Would you like to help plan, organize, and create the Pacific Northwest’s premier science-fiction and fantasy convention? September’s Norwescon 41 planning meeting will be held Saturday, September 9th, 2017.
NWC41 ConCom Meeting Dates
Our lineup of ConCom (convention committee) meeting dates for Norwescon 41 have just been posted on our Volunteers page. Our monthly ConCom meetings are the best way to peel back the curtain and become an active part of producing Norwescon! We’re always looking for more volunteers, and would be happy to have you as part of the team.
Norwescon 41 Exec Team Announced
Norwescon is pleased to announce our Executive Team for Norwescon 41.
Norwescon Camping Trip!
Want to connect with the Norwescon community more than once a year? Do you like nature? Join us for a camping trip — a few days by the beach, with all your nerdy friends, and nothing to do but catch up on your summer reading and cook food over an open fire! Sounds great, right?
Norwescon 41 Election Results
As just tabulated and announced at the post-con meeting post-meeting social, here are the results of the Norwescon 41 elections: Loree Parker (chair), Tonya Clark (vice-chair), Jackie Nordquist and Katrina Marier (GOH Committee), and the bylaw change was approved.
May ConCom Meeting
Would you like to help plan, organize, and create the Pacific Northwest’s premier science-fiction and fantasy convention? April’s Norwescon 40 post-con meeting will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017.
Norwescon 40 Roundup
It’s once again time for our post-convention roundup of links! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been keeping an eye out for your blog posts, photo sets, and videos from Norwescon 40 to see what all you were saying. Here’s what we found!
Norwescon Volunteer Picnic
Did you volunteer at Norwescon 40? Are you curious about volunteering at Norwescon 41? Then please join us on July 15th for our annual Norwescon Volunteer Picnic!
2017 Locus Awards Weekend
The Locus Awards are a science fiction and fantasy literary award polled by the readers of Locus magazine since 1971. Norwescon is proud to be a sponsor for the Locus Awards Weekend.
2017 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced
The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2017 award year are Robert Onopa, Deborah J. Ross, James Stoddard, Amy Thomson, and Rick Wilber.
Norwescon 41 Memberships are Now Open!
Registration for Norwescon 41 is now open! Just $55 for a full four-day membership to next year’s convention — get yours before the price goes up this fall!
NWC41 Hotel Reservations are Open
Reservations for Norwescon 41 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport are now open!
Norwescon 40 Masquerade Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Norwescon 40 Masquerade!
Norwescon 41 will be March 29–April 1, 2018
Norwescon 41 will be held March 29–April 1, 2018; our Writer Guest of Honor will be Ken Liu, our Artist Guest of Honor will be Wayne Barlowe, our Science Guest of Honor will be Mathew Wedel, and our Spotlight Publisher will be Green Ronin Publishing.
2017 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
It was announced on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Norwescon 40, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2016 in the U.S.A. is: THE MERCY JOURNALS by Claudia Casper (Arsenal Pulp Press). Special citation was given to: UNPRONOUNCEABLE by Susan diRende (Aqueduct Press).
2017 Hugo Nominations and Norwescon
This year’s Hugo Award nominations were announced today, and several of the nominees are past or current Norwescon attendees, either as Guests of Honor or as attending professionals (and sometimes both!).
Introducing the Convention Lounge
The Norwescon team invites you to hang out in the Convention Lounge: the convention’s ‘living room’. The Convention Lounge offers a more comfortable, intimate space than our former Hospitality.
Hotel Update: Cancelations and Room Transfers
If you need to cancel your room at the DoubleTree hotel, the deposit is no longer refundable. We recommend that rather than simply canceling and losing the deposit, you try to reassign your room to another person by transferring the reservation.
Speeding Through Registration – Tips for Arrival
Brief tips for picking up your badge for Norwescon 40 as quickly and easily as possible!
Norwescon 40 Charity Auction for Northwest Harvest
Norwescon’s charity auction is always fun and exciting but this year’s event is going to be very special. In addition to all the amazing donations we receive each year from our dealers, artists, and members, we have received an amazing donation of art from the collection of the Rolls Family.