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World's first feminist science fiction convention! Fostering conversations about feminism, gender, race, class, disability. http://wiscon.net/about/history/ https://linktr.ee/WisCon
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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: [email protected] (subject: Apprentice IT Chair)

**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 [email protected] 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/...

WisCon is renewing our call for WisCONLINE 2025 programming! The original deadline was 1/31, but it has been extended to 3/1. Suggest your panel or event! wiscon.net/2025/01/09/w...

More volunteers needed for WisCOnline 2025, including Guest of Honor Co-Lead. Details here: wiscon.net/2025/02/01/v...

IT VOLUNTEER needed: Help with server migration project. Are you experienced with server infrastructure? LAMP stack knowledge good but not required. For more info, please contact [email protected] (subject: IT volunteer). wiscon.net/2025/01/26/v...

WisCon community! Please take a minute to give us your thoughts on what kind of programming you'd like to see in WisConline 2025. SURVEY CLOSES 1/31. forms.gle/Q9j2A5cADQbm... More thoughts that can't fit in the survey? Feel free to email [email protected] .

Artists! Apply for the WisConline art show here: forms.gle/8D94BCMzmZCz... Applications will be open through March 31. Questions? Contact the Art Show organizers (Tahlia and Sherry) at [email protected] .

NEEDED: WisCONline’s Website Team Lead. Update our website with current con info; coordinate with IT Infrastructure Lead, AppDev Lead, and other con leads. At least 2 hrs/wk. Familiarity with WordPress a must. For info: [email protected] (subject: Website Team Lead). wiscon.net/2024/12/06/w...

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! DISCORD CO-LEAD Discord Co-Lead As part of the Online Con team, setup/ manage WisCon Discord. If you’re familiar with Discord or similar, and have project mgmnt skills, contact [email protected] (subject: Discord Lead) for info

Latest WisCon volunteers needed! IT Infrastructure Chair and Academic Program Lead. More details here: wiscon.net/2024/11/17/i...

Hey WisCon community. How do you like our new logo? :)

Seeking a VP for the SF3 board! Details here wiscon.net/2024/10/29/s... Contact [email protected] (subject: SF3 VP).

You have 1 more month to recommend #SFF work for the 2024 Otherwise jury to consider! If you’ve enjoyed a 2024 work of #sciencefiction or #fantasy (books, stories, music, video, fanfic...) that explores or expands our understanding of gender, please tell us: otherwiseaward.org/award/2024-o...

🎉WisCon will be having an online convention in 2025!!🎉 WisCONline 2025 will take place Memorial Day weekend as always (May 23-26, 2025.) There are still important volunteer roles to fill! Details here: wiscon.net/2024/10/11/a...

WisCon wants an AppDev Team Lead! Manage app developer team; plan/ execute updates; work with others to prioritize enhancements/fixes. Work with Convention Committee leadership. Interested? Contact [email protected] (subject: AppDev Lead)

This role is FILLED! 🥳

We've been advertising a lot of open volunteer roles. Looking for a summary of open roles AND what it would take to make 2025 WisCONline possible? Read more here! wiscon.net/2024/09/16/w...

FUNDRAISING LEAD NEEDED Get valuable experience building a fundraising program! Work closely with Treasurer, meet mthly with Fundraising volunteers, mthly with Chairs. Mentoring available. Contact [email protected] (subject: Fundraising Lead). wiscon.net/2024/09/30/f...

Personnel Volunteer Trainer Needed: Help orient WisCon, SF3 volunteers in 1-2 hr training sessions as your schedule allows. Need stable internet connection - video conferencing. Contact [email protected] (subject: Volunteer Trainer) to learn more! wiscon.net/2024/09/20/p...

Access Lead Online: Making WisCon accessible, welcoming as possible!Access Lead manages volunteer Access Team - arrange live Closed Caption transcribers, facilitate Alt Text, manage unpredictable details. Contact [email protected] (subject: Access Lead) wiscon.net/2024/09/20/a...

We've been advertising a lot of open volunteer roles. Looking for a summary of open roles AND what it would take to make 2025 WisCONline possible? Read more here! wiscon.net/2024/09/16/w...

Discord Lead needed! Setup and manage the WisCon Discord. Coordinate w/other depts on programming-specific channels. Help manage Discord volunteers & at-Con moderators. Be familiar with Discord/similar platforms; skilled project manager. Contact [email protected] (subject: Discord Lead) for info.

We're looking for a new SF3 Secretary! Maintain official records of SF3, including minutes of monthly Board meetings; maintain membership records; & handle correspondence for SF3. Avg 1-3 hours per month in this crucial role. More info: contact [email protected] (subject: SF3 Secretary).

WisCon is seeking an Ops and Hospitality Chair! Details here: wiscon.net/2024/09/11/o...

SF3 is seeking an at-large board member. SF3 is the org that puts on WisCon. Help direct the SF3 mission! Avg 1-2 hours/week; prior non-profit experience helpful. Contact [email protected] (subject: at-large Board member) for more information. More here: wiscon.net/2024/09/04/a...

More volunteer opportunities! Help SF3 interview and onboard new personnel. Details here: wiscon.net/2024/08/29/n...

Everyone who loves WisCon! We still need Co-Chairs to run our 2025 con. At least 1 co-chair should have served on the ConCom, Personnel Committee, Comms, or the SF3 Board. (But the other 2 can be brand new!) Interested? Know someone? Contact Personnel ([email protected]) wiscon.net/2024/07/11/s...

Become a member of SF3, the org that runs WisCon! Details here: wiscon.net/2024/08/27/t...

SF3 is looking for our next Treasurer! The Treasurer drafts the SF3 annual budget, submits licenses/permits, facilitates purchasing, and more. The Treasurer is a member of the SF3 Board, which has monthly one-hour meetings. Details here: wiscon.net/2024/08/08/t... Contact: [email protected]

Another WisCon volunteer opportunity! Communications Chair: maintain the flow of info between the SF3 board and the greater WisCon community. Do you or someone you know fit the bill? Details here: wiscon.net/2024/08/05/v...

Hello friends of WisCon! Would you like to learn more about SF3, the org that runs WisCon? Come to a virtual info and orientation meeting 8/12, 6:30 pm CT. More info here: wiscon.net/2024/08/02/l...

WisCon community! We want to have a WisCon in 2025. To do that, we need at least three (3) Co-Chairs by end of August. Also apprentice co-chairs! Interested? Contact [email protected] and read more details here: wiscon.net/2024/07/11/s...

More volunteers needed to get WisCon moving! A Documentation Co-Lead. Work on a team; mentoring provided. Details here: wiscon.net/2024/06/26/v...

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! We need folks to help out with a server migration. Details here: wiscon.net/2024/06/25/v...

As part of WisCon's Disability Justice Audit, we would very much appreciate any input you're willing to provide on this survey. Responses will be kept confidential (anonymous). forms.gle/9XmZbKxRH8DU... For more info, see wiscon.net/2024/06/17/d... Thanks all!

Reminder that you can join the WisCon Gap Year Discord for hangouts and virtual events! Fill out the form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Questions? [email protected]

in other years, I'd be in Madison by now for WisCon. Pouring one out! Miss you WisCon friends!

Just launched: the new WisCon Discord! A place for all WisCon-loving folks to chat, organize and attend virtual events, and make friends. To join, fill out this form and we'll send you an invite link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Qs? [email protected]. Hope to see you soon!

Announcing new members of the SF3 Board! wiscon.net/2024/04/27/a...

Perfect story for the WisCon community (bonus for me that it takes place in Minneapolis)