✨GIFCon is back for 2026! ✨ We’re very excited to launch the Call for Papers for GIFCon 2026, with the theme “Technologies of the Fantastic” You can find out more here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the last three days of GIFCon 2025! Make sure to tag us in your posts, check out any sessions you missed on the Centre for Fantasy YouTube channel, keep the conversations going on discord, and keep an eye out for exciting updates from us on email and social!

My first ever conference paper has been presented! I felt like a real academic. Thank you @gifcon.bsky.social! Looking forward to 2026 already.

Join us for our FINAL event of GIFCon 2025! Join the Discord for our Artist Spotlight with Elisabeth Flett 16:45 to 17:45 BST

Want to learn more about your favorite speakers from #gifcon2025 ? Check out their bios! fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

It’s time! Join us from 15:30 BST for our Roundtable: Omegaverse Fanfiction and the Politics of Fantasy with Ann Alex, Kristina Busse, Tanvi Chowdhury, and Alexis Lothian #fantasyevents #literaryevents #gifcon2025 #roundtable #gifcon #gifcon2025

Absolutely fantastic keynote from Alice Chapman Kelly, lots of excellent points about why we read (and write) fanfic and use it to queer fandoms to better fit our lives and gain comfort from creating a homonormative space within those fantasy worlds. #GIFcon @gifcon.bsky.social

Don’t miss the final round of panels at #gifcon2025 ! Starting in just 5 minutes (14:00 BST) Panel 7A: Gaming and Queerness Panel 7B: Family Dynamics in Children’s Media Panel 7C: Queer Utopias

Have you seen our Queering the Fantastic Reading List? Check out some of our recommendations for further reading inspired by this year’s events! fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20... #gifcon #gifcon2025 #fantasybooks #queerfiction #fantasyreading #tbr #tbrpile #fantasytbr

Join us on Zoom at 12:45 BST for our FINAL KEYNOTE with Alice Chapman-Kelly We can’t wait to see you there! #gifcon #gifcon2025 #keynote #keynotespeaker #fantasyevents #fantasy #literaryevents

First up on the FINAL DAY of GIFCon 2025: Panels 6! Panel 6A: Borderlines and Marginalization Panel 6B: Worldbuilding and Queer Identity Today at 10:00 BST!

We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @gifcon.bsky.social We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day. What have been your highlights so far? #FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon

Thank you for joining us for Day 2 of GIFCon 2025! Join us tomorrow at 10:00 BST for ✨Day 3✨ #gifcon #gifcon2025 #fantasyevents #fantasyliterature #literatureevent

Join us for Hades II gameplay, happening NOW in the Discord!

This afternoon's panel kicks off with Anna Bark Persson talking about sword lesbians in fantasy fiction and fandom, which is just adding to my reading list 😂 #gifcon @gifcon.bsky.social

Join us on Discord for Hades II & Jackbox Games! Join the conversation through the Voice Channel (Radio GIFCon)

Which panel did you attend this afternoon?

Fantastic conversations happening NOW in our Workshops: 🖋️4A: Together We Write Private Cathedrals 🌳4B: Family (of) Trees 📖4C: Publishing WITHOUT Perishing

Enjoying #GIFCon so far, especially the fairy tale panel. Looking forward to more today! @gifcon.bsky.social

Join us in just 10 minutes for our Day 2 Keynote!

Today we hosted a researcher spotlight in the discord for our very own Mercury Natis! Keep up with the conversation by tuning in to the discord throughout GIFCon 2025!

Which panel are you joining to kick off Day 2 of #gifcon2025 ?

if you're going to be awake at 10am BST on Friday, you should come listen to me talk about sex-gender, some recent transfeminist theory, class, and Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern! registration is free

THANK YOU to all our amazing speakers on Day 1 of GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic, and thank you to everyone that attended! Make sure to share your thoughts with us on social media and in the discord, and we can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow for Day 2!

Been an excellent and interesting roundtable to kick off the Queering the Fantastic #gifcon. Always very thought provoking and this year looks great. @gifcon.bsky.social

“Wasps are queer” and other insights from today’s Keynote speaker Kirsty Logan happening NOW! Join us on zoom or catch the session recording on YouTube

✨Reading Recommendation from our opening roundtable✨ Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz

It’s finally here! Make sure to join us at 12:30pm today to kick off GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic #fantasyevents #fantasyfiction #queerfiction #literaryevents #conference #gifcon #fantasyconversations #universityofglasgow #centreforfantasy

Have you reserved your spot? GIFCon 2025: Qeering the Fantastic starts TOMORROW at 12:30 BST Don’t miss a moment: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Here’s your guide to GIFCon day 3!

We’re counting down the days until GIFCon 2025! Check out the full programme of events for May 7-9 here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Tickets are now live for the GIFCon 2025 workshops, seminar, and roundtables! Make sure to reserve your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifcon-202...

Mark your calendars for day 1 of GIFCon 2025! Full programme available here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

This week’s TBR pick: The Wood Beyond the World Author: William Morris Synopsis: Golden Walter finds himself in a strange and frightening world after being abandoned by his wife and lost at sea. Originally published: January 1894 by Kelmscott Press

GIFCon is committed to providing a supportive environment for trans people, today and every day. #transrights #supporttransrights #gifcon2025

This week's TBR List Pick: Ursula K. Le Guin's Nebula Award-winning young adult fantasy series- Annals of the Western Shore! Have you read this trilogy? Let us know in the comments! #gifcon2025 #gifcon #fantasyreads #ursulaleguin

Calling all speakers and presenters for #GIFCon2025! Have you registered for this year's conference on Eventbrite? If you haven't yet, please be reminded that the deadline for speakers and presenters to register is this Saturday, 12 April 2025. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifcon-202...

Have you read up on our keynote speakers for #GIFCon2025 ? We have quite the line up this year! May 7th: Kirsty Logan May 8th: Anna McFarlane 
May 9th: Dr. Alice M. Chapman-Kelly Check out the full details on keynotes: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

This week's TBR pick is Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees! Have you read this fantasy classic? Let us know in the comments! #gifcon2025 #gifcon #fantasytbr #tbrlist #fantasyreads

Thank you to everyone who signed up for our GIFCon 2025 Networking Event! Spaces on this event are now COMPLETELY FILLED, but not to worry, we have tons of other exciting events across all three days of the conference. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifcon-202...

Have you signed up for the #GIFCon2025 Networking event? Spaces are going fast! Secure your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifcon-202...

It's finally that time! Registration for GIFCon 2025 is NOW OPEN! Secure your free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gifcon-202.... #GIFCon2025 #gifcon #fantasyevents #universityofglasgow

Looking to brush up on your reading ahead of #GIFCon2025? We've got you covered! Now through the start of GIFCon, make sure to follow us for weekly recommendations for Crafting Your Queering the Fanstic TBR List This Week's Pick: The Priory of the Orange Tree Author: Samantha Shannon

The acceptance emails are sent, the plans are being made, and we are getting more excited with every passing day for #gifcon2025 ! Big updates coming soon…

Our committee has been working hard to finalize decisions for #GIFCon2025 and will be reaching out to applicants with the results over the next few days. Thank you to everyone who submitted! Make sure to keep your eye on emails and socials for exciting updates in the weeks ahead...

Who we are: Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations What we do: Host an annual three-day virtual conference welcoming proposals from researchers working in the field of fantasy and the fantastic Follow us for updates on GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic Dates: 7-9th May 2025 #fantasyevents