Endeavour Award
@endeavouraward.bsky.social
The Endeavour Award is for a science fiction or fantasy novel or short story collection written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors. It is named for H.M. Bark Endeavour, the ship of NW explorer Capt. James Cook. https://osfci.org
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The Daily ’Zine is coming—your twice-a-day dose of con news & fun!
Got a great story, quote, comic, or photo? Send it to [email protected] and you might see it in print or online!
Find the ’Zine in Guidebook, at Info Desk, Safer Spaces lounges, and the Worldcon Cantina.
Got a great story, quote, comic, or photo? Send it to [email protected] and you might see it in print or online!
Find the ’Zine in Guidebook, at Info Desk, Safer Spaces lounges, and the Worldcon Cantina.
August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Daily ’Zine is coming—your twice-a-day dose of con news & fun!
Got a great story, quote, comic, or photo? Send it to [email protected] and you might see it in print or online!
Find the ’Zine in Guidebook, at Info Desk, Safer Spaces lounges, and the Worldcon Cantina.
Got a great story, quote, comic, or photo? Send it to [email protected] and you might see it in print or online!
Find the ’Zine in Guidebook, at Info Desk, Safer Spaces lounges, and the Worldcon Cantina.
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Will you be at the Seattle WorldCon, August 13-17, 2025? We'll be there, with a tea party on Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 4 pm, Issaquah Room, Sheraton Grand Hotel 3rd floor. Any friend of the Carl Brandon Society is welcome whether you’re a convention member or not.
August 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Will you be at the Seattle WorldCon, August 13-17, 2025? We'll be there, with a tea party on Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 4 pm, Issaquah Room, Sheraton Grand Hotel 3rd floor. Any friend of the Carl Brandon Society is welcome whether you’re a convention member or not.
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Your health matters at #SeattleWorldcon2025
We’re working to help everyone stay healthy during the convention. Read our full Health Policy here: seattlein2025.org/about/health/
Let’s work together to make this a safe and fun convention for all! 💙
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We’re working to help everyone stay healthy during the convention. Read our full Health Policy here: seattlein2025.org/about/health/
Let’s work together to make this a safe and fun convention for all! 💙
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Health Policy: Infection Control and Risk Management
As a community, we have a duty to help protect one another and keep our community as healthy as possible. We cannot totally eliminate risk at an in-person event being held when COVID-19 is still…
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August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Your health matters at #SeattleWorldcon2025
We’re working to help everyone stay healthy during the convention. Read our full Health Policy here: seattlein2025.org/about/health/
Let’s work together to make this a safe and fun convention for all! 💙
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We’re working to help everyone stay healthy during the convention. Read our full Health Policy here: seattlein2025.org/about/health/
Let’s work together to make this a safe and fun convention for all! 💙
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✅ Masks – Strongly encouraged & available at multiple locations: Info Table, Exhibit Hall Desk, Events Office, and Program Ops.
✅ Tests – Available at Convention Ops (Summit Room 440 / Sheraton Everett Room) or via contactless hotel delivery.
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✅ Tests – Available at Convention Ops (Summit Room 440 / Sheraton Everett Room) or via contactless hotel delivery.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
✅ Masks – Strongly encouraged & available at multiple locations: Info Table, Exhibit Hall Desk, Events Office, and Program Ops.
✅ Tests – Available at Convention Ops (Summit Room 440 / Sheraton Everett Room) or via contactless hotel delivery.
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✅ Tests – Available at Convention Ops (Summit Room 440 / Sheraton Everett Room) or via contactless hotel delivery.
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✅ Exposure Tracking – If you test positive for COVID or Flu, please report via email ([email protected]), our Google Form, or Discord (#disease-self-reporting) so we can help notify others.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
✅ Exposure Tracking – If you test positive for COVID or Flu, please report via email ([email protected]), our Google Form, or Discord (#disease-self-reporting) so we can help notify others.
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Coming to #Worldcon this week? See our Endeavour Award booth in Special Exhibits, at the corner just past Seanan McGuire's Hugo Gown exhibit.
At Friday's Get to Know the Endeavour Award panel (Terrace Ste, 4th flr) 9-11:30 am we'll announce this year's finalists & read excerpts from their works.
At Friday's Get to Know the Endeavour Award panel (Terrace Ste, 4th flr) 9-11:30 am we'll announce this year's finalists & read excerpts from their works.
August 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Coming to #Worldcon this week? See our Endeavour Award booth in Special Exhibits, at the corner just past Seanan McGuire's Hugo Gown exhibit.
At Friday's Get to Know the Endeavour Award panel (Terrace Ste, 4th flr) 9-11:30 am we'll announce this year's finalists & read excerpts from their works.
At Friday's Get to Know the Endeavour Award panel (Terrace Ste, 4th flr) 9-11:30 am we'll announce this year's finalists & read excerpts from their works.
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2025 PEN/Faulkner Shortlist locusmag.com/2025/03...
2025 PEN/Faulkner Shortlist
The five-title 2025 PEN/Faulkner shortlist for fiction has been announced, with titles and authors of genre interest, including Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (Norton) and James by Percival Everett (Dou…
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March 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
2025 PEN/Faulkner Shortlist locusmag.com/2025/03...
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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!… buff.ly/cVfNSt2
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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March 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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!… buff.ly/cVfNSt2
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2025 Libby Book Awards Winners locusmag.com/2025/03...
2025 Libby Book Awards Winners
Winners of the 2025 Libby Book Awards, “as chosen by… over 1,100 librarians and library staff from across North America,” have been announced, including winners of genre interest.…
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March 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
2025 Libby Book Awards Winners locusmag.com/2025/03...
And scheduled at Norwescon at 1pm on Saturday in Cascade 7 & 8
Get to Know the Endeavour Award
Come listen to past winners and finalists discuss the award and its importance to them and learn about how the award process works.
Jim Kling (M), Brenda Cooper, Laura Anne Gilman, Gordon Van Gelder
Get to Know the Endeavour Award
Come listen to past winners and finalists discuss the award and its importance to them and learn about how the award process works.
Jim Kling (M), Brenda Cooper, Laura Anne Gilman, Gordon Van Gelder
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
And scheduled at Norwescon at 1pm on Saturday in Cascade 7 & 8
Get to Know the Endeavour Award
Come listen to past winners and finalists discuss the award and its importance to them and learn about how the award process works.
Jim Kling (M), Brenda Cooper, Laura Anne Gilman, Gordon Van Gelder
Get to Know the Endeavour Award
Come listen to past winners and finalists discuss the award and its importance to them and learn about how the award process works.
Jim Kling (M), Brenda Cooper, Laura Anne Gilman, Gordon Van Gelder
Going to Norwescon next month?
Stop by the informational Endeavour Award table & party to learn how to support the Award as a volunteer, a reader, and a donor--financially or with in-kind donations for the Egg Table at OryCon such as books, hand-crafted items, art, cute pins & plush and more.
Stop by the informational Endeavour Award table & party to learn how to support the Award as a volunteer, a reader, and a donor--financially or with in-kind donations for the Egg Table at OryCon such as books, hand-crafted items, art, cute pins & plush and more.
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Going to Norwescon next month?
Stop by the informational Endeavour Award table & party to learn how to support the Award as a volunteer, a reader, and a donor--financially or with in-kind donations for the Egg Table at OryCon such as books, hand-crafted items, art, cute pins & plush and more.
Stop by the informational Endeavour Award table & party to learn how to support the Award as a volunteer, a reader, and a donor--financially or with in-kind donations for the Egg Table at OryCon such as books, hand-crafted items, art, cute pins & plush and more.
Become a Preliminary Reader for the Endeavour Award! Preliminary Readers read works from the field of science fiction and fantasy that have been submitted and rate them. The top five works will then be rated by judges for the Endeavour Award. osfci.org/endeavour/co...
Endeavour – Contact Us
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March 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Become a Preliminary Reader for the Endeavour Award! Preliminary Readers read works from the field of science fiction and fantasy that have been submitted and rate them. The top five works will then be rated by judges for the Endeavour Award. osfci.org/endeavour/co...
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We're so excited to finally announce that The Curve of The World will be published with Aqueduct Press! Thanks to a wonderful team of folks that helped make this happen, @timmi.bsky.social, @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social, and many more!
We can finally announce Vonda N. McIntyre's last book, The Curve of The World, will be published soon with Aqueduct Press @timmi.bsky.social! Thanks so much to
@jenniegoloboy.bsky.social and our dedicated committee for making this happen!
#vondanmcintyre
@jenniegoloboy.bsky.social and our dedicated committee for making this happen!
#vondanmcintyre
When it's in Publishers Marketplace, it's real! So excited to have Vonda McIntyre's last book out in the world soon! @clarionwest.bsky.social @timmi.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We're so excited to finally announce that The Curve of The World will be published with Aqueduct Press! Thanks to a wonderful team of folks that helped make this happen, @timmi.bsky.social, @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social, and many more!
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✨ Join us for our third annual *Steamy in Seattle* on Saturday, May 10!
Featuring authors @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens while raising money for writing workshops, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.
#steamyinseattle #annaguirre #elizabethstephens
Featuring authors @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens while raising money for writing workshops, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.
#steamyinseattle #annaguirre #elizabethstephens
March 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
✨ Join us for our third annual *Steamy in Seattle* on Saturday, May 10!
Featuring authors @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens while raising money for writing workshops, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.
#steamyinseattle #annaguirre #elizabethstephens
Featuring authors @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens while raising money for writing workshops, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.
#steamyinseattle #annaguirre #elizabethstephens
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Voting for the 2025 Locus Awards is open! Vote for your favorite books at poll.voting.locusmag... ! Voting is open until April 15th and the Awards are held in June of this year. The Awards are fan-voted so you can show your love for the works that have are important to you!
March 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Voting for the 2025 Locus Awards is open! Vote for your favorite books at poll.voting.locusmag... ! Voting is open until April 15th and the Awards are held in June of this year. The Awards are fan-voted so you can show your love for the works that have are important to you!
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
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March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
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@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social's new #SFF #pirate #antho, featuring RS Belcher, @alansmale.bsky.social, @mistymassey.bsky.social, Violette Malan, @ccfinlay.bsky.social, @alexbledsoe.bsky.social & @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social is live on #Kickstarter. Board the ship and pledge! tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones
Science Fiction & Fantasy Pirate-Themed Anthology!
An SF&F themed anthology about pirates from the small press Zombies Need Brains!
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March 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social's new #SFF #pirate #antho, featuring RS Belcher, @alansmale.bsky.social, @mistymassey.bsky.social, Violette Malan, @ccfinlay.bsky.social, @alexbledsoe.bsky.social & @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social is live on #Kickstarter. Board the ship and pledge! tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones
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Greetings from the penultimate ConCom volunteer meeting for #NWC47! Only a month and a half to go - and we can still use more volunteers! Check our open staff positions page to see how you can help: buff.ly/Yhsg0Mc
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Greetings from the penultimate ConCom volunteer meeting for #NWC47! Only a month and a half to go - and we can still use more volunteers! Check our open staff positions page to see how you can help: buff.ly/Yhsg0Mc
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Voting for the 2025 Locus Awards is open! Vote for your favorite books at poll.voting.locusmag... ! Voting is open until April 15th and the Awards are held in June of this year. The Awards are fan-voted so you can show your love for the works that have are important to you!
February 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Voting for the 2025 Locus Awards is open! Vote for your favorite books at poll.voting.locusmag... ! Voting is open until April 15th and the Awards are held in June of this year. The Awards are fan-voted so you can show your love for the works that have are important to you!
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Save the date, Portland: I'll be Ray Nayler's in-conversation partner the evening of April 11 at Powell's Burnside location, for his new novel. Ray's not just an excellent novelist but a great thinker, in my opinion. Hope to see you there. (event may not be on the website yet)
February 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Save the date, Portland: I'll be Ray Nayler's in-conversation partner the evening of April 11 at Powell's Burnside location, for his new novel. Ray's not just an excellent novelist but a great thinker, in my opinion. Hope to see you there. (event may not be on the website yet)
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Hello, Portland! I'll be kicking off the tour for The Martian Contingency in your city. I hope you'll make plans to drop by the Cedar Hills Crossing location of @powells.bsky.social on March 18 to say hello and get your book signed. www.powells.com/book/the-mar... @torbooks.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hello, Portland! I'll be kicking off the tour for The Martian Contingency in your city. I hope you'll make plans to drop by the Cedar Hills Crossing location of @powells.bsky.social on March 18 to say hello and get your book signed. www.powells.com/book/the-mar... @torbooks.bsky.social
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February 15: Join us at Hugo House for a two-hour Query Letter Class & Submission Party!
Link in comments.
#speculativefiction #writingclasses #writingcommunity #queryletter #literaryagent
Link in comments.
#speculativefiction #writingclasses #writingcommunity #queryletter #literaryagent
January 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
February 15: Join us at Hugo House for a two-hour Query Letter Class & Submission Party!
Link in comments.
#speculativefiction #writingclasses #writingcommunity #queryletter #literaryagent
Link in comments.
#speculativefiction #writingclasses #writingcommunity #queryletter #literaryagent
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AWARDS time! Support your favorite authors, artists, publishers, and more...!
SFWA members can vote in the Nebula Awards
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Worldcon members can vote in the Hugo Awards
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Anyone can vote in the Locus Awards
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SFWA members can vote in the Nebula Awards
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Worldcon members can vote in the Hugo Awards
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Anyone can vote in the Locus Awards
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How to Participate: Recommending, Nominating, and Voting for the Nebulas - The Nebula Awards®
Nebula Awards® Eligibility Eligibility for published works runs from January 1 – December 31 of a given year. The finalists are usually announced the following March. The 60th Nebula Awards® for work...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
AWARDS time! Support your favorite authors, artists, publishers, and more...!
SFWA members can vote in the Nebula Awards
nebulas.sfwa.org/about-the-ne...
Worldcon members can vote in the Hugo Awards
seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...
Anyone can vote in the Locus Awards
locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...
SFWA members can vote in the Nebula Awards
nebulas.sfwa.org/about-the-ne...
Worldcon members can vote in the Hugo Awards
seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...
Anyone can vote in the Locus Awards
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Anyone can nominate a book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. This year, nominations will be open throughout the month of March. All the details are at www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Anyone can nominate a book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. This year, nominations will be open throughout the month of March. All the details are at www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
Seven localish bookstores via TriMet.
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7 Must-Visit Bookstores in the Portland Area (and How to Get There by TriMet) - TriMet Blog
We mean this in the best of ways: The Portland area is lousy with bookstores. It’s well known that we’re a booklover’s paradise, home to some of the best bookstores in the country. Many of them are located near TriMet bus and MAX lines, making it easy to get to your destination. Here’s a list of seven excellent bookstores you can visit by TriMet, making your trip the eco-friendly, cost-effective and stress-free way to get there. Let’s go!
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February 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Seven localish bookstores via TriMet.
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