One of my favorite panels currently is 'How to Scream in the Shower?' a topic under Feminism and Other Social Change Movements. How do we live in the present without giving up? If you'd like to hear this topic or be a part of the discussion as a panelist. Head over to wiscon.net and cast your vote!
WISCON 48 Have you checked your account? Register Now There's some good things waiting for you! wiscon.net, WisCon logo
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WISCON 48 Guests of Honor! Darcie Little Badger and Premee Mohamed! wiscon.net; WisCon logo pictures of Darcie Little Badger and Premee Mohamed
A little birdy told us that Premee Mohamed and Darcie Little Badger are going to be speaking at a feminist science fiction and fantasy convention...The bird is us! WisCon is the convention. Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25 2026. Online. Exciting! @littlebadger.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com
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WISCON 48 Panel Interest Survey Open. Register to enter responses in the WisCon 48 Panel Interest Survey! WisCon logo; wiscon.net
The WisCon 48 Panel Interest Survey is open, and it closes April 19th. Log into your WisCon account at the top left corner of wiscon.net and click on Interest Survey. We have topics from A.I. to Resistance in Spec fic to Fandom Today, which are you interested in? Tell us today!
FEATURED WISCON ARTIST: A. Lucek unicoherent.com Lucek is a disabled AFAB genderqueer individual who produces unique and eclectic art with a distinct sci-fi/fantasy vibe. Their art combines knowledge of traditional handicraft processes, cutting-edge digital tools, and innovative materials to create unexpected beauty through experimentation-and-refinement. Image of a batwinged serpent gesturing to the right. WisCon Logo wiscon.net
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Today's artist is A. Lucek. “No matter how small you are yourself, your imagination can never be contained. If I can make one person in the world remember that fact when they look at my work, then I have succeeded beyond measure.” - A. Lucek
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WISCON 48 Registration is open! WisCon logo; wiscon.net. Text is on a blurry background of a fantasy illustration of a wanderer climbing a stone staircase, carrying a crooked staff with a lantern and a large backpack/clump of trees, mountains and plants on their back.
Registration for WisCon Online 2026 is Open! Welcome to the oldest feminist inclusive convention. Online, Memorial Day Weekend, May 21-25, 2026.
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FEATURED WISCON ARTIST: Bookish Stickers bookishstickers.com Bookish Stickers is known for our quietly subversive stickers, magnets, buttons, prints, and more. Our fun, inclusive, and progressive designs are known for saying the quiet part out loud. Topics covered include politics, social issues, books, pop culture, memes, sardonic humor, and more! We were honored to have a table in the 2023 WisCon Art Show and received a great response from attendees. Batwinged creature gesturing at WisCon logo wiscon.net
Stickers reading "Abortion is healthcare," "Who knows why we were taught to fear the witched, and not those who burned them alive," "He who hath not a uterus shall shutteth the fuck up. Fallopians 19:73," "Get in good trouble - John Lewis," "The only bodies that need to be regulated are America's executive, legislative, and judicial bodies," and "Reproductive rights are human rights." The first two stickers have rainbow colors behind the text. The others are dark text on a light background or vice versa.
Stickers made to look like colorful cassette tapes, reading "In the club we are all family," "This is going to ruin the tour," "Ska's not dead," "Dude can you play a song with a f#cking beat?!," no text but in rainbow-flag colors, "My life is a mess but my plants are thriving," "Love, light, and fuck the system," and "Throwback comfort songs for escaping this fresh hell."
Apply for the 2026 WisCon Art Show & Dealers Room! See our Linktree for Art & Dealers' Room applications. Batwinged creature gesturing at WisCon logo wiscon.net
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights. We love these stickers from Bookish Stickers. And that's why they are our featured artist! Check them out. And if you want to be featured in our 2026 Art Show and/or Dealers' Room, the applications form is in our bio.
The core true thing about fiction writing, I think, is that you have to believe that your words matter. That your voice matters. That what you write matters. The word believe is circled. The words you write are underlined Picture of a hand writing with a pen naomikritzer.com
Because if you don’t believe those things, it is a lot easier to give up. The word don't is circled. Picture of a hand writing with a pen naomikritzer.com
Your words matter. Your voice matters. Not everyone here is a writer, so I’m not talking about fiction, necessarily, I’m talking about all the other things you do, that we do. The things we build, the communities we connect, the people we lift up, all of it. The words your words are circled, as are the words we build and the words we connect. Picture of a hand writing with a pen naomikritzer.com
Check out the rest of Naomi Kritzer's 2025 WisCon Guest of Honor Speech at naomikritzer.com. Stay weird, Stay nerdy, Stay absolutely true you, my friends. Picture of a hand writing with a pen; WisCon logo; wiscon.net
What is the true core thing about fiction? Answered by @naomikritzer.bsky.social, 2025 WisCon Guest of Honor.
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Join The Conversation: WISCON PANEL SUGGESTIONS Don't miss it! wiscon.net Where: Online When: Memorial Day Weekend Illustration of an alien creature in a cloak, with a thought balloon saying "Link in Bio!" and an arrow from the creature to the words "Where: Online." WisCon logo.
Panels Suggestions are open! So, far we have 30 suggestions--we want more! What do you want to hear discussed at WisCon this year? Give us your wild, your feminist, your rage, your joy, and your curiosity! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In a meadow with trees in the background, a small child sits, looking happily at life-sized iced animal cookies walking around. There is an elephant that is white and covered with multicolored sprinkles, and a camel and another animal, maybe a buffalo, that are pink with the same sprinkles.
In the back seat of a car, two sleepy children slump under blankets. One by the window has a teddy bear; a smiling moon reaches through the open car window to hold their hand.
In a hair salon, a woman sits under an old-fashioned hair dryer, with a steaming cup on the table next to her. Her hair is curly and pink. To the right, a poodle with hair identical to the woman's sits under a matching hair dryer, with a bone on the table beside them.
FEATURED WISCON ARTIST: Tessa Davidson tadillu.com "My work centers around the whimsical and the zany, but primarily that which is envisioned through the lens of childhood. Illustration acts as my medium to celebrate unashamed imagination and a sense of playfulness. The art I make plays heavily into the idea of the fantasies of children and exaggerations of reality." Image of a batwinged serpent gesturing to the right at the WisCon Logo. URL: wiscon.net
WisCon is officially accepting Art Show and Dealers' Room applications. Contact Tahlia at Eric at artshow@wiscon.net or dealers@wiscon.net.
Check out our previous artist Tessa Davidson!
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WE STAND WITH MINNESOTA "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everyhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. Surrounding the text are images of a masked man holding a sign saying "And then they came for me," a megaphone, a hand holding a sign saying "Love melts hate," a person holding a sign saying "She wasn't mad but we are livid - Justice for Good," the bunny hat worn by Liam Ramos in the photo taken at the time of his detention, and three upraised fists, one white, one black, and one brown.
This is not the time to be silent. Speak Up. Step Up. Resist. Drop links below for ways we can come together as a community and stand with Minnesota and with our people.
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WisCon folks, check out this auction for MN aid. Many writing consults and critiques are available for bidding, original art, books, etc.!
Background lavender with gold stripes. Cartoon dragon presenting the WisCon logo. Text: Featured WisCon Artist: Melissa Gay www.melissagayart.com I am a neurodiverse LGBTQ+ artist who is equally passionate about sci-fi, fantasy, and wildlife art. Myths and legends about the natural world inspire me, as does our increasingly detailed view of the Universe through science and technology. I love to create hazy, dreamlike, otherworldly scenes, and my goal is to incorporate just enough detail to fire the viewer’s imagination and inspire them to fill in the story. WisCon URL: wiscon.net
On a background of diagonal stripes of lavender and gold, an inset image: Medusa, shown as a middle-aged white woman wearing red, braiding her hair of brown snakes while facing away from the viewer. Art by Melissa Gay, www.MelissaGayArt.com
On a background of diagonal stripes of lavender and gold, an inset image: A blue whale in the sky bursts out of a cloud. It has structures on its back resembling a city. Farther away, many other similar whales fly among the clouds. Art by Melissa Gay, www.MelissaGayArt.com
Lavender background with gold stripes. Cartoon dragon, WisCon logo at bottom. Text: Apply for the 2026 WisCon Art Show! Contact: Tahlia at artshow@wiscon.net We'll be having an online-only Art Show as part of WisCon 2026. If you make any form of visual art and want to share it with other WisCon members, please do apply! In past years, the Art Show has included painting, drawing, illustration, photography, comics, printmaking, jewelry and other wearable art, sculpture, animation, and more. WisCon URL, wiscon.net
Melissa Gay is our featured artist today!
WisCon 2026 will have an online-only Art Show. If you make any form of visual art and want to share it with other WisCon members, please apply! form: forms.gle/FkUNkX5eNLXZ.... Applications open through April 30. Qs? contact Tahlia at artshow@wiscon.net.
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Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
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WisCon Artist Call for Work! DEADLINE 01/15/2026! Earn $200 for your current art that represents WisCon, a feminist inclusive science fiction and fantasy convention. If you want your work displayed visit wiscon.net!
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Vendor-of-the-Month for January is SamHain Press! Samantha Haney Press is an award-winning book sculptor, freelance illustrator, and jewelry maker from Madison, Wisconsin. Want our discount code? Join our Newsletter for exclusive deals and announcements. wiscon.net/news/
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This year has been an amazing year for WisCon, all thanks to our volunteers & supporters! Reply with one goal you have for the new year. We’ll see you in 2026 for WisCon Online!
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Want to get paid for your artwork? WisCon is open for art submission. Deadline 01/15/2026. Fill out the form at this link: drive.google.com/file/d/11nAn...
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On a lavender background, three illustrations: 1. A giant cat in a European-style town playing with the electrical wires like they were yarn. 2. White silhouettes of spindly trees in front of a tall stone house with dark windows in a wood, with a deer and a traveling figure on a path in the foreground. 3. A procession of fairy-like creatures holding little flowers and plants. Text: December Vendor of the Month, Jessica Gadra. jessicagadra.com. WisCon logo and website, wiscon.net.
Our December Vendor of the Month is Jessica Gadra! Sign-up for our Newsletter if you want exclusive codes directly to your inbox for amazing books and art! #WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention #VoTM #Jessicagadra
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Have you checked out WisCon Volunteer Positions? We are currently looking for Panel Leads and more! Come make a difference. wiscon.net/volunteer/co...
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November Vendor of the Month is Queen of Swords Press! @qospress.bsky.social Code: WisCon26
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Speculative fiction: just escapism, or - at its best - a form of protest? What do you think?
Keep lifting up your voices and your stories!
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Happy National Author's Day! (In the U.S.) Shout Out Your Favorite Author!
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