Elections were held for the officers of Norwescon 36 (2012) on Saturday May 12th with Keith Johnson, LouAnna Valentine, and Doug Booze on this year’s election committee. Congratulations to Peggy, Brad, Jamie and Pearl and thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s election.
May ConCom Meeting
Did you help plan, organize, and create the Pacific Northwest’s premier science-fiction and fantasy convention? It’s time for our final Norwescon 35 ConCom meeting!
Norwescon 35 Awards
Each year, Norwescon presents a number of awards to its attendees, costumers, and exhibiting artists. Here are this year’s winners — congratulations to all of you!
Norwescon 36 Guest of Honor Update
We are thrilled to announce that Catherine Asaro will be our Writer Guest of Honor for Norwescon 36!
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! Theme: Save the World! Artist Guest of Honor: TBA. Science Guest of Honor: Edward Tenner. Special Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois. Featured Publisher: Baen Books. More to come!
Thank you for a wonderful convention!
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!
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. … Read More
Welcome to Norwescon 35!
Norwescon 35: Seeds of Tomorrow. April 5-8, 2012 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport. Writer Guest of Honor Stephen Baxter, Artist Guest of Honor John Picacio, Science Guest of Honor Bridget Landry, Spotlight Publisher DAW Books.
Norwescon on Twitter
The official hash tag for Norwescon 35 is #nwc35, and our music track is using the hashtag #nwcmusic. Here’s what all of you are saying about Norwescon (pulled from a search for #nwc35, #nwcmusic, and norwescon)!
501st Legion Charity Photo Shoot
Join Garrison Titan of the 501st Legion along with other Star Wars characters for a charity photo shoot! Find the 501st in the hotel lobby on Friday evening, starting at 7pm and lasting until 10pm or until the last of the rebel scum have been appropriately dealt with.
A Note from the Norwescon 35 Chair
It is just a few days before this year’s Norwescon, and I hope that you all are as excited as I am.
Donate to Northwest Harvest
Got too many nonperishable items in your emergency kits for the Zombie apocalypse that you need to get rid of? If so, then you should bring them to Norwescon and donate them to Northwest Harvest.
Volunteering FAQs
Norwescon is a 100% volunteer run convention. Many of our volunteers work year-round to plan and organize the convention, but many more join us during the convention weekend. Here are some FAQs about volunteering for Norwescon…
Hugo Award Nominee Announcement
The 2012 Hugo Award nominees will be announced simultaneously at five conventions in the United States and Europe on April 7. Arrangements are also being made to broadcast all five convention presentations via Ustream.
Who is DJ TOX2MUCH?
Ladies and Gentlemen, take your positions please! The Istan bull is time warping Major Tom something good. Dare to be stupid because we can (can). Never trust a Star Trekkin’ Klingon, it’ll make ya wanna shout!
Day Pass Info
T-minus eight days…and high on the list of things to do is getting the ‘Norwescon Sold Out’ banner trimmed and ready to hang!
March Progress Report
Get the latest word on our plans for programming, the daily ‘zine, open volunteer positions, music, muggle quidditch, Maxi’s, and more!
Movie Previews Take Over the World!
We hope to see you at one or more of our panels this year. Why not collect the whole set?