BSFS sponsors this short story writing contest for Maryland residents or school attendees between the ages of 14 and 18, in the Fantasy or Science Fiction genres.

A 501c3 literary society based in Baltimore, Maryland, the BSFS sponsors Balticon, the Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention.

BSFS has presented “ The Compton Crook Award ” each Balticon SM ( since 1983 ) for “... the best first novel in the genre published during the previous year ...”.

BSFS presents the Compton Crook Award for best first novel of the year in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror genre, during Balticon.

Prior to 1966, BSFS held an annual event for the election of BSFS Board of Directors.

Located at 3310 East Baltimore Street, it holds a business meeting on the second Saturday of each month at 7 PM that covers planning for Balticon and general BSFS organizational issues.

BSFS also hosts a Speculative Fiction Critique Circle for science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.

" BSFS conducts the annual Bobby Gear Memorial Charity Auction to fund the BSFS Books for Kids program which gives free reading books to students in cooperation with a Maryland school / schools.

The BSFS has presented the Compton Crook Award each Balticon SM ( since 1983 ) for "... the best first novel in the genre published during the previous year ...".

Along with the plethora of regular events it hosts, BSFS also maintains a popular SF resources website with something for everyone who likes science fiction in any of its cultural art forms.

Balticon is the Maryland Regional science fiction convention, sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society ( BSFS ).

And on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, the Games Club of Maryland hosts a gaming day called Alphabet Soup at BSFS headquarters from 12-6PM.

On December 15, 2004 after a long fight by BSFS the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled favorably on the tax exemption status of the BSFS building, reversing a ruling by the Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation.

She holds a BSFS in international economics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.

The first graduating class of SFS-Q, all of whom have BSFS degrees with a major of International Politics, received their diplomas in May 2009.

The winning author is invited to Balticon ( BSFS pays transportation and lodging to attend two years ), and presented with the cash award set at $ 1, 000. 00 post 2005.

The name " Balticon " is trademarked by BSFS.

After several years, BSFS rented hotel space and invited an author to speak, as a guest of honor, at its election events.

Subsequently, BSFS election functions were moved to a different date.

BSFS is an active organization which hosts many free, public events at its headquarters in the Highlandtown section of Baltimore City.

BSFS is an open, equal organization which welcomes every gender, sex, religion, and creed.

The winning author is invited to Balticon SM ( BSFS pays transportation and lodging ) and presented with the cash award.

There was no formal BSFS during the intervening years, but several fans managed to keep the Balticon SM tradition alive by holding Balticons SM number 3 through 8.

BSFS is the third Science Fiction society in the country to own their own meeting place.

Several Grand Prix teams established formal links with F3000 teams to develop young drivers ( and engineering talent ); these relationships varied from formal " junior teams " ( such as the one McLaren set up for Nick Heidfeld ) to fairly distant relationships based mostly upon shared sponsors and the use of the ' parent ' team's name.

That trip inspired Cruz to help start a foundation to support homeless girls in India, where she sponsors two young women.

He was known as the " angry young man " of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and war.

In addition, the Oriental Rotary Club sponsors an annual catch-and-release tarpon fishing tournament the last weekend in July ( 2008 was the 16th year ) and, on New Year's Eve, the Oriental dragon makes a run through town twice ( at 8 p. m. for the young ' uns, and at midnight for the adults ).

The Delius Society, formed in 1962 by his more dedicated followers, continues to promote knowledge of the composer's life and works, and sponsors the annual Delius Prize competition for young musicians.

It is popular with young people, which may be why Tooheys Extra Dry ( TED ) sponsors the music festival The Big Day Out and many surfing events around Australia.

The club also sponsors a young player each year.

The school sponsors interscholastic sports teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, wrestling and water polo.

HUMO organizes Humo's Rock Rally, an important Belgian contest for young rock bands, and sponsors the Rock Werchter festival.

* He briefly appears in the novel Iron Arm, Golden Sabre and sponsors young Zhou Tong's entry into the military as an officer.

The campaign was generally chaotic: having acquired major sponsorship, Louis Stanley originally planned to field up to six cars ( three for established drivers, three for paying journeymen and young drivers ) of varying designs including P153s, P160s and P180s and actually ran up to five for a mix of paying and paid drivers until it became obvious that it was completely overstretched — the team's sponsors insisted that the team should cut back to a more reasonable level and only three cars were run in 1973 for Beltoise, Lauda and Regazzoni.

At the age of 11, following a demonstration of his research on the field of teleportation at a school science fair, Reed was recruited for a government program which sponsors young geniuses ' research.

He sponsors the Luigi Alva Competition for young singers and gives master classes.

In addition to publishing the award-winning American Scientist magazine, Sigma Xi provides grants annually to promising young researchers and sponsors a variety of programs supporting ethics in research, science and engineering education, the public understanding of science, international research cooperation and the overall health of the research enterprise.

The Royal Bank of Canada Foundation sponsors the award as part of their RBC Emerging Artists Project, which works to support talented young adults in their development of professional careers in the arts.

Fremd sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.

While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors separate teams for young men and women in lacrosse.

Orange Slovensko is the major sponsor of Slovak National Ice Hockey Team and also sponsors events in Slovakia and projects for young people.

She also sponsors three children through Children, Incorporated, which works to support and educate needy children and young adults worldwide.

Taglit-Birthright Israel ( also Birthright Israel or Birthright ) is a not-for-profit educational organization that sponsors free 10-day heritage trips to Israel for Jewish young adults.

GBS sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.

The school sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics,

The school sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.