A special message on the weather in Edmonton from Winston Pei, part of the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid: (short video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAmb...

People keep asking about Edmonton weather.

We'll be at #Eastercon in Birmingham tomorrow. Stop by our table and say hi!

If you are nominating for the Hugo Awards, the deadline is tomorrow. Unless you have a TARDIS, a heavily modified Delorean, or access to The Guardian of Forever, that deadline is coming up fast. Get your nominating ballot in by Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 12:00pm (noon) Pacific Time!

Our bid team is out in the community today, with a table at Bookwyrm Specfest in downtown Edmonton. If you're around, stop by our table and say hello!

Field of Dreams was written by a Canadian. In fact, W.P. Kinsella was raised in Edmonton. ***hears a whispering*** "If you bid for Worldcon, they will come...*** @edmontonin2030.bsky.social

Update: costume is half-complete. Amazing and talented friends of ours (who won Emmys for the costumes on Fraggle Rock) are working on it. Will probably only wear it the night of the Hugos, and will spend the evening boosting the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social Worldcon bid.

And they are NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE LINGNAN!

Why Edmonton? Brent Spiner knows. See you in 2030? youtu.be/h2u5NPDYKd4?...

Hey, it's almost time to start thinking about T-shirt weather. Want to support a 2030 Worldcon bid and look great doing it. Come be North of Ordinary with a @edmontonin2030.bsky.social shirt. We also now have APRONS too.

Shirts available now. Look good and support the bid. www.edmontonin2030.org/wear-your-su...

Finally: you can get one of our sweet shirts. Show your support for the bid to bring the 88th World Science Fiction Convention to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) in 2030 with this spiffy T-shirt. Front reads “North of Ordinary” Right sleeve features bid logo. www.edmontonin2030.org/wear-your-su...

I am proud to be part of the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid. What's that? We are putting ourselves forward in a bid to host the 2030 Worldcon...in Edmonton Canada. Want to join in? Or just learn more? Make with the click. www.edmontonin2030.org

This #worldcon bid and our friends at Explore Edmonton are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We believe that our city’s strength lies in its diversity. Edmonton is a place where different cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives come together to create a vibrant and inclusive community.

All about ... NAbSFS In the autumn of 2024, a group of science fiction and fantasy fans founded the Northern Alberta Science Fiction Society (NAbSFS). Roughly speaking, that's us.

All about ... ESFCAS! What is ESFCAS? It's the Edmonton Science Fiction and Comic Art Society, of course! Active from roughly 1976 to 1993, ESFCAS was founded at the University of Alberta and is an important organization in Edmonton fan history.

Last day of @capriconsfcon.bsky.social . I will be at the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social table among other things

Have you stopped by yet, @capriconsfcon.bsky.social attendees?

Another shot, this one by Pam Burr ,of me at the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social table at @capriconsfcon.bsky.social

Here's @princejvstin.com at @capriconsfcon.bsky.social ready to answer questions about the @edmontonin2030.bsky.social bid to hold the 2030 #WSFS #WorldCon in Edmonton, Canada.

All about ... Animethon! Edmonton is home to Animethon, Canada’s longest-running Anime convention. Founded in 1994, the three-day event attracts more than 15,000 attendees every year to the Edmonton Convention Centre for a celebration of anime, manga, cosplay, music, and gaming.

All about ... On Spec! The Copper Pig Writers’ Society was born from a need to make a viable Canadian market for creators of short speculative fiction, art, and poetry; @onspecmag.bsky.social was that market.

HEY! @smofcon43.bsky.social IS ON BLUESKY! You should follow them! <<Starts Googling flights to Portugal>>>

We have eagles. As a fun aside: when we were taking the group photo on our bid website, two bald eagles were watching us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

All about ... ConText’89: Historic Canadian Convention Held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in June 1989, ConText’89 was a seminal science fiction writing and art convention that had a considerable impact on Canadian science fiction fandom, writing and publishing.

This isn't just a joke by @premeemohamed.com: it's local lore! Someone did, in fact, climb in and get stuck in 2023. Learn from their mistake. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why Edmonton for #Worldcon? Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.

Head over to Instagram to see this post from Edmonton Arts Council about some of our most popular pieces of public art! www.instagram.com/p/DTgj9dwEpN...

Oh My God

We had 400% more snow this past December than the 30 year average. This will not affect 2030 Worldcon because it usually does not snow in August in Edmonton.

A Christmas Carol is sci-fi. It has time travel. #hottake

A slightly better less-error-filled holiday poem for your reading pleasure.

A holiday poem from us to you!

Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. There will be no cap. See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit: strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

Endorsements from locals have started rolling in for our bid. We are grateful for their support. In alphabetical order, thank you for making our bid and our future guests welcome!

Worldcons are powered by volunteers. People like you and me, working together to build an awesome celebration of genre in its infinite diversity and infinite imagination. And being a part of the volunteer team is the best way to experience a Worldcon.

What better way to say "I love you" this holiday season than with an WSFS membership? Getting to vote on the Hugo Awards is the perfect gift for the fan in your life who is difficult to shop for! You can gift a membership in the World Science Fiction Convention, right here: LAcon.org/register

A major loss to SFF but especially to Canadian SFF. Tu vas nous manquer.

On Spec has been the beating heart of Canadian science fiction for more than three decades. The fact that the magazine has deep Edmonton roots fills us with a lot of civic pride, and is part of what inspired this Worldcon bid. Article about @onspecmag.bsky.social in CBC: www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...

Félicitations à l'auteure d'Edmonton, @premeemohamed.com, pour avoir remporté le prix Julia Velanger 2025 !

We want to bring Worldcon, the World Science Fiction convention, in 2030 to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), more commonly known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Yes, Edmonton. @edmontonin2030.bsky.social You can support us, and get involved, here: www.edmontonin2030.org

Wondering what our proposed Worlcon venue would look like if it were in the process of being destroyed by gigantic robots, check out the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The city is portrayed fairly accurately, though Edmonton has slightly fewer gigantic robots in real life.

Wondering how to pronounce the characters "ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ" in our bid name? The word is Amiskwacîwâskahikan, it means "Beaver Hills House," and it's the Plains Cree name for what is now called Edmonton. Here's a pronunciation guide: forvo.com/word/amiskwa...

We’re at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend! Stop by and say hello and ask us what the heck we mean when we say that a Worldcon in Edmonton will be “North of Ordinary”!

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We're going to be at @canconsffh.bsky.social this weekend! Stop by our table to say hello and find out about our bid to bring Worldcon to Edmonton. We're planning to make 2030 #NorthOfOrdinary!

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of this year’s Ignyte Awards! What a superb shortlist.

The positive impact that On Spec has had on Canadian Science Fiction cannot be overstated.

Tomorrow is the big book launch for the third in @premeemohamed.com's The Annual Migration of Clouds series! (I should say "Aurora-award winning"!)

I absolutely love this