NWC37 Masquerade and Single Pattern Contest Awards
The following awards were presented at Norwescon 37 for the Masquerade and the Single Pattern Contest. Many congratulations to all the winners!
Executive Team
Announcements from the Norwescon Executive Team.
NWC38 Spotlight Publisher
We are proud to announce that Norwescon 38’s Spotlight Publisher will be Random House, represented by Anne Groell and Tricia Narwani.
May ConCom Meeting
Would you like to help plan, organize, and create the Pacific Northwest’s premier science-fiction and fantasy convention? May’s Norwescon 37 post-con meeting will be held Saturday, May 17th, 2014.
Norwescon Volunteer Picnic
Did you volunteer at Norwescon 37? Are you curious about volunteering at Norwescon 38? Then please join us on July 20th for our annual Norwescon Volunteer Picnic!
Norwescon 38 will be April 2–5, 2015
We are proud to announce that we will be joined by Science Guest of Honor Amy Mainzer, Artist Guests of Honor Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell, and Author Guest of Honor George R. R. Martin for Norwescon 38!
2014 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
The winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2013 in the U.S.A. is COUNTDOWN CITY by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books). Special citation was given to SELF-REFERENCE ENGINE by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru).
Norwescon Supports Northwest Harvest
Norwescon is once again supporting the efforts of Northwest Harvest, Washington State’s largest resource for hunger relief efforts.
Let’s Make A Movie!
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.
Great Norwescon Nerf Battle
Norwescon is proud to announce a new alternate Lazer Tag event! This year, for the first time, we will be providing Nerf weaponry for use during the Saturday morning melee!
Guidebook is Live!
It’s here! We are once again using Guidebook to provide the best possible smartphone/tablet/mobile experience!
Posterspotting Contest!
Snap a photo of a Norwescon poster around the Seattle area, send it in, and you could win a special badge ribbon!
Art Show Change of Hours
The Norwescon art show will be closing to the public on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. this year. This is a half hour earlier than our normal time, so please plan accordingly.
Norwescon Clarion West Scholarship
Norwescon is proud to announce Yang-Yang Wang as the winner of the Norwescon Scholarship for the Clarion West 2014 Summer Six-Week Workshop.
Coming up at the Sunday Robotics Fair
Xandon Frogget will be bringing a few of his projects along to the NWC Robotics Fair, and we will also have Brushbot and Arduino kits on hand to get you started!
2014 Fandance Film Festival Lineup
Congratulations to the following films, which have been chosen as official selections of the Fandance Film Festival at Norwescon!
April ConCom Meeting
Would you like to help plan, organize, and create the Pacific Northwest’s premier science-fiction and fantasy convention? April’s Norwescon 37 planning meeting will be held Saturday, April 5th, 2014.
Support Norwescon by shopping with AmazonSmile
Do you shop on Amazon? Would you like an easy, don’t-have-to-think-about it way to support Norwescon? Turns out that with the new AmazonSmile program, that’s incredibly easy to do!
Full Schedule, nwcMUSIC, and Masquerade Registration!
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.
2014 Locus Awards
Tickets are now available for the Locus Awards, which will be held at the Best Western Executive Inn, a few blocks from the Seattle Center. The Locus Awards is considered one of the premier science fiction awards and events in the science fiction community and Seattle is fortunate to be its host city.
EMP membership discount for Norwescon members
Your Norwescon 37 membership will give you a 10% discount when you purchase a yearly membership (individual, dual or family) at the EMP Museum in Seattle, Washington.