Sirens

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Speculative fiction gives us blueprints for worlds full of hope, joy, justice, and revolution for people of all genders. Join us March 18-22, 2026: sirensconference.org

A photo of Diana M. Pho presenting at #Sirens26
A photo of Diana M. Pho presenting at #Sirens26
A photo of people making friendship bracelets
A photo of Dr. Micaiah Johnson presenting at #Sirens26
A photo of Dr Micaiah Johnson presenting at #Sirens26
A photo of Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey presenting at #Sirens26
A photo of Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey presenting at #Sirens26
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A photo of Jewelle Gomez speaking at #Sirens26
A photo of the #Sirens26 bookstore, strung in lights
A graphic with the text: "Sunday, March 22: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $75. Programming & Event Highlights: Breakfast, Sarah Gailey Keynote Address, Closing Remarks"
A graphic with the text: "Saturday, March 21: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. $150. Programming & Event Highlights: Morning Joy! Fantasy World Mapmaking, Kelly Barnhill Keynote Address, LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group, Stephanie Burt Keynote Address, Small-Plates Buffet, Sirens Night Market"
A graphic with the text: "Friday, March 20: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. $150. Programming & Event Highlights: Morning Joy! Friendship Bracelets, Diana Pho Keynote Address; BIPOC Affinity Group; Three-Course Dinner; Lilliam Rivera Keynote Address"
A graphic with the text: "Thursday, March 19: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. $150. Programming & Event Highlights: Morning Joy! Journal Making, Layla Azmi Goushey Keynote Address; Disabled, Neurodivergent, and Chronically Ill Affinity Group; Three-Course Dinner; Micaiah Johnson Keynote Address"
A graphic with the text: "Wednesday, March 18: 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. $75. Programming & Event Highlights: Welcome Remarks, Jewelle Gomez Keynote Address, Milk-and-Cookies Reception, Bookstore Opening"
A graphic with the text: "Single Day Registrations: Speculative fiction gives us blueprints for worlds full of hope, joy, justice, and revolution. Want to talk about these worlds we love and how to make our world more like them? Check out our single day registration options!"
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Sarah Gailey, with their name and the words "Author. Inquirer. Instigator."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Jewelle Gomez, with her name and the words "She. Writer. Feminist."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Lilliam Rivera, with her name and the words "Writer. Anticolonial. Force."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Layla Azmi Goushey, with her name and the words "Educator. Writer. Advocate."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Stephanie Burt, with her name and the words "Mermaid. Mutant. Writer."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Micaiah Johnson, with her name and the words "Author. Scholar. Activist."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Kelly Barnhill, with her name and the words "Author. Teacher. Mom."
A photo of Sirens 2026 faculty Diana Pho, with her name and the words "Dreamer. Editor. Hugo Winner."
A graphic with the words: Progressive speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more – gives us the blueprints for futures full of hope, joy, justice, and revolution for all. Activists, scholars, librarians, and community-builders are providing the education, the tools, and the leadership that we need to make those futures possible. Join us for Sirens, a reader conference that believes in both those better futures and our ability to build those futures today. Check out our faculty
The cover of DAUGHTER OF THE MERCIFUL DEEP, featuring a Black woman clad in white, back to the viewer, waist-deep in blue-green water, her rippled reflection on the bottom half of the cover
A photo of author Nalo Hopkinson
The cover of THE POISONS WE DRINK, featuring pink-haired Venus against pink swirling clouds and a Washington, D.C. background
A photo of author Rivers Solomon
The cover of GIFTED & TALENTED, featuring three figures fractured by a golden swirl design
A photo of author Elizabeth Stephens
The cover of THE STARDUST GRAIL, featuring red clouds and blue tentacles against a starfield
A photo of poet Nikita Gill
The cover of SPREAD ME, featuring a mysterious semicircular building with an aperture in the center, and tentacles growing out of the bottom, against an ombre red-gold background
A photo of author Samantha Sotto Yambao
The cover of THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, featuring a silhouetted figure on a bridge over a river, with a palace on a hill and a dragon in the sky in the background, all in rainbow colors
A photo of author V. Castro
The cover of A TEMPEST OF TEA, showing a character holding a cup of tea -- or perhaps blood - with a city super-imposed on their silhouette
A photo of author Park Seolyeon
The cover of a body more tolerable, with two illustrated wolves locked in combat against a red background
A photo of author Rivers Solomon
The cover of the book HAMMAJANG LUCK, showing a figure against the backdrop of a futuristic city
A photo of author Amal El-Mohtar
The cover of THE BOOKSHOP BELOW, featuring a stylized design of a book, flowers, an arch, and waves, in shades of red, blue and purple
A photo of author H.E. Edgmon
The cover of QUEEN AND CONQUEROR, featuring an armored dress on a mannequin, backlit in red, surrounded by stylized gold filigree
A photo of author Rebecca Fraimrow