The 80th World Science Fiction Convention
Hugo Ceremony Streaming Details The Hugo Award Ceremony will be streaming on YouTube! The channel has been embedded below and will be added to our Hugo updates tomorrow. You can also save this channel as a bookmark in your browser Continue reading Chicon Signals: Day 3 Updates and Hugo Streaming Details
“The library deeps lay waiting for them. Out in the world, not much happened. But here in the special night, a land bricked with paper and leather, anything might happen, always did.” -Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes As Continue reading Sunrise Edition: Day Three (with Con Updates)
Humans have long navigated this world by gazing up at the night sky, following the patterns and constellations shining down upon them. Similar to how we have relied upon the stars to guide our way, we are fortunate to have Continue reading Ad Astra: Navigating the Stars of Fandom
Program Updates (as of September 2 – All times are CDT) Session Room Changes How Could Comic Book Tech Change Our World (Saturday at 5:30 PM): Room has changed from Grand Hall J to Grand Hall L Japanese SFF and Continue reading Chicon Signals: Day 2 Updates and News
The 2022 winners of the African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards were announced today in a ceremony held at Chicon 8. The Awards were hosted by Sheree Renée Thomas and presented by previous winners Chikodili Emelumadu, Wole Talabi and Oghenechovwe Continue reading 2022 Nommo Awards
Just a reminder that voting to select the site for the 2024 World Science Fiction Convention and 2023 North American Science Fiction Convention in Country will close on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. CDT. Why vote in Worldcon Continue reading 2024 Worldcon and 2023 NASFiC Site Selection
While waiting for the ceremonies to start, attendees were treated to a montage of opening credits from The Prisoner, Indiana Jones, Firefly, and other SF media, as well as a beautiful astrophotography montage, Starscape. After the microphone situation was fixed Continue reading Chicon 8 Opening Ceremony
“We should all learn to live with uncertainty.” During her opening ceremonies speech, Helen Montgomery (Convention Chair) shared these words of wisdom from a former teacher, and the statement has stuck with me ever since (granted, the ceremony took place Continue reading Sunrise Edition: Day Two (with Con Updates)