At this year's FenCon, panelist Jess Tucker, archivist for the University of North Texas, will be conducting oral history interviews pertaining to the history of scifi/fantasy conventions and fandom in Texas for UNT's SFF collection. Interested persons are invited to approach her at the event.
21.02.2024 22:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Three days until FenCon2024 & 113 reasons not to miss out on all the DFW scifi, fantasy (+ so much more) fun:
20.02.2024 17:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
FenCon ... its all about who you meet from the fantasy, scifi, filk & fandom communities.
Stay tuned to the "guests" page of the FenCon website for some new biographies of many familiar faces ... and some fresh ones as well.
06.02.2024 18:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
When it comes to your FenCon hotel room, don't see the shadow of sadness.
Today is your last day to get a FenCon hotel room at the special conference rate!
fencon.org/Hotel.aspx
02.02.2024 15:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
DON'T GET CAUGHT BEHIND THE CLOCK!
Advance registration for FenCon closes at midnight tonight! Lock in your 2024 membership for DFW's convention for scifi, fantasy & so much more!
register.fencon.org
01.02.2024 16:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
FENCON SAVE THE DATES!!!
Feb 1: Final day for advance registration.
Feb 2: Final day to book hotel rooms at the super special conference rate.
Feb 3: The Day the Music Died (unrelated)
30.01.2024 16:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
For 2024 Guest of Honor, FenCon has the honor of welcoming Mur Lafferty.
Podcaster Hall of Fame member, author, and editor, Mur's podcasts assist authors w/ the craft & business of writing. Her writing awards include the Astounding, the Manly Wade Wellman Award + Hugo, Nebula & Dick nominations.
28.01.2024 17:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Most Cons have a *fan* guest of honor. We have a *Fen* guest of honor.
We're pleased to welcome, in that annointed role, Scott Zrubek. Scott holds a formidable pace in fandom & Con history. Since 1997 he's been involved with LoneStarCon, WFC, WorldCon, NASFic & that's just the tip of the iceberg.
27.01.2024 17:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
ATTENTION: FenCon authors and creators...
26.01.2024 23:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We're open to counterarguments, but we're pretty sure this one's the winner.
26.01.2024 23:44 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Doesn't that bed look comfy? Doesn't that room look swank?
No matter how much energy and caffeine you bring to a Con, you still need a place to store your stuff and shower (please).
Reserve your hotel room now. Conference rates end on February 2.
fencon.org/Hotel.aspx
26.01.2024 23:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Toastmastering is a fine art.
This year, as our Toastmaster, FenCon is proud to welcome Maurice Broaddus: author, editor, TTRPG writer, teacher, librarian & community organizer whose reputation for eloquence and wit precedes him.
What more could you ask for?
26.01.2024 16:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
One of the greatest things about FenCon is who you meet from the SciFi, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction community.
This year, we are very excited to welcome as our Special Guest, Keith Lansdale, author extraordinaire of comics, film scripts, novels & short stories as well as an editor.
25.01.2024 16:01 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The first part of "science fiction" is, of course, science.
FenCon takes our choice of science guests very seriously. We are honored that 2024's Science Guest of Honor is Dr. Jancy McPhee: neuroscientist, space life-sciences expert & founder of the nonprofit organization SciArt Exchange.
24.01.2024 16:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Each year, FenCon's Art Show showcases the best in scifi, fantasy & speculative art.
And we're very fortunate to have Lisa Snellings as our 2025 Artist Guest of Honor.
Check out her bio!
fencon.org/PanelistBio....
23.01.2024 16:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Way of Beauty, by Via Bella
13 track album
One thing making FenCon distinct is our emphasis on the music of scifi & fantasy fandom: filk, Nerd Rock, etc.
We are proud to have as our 2024 Music Guest of Honor: Via Bella, superlative nerd-rockers from Buffalo, NY.
Now, go check 'em out on #BandCamp.
viabellaband.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...
22.01.2024 16:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Here are the results of yesterday's "Our Conference Hotel or 'Logan's Run' Filming Location?" quiz.
LOGAN'S RUN: upper right, lower left
HOTEL: upper left, lower right
Now, go book your hotel room before the super-special conference rate goes to Carousel on Feb. 1
fencon.org/Hotel.aspx
20.01.2024 22:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Act now! The super-special conference rate goes to Carousel on February 1st!
19.01.2024 19:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
(LET's apologize to J. Fogerty, THE gang & Lead Belly)
At MIDNIGHT, FenCon's membership SPECIAL expiries.
We hope you'll take a SHINE to A membership that's $5 LIGHTer ON the wallet. Come enjoy joy great #scifi & #fantasy + meet folks like ME.
register.fencon.org
16.01.2024 02:21 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
HOWARD WALDROP
(1946-2024)
Join us in taking a moment to observe the passing of Howard Waldrop. A titan of the Texas SFF scene, he was a powerful influence on the broader genre & received the 2021 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.
His absence will be sorely felt.
15.01.2024 18:00 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We did not consent to being part of DFW's Hoth cosplay!
14.01.2024 21:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
IT'S A SPECIAL!
(No, not that kind of special, either ๐)
Now through Monday 1/15, get $5 off your adult FenCon membership at register.fencon.org
DFW SciFi, Fantasy & so much MORE... Now for LESS.
14.01.2024 19:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
IT'S A SPECIAL!
(No, not that kind of special)
Friday 1/12 - Monday 1/15, get $5 off your adult FenCon membership at register.fencon.org
DFW SciFi, Fantasy & so much MORE... Now for LESS.
13.01.2024 16:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
SAVE THE DATES!
DFW scifi & fantasy aficionados, some upcoming FenCon milestones you should give a fig about:
FEB 1: FenCon online membership sales end. Save yourself the time of buying at the door and get yours now.
FEB 2: Last day to reserve hotel rooms at the super-special conference rate.
04.01.2024 06:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
FenCon XIX - February 23-25, 2024 - For All Fenkind
Come on out to the largest fan-run convention in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area! We'll be at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Dallas Near the Galleria!
FenCon (Feb 23-24) is all about the people you meet. Check out our list of great Headliners as well as the panelists who will inform & entertain at DFW's convention for SciFi, Fantasy & so much more.
www.fencon.org/guests.aspx
03.01.2024 06:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A friendly reminder, 2024 is the year Highlander II takes place. Do yourself a favor and avoid all that by getting off the streets a couple days this February with FenCon, DFW's convention for scifi, fantasy & more.
Visit register.fencon.org
Don't let anyone take your quickening!
02.01.2024 05:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
That Baroque pun is so bad we just can't get a ... Handel ... on it.
02.01.2024 05:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
TABLES & TABLES OF GAMES!
FenCon, DFW's scifi and fantasy convention, isn't just about books, fandom, & filk. Check out our gaming room. Make friends, rivals, or enemies (your choice) over three days of the best in board gaming - from hot new releases to timeless favorites.
29.12.2023 18:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Filker | Cosplayer | 1/2 of @viabellaband | Editor @toasted_cheese | ADHD | she/her | GenX | ๐Childless Cat Lady๐ | Go Bills
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Sometimes Game Master, always musician, filker, and sf/fantasy fan.
Not that Karen, I hope.
Don't want to talk to a manager,
and I still hate potato salad.
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San Diego County, California
Writer, Trekkie*, GateGeek, X-Phile, Jedi, Comics Fan, Lover of Being Human (UK), Cosplayer, Parrothead, Athlete, One of the Defiant Few. He/They.
*Includes The Orville.
SFF writer/editor. ATL/SEA. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 4.7.2026)
SFF book blogger, sports pluralist (mostly Vols, Canes, and Courage, some USA, Oโs, Dockers, Ravens, Valencia CF), Dad x3.
Ignyte-winning, Hugo-winning reviewer at Nerds of a Feather.
Member of Strange Horizons and Galactic Journey.
Judge at the British Fantasy Awards.
Black belt in ็ฉใ่ชญ.
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arturoserrano.site
Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic.
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https://www.jennygaitskell.com/
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SFF writer, work in Clarkesworld, Augur, Flash Fiction Online, elsewhere. Codex, SFWA. She/her
aka azurewaxwing
cgfiction.com
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Science fiction + horror writer.
PhD microbiologist.
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Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast.
No idea what Iโm doing.
https://johnpmurphy.net
Reader, Writer, History and Folklore Nerd. Aka I write the weird stuff.
https://linktr.ee/booknerdgray
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Writer. NOC shift and sleep deprived. Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award Finalist. List of published works and pop culture nonsense at mygeekblasphemy.com. Ace. She/her.
Nebula and Sturgeon Award Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe Press). Got more stories, essays, and poems at JordanKurella.com. He/Him. GenAI is right out.
Author of speculative fiction. She/her
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Website: https://hesperleveret.com
Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/hesperleveret
https://ko-fi.com/hesperleveret
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Nebula finalist w/90+ pubs. ND for mobile game. "Glorious Fiends" novella & "Where You Linger" short story collection. She/her.
I'm not really here--or anywhere! Email me instead bonnie.stufflebeam@gmail.com
Latinx Coahuiltecan SFF Writer, RevPit Editor, & Sensitivity Reader
www.LauraGalanWells.com
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Novelist and nerd. Author of the Enchanted, Inc. series and a lot of other stuff. http://shannaswendson.com/