Readings

WisCon attracts many talented writers and poets. Regular readings are organized into 75-minute sessions of three, four, or five readers. Open poetry readings and rapid-fire sessions may have as many readers as you like.

**PLEASE** ensure that everyone gets an equal opportunity to read. Readings groups are not assigned external moderators; we trust each group to organize itself and pay attention to time constraints!

If you are interested in doing a reading, contact: readings@wiscon.net

Signing up as a group

If participants can organize themselves into groups, so much the better; considering contacting friends, acquaintances, or people attending the con who might be on a similar wavelength and discussing whether to have a reading together. If you can organize 3-5 people to read together, send us an email (cc’ing all those included in the reading group), with a title and description for your reading (if you need help coming up with one, let us know).

Signing up as an individual

If you do not have a group, email us with your name, a description of what kinds of things you’d like to read, and any notes on your availability. We will group individual readers who sign up based on availability, attempting to match genres or interests if possible. Solo readers, please expect a time slot of 10-12 minutes.

Everyone in a reading group (and everyone who signs up individually) needs to be registered and sign up for a WisCon account, in order for us to schedule you.

Midnight readings sessions are available on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night for any groups who would like to tell bedtime stories, ghost stories, erotica, or any other midnight-appropriate material.

With exception of the current Guests of Honor, the rule is ONE READING PER AUTHOR. Due to the sheer number of participating authors, we will be counting rapid-fire readings and poetry readings as “full-length” readings.

In some years we have more people who want to read than we have space for, in which case we give priority to authors and groups who have a new or upcoming publication that they’re promoting. We also try to prioritize well-organized groups of authors.

Thanks for your interest!