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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing our next Guest of Honor: Nebula Award Winning Author Premee Mohamed!
#WisCon2026 #Wiscon #premeemohamed #WisCONline2026

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 5d

Introducing our first Guest of Honor: Award winner Darcie Little Badger! Are you excited for WisCon Online yet? Because we are. We hope to see you there!
#WisCon2026 #Wiscon #DarcieLittleBadger #WisCONline2026

Purple background decorated with four glitter stripes, and picturing three books by Darcie Little Badger: A Snake Falls to Earth; Elatsoe; Sheine Lende. Text reads: "Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus award for best first novel and is a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her 2nd novel, a Snake Falls to Earth, received a Nebula Award, and Ignyte Award, and a Newberry Honor and is on the National Book Awards longlist. Her 3rd book, Sheine Lende, is a prequel to Elatsoe and was a USA Today bestseller and Lodestar award winner. Darcie is married to a veterinarian named Taran."

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 8d

SF3 (The Society of the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy and Science Fiction) is hosting our annual meeting on October 12th, 2025, at 2PM CT. This is the last day to register!
Join here: sf3.org/join/

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 9d

SF3 - The Society of the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy and Science Fiction is hosting our annual meeting on October 12th, 2025, at 2PM. And we want you there! Register by the end of day September 30th. Join here: sf3.org/join/

Dark background with yellow cartoon megaphone. Text: This is the last week!!! Registration for the Oct 12th SF3 meeting is about to close on Sept 30. Reserve your spot today!

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 9d

WisCon is looking for volunteers:
Blog writers, volunteers for Marketing team, Script Writers,
Tech and IT, Programming coordination, Accessibility and logistics.
No experience needed. Just curiosity, collaboration, and a belief in feminist speculative fiction. Learn more at wiscon.net

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 14d

Introducing WisCon’s Vendor-of-the-Month (VotM) program.
Each month, we’ll highlight one or two vendors from the WisCon community & offer exclusive member discounts.
To nominate a vendor or artist:
Dealers: Contact Eric at [email protected]
Artists: Contact Tahlia at [email protected]
#WisConVotM

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 16d

Curious about WisCon 2026?

Visit wiscon.net to learn about programming, accessibility, volunteering, and our rich history as the world’s longest-running feminist science fiction convention.

Purple background with chalk-drawn light bulb and rocket above a wavy watercolor rainbow. Text: Curious about WisCon 2026? Visit www.wiscon.net to learn about programming, accessibility, volunteering, and our rich history as the world’s longest-running feminist science fiction convention.

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 20d

Who are the women spec fiction writers who shaped your world? Tag them or share their work. Here is one of ours.

Photo Credit: Nikolas Coukouma
#OctaviaButler #WisCon #SpeculativeFiction

Quote from Octavia Butler: "When I was a kid and read science fiction, the science fiction available for kids at the library that I went to was all boys books and you get tired of reading boys books where the girls just kind of sit on the sideline and cheer the boys on and I think one of the things I wanted to do when I began writing my own was […] being the one who’s actually doing instead of the one who’s standing off to one side watching." Portrait of Butler with book. Cartoon dragon-like creature reading the book, "Kindred."

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 21d

The SF3 Annual Meeting is happening Sunday, October 12 at 2 PM Central.

SF3 is the nonprofit that powers WisCon, and membership is open to anyone who shares our values and wants to help shape the future of the con.

To attend, become a member by September 30.
Join here: sf3.org/join

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 27d

Check out this awesome article from @LOCUS locusmag.com/2025/07/wisc...

FYI WisCon will be online 2026. We want to see you there! Visit: wiscon.net
#WisCon #WisCon2026 #OnlineConventions #WisCONline2026

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Exciting news, all! WisCon's Chairs would like to announce that we will be having WisCONline in 2026 and WisCon in Madison in 2027!

Details coming soon including Guest of Honor announcements. Watch this space!

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is only barely WisCon adjacent, but, for our health and safety at future in-person WisCons...

We have until June 20 to submit a comment to the CDC about reinstating experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Talking points and tips:

precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...

Tell the CDC: We Need Broad Access to Vaccines and Science-Based Expert Advisory Committees

Public comment to CDC ACIP vaccine committee opens today, 6/9, and closes 6/20 at 11:59pm EDT

precaution.substack.com

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 25

Remember to check out WisCON's 2025 Art Show!
wiscon.net/events/art-s...

If you’re registered for this year’s con, you can also discuss the work and possibly meet the artists in the #art-show channel on the con Discord. Register here: wiscon2025.sched.com/registration

#WisCON2025

2025 Art Show Gallery | WisCon

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · May 24

FYI, there’s @wiscon.bsky.social merch! www.threadless.com/@wisconsf3

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Shop graphic tees, artwork, iphone cases, and more designed by the worldwide Threadless community.

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · May 25

@wiscon.bsky.social 2025 is such a special treat with amazing and informative panels. #WisCOnLine

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Kate Pennington @callmeglitter.bsky.social · May 25

Really loving my first @wiscon.bsky.social even with low spoons. Good panels and tons of neat folks - many new and some old. And a good start to my "Conference season" lol it a season if you're only attending two? :)

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 25

Join us at WisCon 2025 Sunday 5/25 for panels on topics such as eco fiction and resistance lessons from history. We also have an author reading at 2pm CDT. Register via the link in the pinned post!

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 23

You can still register for WisCon! Panels, workshops and readings all weekend. Pay-what-you-can. wiscon2025.sched.com

Coming up on FRIDAY (5/23):
-Asexual representation in SFF
-Moving beyond Western structures of storytelling
-Author reading at 4pm CDT

And more! Register via the link above ^

WisCon 2025 Schedule

Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

wiscon2025.sched.com

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 23

WisCon mention in File 770! #WisCon2025
file770.com/get-ready-fo...

Get Ready for WisCONline 2025 on Memorial Day Weekend

WisCon 47 (2025) is fast approaching! The entirely online convention will occur over the Memorial Day weekend, stretching from Thursday May 22 to Monday May 26 with pay-what-you-can tickets availab…

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 22

Guest of Honor readings tomorrow night (5/22)!

See the full WisCONline schedule here: wiscon2025.sched.com/list/simple

WisCon 2025 Schedule

Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

wiscon2025.sched.com

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 20

Countdown: 3 days until WisCONline!

We need a few last minute panelists! Contact: [email protected]

May 23 Fri7:00-7:45pm | Breathe the Pressure: Burnout and Recovery for Creatives

May 24 Sat10:00-10:45am | Pathways to Publishing

May 24 Sat4:00-4:45pm | Small Press Publishing

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 19

WisCon NEEDS LEADERS FOR 2026!

For the future of WisCon, we need leadership to run it. Do you want to lead in 2025-2026?

List of critical open roles at wiscon.net/volunteer/co.... Email [email protected] for info.

Organizing WisCon | WisCon

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 12

Countdown: 11 days to WisCONline!

Sign up for volunteer shifts! Training provided.

~ Zoom Prodn Ass't: ensure panel runs smoothly - help troubleshoot issues, keep audience members muted, keep time.
~ Discord Mod: watch Discord, respond to issues.
Email [email protected] for info.

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 12

ALSO! Thinking forward to 2026... In order to have WisCon 2026, we need volunteers BY WisCONline 2025:

~ Fundraiser/ grants ~ Apprentice Chairs: Comms/ Prog ~ Panels Apprentice ~ Online Con Co-Lead ~ Operations/ Hospitality Chair or 2. wiscon.net/volunteer/co... Email [email protected].

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · May 12

WisCONline's near! Leadership roles needed:
~ Access Lead
~ Write, perform Opening Ceremonies (make how-to WisCONline video!)
~ POC Safer Space Lead, Plural Safer Space Lead
~ GoH Team Co-Lead
~ Shift Volunteer Coord.
wiscon.net/volunteer/co...
email [email protected]

Organizing WisCon | WisCon

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