Posted By admin on March 10, 2010

The Info Table at Norwescon fulfills a variety of functions: Have a question? Come to the Info Table! If we can’t help you, we’ll figure out who can. Need something peacebonded? Directions? Schedule or program updates? Owner’s tags and license? Want to make a donation to the Norwescon charities? The Info Table is the place to go!

Our hours will be Thursday through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM, Sunday, 10 AM to 4 PM.

There will be a few new things going on there this year as well.

On Thursday you can EAT A BRAIN FOR CHARITY! For a donation to the Norwescon charity drive (this year our charities are Northwest Harvest and Clarion West) you will get a half a brain and a ribbon that says “I Ate a Brain for Charity”

The entries into the Single Pattern Contest will be on display on Friday or Saturday, and there will be other fun things over the course of the weekend.

See you at the Con!

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Posted By admin on January 17, 2010

The judges of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:

BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books/Spectra)
THE PRISONER by Carlos J. Cortes (Ballantine Books/Spectra)
THE REPOSSESSION MAMBO by Eric Garcia (Harper)

THE DEVIL’S ALPHABET by Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald (Pyr)
CENTURIES AGO AND VERY FAST by Rebecca Ore (Aqueduct Press)
PROPHETS by S. Andrew Swann (DAW Books)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 2, 2010 at Norwescon 33 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac, Washington.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winners were EMISSARIES FROM THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books) and TERMINAL MIND by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press). The 2009 judges are Daniel Abraham (chair), Eileen Gunn, Karen Hellekson, Elaine Isaak, and Marc Laidlaw.

For more information, contact the award administration:

David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.

Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:

Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: www.philipkdick.com

For more information about Norwescon: http://www.norwescon.org/:

Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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Posted By admin on January 13, 2010

This year, Norwescon is thrilled to hold a GoH and awards banquet on Thursday, April 1 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. What a great way to start off your Norwescon weekend!! This event is open to all Norwescon members. Join us in Grand Ballroom 2 for a delicious dinner as you get to wine and dine with the GoHs. We will have several awards to present and you will get to hear first hand from our honored guests and hear about what you have to look forward to over the weekend. Come and learn about the scholarships Norwescon is donating and perhaps you will even win a prize!!! Tickets are $30.00 per person and are going fast. Please send in your registration form ASAP.

Download the Form Here

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Posted By admin on January 11, 2010

You’re Invited to a Party!

The Norwescon Stuffing Party will be held Sunday, March 28 at the
SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel at 1 p.m. The room will be on the daily
meeting boards at the hotel entrances. Stuffing should be over by
4:00 PM at the latest.

Please join us for fun and games as we take pieces of paper,
paperback books, buttons and coupons and marry them together to form
the packets that everybody receives at Registration. The more people
we have, the faster it will go. Be the first in your neighborhood to
see what sort of goodies everyone will receive. Cop a button or two
advertising the next big movie. We might even have the latest
programming grids on the wall for your perusal.

Working at the stuffing party counts towards hours worked at the
con. Norwescon volunteers receive perks like early seating at the
Masquerade and are entered into drawings for many items donated by
Norwescon dealers. The drawings take place early Sunday afternoon of
the con.

Please note: People attending the Stuffing Party will have to pay for
their own parking. Parking should be $8.

If you or your organization has fliers or other material that you
wish to include in the packets, you may either arrange to get them to
the Norwescon Transportation Department by Thursday, March 25, or
bring them to the hotel yourself by noon on March 28.

If you wish to mail materials in, please send them to:

Eric Pawtowski
Norwescon Transportation
#151
19709 Scriber Lake Rd, Suite J
Lynnwood, WA 98036

Please remember that materials mailed in must *ARRIVE* by March 25.
If the shipment is very large (more than 200lbs) then the
Transportation department must be informed ahead of time of what it
is, who is sending it, the estimated arrival date, the shipping
company, and the shipping company tracking number, once it is
shipped.

If you wish to hand-deliver materials before the stuffing party,
please contact the NWC Transportation Dept. at:

transportation@norwescon.org

and make arrangements. The Transportation Dept. would appreciate
advanced notification of any materials that are brought to the
stuffing party or mailed in advance, but that is not a requirement.

NOTE: Norwescon reserves the right to reject any material deemed
unsuitable or inappropriate. (This has very rarely been an issue in
the past.) Any materials placed in the registration packets must be
appropriate and suitable for a mixed audience of SF fen, including
those under 18. Norwescon does not sort the packets by age of
recipient or any other demographic criteria. Non-SF&F related
commercial or political materials may not be accepted. If you are at
all concerned about your material, please submit a sample to the Con
Chair for review in advance. Any materials not reviewed in advance
will be reviewed by the Con Chair at the stuffing party and may be
rejected at that time.

Organizations that wish to include fliers or coupons are asked to
help with the stuffing if feasible, but that is not a requirement.

If you are bringing materials to the stuffing party yourself, please
be on time. In the past, those that have brought material in late
usually ended up in a corner of the room adding their materials to the
packets that have already been stuffed. Not nearly as much fun as
being in the conga line of stuffers. We plan to stuff ~3000 packets,
so plan accordingly. Excess materials will be placed on the flier
rack at the start of the con.

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Posted By admin on January 6, 2010

The Flea Market is a new event for Norwescon 33. It is a four hour flea market being held Sunday in Grand 3 that features Norwescon attendees selling/trading fannish related items they want to get rid of. If you have unwanted science fiction and fantasy-related items, this event is for you. Please read all the rules and information, as you will have to follow them. Failure to do so will get you removed from the Fannish Flea Market. Remember, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

The Sunday Fannish Flea Market
Sunday, April 4, 2010 10AM- 2PM Grand 3
There is no cost to get a table at the Fannish Flea Market; but you MUST have a full Norwescon 33 membership to participate. Badges will be checked at the flea market door.
Set up will start at 9:00AM; and you must be there by 10AM.
The Sunday Fannish Flea Market is by reservation only and the deadline for reservations is February 26, 2010.
Reservations are done via first come first serve basis, until tables are full or the deadline has passed.
There is a limit of one table per person/family. Tables are 6 feet x 30 inches.
All reservations will be checked and are not official until you receive a confirmation e-mail back indicating that you are in. This IS NOT for businesses or dealers to vend at. No one selling in the Dealer’s Room, Artist’s Alley, or the Art Show is allowed to sell their merchandise here. Any reservation requests from people particpating in these will be turned down.
Here are the rules that the Sunday Fannish Flea Market will be going byfollowing. I know there are a lot of them; but please read them and realize you must adhere to them. When you check in, you will sign a form saying you agree to these rules.

Sunday Fannish Flea Market Rules

1. You must have a full Norwescon 33 membership.
2. Your reservation must be received by February 26, 2010.
3. You must stay the entire 4 hours: 10AM – 2PM.
4. Norwescon will not be able to make change, so please bring your own.
5. No commercial vendors or stores.
6. One table space only. A table is 6ft. x 30in.
7. Tables may be shared if you don’t have enough to fill one.
8. You should only bring what you can easily fit into your space; do not encroach onto other sellers’ areas or the surrounding walkspace.
9. There will be no power provided, nor any tech support.
10. No demonstrations of arts or crafts. Pre-made stuff items only.
11. No food, drink, or alcohol.
12. No real or edged weapons. No swords or knives of any kind. Fake weapons only. Any doubts, contact us.
13. No services like massages or fortune telling or teeth making.
14. Copyrighted materials only. No bootleg merchandise.
15. No Norwescon 33 dealers, artists showing in the Art Show, Artist’s Alley, or club tables may participate.
16. Merchandise must be fannish in nature. We reserve the right to say no to anything we feel is inappropriate. Any doubts, contact us.
17. No flame, incense, or loud music that could affect others or be dangerous.
18. Items on display must be family friendly. Any doubts, contact us.
19. Norwescon is not liable for what you are selling or trading.

Please read all 19 rules and be ready to follow them. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact us.

To register for the Fannish Flea Market send the following information to specialevents@norwescon.org
Subject line: Sunday Fannish Flea Market
Name- Real and badge name if different
Address
Phone number
Preferred e-mail if different from one sent from.
General idea of type of merchandise you will be selling.
Any questions you might have.

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Posted By admin on October 22, 2009

Hello all!  We have created a new Facebook Fan Page for Norwescon which will allow us to share information much more efficiently than the Norwescon Facebook Group allows. The new fan page allows us to post info directly into the news feeds of our fans. This new fan page will be how we distribute updates, news and other information on Facebook from now on.

Stay in the loop!  Click here to become a fan of Norwescon today!

Thanks!
Adrienne

Adrienne Loska
Publications Director Norwescon 33

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Posted By admin on October 13, 2009

Click here to sign up!

The October issue will be emailed this week and includes an interview with Writer GoH Vernor Vinge!

As always, the eNewsletter includes announcements, current membership and hotel information, updates, features and much more!

For more information visit norwescon.org.

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Posted By admin on September 7, 2009

Greetings!

The first Norwescon 33 Convention Committee Monthly Planning Meeting is this Saturday. The meeting is open to all who would like to attend. If you have been curious about how you can get involved with Norwescon, this is a great opportunity to learn about the convention, its departments and the many volunteer positions that are available.

See you at the meeting!

DATE:
Saturday, September 12, 2009

TIME:
Executive Team Meeting: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
General ConCom Meeting: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Post Meeting Social: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

LOCATION:
Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport
18740 Pacific Highway South
SeaTac, WA 98188
206-246-8600

(NOTE there is a discounted charge of $8.00 for parking.)
For directions and a map, please see
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/directions.jhtml?ctyhocn=CTAC-D

FUTURE CONCOM MEETINGS:
October Saturday, October 10, 2009
November Saturday, November 14, 2009
December Saturday, December 12, 2009
January Saturday, January 09, 2010
February Saturday, February 20, 2010
March Saturday, March 13, 2010
Convention Thursday, April 1 through Sunday, April 4, 2010
Post Con Saturday, May 08, 2010
Picnic July 2010

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Posted By admin on August 18, 2009

Hello all!

Our wonderful Program director, Rob, is in the process of meeting with our Norwescon 34 Guests of Honor committee. If you are interesting in making recommendations please submit in full:

Name of writer, artist, publisher, or special guest:
Website address:
Awards won:
Niche:

to chair@norwescon.org

Deadline is August 29, 2009. I will compile your suggestions and hand them off to the Guests of Honor committee.

Rules:
Writer GoH – To be nominated for this category, a writer must have been published in the Science Fiction/Fantasy field for a minimum of 10 years. They also must have won a major science fiction or fantasy writing award, such as the Hugo, Nebula, or Philip K. Dick Memorial award etc. Consideration may be given to an author who has gained the New York Times Best selling status multiple times.

Artist GoH – To be nominated for this category, an artist must be recognized in the world Science Fiction/Fantasy art community, have been published (either book covers, posters, game cards, etc.) and won a significant science fiction or fantasy art award, such as the Chesley.

Science GoH – To be nominated for this category, a scientist must be recognized in the scientific community, have been published (scientific papers or doctoral thesis) and have meritorious standing in the scientific/academic community. This usually means they have won awards or been awarded a doctorate. Norwescon does not always have a Science Guest of Honor.

Fan GoH -To be nominated for this category, a fan must be recognized as a long-standing contributor to the Science Fiction/Fantasy world community. This person is usually from an area or community other than the northwest and would be someone who has not usually been able to attend Norwescon in the past. This selection is used to bring well-known fans from other areas of the country to honor them for their contribution to fandom as a whole. Norwescon does
not always have a Fan GoH.

Spotlighted Publisher – Each year Norwescon may choose to invite a publishing house of science fiction or fantasy to be the Norwescon Spotlighted Publisher. The publisher shall be requested to select an individual to represent the publishing house at the convention. Norwescon does not always have a Spotlighted Publisher.

Toastmaster – Norwescon may choose to invite an individual known to the science fiction and fantasy community and known as a good speaker to act as Toastmaster. Norwescon does not always have a Toastmaster.

Special Guest – The Guest of Honor Selection Committee may choose to invite a Special Guest. The individual should be known within the science fiction and fantasy community for their work in the Science Fiction/Fantasy field. Norwescon does not always have a Special Guest of Honor. There shall be no more than one Special Guest in any given year. The Exec Team may make an exception for more than one Special Guest position.

Sincerely,
Tracy Knoedler
Norwescon 33 Chairman

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Posted By admin on July 13, 2009

Locus editor, publisher and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his way home from Readercon.

Charles was the Fan Guest of Honor at Norwescon 25. Our sympathies to his family and loved ones.

Read the full article here.

http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/07/charles-n-brown-1937-2009.html

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