The Norwescon 47 Schedule is Live!
It’s time to start planning your Norwescon 47 weekend! Our schedule of panels and events, lists of attending pros, panelists, and performers, and list of attending artists are now live!
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News from Norwescon March 2025
Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade signups are open, the Bibliophiles are reading Philip K. Dick Award nominees, games will be hosted by the Pacific Northwest gaming Alliance, we’ll have a Magic: The Gathering mystery booster and a Catan championship qualifying event, our daily ‘zine is looking for submissions, the Endeavor Award is looking for readers, and we’re looking for volunteers!
March Volunteer Meeting
March’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, March 1 to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon February 2025
Highlighting Spotlight Publisher Paizo, Inc., this year’s Philip K. Dick Award nominees, club table spots are going fast, Single Pattern Contest and Masquerade entries are open, suites may be requested, calling for volunteers, and looking for help checking our website’s accessibility.
February Volunteer Meeting
February’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, February 1 to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon January 2025
Lots of news this month! Our $95 membership rate is extended through Jan. 15, hotel rooms are filling but still available, the Wrinters Workshop is accepting submissions, meet our Science Guest of Honor Tracy Drain, we’re supporting Page Ahead, Lazer Tag and Nerf are back, club table and meetup applications are open, the single pattern contest patterns are posted, masquerade registration is open, The Shire is returning, Dragonflight is hosting our gaming, and calls for help with our digital archives and website accessibility!
January Volunteer Meeting
January’s volunteer meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, January 4 to help plan Norwescon 47!
December Volunteer Meeting
December’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, December 14 to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon December 2024
Our holiday membership special ends today, the Norwescon Shire will be returning, the Little Free Library is looking for more books, our membership rate increases with the new year, masquerade registration is now open, and we’re looking for input regarding the accessibility of our website.
News from Norwescon November 2024
Introducing Special Guest of Honor Isis Asare, soliciting suggestions for future guests of honor, applications are open for club tables, the dealers’ room, and writer’s row, and our single pattern contest patterns have been chosen!
November Volunteer Meeting
November’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us virtually on Saturday, November 4 on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon October 2024
Convention planning has begun, and we’re looking for meetup applications, panel ideas, and panelists; art show applications are open; a Norwescon Bibliophiles update; and we’d like help checking the accessibility of our website.
American Masters: Judy-Lynn Del Rey
Now available! PBS’s American Masters Renegades short film series showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities focuses on Judy-Lynn Del Rey. Portions of this episode were filmed this spring at Norwescon 46!
October Volunteer Meeting
October’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, October 4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
September ConCom Meeting
September’s ConCom meeting is coming soon! Join us on Saturday, September 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport or on Zoom to help plan Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon September 2024
Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente and Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe, soliciting ideas for panels and panelists, and our planning meetings are about to start and we’re looking for more volunteers!
Announcing Writer Guest of Honor Catherynne M. Valente
We are pleased to announce that Catherynne M. Valente will be our Writer Guest of Honor at Norwescon 47!
Announcing Artist Guest of Honor Wayne Barlowe
We are pleased to announce that Wayne Barlowe will be our Artist Guest of Honor at Norwescon 47!
News from Norwescon July 2024
The NWC47 Executive Team, our Volunteer Picnic and Camping Trip are coming up, we’re looking for panelists and panel ideas, we’ve started onboarding volunteers, submissions for the Speculative Film Festival are open, our registration price increases August 1, where to find us on social media, the Little Free Library is accepting donations, and the NWC46 budget report.
NWC47 ConCom Planning Meeting Dates
It seems like Norwescon just happened, yet your Exec Team has already been hard at work planning and looking forward to NWC47 (and beyond!). We have our confirmed dates for the NWC47 ConCom meetings.