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We will welcome Tracy Drain, Isis Asare, and Paizo to Norwescon 47; NWC47’s chair, vice-chair, and GOH selection committee have been elected; thanks for your support for Young Black and Brilliant; our Little Free Library re-homed thousands of books this year; and we’re looking for panel ideas and panelists for NWC47!
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has just announced this year’s Locus Award finalists, and as often happens, a number of them have connections to Norwescon!
We would like to extend our congratulations to all of this year’s Hugo Award winners, and particularly to those who have been part of Norwescon.
We’d like to extend our hearty and extremely enthusiastic congratulations to everyone at Seattle Worldcon 2025 for winning their bid!
There are more author reading events at the University Book Store that will have some Norwescon people in the audience, and we invite you to join us! Just look for people wearing Norwescon t-shirts, and enjoy readings and discussions by notable speculative fiction authors.
Congratulations to the finalists for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards! We would particularly like to congratulate the nominees who have been part of Norwescon in the past.
Please join members of Norwescon at the University Book Store for an event with Seanan McGuire and local authors Brenda Cooper and Ken Scholes for a conversation about their new anthology Robots Through the Ages.
Please join members of Norwescon at a screening of The Princess Bride at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater Friday, July 28th at dusk.
Please join members of Norwescon at Tobi Ogundiran’s presentation of his new book Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic.
Norwescon is once again hosting the Speculative Film Fest, and we are looking for some new judges.
Norwescon is pleased to announce that Jim Butcher will be our Writer Guest of Honor for Norwescon 46!
Congratulations to the nominees for the 2023 Hugo Awards from Norwescon! We would particularly like to congratulate the many nominees who have been part of Norwescon.
Keep in touch with Norwescon friends on our Discord server, keep an eye on our Volunteers page, NWC46 election results, our summer picnic and camping trip, and how to send in panel ideas.
The Endeavour Award for science fiction or fantasy works by writers in the Pacific Northwest during 2021 was awarded April 8 at Norwescon. Erica L. Satifka was announced the winner for her collection of short stories How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters, published by Fairwood Press.
It was announced on Friday, April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2022 in the U.S.A. is: THE EXTRACTIONIST by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon Publications). Special citation was given to: THE LEGACY OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom)
Happy New Year! Masquerade registration is now open, the Single Pattern Contest pattern has been posted, our book club is discussing Neal Stephenson’s _Snow Crash_, and ways you can volunteer!
The judges of the 2023 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 that comprise the final ballot for the award.
This month: Volunteer with us, open Programming positions, the Norwescon Writers Workshop is open, the Speculative Film Festival is looking for films, Dealers’ Room, Art Show, and Club Tables are accepting applications, Programming is looking for panel ideas, and this month’s book club selection.
Norwescon is excited to announce Norwescon 45 Artist Guest of Honor Eric Wilkerson!
This month: Our Artist Guest of Honor, registration is open, applications for the Dealers’ Room, Art Show, and Club Tables are open, an update on our safety procedures, looking for a teen/YA leader, our book club’s October choice, soliciting donations for our Little Free Library, and wear cosplay to a hockey game!
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