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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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...

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

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

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

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? :)

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!

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

Guest of Honor readings tomorrow night (5/22)! See the full WisCONline schedule here: wiscon2025.sched.com/list/simple

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

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.

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.

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]

WisCon (ONLINE, May 23-25, 2025) urgently needs panelists. Details: wiscon.net/2025/05/08/u... May 19, we remove unstaffed panels. Pls get word out to cool people- be part of this awesome con. Email [email protected] to participate!

Sign up for Critiques at our Online Con! WisCon Workshops has brought together wonderful authors like LaShawn Wanak, Naomi Kritzer and others to give feedback on your work. Each session capped at 4 participants, first come, first served. More at wiscon.net/programming/wo

Writers! Sign-ups for WisCon's critique sessions (online) are open. Find people who understand your genre! WisCon Workshops proudly offers critique sessions for writers seeking feedback on short/ long-form fiction. Deadline for ms subs: May 1. Info at wiscon.net/programming/wo

Gaze at this poster for WisCONline 2025! WisCon May 23-25 2025, online only A feminist sci-fi and fantasy convention $25 or pay what you can Visit wiscon2025.sched.com Guests of honor: ANDREA HAIRSTON; NAOMI KRITZER Want to volunteer? Email [email protected]

WISCONLINE 2025 (May 23-26, 2025 - ONLINE) registration is now open!! wiscon2025.sched.com . Pay whatever works for you for tickets, including $0. Schedule is not yet available - watch this space for updates! For questions, contact [email protected].

VOLUNTEER AS A RECRUITER (2 spots!) Use your marketing skill to dazzle new volunteers! Coordinate with Communications to draft/schedule open recruitment calls (like the one!) 2-4 hours per call, 1-3 calls/ week. Contact [email protected] (subject: Recruiter) wiscon.net/open-volunte...

New volunteer position #1: PASSWORD MANAGER Volunteer at your own pace 1-2 hours/week! Enhance security of WisCon accounts - update passwords, then notify account users of the password change. Contact [email protected] (subject: Password Manager). wiscon.net/open-volunte...

WisCon needs a volunteer Apprentice IT Infrastructure Chair! Help set meetings, track progress, connect IT members to WisCon resources for WisCon’s website & WisCONline scheduling/registration apps. Details: wiscon.net/open-volunte... Email: [email protected] (subject: Apprentice IT Chair)

**WisCONline 2025 Dealers’ Room Applications** Virtual dealers! We can feature your website on our Dealers’ Room page. Participation free. Space for ~40 vendors. First-come, first-serve basis by 3/17/2025. To sign up, please fill out our Google form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1qRM...

Authors & Editors: RUN A WISCON CRITIQUE SESSION? Professional author or editor interested in running a critique session for WisCon 2025? Other skills to share with the WisCon community? If so, then Workshops would love to hear from you! Learn more at wiscon.net/programming/...

2025 WISCON TOWN HALL (Virtual): Wed Feb 19 7-8:00 PM Check-in about current state of WisCon, our challenges and victories. Chairs & Board have many changes to share, too. Current/former WisCon attendees, volunteers welcome! Details + link: wiscon.net/2025/02/11/2...

VOLUNTEER AT WISCON! WisCon is an all-volunteer organization, with a variety of positions available. Help put on WisCONline 2025. Reach out to [email protected] for more information. This page has open volunteer positions: wiscon.net/open-volunte...

REMINDER to ARTISTS! Though WisCon 2025 is online only this year, we're still helping artists showcase their work. We're accepting 40 artists who have online stores to display their work at WisCONLINE. Application deadline 3/1/2025. Details at the link. wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

WisCONLINE 2025 Call for Academic Papers WisCon invites papers/ panels engaging with Palestine & Gaza, for example works listed in Sonia Sulaiman’s #ReadPalestinianSpecFic reading list, edited volume Thyme Travellers (2024). Lots more detail here: wiscon.net/programming/...

WisCon is renewing our call for WisCONLINE 2025 programming! The original deadline was 1/31, but it has been extended to 3/1. Suggest your panel or event! wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

More volunteers needed for WisCOnline 2025, including Guest of Honor Co-Lead. Details here: wiscon.net/2025/02/01/v...

IT VOLUNTEER needed: Help with server migration project. Are you experienced with server infrastructure? LAMP stack knowledge good but not required. For more info, please contact [email protected] (subject: IT volunteer). wiscon.net/2025/01/26/v...

WisCon community! Please take a minute to give us your thoughts on what kind of programming you'd like to see in WisConline 2025. SURVEY CLOSES 1/31. forms.gle/Q9j2A5cADQbm... More thoughts that can't fit in the survey? Feel free to email [email protected] .

Artists! Apply for the WisConline art show here: forms.gle/8D94BCMzmZCz... Applications will be open through March 31. Questions? Contact the Art Show organizers (Tahlia and Sherry) at [email protected] .

NEEDED: WisCONline’s Website Team Lead. Update our website with current con info; coordinate with IT Infrastructure Lead, AppDev Lead, and other con leads. At least 2 hrs/wk. Familiarity with WordPress a must. For info: [email protected] (subject: Website Team Lead). wiscon.net/2024/12/06/w...

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! DISCORD CO-LEAD Discord Co-Lead As part of the Online Con team, setup/ manage WisCon Discord. If you’re familiar with Discord or similar, and have project mgmnt skills, contact [email protected] (subject: Discord Lead) for info

Latest WisCon volunteers needed! IT Infrastructure Chair and Academic Program Lead. More details here: wiscon.net/2024/11/17/i...

Hey WisCon community. How do you like our new logo? :)

Seeking a VP for the SF3 board! Details here wiscon.net/2024/10/29/s... Contact [email protected] (subject: SF3 VP).

You have 1 more month to recommend #SFF work for the 2024 Otherwise jury to consider! If you’ve enjoyed a 2024 work of #sciencefiction or #fantasy (books, stories, music, video, fanfic...) that explores or expands our understanding of gender, please tell us: otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o...

🎉WisCon will be having an online convention in 2025!!🎉 WisCONline 2025 will take place Memorial Day weekend as always (May 23-26, 2025.) There are still important volunteer roles to fill! Details here: wiscon.net/2024/10/11/a...

WisCon wants an AppDev Team Lead! Manage app developer team; plan/ execute updates; work with others to prioritize enhancements/fixes. Work with Convention Committee leadership. Interested? Contact [email protected] (subject: AppDev Lead)

This role is FILLED! 🥳

We've been advertising a lot of open volunteer roles. Looking for a summary of open roles AND what it would take to make 2025 WisCONline possible? Read more here! wiscon.net/2024/09/16/w...

FUNDRAISING LEAD NEEDED Get valuable experience building a fundraising program! Work closely with Treasurer, meet mthly with Fundraising volunteers, mthly with Chairs. Mentoring available. Contact [email protected] (subject: Fundraising Lead). wiscon.net/2024/09/30/f...

Personnel Volunteer Trainer Needed: Help orient WisCon, SF3 volunteers in 1-2 hr training sessions as your schedule allows. Need stable internet connection - video conferencing. Contact [email protected] (subject: Volunteer Trainer) to learn more! wiscon.net/2024/09/20/p...