Last day of the con, last newsletter of the con. ?????
Please don’t forget to turn in your plastic badge holder at the Registration desk. While you’re there grab one of our Souvenir Books! Enjoy a day of relaxing in Madison if you’re staying today, and safe travels if you’re leaving.
We all had a great time this weekend, and we can’t wait to see you again in a year. Hope you can join us!
WisCon 42 — May 25-28, 2018
We are overjoyed to announce that our Guests of Honor for WisCon 42 are Saladin Ahmed and Tananarive Due! Want to join us? Memberships and hotel reservations are open!
Keep in touch after WisCon
We’ll miss you, too!!! Please keep in touch! Sign up for our email newsletter (eCube), or follow us on social media.
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Registration / Lost & Found
Have one last question? Want to register for WisCon 42? Lost something over the weekend and hope someone turned it in? The Registration desk is open until 1:30pm.
LAST CALL!
You still have a few more hours to visit the Art Show, Dealers’ Room, and the Con Suite. And get your drabbles in to the Drabble Challenge!
- Art Show: 10am – 12pm
- Dealers’ Room: 10am – 2pm
- Con Suite: Closes at 1pm
- Drabble Challenge: Closes at 4pm
Today’s big events
SignOut
- 11:30am – 12:45pm
- Capitol/Wisconsin
Come to the SignOut, a signing party and WisCon farewell rolled into one! Writers and those who love them will gather together to sign and get signatures, to thank and praise and schmooze one last time before we fly away for another year.
Authors at the SignOut this year are: Becky Allen, Charlie Jane Anders, Paul Dale Anderson, Eleanor A. Arnason, Robyn Bennis, Lee Blauersouth, Ty Blauersouth, K. Tempest Bradford, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Moondancer Drake, Timmi Duchamp, Amal El-Mohtar, Ruthanna Emrys, Alexandra Erin, Michael Thomas Ford, Andrea D. Hairston, Naomi Kritzer, David D. Levine, Nancy Jane Moore, Sunny Moraine, Pat Murphy, Anne M. Pillsworth, Beth Plutchak, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Cath Schaff-Stump , Nisi Shawl, Jan Suzukawa, Sheree Renée Thomas, Amy Thomson, Nancy Vedder-Shults, Cynthia Ward
Fond Farewell Party
- 8pm – 12am
- Room 629
If you’re still here on Monday night, come join others who are still here for a Fond Farewell party. We’ll have munchies, beverages, and good conversation. It’s the last party for WisCon 2017! It’ll begin at 8 PM and run until the last fan falls over.
Volunteer needs
Monday
SignOut: Still needs volunteers to help with set-up and during the event. Contact volunteers@wiscon.net.
Art Show: Desperately needs help packing up the art of the 8 artists who mailed their work into the show. Also needs help for breaking down displays during tear-down. Stop by the show in Senate (1st floor) to sign up.
Tear-down: MANY departments will need help to tear down after the convention. Stop by the volunteer board (2nd floor, next to Registration desk) to see where you can help!
More details on volunteering in the section at the bottom, or email volunteers@wiscon.net.
The once & future WisCon
How can WisCon improve? What programming would you like to see next year? Who would make a great Guest of Honor for WisCon 43? Please check out this blog post and help us continue to build a great WisCon.
Need to contact Safety?
Reminder: Our Code of Conduct
- email: safety@wiscon.net
- phone: 608-957-7233 (957-SAFE)
- reporting form: wiscon.net/report
Or look for one of our on-call Safety volunteers. They’re wearing bright yellow/green high-visibility vests.