image of cosplayer dressed at Predator

Cosplayer dressed in an asian themed cosplay.

3 cosplayers dressed in jewel toned capes made for the pattern contest.

3 cosplayers. 2 dressed in Adventure Time and one in a goth ensemble.

#Norwescon Social Media team roamed the halls today, admiring cosplayers of all genres. Here are our "Cosplays in the Hall" for Friday. Thank you to all the amazing cosplayers we saw today. pose for our social media team on Saturday, and get your own "I got social" ribbon.

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However I have one more panel Sunday at noon in Evergreen 3 and 4. Please come see me there. Also you can reach out if you'd like to meet sometime this weekend. #nwc48

Sorry to everyone and anyone that came or tuned in on Twitch to watch me read @norwescon.org. I've not really got a good reason I was skipped on the reading other than they didnt know I was there. But they were very apologetic for the mistake. Maybe next year. #nwc48

Nuggets from my notes from #NWC48 so far:
1. "Creativity does not respond to force."
2. "If you're writing for kids I recommend interacting with them."
3. Track each day's progress. Give yourself credit for choices and brainstorms.
4. Don't let early failures stop you. Learning requires failure.

Norwescon - Twitch Norwescon 48 - Spaceships, Colonists, and Castaways: Small Isolated Communities In SF

I and other authors are doing a live reading at Norwescon in just 30 minutes in Cascade 9. #nwc48 Come show some support. Or you can watch it live on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/norwescon

Today at #NWC48: saw many friends, talked on a panel, gave out many business cards. (Must refill for tomorrow.)

Many plans have been planned. I'm tired but happy.

Me wearing a black kilt and grey t-shirt with a pixel drawing of a sheep with an electrical cord.

Me wearing black cap, black suit coat, black shirt, Star Trek bow tie, and fancier black kilt and dress shoes.

Today’s daytime and early evening outfits for Philip K. Dick Award day at Norwescon. Electric sheep, and sprucing up (disinfecting?) for the dinner and ceremony.

#norwescon #nwc48 #PhilipKDickAward

Super fun second day @norwescon.org including lunch with @gabrielle-h.bsky.social! Nothing like chatting about publishing over a salad. And a much welcomed cup of coffee. Fun to meet the brains behind Shiraki Press too. #nwc48

There's more! Check out the open Filk Circle at 9:30 p.m. in Evergreen 3 & 4 - and the 9 p.m. panel on filk circle etiquette first! And finally, the Black Light Rave with DJ mc300baud at 9:30 p.m. in Grand 3. Friday night at #NWC48 is packed! (🧵2/2)

Enjoy alternate history? Poetry? Ghosts? Come to my #NWC48 reading tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:30! We’ll have all of the above. builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/n...

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Reading is tonight at #nwc48 8pm to 10pm in Cascade 9. I'll be reading from one of my newest novels. Which one should I read from? Revelation of Secrets or A Conflict of Destiny and Desire?

Also broadcast live on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/norwescon

Many great authors will be reading.

Five panelists, two in costume, sit at a long table and prepare for a poetry discussion.

At the Everyone Can Write Poetry session (Yes, You) session. #NWC48.

A white fem-appearing musician with shoulder-length brunette hair and glasses is seated behind a mini-keyboard & a mic on the left of a stage area. On the right stands a male-appearing guitarist in a green shirt and jeans behind another mic. Both are singing.

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A white fem-appearing musician with shoulder-length brunette hair and glasses is seated behind a mini-keyboard & a mic on the left of a stage area. On the right stands a male-appearing guitarist in a green shirt and jeans behind another mic. Both are singing.

Achievement unlocked

#NWC48 #FilkFamily #FilkMusic #TheFaithfulSidekicks #filk

Dresses up poet

Dressed up poet.

Fainting poet

Day 2 Norwescon 48. Catch my autograph session at 3 and reading at 7.

Nevermore.

#nwc48 #poetry #costume

Norwescon 2026 Schedule I’m heading back to Norwescon in April. This annual convention focuses on the literary side of science fiction and fantasy with a generous helping of craft, costumes, and other convention act…

Day 2 @norwescon.org. At 11am, I'm talking about describing jobs accurately in fiction...or how I created an entire family of graveyard maintenance people in City of the Dead and a rough-and-tumble film company in Mask of Silver. #nwc48

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A captioning screen that says, “Welcome to Norwescon. Close enough.” Apparently the tech was less enthusiastic than the people were.

From the opening ceremonies, our five guests of honor (two men and three women) seated on stage under a projection screen showing the Norwescon logo over art of a young girl reading a book to a dragon in a field of flowers. On stage from left to right are body painter Dutch Bihary, Bradley Engelert of Orbit Books, astrophysicist Summer Ash, artist Geneva Bowers, author Ursula Vernon a.k.a. T. Kingfisher, and host Jon Lavinder.

During the “how to fandom dance” panel, a small group of people on a dance floor are in a circle with one in the center mid-jump; in the foreground is a laptop running DJ software playing Boney M’s “Rasputin”.

During the dance, I stand on stage behind a table with a laptop and DJ mixer. The stage is lit in blues and greens. Behind me is a large projection screen showing fancy graphics, including the art for the songs being played and the artist and title of the currently playing track. Two Daleks flank me on either side of the stage. Photo courtesy of Pascale, one of the attendees.

Yesterday was Norwescon day one! A morning of helping to get things prepped, lunch and a necessary nap time, then the evening run of the opening ceremonies, providing music for the “how to fandom dance” panel, and them DJing the Thursday night dance. The […]

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The background image is an illustration of a field filled with yellow and orange flowers, low blue hills at the horizon. At the top of the image is the Norwescon logo made up of a rocket above the word Norwescon and a dragon below. Under the dragon is the number 48. Below the logo are the words Norwescon: Day Two!!

Day 2 of #NWC48! Start with a reading at 9 a.m. while the kids have cartoons and coloring (Olympic 1). At 10 a.m. our first artist in action, Lizzy D. Hill, will demonstrate painting in Grand 1 (Art Show), Speed Friending in Olympic 2, a Gary Davis concert in the Tower Lounge, or Lakeside Gaming.

If you're at #nwc48 this weekend and want to say hello, let me know. I'm here on my own. It is my first @norwescon.org in at least 6 years. So I'm eager to make connections!

Poets lean over a table to see what shows up from their speech.

Poets play with the close caption machine during READING OTHER PEOPLE'S POETRY at Norwescon. #NWC48.

A woman sitting at a table with a microphone looks askance at the photographer. She is wearing a purple Norwescon lanyard, a raven pendant and a brown shirt, and sitting behind a name plate that says Larina Warnock.

Larina Warnock grins at the audience from a panelist's seat before a poetry event. She gestures with both hands.

At "Reading Other People's Poetry" on the first day of Norwescon with @docnock.bsky.social on the panel. #NWC48

Stack of dark Oz graphic novels from 1998 to 2008. Topped by trade paperback of volume 1 of the Mirror Visitor.

Had a great first day at Norwescon with a fun panel on horror elements in LOTR. But having the book freebis table on my way out is tough pn the TBR pile. @norwescon.org #NWC48

Time to dance and sing! At 9 p.m. join the open filk circle in Evergreen 3 & 4 or join DJ Wüdi for the First Contact Galactic Gala dance in Grand 3. Dress stellar, dance interstellar! Welcome to #NWC48!

It is #nwc48 time! Excited to be back. My first panel on the con is Modern Tools. Tonight at 5pm in Cascade 11! #Convention

32 Conventions this weekend in 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇬🇷 🇵🇷 🇦🇷

What will you be attending? #BWS2026 #LVFC26 #NWC48 #Fauntastic #AnimeBoston2026 #AnimeOttawa26 #WELLYGEDDON #CreatorsAfterDark #FortLAN2026 #Furlingame #HaruhiConUK #MTAC #PRComicCon2026 #SakuraCon #WeebCon2026 #GA2026 #AniCon2026 #FreeCon (1/4) ~ LM

Excited to see old friends and meet new ones at #norwescon 48 this weekend! See you soon! #nwc48 #fantasy #scifi #booklover #ttrpg

The background image is an illustration of a field filled with yellow and orange flowers, low blue hills at the horizon. At the top of the image is the Norwescon logo made up of a rocket above the word Norwescon and a dragon below. Under the dragon is the number 48. Below the logo are the words Norwescon: Day One!

#NWC48 is here! Registration, info table, and con office (Olympic 3), are open. Buy your membership at our website then hop in line to pick up your badge. We have a new lounge and new hours: BIPOC & AAPI lounge (7101), con lounge (7106 & 7108), and the NEW Oasis/quiet lounge (7204) all open at noon.

Me, a white guy wearing a black cap, black kilt, and t-shirt that says, “Stop forcing A.I. into fucking everything. Nobody asked for it, everybody hates it.”

Norwescon day one, first shirt. I’m subtle about my opinions. ;)

#norwescon #nwc48 #ai

Me, a white guy with trimmed red beard, wearing a cap, hoodie, and t-shirt with a Star Trek red alert graphic that says “everything’s fucked”, standing in front of a large ballroom with stacks of boxes being guarded by a large dragon plushie and stage equipment being assembled in the distance.

People loading carts off of a moving truck.

Two Daleks next to heavy duty equipment cases as the stage is being assembled.

A hotel hallway with empty cloth-covered tables waiting for their organizations to arrive and get set up.

Yesterday was day zero of Norwescon - loading things in, setting them up, and getting the hotel ready for the con.

#norwescon #nwc48

The background image is an illustration of a field filled with yellow and orange flowers, low blue hills at the horizon. In the foreground is a person wearing a dress and sunhat, holding a book. A yellow and blue dragon cranes it's neck over the book as if reading it with the person. At the top of the image is the Norwescon logo made up of a rocket above the word Norwescon and a dragon below. Under the dragon is the number 48. Below is a photo of a hotel lobby, there are signs and banners stating Badge Pick-Up, Registration, and Registration Kiosk. There are people lined up within black stanchions in front of the these signs. Below the photo are the words Membership Rate Increase.

Don't forget! The price for a full four-day membership to #NWC48 increases to $125 on Thursday April 2. We also have single-day memberships available. Remember to pick up your single-day membership only on the day it is valid and prior to 8 p.m. Memberships at: buff.ly/x5mSbe2