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Seattle Worldcon 2025

Building Yesterday’s Future–For Everyone

August 13–17, 2025, Seattle, WA

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Registration and Membership Upgrades Delayed

September 7, 2024January 18, 2024 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
The Seattle Worldcon logo and the word News against a retrofuturistic design of a rounded triangle shape with a blue swirl pattern.

Due to a last-minute change in our registration software, our ability to process registrations and upgrades to attending memberships for site selection voters and bid supporters has been delayed past our originally projected date.

Categories Newsletter Tags Norwescon, Registration

Welcome to Seattle Worldcon 2025—Building Yesterday’s Future For Everyone

September 7, 2024October 20, 2023 by Kathy Bond
The Seattle Worldcon logo and the word News against a retrofuturistic design of a rounded triangle shape with a blue swirl pattern.

My name is Kathy Bond, Chair of this Worldcon, and I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Seattle will have the honor of hosting you all for the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention.

Categories Newsletter, Progress Reports Tags Progress Report

Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News September 2023

August 19, 2024September 24, 2023 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

More detailed instructions for site selection voting, a new restaurant has opened at the Seattle Convention Center, and a reminder of our Base 2 Space climb.

Categories Bid Updates Tags Bombo, Chengdu

Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News July 2023

August 19, 2024July 19, 2023 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

We’ll be at Pemmi-Con, this year’s NASFiC, how you can cast your site selection ballot, we have a team for the Base 2 Space Space Needle climb to raise money for cancer research, and we have a Spotify playlist of Seattle musicians.

Categories Bid Updates Tags Chengdu, NASFiC, Pemmicon

Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News June 2023

August 19, 2024June 5, 2023 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

We are unopposed on the site selection ballot! And the Summit expansion building is open! Some Space Needle history, we’re looking for volunteers, we’re planning for Chengdu, and we were at Boskone and Norwescon and will be at Pemmicon, Chengdu, Orycon, and Loscon.

Categories Bid Updates Tags Boskone, Chengdu, Loscon, Norwescon, Orycon, Pemmicon

Where to Meet Us: April-June 2023

August 19, 2024March 26, 2023 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

We’ll be at Norwescon, Westercon, and Pemmi-Con over the coming months.

Categories Bid Updates, Events Tags Norwescon, Pemmicon, Westercon

Guest of Honor Selection – Triple Shot Supporters Feedback

August 19, 2024November 29, 2022 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

Triple Shot members can fill out a survey to suggest guests of honor.

Categories Bid Updates

Seattle Bid Fall 2022

August 19, 2024October 2, 2022 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

Our report from tabling at Chicon, Triple Shot members can suggest guests of honor, we’ve revamped our website, and a recipe for our very popular apple crisp.

Categories Bid Updates Tags Chicon

Seattle Playlist

August 19, 2024August 31, 2022 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

A Seattle-themed Spotify playlist to keep you entertained while in line at Chicon!

Categories Bid Updates, Newsletter Tags Chicon

Seattle Bid Chicon Edition

August 19, 2024August 28, 2022 by Seattle Worldcon 2025
Seattle 2025 Worldcon Bid News

We’ll be at Chicon, and we could use help at the bid table.

Categories Bid Updates Tags Chicon
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