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Tell the CDC: We Need Broad Access to Vaccines and Science-Based Expert Advisory Committees Public comment to CDC ACIP vaccine committee opens today, 6/9, and closes 6/20 at 11:59pm EDT

This is only barely WisCon adjacent, but, for our health and safety at future in-person WisCons...

We have until June 20 to submit a comment to the CDC about reinstating experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Talking points and tips:

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Remember to check out WisCON's 2025 Art Show!
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If you’re registered for this year’s con, you can also discuss the work and possibly meet the artists in the #art-show channel on the con Discord. Register here: wiscon2025.sched.com/registration

#WisCON2025

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@wiscon.bsky.social 2025 is such a special treat with amazing and informative panels. #WisCOnLine

Really loving my first @wiscon.bsky.social even with low spoons. Good panels and tons of neat folks - many new and some old. And a good start to my "Conference season" lol it a season if you're only attending two? :)

Join us at WisCon 2025 Sunday 5/25 for panels on topics such as eco fiction and resistance lessons from history. We also have an author reading at 2pm CDT. Register via the link in the pinned post!

WisCon 2025 Schedule Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

You can still register for WisCon! Panels, workshops and readings all weekend. Pay-what-you-can. wiscon2025.sched.com

Coming up on FRIDAY (5/23):
-Asexual representation in SFF
-Moving beyond Western structures of storytelling
-Author reading at 4pm CDT

And more! Register via the link above ^

Get Ready for WisCONline 2025 on Memorial Day Weekend WisCon 47 (2025) is fast approaching! The entirely online convention will occur over the Memorial Day weekend, stretching from Thursday May 22 to Monday May 26 with pay-what-you-can tickets availab…

WisCon mention in File 770! #WisCon2025
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WisCon 2025 Schedule Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

Guest of Honor readings tomorrow night (5/22)!

See the full WisCONline schedule here: wiscon2025.sched.com/list/simple

Countdown: 3 days until WisCONline!

We need a few last minute panelists! Contact: Panels@WisCon.sf3.org

May 23 Fri7:00-7:45pm | Breathe the Pressure: Burnout and Recovery for Creatives

May 24 Sat10:00-10:45am | Pathways to Publishing

May 24 Sat4:00-4:45pm | Small Press Publishing

WisCon NEEDS LEADERS FOR 2026!

For the future of WisCon, we need leadership to run it. Do you want to lead in 2025-2026?

List of critical open roles at wiscon.net/volunteer/co.... Email personnel@sf3.org for info.

Countdown: 11 days to WisCONline!

Sign up for volunteer shifts! Training provided.

~ Zoom Prodn Ass't: ensure panel runs smoothly - help troubleshoot issues, keep audience members muted, keep time.
~ Discord Mod: watch Discord, respond to issues.
Email onlinecon@wiscon.net for info.

ALSO! Thinking forward to 2026... In order to have WisCon 2026, we need volunteers BY WisCONline 2025:

~ Fundraiser/ grants ~ Apprentice Chairs: Comms/ Prog ~ Panels Apprentice ~ Online Con Co-Lead ~ Operations/ Hospitality Chair or 2. wiscon.net/volunteer/co... Email personnel@sf3.org.

WisCONline's near! Leadership roles needed:
~ Access Lead
~ Write, perform Opening Ceremonies (make how-to WisCONline video!)
~ POC Safer Space Lead, Plural Safer Space Lead
~ GoH Team Co-Lead
~ Shift Volunteer Coord.
wiscon.net/volunteer/co...
email personnel@sf3.org

WisCon (ONLINE, May 23-25, 2025) urgently needs panelists. Details: wiscon.net/2025/05/08/u... May 19, we remove unstaffed panels. Pls get word out to cool people- be part of this awesome con. Email Panels@WisCon.sf3.org to participate!

Sign up for Critiques at our Online Con! WisCon Workshops has brought together wonderful authors like LaShawn Wanak, Naomi Kritzer and others to give feedback on your work. Each session capped at 4 participants, first come, first served. More at wiscon.net/programming/wo

Writers! Sign-ups for WisCon's critique sessions (online) are open. Find people who understand your genre! WisCon Workshops proudly offers critique sessions for writers seeking feedback on short/ long-form fiction. Deadline for ms subs: May 1. Info at wiscon.net/programming/wo

A poster in blue, purple and pink colors, with the WisCon logo in the middle featuring white planet symbols, astronaut gloves, goggles, a stop watch, a partly eaten ice cream sandwich, gadgets, and a button reading "Robots for equity". Text on the poster is listed in the Bluesky post, plus: panels, roundtables, workshops, art show, and more!

Gaze at this poster for WisCONline 2025!
WisCon May 23-25 2025, online only
A feminist sci-fi and fantasy convention
$25 or pay what you can
Visit wiscon2025.sched.com
Guests of honor: ANDREA HAIRSTON; NAOMI KRITZER
Want to volunteer? Email Personnel@sf3.org

WisCon 2025 Schedule Check out the schedule for WisCon 2025

WISCONLINE 2025 (May 23-26, 2025 - ONLINE) registration is now open!! wiscon2025.sched.com . Pay whatever works for you for tickets, including $0.

Schedule is not yet available - watch this space for updates! For questions, contact onlinecon@wiscon.net.

VOLUNTEER AS A RECRUITER (2 spots!) Use your marketing skill to dazzle new volunteers! Coordinate with Communications to draft/schedule open recruitment calls (like the one!) 2-4 hours per call, 1-3 calls/ week. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Recruiter)

wiscon.net/open-volunte...

New volunteer position #3: CLOSED CAPTIONING LIASON

Pick up current efforts to hire transcribers, in order to help make WisCONline 2025 accessible. Process starting, need volunteer to work with us. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Access Team Member) for more info. wiscon.net/open-volunte...

New volunteer position #2: GRANT WRITER

Grant Writers collect behind-the-scenes details under deadline, make them readable, and nudge Foundation/ grantor to offer WisCon the funding. Ed2Go training available. More at: wiscon.net/open-volunte...
Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Grant Writer)

New volunteer position #1: PASSWORD MANAGER

Volunteer at your own pace 1-2 hours/week! Enhance security of WisCon accounts - update passwords, then notify account users of the password change. Contact personnel@sf3.org (subject: Password Manager). wiscon.net/open-volunte...

WisCon needs a volunteer Apprentice IT Infrastructure Chair!
Help set meetings, track progress, connect IT members to WisCon resources for WisCon’s website & WisCONline scheduling/registration apps.

Details: wiscon.net/open-volunte...
Email: personnel@sf3.org (subject: Apprentice IT Chair)

Wiscon 47 Online Vendors Fill out the following form to participate as an online vendor for Wiscon in 2025.

**WisCONline 2025 Dealers’ Room Applications**

Virtual dealers! We can feature your website on our Dealers’ Room page. Participation free. Space for ~40 vendors. First-come, first-serve basis by 3/17/2025.
To sign up, please fill out our Google form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1qRM...

Authors & Editors: RUN A WISCON CRITIQUE SESSION?

Professional author or editor interested in running a critique session for WisCon 2025? Other skills to share with the WisCon community? If so, then Workshops would love to hear from you! Learn more at wiscon.net/programming/...

2025 WISCON TOWN HALL (Virtual): Wed Feb 19 7-8:00 PM

Check-in about current state of WisCon, our challenges and victories. Chairs & Board have many changes to share, too. Current/former WisCon attendees, volunteers welcome! Details + link: wiscon.net/2025/02/11/2...

VOLUNTEER AT WISCON!
WisCon is an all-volunteer organization, with a variety of positions available. Help put on WisCONline 2025. Reach out to personnel@sf3.org for more information. This page has open volunteer positions: wiscon.net/open-volunte...

REMINDER to ARTISTS! Though WisCon 2025 is online only this year, we're still helping artists showcase their work. We're accepting 40 artists who have online stores to display their work at WisCONLINE. Application deadline 3/1/2025. Details at the link. wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

WisCONLINE 2025 Call for Academic Papers WisCon invites papers/ panels engaging with Palestine & Gaza, for example works listed in Sonia Sulaiman’s #ReadPalestinianSpecFic reading list, edited volume Thyme Travellers (2024). Lots more detail here: wiscon.net/programming/...