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!
News from Norwescon December 2024
Our holiday membership special ends today, the Norwescon Shire will be returning, the Little Free Library is looking for more books, our membership rate increases with the new year, masquerade registration is now open, and we’re looking for input regarding the accessibility of our website.
News from Norwescon November 2024
Introducing Special Guest of Honor Isis Asare, soliciting suggestions for future guests of honor, applications are open for club tables, the dealers’ room, and writer’s row, and our single pattern contest patterns have been chosen!
GeekGirlCon is this weekend!
Missing Norwescon? Needing a dose of fandom? Then join us at GeekGirlCon 2024 on November 9 & 10 at the Seattle Convention Center to celebrate diversity, creativity, and community.
November Volunteer Meeting
November’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us virtually on Saturday, November 4 on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon October 2024
Convention planning has begun, and we’re looking for meetup applications, panel ideas, and panelists; art show applications are open; a Norwescon Bibliophiles update; and we’d like help checking the accessibility of our website.
American Masters: Judy-Lynn Del Rey
Now available! PBS’s American Masters Renegades short film series showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities focuses on Judy-Lynn Del Rey. Portions of this episode were filmed this spring at Norwescon 46!
October Volunteer Meeting
October’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, October 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
Norwescon’s Bibliophiles Update
Norwescon’s official year-round book club, Norwescon’s Bibliophiles, focuses on science fiction and fantasy books selected throughout the year by the participants. Feel free to join us for some Norwescon camaraderie and connection all year long
September ConCom Meeting
September’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, September 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon September 2024
Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers!