, no. 2, 2006
  3. "Finncon 1999 Website". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. "Finncon X - Eurocon 2003 Organizers". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. "Finncon/Animecon 2011 Contacts Page". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  6. "Finncon 2003 Info Page". Retrieved 24 September 2013.


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