The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2017 award year are Robert Onopa, Deborah J. Ross, James Stoddard, Amy Thomson, and Rick Wilber.
It was announced on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Norwescon 40, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2016 in the U.S.A. is: THE MERCY JOURNALS by Claudia Casper (Arsenal Pulp Press). Special citation was given to: UNPRONOUNCEABLE by Susan diRende (Aqueduct Press).
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) will host a grand opening celebration for the 20thanniversary of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, featuring Trek Talks, live performances, special guests, and more.
Every day brings us a little bit closer to Norwescon 40, and while we still have a few finishing touches to put on our full programming schedule before it’s announced to the world, we’re happy to debut our Workshops and our Youth Programming!
The judges of the 2017 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a few updates roll out across the Norwescon website, and we wanted to take a moment to call attention to a few as we approach the end of 2016!
We are very sorry to announce that our planned Writer Guest of Honor, Charles de Lint, has let us know that he has had to cancel his appearance at Norwescon 40. He passed on his deep regrets, and hopes that he will be able to join us in the future.
Given that the weather forecasts have pushed back the likely start of today’s storm to 3PM with the height of the storm not hitting until evening, we are going to go ahead and have our meeting.
EMP Museum is excited to partner with The Fairwood Writers group and Norwescon to kick off the call for submissions for EMPs 2017 Write Out Of This World: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest by offering a Youth Writers Workshop.
Now that we’ve gotten our first ConCom meeting out of the way and our second meeting coming up fast (on Oct. 15th…see you there!), pieces are already starting to fall into place, and some deadlines are already fast approaching! Here’s a few that you may want to be aware of…
The Norwescon short story book club is a venue for anyone with a love for short stories to come together to discuss genre short stories. Please join us on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 6–8 p.m. at Wayward Coffeehouse for discussion.
It was announced on Friday, March 29, at Norwescon 39, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2015 in the U.S.A. is APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books). Special citation was given to ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press).
The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2016 award year are…
This retreat is for all staff, past and present, to come together. Utilizing unconference techniques, we’ll be community building with a focus on discussing preparations for Norwescon 40 and a 5 year plan.
The judges of the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award.
Norwescon is excited to announce our partnership with the Seattle Public Libraries for a flash fiction writing contest!
Norwescon needs a Director of Concerts! Could this be you?
The winners of the Norwescon 38 Masquerade!
Fairwood Writers and Norwescon are proud to support EMP’s Write out of this World: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Story Contest. To kick off this year’s contest, Fairwood Writers is conducting a workshop to help students develop a story for the contest.
It’s here! Our first poster for Norwescon 39! Download it, print it out, and post it anywhere and everywhere you can! Well, anywhere and everywhere you can that won’t get you or us in trouble, of course.
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