‼️COSPLAY MEETUP APPLICATION CLOSES DEC 16TH ‼️ The Awesome Con 2026 Cosplay Meetup application is open through December 16th. Wanna stage an EPIC group photo with other cosplayers in your fandom? This is your chance! ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications

🎮 Last Video Game you played is where you're spending your holiday... Where are you going?

⏰ The #AwesomeCon Programming application closes Monday, December 15th! If you've got the perfect panel idea and you want to communicate it with fellow fans, apply today! >> awesome-con.com/applications

‼️TODAY ONLY‼️ Get a FREE $5 gift credit* to a participating retailer with your Awesome Con badge purchase, including: 📖 Loyalty Bookstores 🎲 Misty Mountain Gaming 🫧 Eclipse Pop 🧸 Toynk 🍫 Copper Coast Confections *Credit will be emailed within 72 hours of purchase

‼️TOMORROW ONLY‼️ Get a FREE $5 gift credit* to a participating retailer with your Awesome Con badge purchase, including: 📖 Loyalty Bookstores 🎲 Misty Mountain Gaming 🫧 Eclipse Pop 🧸 Toynk 🍫 Copper Coast Confections *Credit will be emailed within 72 hours of purchase

⭐ VOLTRON FANS! ⭐ Voice actors Tyler Labine (Hunk) and AJ LoCascio (Lotor) are coming to Awesome Con in March! You can meet them on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday! 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

✨ CONTENT CREATOR APPLICATION OPEN ✨ The 2026 Content Creator badge application closes in ONE WEEK on December 7th. We welcome relevant influencers and content creators to apply for the chance at a complimentary badge. ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications

⭐ VOLTRON FANS! ⭐ Voice actors Matthew Waterson (Hunk) and AJ LoCascio (Lotor) are coming to Awesome Con in March! You can meet them on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday! 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

🍗 Happy Thanksgiving! 🥧

✏️ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ✏️ Jarrett Melendez—Best known for Chef’s Kiss, Persona: The Official Cookbook, My Pokémon Baking Book, RuneScape: The Official Cookbook, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Official Cookbook, and more—is coming to Awesome Con in March! 🎟️ Buy badges>> awesome-con.com/badges

WAKE UP! The FINAL SEASON of Stranger Things drops TONIGHT!! Who's bingeing all of Volume One before bed tonight? 👀

📖 GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT 📖 Author @sararaaschbooks.com—best known for The Entanglement of Rival Wizards, Go Luck Yourself, The Nightmare Before Kissmas, The Fake Divination Offense, and more—is coming to Awesome Con in March! 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges

✨ APPLICATION CLOSING SOON ✨ The 2026 Cosplay Meetup application is closing in 3 weeks on December 16th. Wanna stage an EPIC group photo with other cosplayers in your fandom? This is your chance! ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications

🌌 Happy Doctor Who Day! 62 years ago today, the original series premiered on the BBC, starring Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman—the Doctor's granddaughter. Meet Carole and other classic Who castmates at Awesome Con, March 13-15! >> awesome-con.com/badges

💟 Want to learn more about Accessibility at Awesome Con? Our Accessibility page is available year-round for your convenience. We recommend checking it out before purchasing your badge, and again before attending the event in March, in case of updates. ♿ awesome-con.com/info/accessibility

⚠️ CLOSING IN 2 WEEKS ⚠️ The 2026 Content Creator badge application is open through December 7th. We welcome relevant influencers and content creators to apply for the chance at a complimentary badge. ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications

📖 GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT 📖 Author @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social—best known for The Spellshop, The Enchanted Greenhouse, Sea of Charms, The Queen of Blood, The Lost, The Faraway Inn, and more—is coming to Awesome Con in March! 🎟️ >> awesome-con.com/badges

⭐ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐ X-Men '97 voice actors AJ LoCascio, Lenore Zann, and Matthew Waterson are coming to Awesome Con in March! The mutant trio is slated to appear on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

X-Men 97 is FINALLY coming back...... next summer. Wouldn't it be nice if you could get your X-Men fix a few months earlier? 👀

✏️ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ✏️ Comic creator @schmalke.bsky.social—best known for Seven Years in Darkness, Murder Hobo, We Don't Kill Spiders, and more—is coming to Awesome Con in March! 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

Introducing Romancing DC—a new division of the Book Fair where you can meet romance and romantasy authors, attend panels, experience craft workshops, and even attend a formal ball! Many more details and announcements are still to come, so be sure to watch this space! awesome-con.com

🎞️ DEADLINE APPROACHING 🎞️ The regular deadline for the Awesome Con Short Film Festival presented by Astray Productions is Friday, December 19th. Have you submitted your short film yet? 📽 SUBMIT NOW >> filmfreeway.com/awesomeconshortfilmfestival

💀 Celebrate the 13th #AwesomeCon on the weekend of Friday the 13th! Best of all, you can get a FREE woven motel keychain with your reservation! 💀 BOOK NOW >> awesome-con.com/travel *(1) keychain per room, while supplies last. Keychain must be picked up at Awesome Con in March

📖 An Open Book Foundation will be our official 2026 charity! Established locally in 2010, AOB connects Washington DC-area students with authors, illustrators, and their books to nurture a lifelong love of reading. Make a donation with your badge purchase, or learn more at anopenbookfound.org.

📣 It's official... Book Fair is BACK in partnership with @loyaltybooks.bsky.social! We're putting together some amazing author announcements for you, so keep your eyes peeled! Plus, ⚔️💜romantasy 💜⚔️ fans will want to watch this space for some exciting updates!

✨ ICYMI: The 2026 Artist Alley Application is NOW OPEN, which includes: ✏️ Artist Alley / 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Alley / 🧶 Maker Market / 📖 Author Lane The application will close on December 15, so act fast and apply today at awesome-con.com/applications/artist-alley-maker-market

🍿 ADVANCED SCREENING 🍿Catch a free advanced screening of Zootopia 2 at 12 PM on Saturday, November 22nd, at AMC Tysons Corner 16. RSVP NOW >> https://loom.ly/coPPlok IMPORTANT: All tickets must be downloaded by Noon on Wednesday, 11/19. Any tickets left at that time will be redistributed.

Thank you, veterans ❤️

⭐ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐ Parker Posey from Lost In Space, Josie and the Pussycats, Blade: Trinity, The White Lotus, Scream 3, and more is coming to Awesome Con in March! She will appear on both Saturday, and Sunday. 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

🎂 🍷 Happy Birthday to QUEEN Parker Posey! Wouldn't it be incredible if she could appear at Awesome Con??? 👀

✨ ARTIST ALLEY APPLICATION OPEN ✨ The 2026 Artist Alley, Maker Market, and Author Lane application is open through December 15th. Want to be a part of 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Alley? There is an opt-in on the application. ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications/artist-alley-maker-market

🎉 Parents, have you heard? The maximum age for a Kids badge is increasing from age 10 to 12! Secure your family's badges today at awesome-con.com! Awesome Con is happening March 13-15, 2026, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC!

Remember, remember the 5th of November... Here's your annual reminder that Alan Moore's V for Vendetta exists and that it's very good. 🧨 https://loom.ly/_7HauAg

💀🎁 Save 15% on tickets to The Nightmare Before Christmas In Concert Live to the Film with the Fairfax Symphony on November 7th! Use code 🎃 PUMPKIN at FairfaxSymphony.org/the-nightmare-before-christmas to redeem!

⏰ Don't forget to turn your clocks back before bed tonight!

💀 SAVE THE DATE 💀 Awesome Con 13 kicks off on Friday the 13th in March. Make it your lucky day by securing badges now. >> awesome-con.com/badges MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

🧟‍♀️ GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT 🧟 Here's a Halloween TREAT for you... Tucker & Dale vs. Evil stars Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine are coming to Awesome Con in March! They will both appear on Saturday and Sunday. 🎟️ Buy badges >> awesome-con.com/badges ⭐ View Guests >> awesome-con.com/guest

🔪 HEADS UP, FOLKS 🔪 In honor of Halloween, there's gonna be a doozy of a guest announcement tomorrow...

MEET THE LFM FAMILY 🎃 SPOOKY SEASON EDITION 🎃 🪦 Name: MK 🪦 Title: VP of Content & Anime Events 🪦 Fav Spooky Movie: Hocus Pocus 🪦 Fav Spooky Song: Skeleton Sam 🪦 Fav Halloween Costume: Cinderella (I FELT PRETTY) 🪦 Fav Halloween Candy: Twix (the left one) EVERYONE SAY HI TO MK! 👋

📓 TIS THE SEASON FOR A REWATCH 📓 The voice actors behind Death Note's ✏️ Light, 🍰 L, ☠️Misa, and 🍎Ryuk are coming to Awesome Con March 13-15! 🎟️ >> awesome-con.com/badges

🏹 Earning Studio Ghibli its second Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2024, The Boy and the Heron saw the triumphant return of legendary writer and director Hayao Miyazaki following a 10-year absence. See it on the BIG screen November 15-19! 🍿 Get tickets >> https://hubs.la/Q03jpDNF0

MEET THE LFM FAMILY 🎃 SPOOKY SEASON EDITION 🎃 🪦 Name: Jalitza 🪦 Title: Marketing Coordinator 🪦 Fav Spooky Movie: The Craft 🪦 Fav Spooky Song: Ways To Be Wicked from Descendants 2 🪦 Fav Halloween Costume: Nick Jonas (LMAO) 🪦 Fav Halloween Candy: Nerds EVERYONE SAY HI TO JALITZA! 👋

👀 We've seen your cosplay... now show us your 👻 Halloween costumes!

🍎 Happy Apple Day 🍎 Meet the voice of Ryuk, your favorite apple-obsessed shinigami, at Awesome Con in March!

MEET THE LFM FAMILY 🎃 SPOOKY SEASON EDITION 🎃 👻 Name: Samson 👻 Title: Sr. Marketing Manager (Anime) 👻 Fav Spooky Movie: The first Bob’s Burgers Halloween special 👻 Fav Spooky Song: I Put A Spell On You (Hocus Pocus) - it slaps 👻 Fav Halloween Costume: Peppa Pig 👻 Fav Halloween Candy: Reeses

😌 Not in the Halloween spirit? Try these 10 horror comic book recommendations from malevolentdark.com! 😱 >> malevolentdark.com/10-horror-comics-for-halloween

✨ CONTENT CREATOR APPLICATION OPEN ✨ The Awesome Con 2026 Content Creator badge application is open through December 7th. We welcome relevant influencers and content creators to apply for the chance at a complimentary badge. ☑️ Apply today at awesome-con.com/applications

🐉 Spirited Away earned Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki their first Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature and remains heralded as one of the greatest films of all time. See it on the BIG screen October 18-22! 🍿 Get tickets >> https://hubs.la/Q03jpCTh0

MEET THE LFM FAMILY 🎃 SPOOKY SEASON EDITION 🎃 🦇 Name: Heather 🦇 Title: Sr. Marketing Manager (Comics) 🦇 Fav Spooky Movie: The Adventures of Ichabod Crane 🦇 Fav Spooky Song: Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo 🦇 Fav Halloween Costume: Thor 🦇 Fav Halloween Candy: Reeses

💟 Want to learn more about Accessibility at Awesome Con? Our Accessibility page is available year-round for your convenience. We recommend checking it out before purchasing your badge, and again before attending the event in March, in case of updates. ♿ awesome-con.com/info/accessibility