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It’s time to open all the things! Well, maybe not _all_ the things, but quite a few. Registration for Norwescon 45 is open, along with applications for the Art Show, Dealers’ Room, and Club Tables!
With your help, we would like to offer those who don’t have the financial capacity to join us. When you make your donation to Norwescon during GiveBIG, you are helping us defray the expenses of attending Norwescon for BIPOC, LGBTQIA2+, and Pacific Northwest people of limited means.
Do you have an in-person membership for Norwescon 44 you aren’t planning to use? We are looking for people who bought full memberships but don’t plan to attend in person.
In-person memberships for Norwescon 44 are now sold out! If you didn’t get your in-person membership before we hit our 1,000 person cap, we invite you to get a free virtual membership!
The judges of the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award.
Our thanks to those of you who have chosen to support Norwescon through AmazonSmile!
Congratulations to all of this year’s Hugo winners! We would especially like to note those winners who have a connection to Norwescon.
On behalf of the convention planning team, we apologize to Elwin Cotman for his experience at Norwescon 43.
We hope to see you in person next spring! But until then….it’s time to start planning real-world events again! Our Volunteer Picnic, camping trip, and book club meetups are all coming up. Stop by and say hi!
Norwescon would like to extend our congratulations to all of this year’s Locus Award finalists, and particularly to those finalists we have welcomed to Norwescon over the years.
Norwescon would like to extend our congratulations to all of this year’s Hugo nominees, and particularly to those nominees we have welcomed to Norwescon over the years.
This year’s virtual Masquerade only included five entries, but those entries deeply impressed our judges and were all acknowledged for their merits this year.
It was announced on Friday, April 2, 2021 at Norwescon 43, in (virtual) SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2020 in the U.S.A. is ROAD OUT OF WINTER by Alison Stine (Mira). Special citation was given to THE BOOK OF KOLI by M. R. Carey (Orbit).
This year, Norwescon is proud to offer simultaneous American Sign Language interpretation for selected panels during the convention, featuring our guests of honor and the Philip K. Dick Award Ceremony.
The convention space is open! Come in, wander around, and start getting your bearings. Plus, download your NWC43 souvenir program book!
We encourage you to stop by Ray’s store and pick up your semi-official Norwescon 43 shirts!
We have chosen the films for our virtual movie nights at Norwescon 43!
Hello, Norwescon 43 dealers and writers’ row authors and publishers! Guess what? We’ve decided to reopen the application portal!
We are pleased to announced our new Code of Conduct, which has has expanded to include an antiracism statement, code of conduct, and harassment policy.
The judges of the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award.
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