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WisCon 2025
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Thursday, May 22
 

8:00pm CDT

Online Hangout
Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
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Do you have questions about WisCon Online or need to brush up on your tech skills? Or are you just looking to hang out and chat? Join our Online Con experts for both! Video welcome but not required.  
Panelists
A
Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
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  Hang Out
 
Friday, May 23
 

1:00pm CDT

WisCon's Gap year
Friday May 23, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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Come hear what WisCon volunteers have been up to during the gap year and what we're dreaming about for the future
Panelists
avatar for Rita Briar

Rita Briar

SF3 Secretary & Personnel Chair, SF3
Speculative fiction writer, volunteer sf3 organizer, and gardener
Friday May 23, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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  Special Panel

2:00pm CDT

Help I'm Ace and No One Sees Me Roundtable
Friday May 23, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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Panel Discussion of Asexual lived experiences and representation in SFF.
Moderators
avatar for AJ Super

AJ Super

AJ Super is a queer, disabled author trying their best to write diverse, queer, and disability normative science fiction and fantasy worlds. A member of Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers and a full SFWA member, they have a trilogy published by Aethon Books and Blackstone Audio... Read More →
Panelists
avatar for Anna Holmes

Anna Holmes

Anna is the author of two YA fantasy series (Ember of Elyssia Quartet, Fortune's Calling Trilogy), an adult romantasy (The Bridal Party), and adult high fantasy (The Prince With Six Faces). All of her books feature queer and disabled characters. She is headed to the University of... Read More →
CF
avatar for J.R. Dawson (She/They)

J.R. Dawson (She/They)

Writer
Dawson (she/they) has been seen in places like The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Escape Pod, Lightspeed, and DSF. Her debut novel, The First Bright Thing, is now available from Tor. Find her at www.jrdawsonwriter.com and on twitter @j_r_dawson.
Friday May 23, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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  Panel

3:00pm CDT

Beyond Western Storytelling
Friday May 23, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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Mainstream media is dominated by western storytelling structure. This panel offers alternative structures and also promises to expand your reading and watch list with stories that go beyond. 
Guests of Honor
avatar for Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston is a novelist, playwright, poet, and L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She ran away from the physics lab to the theatre when she was a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since... Read More →
Panelists
SQ

S. Qiouyi Lu

https://s.qiouyi.lu/
Friday May 23, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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  Panel

4:00pm CDT

Banned Books Roundtable
Friday May 23, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Holding space for people to gather and talk about book banning, activism, etc.
Moderators
GG

Gwynne Garfinkle

Attendee
https://gwynnegarfinkle.com
Friday May 23, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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  Resistance

7:00pm CDT

Vid Party
Friday May 23, 2025 7:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Friday May 23, 2025 7:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Saturday, May 24
 

10:00am CDT

Does Baby Have Hat - Effecting Change Through Craftivism
Saturday May 24, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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Protest signs, NICU hats and octopi, postcards to Senators, stickers and wheatpasting. Using craft and art in protest and revolution. We'll cover how to get started and find community. Bring ideas and examples. Feel free to stab things with a needle while attending.
Panelists
avatar for D.M. Beucler (She/Them)

D.M. Beucler (She/Them)

Denise is a writer, fiber artist, and professional chaos manager residing in Ohio with her husband. She has two kids, three cats, and more sewing machines and looms than anyone should practically need. Denise spent much of her childhood in Pern, Tortall, Prydain. A Viable Paradise... Read More →
avatar for Kat Sweet
avatar for Kate Montgomery (They/she)
Saturday May 24, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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  Resistance

1:00pm CDT

All Things MurderBot Roundtable
Saturday May 24, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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Come discuss the books, the show, ALL OF IT.
Panelists
avatar for thingswithwings q
Saturday May 24, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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  Fandom

2:00pm CDT

The Year in Trans SFF
Saturday May 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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What's new in trans SFF? We'll talk about new books, new authors, new shows, new games. What's got us excited? What's out there? Let's celebrate it and talk about it!
Panelists
avatar for K.M. Enright (he/him)

K.M. Enright (he/him)

K. M. Enright is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES and the upcoming LORD OF RUIN (August, 2025). Find out more about his writing at kmenright.com or follow him on social media at @KM_Enright.
avatar for Roy Salzman-Cohen (He/Him)
avatar for Ursula Whitcher (They/She)

Ursula Whitcher (They/She)

Ursula Whitcher is a writer, mathematician, and poet whose work has appeared in places including The Deadlands, Frivolous Comma, and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. A collection of linked short stories, North Continent Ribbon, is published by Neon Hemlock Press.
avatar for Valerie Estelle Frankel

Valerie Estelle Frankel

Author, Pop Culture Author
Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of 90 books on pop culture, including Women in Doctor Who and Hunting for Meaning in the Mandalorian. Many of her books focus on women's roles in fiction, from her heroine's journey guides From Girl to Goddess and Buffy and the Heroine's Journey... Read More →
Saturday May 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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  Panel

3:00pm CDT

Help I've predicted the future!
Saturday May 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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In her essay "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future", Octavia Butler talks about a few ways to do just that, and she has done it quite well in her Parable books. The Simpsons has also done it. Have you yourself done it, in writing, in art, in a social media post, or talking to friends and family? You've predicted the future, now what? We've predicted the future, now what do we do?
Guests of Honor
avatar for Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, she is probably best known for her political blog, which provides deep-dive information on candidates in local political races. Outside of the Twin Cities, she is best known... Read More →
avatar for Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston is a novelist, playwright, poet, and L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She ran away from the physics lab to the theatre when she was a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since... Read More →
Panelists
JF

Joyce Frohn

Joyce is trying to be a writer. From the USA.
avatar for Marie Vibbert

Marie Vibbert

Author
https://marievibbert.com
Saturday May 24, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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4:00pm CDT

The Year Without Sunshine and other stories
Saturday May 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Fan discussion of Naomi Kritzer short fiction.
Moderators
MT
Panelists
avatar for Lauren Ring (She/Her)
avatar for Rita Briar

Rita Briar

SF3 Secretary & Personnel Chair, SF3
Speculative fiction writer, volunteer sf3 organizer, and gardener
avatar for Valerie Estelle Frankel

Valerie Estelle Frankel

Author, Pop Culture Author
Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of 90 books on pop culture, including Women in Doctor Who and Hunting for Meaning in the Mandalorian. Many of her books focus on women's roles in fiction, from her heroine's journey guides From Girl to Goddess and Buffy and the Heroine's Journey... Read More →
Saturday May 24, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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  Special Panel

7:00pm CDT

Do Magic Systems *Really* Need to Have All the Rules Spelled Out?
Saturday May 24, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm CDT
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To what degree do the magic systems in your SFF really need to have all the rules explained, a la RPGs? When do you use a hard magic system? A soft magic system? Do your deities need to be consistent? Shall we fight about Brandon Sanderson's Rules of Magic?
 
Moderators
avatar for Genevieve Clovis (she/her)

Genevieve Clovis (she/her)

Clovis Editorial, Clovis Editorial
https://cloviseditorial.com/
Guests of Honor
avatar for Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston is a novelist, playwright, poet, and L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She ran away from the physics lab to the theatre when she was a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since... Read More →
Panelists
PS

Priya Sridhar

A 2016 MBA graduate and published author, Priya Sridhar has been writing fantasy and science fiction for fifteen years, and counting. Capstone published the Powered series, and Alban Lake published her works Carousel and Neo-Mecha Mayhem. Priya lives in Miami, Florida with her fa... Read More →
Saturday May 24, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm CDT
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  Panel

8:00pm CDT

THE BEST SUPERPOWERS FOR BANGING 7: SUPERBANGING RETURNS!
Saturday May 24, 2025 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
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Panelists
C
ES
SH
avatar for thingswithwings q
Saturday May 24, 2025 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
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  Special Panel
 
Sunday, May 25
 

10:00am CDT

Eco Fiction: Where We've Been, Where We're Going
Sunday May 25, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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Panelists discuss changes they've seen in climate-related SFF, what has stayed the same, what's new. Visions for hope and change
Guests of Honor
avatar for Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston is a novelist, playwright, poet, and L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She ran away from the physics lab to the theatre when she was a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since... Read More →
Panelists
avatar for Clara Ward, they/them

Clara Ward, they/them

https://clarawardauthor.wordpress.com/
avatar for Kate

Kate

Attendee
badphairy@gmail.com
avatar for Sean Morrissey Carroll

Sean Morrissey Carroll

Writers Lunch, Writers Lunch
Https://realityaheadofschedule.WordPress.com
Sunday May 25, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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1:00pm CDT

WORKING OVERTIME: A SEVERANCE Roundtable
Sunday May 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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Severance season 1 explored themes of personhood, labor exploitation, bodily autonomy, and psycho-sexual waffle parties. With season 2 airing this year, let's discuss! What does it mean to make the metaphor of alienation from one's work literal?
Panelists
SH
Sunday May 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
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  Fandom

2:00pm CDT

Imagining the Past, Divining the Future: The Works of Andrea Hairston
Sunday May 25, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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A guided fan discussion of the works of Andrea Hairston.
Panelists
NJ
avatar for Roy Salzman-Cohen (He/Him)
Sunday May 25, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
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  Special Panel

3:00pm CDT

Old Wine in New Bottles: All Things Retellings
Sunday May 25, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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From fairy tails, to Disney, to comic books, it seems old stories are much more likely to be recreated than new stories told. Why is this happening? What is the value of telling old stories again? What are the pitfalls?
Guests of Honor
avatar for Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, she is probably best known for her political blog, which provides deep-dive information on candidates in local political races. Outside of the Twin Cities, she is best known... Read More →
Panelists
avatar for Cecilia Tan

Cecilia Tan

Founder and editor emeritus, Circlet Press
Cecilia Tan is the award-winning author of over a dozen novels (and three collections of short stories) including the Magic University series and The Prince's Boy . Her work has appeared everywhere from Ms. Magazine and Asimov's to Nerve and Best American Erotica. Her novel Slow Surrender... Read More →
avatar for Daphne Strasert (she/her)

Daphne Strasert (she/her)

www.tomeworksedits.com
avatar for Jaye Viner (She/Her)

Jaye Viner (She/Her)

https://JayeViner.com
avatar for Melissa Watkins

Melissa Watkins

Melissa A Watkins is a writer now, but used to be a teacher, a singer, an actress, and a very bad translator(thankfully, not all at the same time).. Her short stories have previously appeared in midnight & indigo, khoreo, Fantasy Magazine, Lightspeed and The Magazine of Fantasy... Read More →
Sunday May 25, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm CDT
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4:00pm CDT

The Creation and Care of Mythical Creatures
Sunday May 25, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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Science is often seen as a limiting factor in creativity, but this panel wants to turn the tables and use science as a source of creativity, taking what is possible and using it as a launching point for the creation of new species.
Panelists
AA
avatar for Cecilia Tan

Cecilia Tan

Founder and editor emeritus, Circlet Press
Cecilia Tan is the award-winning author of over a dozen novels (and three collections of short stories) including the Magic University series and The Prince's Boy . Her work has appeared everywhere from Ms. Magazine and Asimov's to Nerve and Best American Erotica. Her novel Slow Surrender... Read More →
JF

Joyce Frohn

Joyce is trying to be a writer. From the USA.
Sunday May 25, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
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  Writing and Publishing

7:00pm CDT

GOH Speeches and Otherwise Recognitions
Sunday May 25, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm CDT
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Guests of Honor
avatar for Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, she is probably best known for her political blog, which provides deep-dive information on candidates in local political races. Outside of the Twin Cities, she is best known... Read More →
avatar for Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston

Andrea Hairston is a novelist, playwright, poet, and L. Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She ran away from the physics lab to the theatre when she was a young thing and has been a scientist, artiste, and hoodoo conjurer ever since... Read More →
Sunday May 25, 2025 7:00pm - 7:45pm CDT
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  Special Panel
 
Monday, May 26
 

10:00am CDT

Using Magical Realism to Build Collective Realities
Monday May 26, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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The stories we tell have the power to both reflect and shape reality. Magical realism is one genre uniquely suited for doing both.
Panelists
KA
avatar for Keila Gallardo Cubas (They/He/She)
avatar for Marie Vibbert

Marie Vibbert

Author
https://marievibbert.com
Monday May 26, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CDT
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  Writing and Publishing

1:00pm CDT

WisCon Post Mortem
Monday May 26, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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A place to come and share about the con experience and what can be better next year.
Monday May 26, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
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