About Stephen McGowan
Stephen is an award-winning writer, freelance editor, and reviewer from Sunderland.
He has been published online and in-print in Schlock!, Punk Noir Magazine, and Corollary SF magazine.
In 2024 he won a Northern Writers Award.
He is the membership officer of the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA), British Fantasy Awards Judge, British Science Fiction Awards co-host, and writes book reviews for the award-winning magazine Shoreline of Infinity.
For work he supports disabled students, and for fun he enjoys blue Jolly Ranchers.
Writer Stephen McGowan delivering a workshop at the University of Sunderland, about the BSFA and the Speculative short fiction market.
Writer Stephen McGowan and author Stewart Hotston hosting the British Science Fiction Awards in 2026.
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At our very first Show & Tell event, Stephen shared the opening extract from cyberpunk novella 'Joy-Land', which was the novella for which Stephen received the Northern Writers Award in 2024.