Norwescon

Norwescon 48

April 2–5, 2026 | SeaTac, WA

Guests of Honor

Black and white photo of Ursula Vernon, a white woman with shoulder-length straight dark hair, standing outside wearing a dark jacket.

Ursula Vernon

Writer Guest of Honor

Geneva Bowers, a Black woman with short curly hair, wearing white cats-eye glasses and a leopard-print top.

Geneva Bowers

Artist Guest of Honor

Summer Ash, a white woman with short dark hair with bright red highlights, wearing glasses, a black sweater over a grey top patterned like the moon.

Summer Ash

Science Guest of Honor

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Orbit

Spotlight Publisher

Dutch Bihary, a white man with short dark hair and goatee, wearing a red shirt.

Dutch Bihary

Special Guest of Honor

Features

Programming

Hundreds of hours of panel programming presented by more than 200 panelists, covering such diverse subjects as science fiction, fantasy, science, costuming, art, writing, genre television, and movies, as well as myriad other topics of interest to fans.

Special Events

The Masquerade, the Philip K. Dick Awards, dances, concerts, performances, and other events not part of our general panel programming.

Exhibitors

Meet and interact with local artists, shop from vendors in the Dealers’ Room, discover art in the Art Show, and learn about local clubs, organizations, and other conventions.

Be A Part

Norwescon is an all-volunteer organization. Volunteer at the convention, or join our Convention Committee and help us throughout the year to put Norwescon together!

Location

Norwescon 48 will be held at our long-time home at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport, located in SeaTac, WA, just a short jaunt south of Seattle.

Recent News

Announcing Artist Guest of Honor Geneva Bowers

Our Artist Guest of Honor for Norwescon 48 will be Geneva Bowers!

NWC48 Executive Team

Please join us in welcoming this year’s executive team for Norwescon 48!

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!

Norwescon 47 Award Winners

Congratulations to everyone who won an award at this year’s convention!

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).

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