We are very excited to announce our Toastmaster and honoured guests! Julie E. Czerneda is a Canadian, a biologist, and an award-winning author/editor, who for the past 25 years has shared her curiosity about living things and optimism about life through her science fiction and fantasy. Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. […]
Winnipeg Wins!
Thank you for entrusting us with the task of delivering a NASFiC to remember, the first hosted outside of the U.S. We are proud to welcome you to Canada’s heart: Winnipeg. Science Fiction has always been a mosaic of styles and types: alternate history, mystery, future worlds, apocalyptic, fantastic, military… and Canada has always been […]
Winnipeg Bids for the 15th North American Science Fiction Convention
The Winnipeg in 2023 Committee is pleased to announce it will bid for the right to host the 15th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In March 2022, the bid filed the required papers in accordance with the World Science Fiction Society Constitution, with the Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention (September 1-4, […]
Smofcon Fannish Question Time Video
We’re happy that Smofcon Europe has uploaded a recording of the Worldcon 2023 bids Q&A session, which took place Dec 4, 2021. Have a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYoxx3VCgc
Fannish Question Time_Smofcon
Greetings from Smofcon! both virtually and physically 🙂 If you’re attending, come find us, either online or at the hotel.Yesterday we presented at the “Worldcon bids 2023 Q&A” and will post the link once the recording is available. We practiced in an informal Q&A session on our YouTube channel earlier this year, Watch the raw […]
Site Selection Ballot now available
Help us bring Worldcon to Winnipeg! It’s time to vote! The Site Selection Ballot is now available online:https://discon3.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/81st-Worldcon-Site_Selection-Final-1.pdf Attention! There are different deadlines, depending on how you send your vote. There are translations of the instructions in French:https://discon3.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/81st-Worldcon-Site_Selection_2021_FINAL-FRCA-Instructions-Only-1.pdf Simplified Chinese:https://discon3.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/81st-Worldcon-Site_Selection_2021_FINAL-ZHCN-Instructions-Only-1.pdf Spanish:https://discon3.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/81st-Worldcon-Site_Selection_2021_FINAL-ESUS-Instructions-Only-1.pdf Forthcoming information and help sessions via Zoom and Discord will be announced on this […]