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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

A person in a pale Victorian gown stands in front of a curtain composed of strands of lighter and darker green rings. They are reaching up toward a pair of lights, one blue and one yellow, which blink on and off.

The core true thing about fiction writing, I think, is that you have to believe that your words matter. That your voice matters. That what you write matters.
The word believe is circled. The words you write are underlined
Picture of a hand writing with a pen
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In a meadow with trees in the background, a small child sits, looking happily at life-sized iced animal cookies walking around. There is an elephant that is white and covered with multicolored sprinkles, and a camel and another animal, maybe a buffalo, that are pink with the same sprinkles.

WE STAND WITH MINNESOTA "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everyhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. Surrounding the text are images of a masked man holding a sign saying "And then they came for me," a megaphone, a hand holding a sign saying "Love melts hate," a person holding a sign saying "She wasn't mad but we are livid - Justice for Good," the bunny hat worn by Liam Ramos in the photo taken at the time of his detention, and three upraised fists, one white, one black, and one brown.

Dark background with yellow cartoon megaphone. Text: This is the last week!!! Registration for the Oct 12th SF3 meeting is about to close on Sept 30. Reserve your spot today!

Purple background with chalk-drawn light bulb and rocket above a wavy watercolor rainbow. Text: Curious about WisCon 2026? Visit www.wiscon.net to learn about programming, accessibility, volunteering, and our rich history as the world’s longest-running feminist science fiction convention.

Quote from Octavia Butler: "When I was a kid and read science fiction, the science fiction available for kids at the library that I went to was all boys books and you get tired of reading boys books where the girls just kind of sit on the sideline and cheer the boys on and I think one of the things I wanted to do when I began writing my own was […] being the one who’s actually doing instead of the one who’s standing off to one side watching." Portrait of Butler with book. Cartoon dragon-like creature reading the book, "Kindred."