The Pacific Northwest's Premier Science-Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Announcements from the Norwescon Programming department.
It’s here! We are once again using Guidebook to provide the best possible smartphone/tablet/mobile experience! Just download the official Guidebook app on your iOS or Android device, search for the Norwescon 38 guide, and you’ll be ready to go!
Sasquan, The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, will announce the nominees for the 2015 Hugo Awards at Norwescon, starting at noon Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday, April 4th, 2015.
Guest post by Gregory Gadow, Bio Track Lead: I think we have a great line up of biology panels this year with a fantastic group of panelists. Hope to see you there!
We are proud to announce that Norwescon 38’s Spotlight Publisher will be Random House, represented by Anne Groell and Tricia Narwani.
From planning, to shooting, to editing — making a movie at Norwescon is a hilarious and brilliant thrill ride with the Let’s Make a Movie workshop.
Congratulations to the following films, which have been chosen as official selections of the Fandance Film Festival at Norwescon!
As we get ever closer to Norwescon 37 — just one month to go, as of today! — we’ve posted another round of updates to our website over the past week.
If you have been leaving the kids home while you jaunt off to attend Norwescon every year, you might want to rethink that for 2014. Our expanded Youth Track has some excellent offerings this year!
Want to take your writing to the next level? Norwescon’s writing workshops offer extra help with improving your short fiction or novel. Workshop participants will get feedback on their manuscripts from published writers.
As Vice Chair and Chair, William and I have the honor of picking the Norwescon 37 Executive Team. We are pleased to announce after many interviews, the team has been picked.
Kickstarter is the new hotness in self-publishing, but there are pros and cons to crowd-sourcing. What are some other options for creating and publishing your own board games, video games, and role-playing games?
Have you ever wanted to write a fanfic, but just never were able to before? Fret not! In this panel, a team of fanfic writers will help you work past your fears and jump feet first into writing!
The earth is a water world, why don’t we see more SF and fantasy set in the ocean?
Double feature: Will technology save the world…or will it destroy the world? Pick your side and state your case!
Join Norwescon 36 Grand Master Terry Brooks and award-winning artist Todd Lockwood for visuals and discussion of their joint venture, The Dark Legacy of Shannara.
nwcMUSIC is all about the DIY, which is why we have so many hands-on events and workshops.
Ever wanted a fannish wedding? In honor of marriage equality, now’s your chance!
We have something super-special this year: a multiple-act Friday afternoon showcase of nerdcore, the hip-hop of geeks, called MONSTARRS OF NERDCORE.
Our Guests of Honor are available to sign autographs during this hour. PLEASE NOTE: So that as many fans as possible can participate, we will be enforcing a three-items-at-a-time (or single-sketch) autograph limit.
CRIME and the Forces of Evil are premiering a geekmusic podcast this very month, and episode one is also a sneak preview at what’s coming up in nwcMUSIC 2013 at Norwescon 36.