You can donate to Norwescon either directly to us at the convention, or at any time during the year via PayPal! Donations are used for the Norwescon Community Fund.
Norwescon Charities
Each year we ask Norwescon members to donate items for sale during the convention to support a nonprofit of choice or to offer prizes to our hard-working volunteers. This year our nonprofit of choice is Page Ahead. Page Ahead provides new books and develops reading activities that empower at-risk children. Founded in 1990, Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program has given more than four million new books to more than one million children through collaborations with schools, social service agencies, preschools, and early childhood programs across Washington.
We will also be accepting donations of items that are fannish in nature such as art, jewelry, books, and games at the convention. Items will be available for sale throughout the convention in the art show or used as volunteer prizes. Please be sure to stop by the art show and see what we have to offer. It’s all for a good cause! If you would like to make a donation, please drop items off at the art show with a staff member. You can also email us about making a donation.
Norwescon is proud to be working with Page Ahead to help eliminate book deserts and get books into the hands of under-resourced children in the greater Seattle area, as well as other areas in the state of Washington. You can also donate a book directly to Page Ahead, or you can donate money directly at GiveDirect Fundraising Platform: Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program.
Norwescon Community Fund
The Norwescon Community Fund (NWCF), inspired by prior funds and initiatives, is here to support bringing more people into our community. The NWCF is a special fund to help defray the expenses of attending Norwescon for the following groups of people:
- Black, Indigenous, People of Color
- LGBTQIA2+
- Pacific Northwest people of limited means
See the full Norwescon Community Fund page for more information on the fund and how to apply for assistance.
Community Partners
Over the years, Norwescon has developed relationships with many charitable and educational organizations. Norwescon is proud to partner with these estimable members of the Northwest community:
Clarion West
Clarion West is an intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction and fantasy, held annually in Seattle, Washington, USA. The mission of Clarion West is to provide a high quality educational opportunity for writers of speculative fiction at the start of their careers. Norwescon provides an annual scholarship to Clarion West’s intensive six-week summer workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction and fantasy.
Recipients of the Norwescon Clarion West Scholarship
- M.T. Khan (2024)
- Mae Juniper Stokes (2023)
- Sam Davis (2022)
- Joule Zelman (2021)
- No recipient (2020**)
- Catie Peterson (2019)
- Rafeeat Aliyu (2018)
- Emma Törzs (2017)
- Lora Gray (2016)
- Tegan Moore (2015*)
- Evan J. Peterson (2015*)
- Yang-Yang Wang (2014)
- Kelly Sandoval (2013)
- Cory Skerry (2012)
- Jack Nicholls (2011)
- Jack Graham (2010)
* The 2015 scholarship was split between both recipients.
** The 2020 Clarion West workshop was canceled due to COVID-19.