Thank You From the NWC35 Chair
I want to thank everyone who attended Norwescon this year. For the 3rd year in a row we had over 3,000 members. Even with that many people in the hotel, the con seemed to run very smoothly, except for the Sunday “Waterfall in the Cascades” which had nothing to do with us and luckily really only affected the Green Room.
We would love to hear from all of you on what we did right, and what we could improve on. You can send comments to info@norwescon.org, or if you want to contact me directly, chair@norwscon.org.
It has been my honor to be your chairman these last two years, and I hope you all support Peggy Stewart who will be your chair next year.
—Norwescon 35 Chair Shawn Marier
Norwescon 36 will be March 28–31, 2013
And speaking of Norwescon 36…
We’ll be rolling our website over to Norwescon 36 information over the coming weeks. In the meantime, here’s a taste of what’s to come next year!
Easter weekend comes a little earlier next year, so Norwescon 36 is already less than a year away! We’ll be back for another year of fannish fun and frivolity March 28–31, 2013, once again at the Doubletree by Hilton Seattle Airport.
Our theme will be Save the World! Ecologically friendly science, superheroes fending off the dastardly schemes of some villain, wizards and heroes defending the downtrodden against the forces of evil, how future technologies will keep our habitats safe for us all (both here on Earth and beyond these blue skies), how alien invasions have been defeated by everything from everyday microbes to warriors standing firm…there’s a lot to play with, and we’re sure you’ll have plenty of ideas to keep you busy over the next year!
Our Guest of Honor lineup so far includes:
- Writer Guest of Honor Catherine Asaro. “Catherine Asaro is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire.” —Wikipedia
- Artist Guest of Honor Lee Moyer. “Lee Moyer is an American painter, illustrator, graphic designer, Web designer, and comic book painter and designer.” —Wikipedia
(Stephan Martinière sends his regrets; unfortunately, he will not be able to join us for Norwescon 36 due to a work conflict.) - Science Guest of Honor Edward Tenner. “Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history.” —The Atlantic
- Special Guest of Honor Gardner Dozois. “Gardner Raymond Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He has won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.” —Wikipedia
- Norwescon Grand Master Terry Brooks. “Terence Dean ‘Terry’ Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.” —Wikipedia
- Spotlight Publisher Baen Books, represented by Tony Daniel. “Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy.” —Wikipedia
We’ll have more announcements to come over the coming year, so be sure to keep track of us here, on Twitter, and on Facebook!
Thank you for a wonderful convention!
Norwescon 35 is over, and we hope you all enjoyed this year’s convention as much as we did! We are always open to your feedback on what went well or what could be improved for next year’s convention. You can send feedback to us in a number of ways:
- Leave a comment on this post,
- leave a comment on our Facebook page,
- send comments via Twitter by including the #nwconion (for improvements) or #nwcrose (for kudos) hashtags,
- use the “Feedback” link that we just added to our Guidebook app with the latest update,
- or email us directly at info@norwescon.org,
We’re on the lookout for your blog posts and write-ups about your experiences at con. We’ll be posting a selection of links in a week or so, and while we’ll do our best to find as many as we can, please feel free to get in touch with us through any of the above mentioned methods with any links you might find.
We’re also looking forward to seeing this year’s convention through your eyes! Upload your photos to Flickr and add them to this year’s Norwescon 35 photo group! Our official photographs will start to appear on our Flickr and Facebook accounts in the next few weeks, after our photography crew has had time to sort through the thousands of photos they took over the course of the weekend (not to mention catch up on sleep)!
Thanks from all of us on the Norwescon 35 ConCom to all of you who attended, our volunteers, the pros and panelists, dealers and artists, the hotel, and of course, our wonderful Guests of Honor. We’ll see you again next year for Norwescon 36!
NWC34 On Adventure TV
The Seattle Community Media series Adventure TV broadcast an hour-long look at last year’s Norwescon 34. Enjoy this look back!
Adventure TV was filming on Saturday at this year’s Norwescon 35, so we can look forward to another feature in the future!
Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
Philip K. Dick Awards c/o PO Box 3447 Hoboken, NJ 07030 (201) 876-2551 www.philipkdickaward.org April 6, 2012
For Immediate Release 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
It was announced on Friday, April 6, at Norwescon 35, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2011 in the U.S.A. is:
THE SAMUIL PETROVITCH TRILOGY by Simon Morden (Orbit) Special citation was given to:
THE COMPANY MAN by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.
The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2011 award was given to THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK by Mark Hodder (Pyr) with a special citation given to HARMONY by Project Itoh (Haikasoru). The 2011 judges were Scott Baker (chair), Mark Budz, Roby James, Darrell Schweitzer, and Alice K. Turner.
This year’s judges are Bruce Bethke, Sydney Duncan, Daryl Gregory, Bridget McKenna, and Paul Witcover,
For more information, contact the award administration: Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551 John Silbersack (212) 333-1513 Pat Lo Brutto (845) 516-4412
For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: http://www.philipkdick.com/
For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/: Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752
For more information about Norwescon: https://www.norwescon.org/: Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737
