2025 Speculative Film Festival Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Speculative Film Festival!
Announcing Our First NWC48 Guests of Honor
As announced at our Masquerade halftime on Saturday night of Norwescon 47, we are pleased to introduce our first four guests of honor for next year’s Norwescon 48: Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher), Summer Ash, Orbit (Bradley Englert, rep.), and Dutch Bihary!
2025 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
It was announced on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Norwescon 47 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2024 in the U.S.A. is TIME’S AGENT by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom). Special citation was given to ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit).
News From Norwescon April 2025 (#2)
Get a glimpse of the programming coming up at Norwescon 47, speed friending is back, we have lots of geeky comedy options, dances every night, a Magic: The Gathering mystery booster, masquerade deadlines are close, and highlighting some audiobook panels.
Norwescon Volunteer Picnic
Past, present, and future Norwescon volunteers are invited to join our annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic on Sunday, July 27, 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., at Steel Lake Park picnic shelter #1 in Federal Way.
Congratulations to the Hugo Award Finalists
Seattle Worldcon 2025 announced this year’s finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer over the weekend. There’s a lot of good stuff on there, and we’d like to particularly congratulate those finalists who are past or present Norwescon participants.
News from Norwescon April 2025
Just two weeks to go! Our Writer Guest of Honor, the schedule and Guidebook are live, supporting Page Ahead, Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade applications are open, lots of games, about our info table, this year’s Nebula Notes ‘zine, hotel parking info, audio book panels, the Little Free Library, looking for volunteers, photos with Krampus and Santa, and our summer volunteer appreciation picnic. Whew!
Guidebook is Ready! Download the Convention Mobile App Today
We are excited to announce the schedule app for Norwescon 47, powered by Guidebook, is now available. With this resource, you have access to the most up-to-date information as well as networking tools.
April Volunteer Meeting
April’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, April 5 to help plan Norwescon 47!
Special Edition Newsletter
Plan ahead and get ready because single-day memberships will be available on the website starting March 28, 2025.
The Norwescon 47 Schedule is Live!
It’s time to start planning your Norwescon 47 weekend! Our schedule of panels and events, lists of attending pros, panelists, and performers, and list of attending artists are now live!
News from Norwescon March 2025
Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade signups are open, the Bibliophiles are reading Philip K. Dick Award nominees, games will be hosted by the Pacific Northwest gaming Alliance, we’ll have a Magic: The Gathering mystery booster and a Catan championship qualifying event, our daily ‘zine is looking for submissions, the Endeavor Award is looking for readers, and we’re looking for volunteers!
March Volunteer Meeting
March’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, March 1 to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon February 2025
Highlighting Spotlight Publisher Paizo, Inc., this year’s Philip K. Dick Award nominees, club table spots are going fast, Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade entries are open, suites may be requested, calling for volunteers, and looking for help checking our website’s accessibility.
February Volunteer Meeting
February’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, February 1 to help plan Norwescon 47!
2025 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced
The judges of the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2024 that comprise the final ballot for the award.
News from Norwescon January 2025
Lots of news this month! Our $95 membership rate is extended through Jan. 15, hotel rooms are filling but still available, the Wrinters Workshop is accepting submissions, meet our Science Guest of Honor Tracy Drain, we’re supporting Page Ahead, Lazer Tag and Nerf are back, club table and meetup applications are open, the single pattern contest patterns are posted, masquerade registration is open, The Shire is returning, Dragonflight is hosting our gaming, and calls for help with our digital archives and website accessibility!
January Volunteer Meeting
January’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, January 4 to help plan Norwescon 47!
December Volunteer Meeting
December’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, December 14 to help plan Norwescon 47!