Writing Contest Winners Announced!

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Writing contest winners announced; about the Worldcon Cantina; business meeting proposals due 6/4, consultative vote open through 5/31, and virtual meeting dates; new community fund grants; childcare interest survey; masquerade directors; freebies lounge seeking donations; single-day passes available; looking for volunteers; check your settings.

Message From the Chair: May 13

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Last week, I promised an update about the progress Seattle Worldcon 2025 has made regarding our next steps related to remedying our mistakes related to the use of ChatGPT in panelist vetting. Much of this update can be summed up as “we’re waiting to hear back from the people we have invited to help.”

Fantastic Fiction: Fifteen Minutes of Fame: Alan Shepard and MR-3

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American astronaut Alan Shepard could have become the first person in space, but NASA’s desire for just one more test flight delayed his launch, and he lost that historic position to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Discover how NASA’s Project Mercury helped to turn the age-old dream of human spaceflight into reality in 1961 as the Cold War Space Race started to heat up.