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Freebie Tables

  • contact:  promos@wiscon.net
  • We accept deliveries from late April until the week before the convention every year.

Do you have swag promoting your book, convention, podcast, or other project that you’d like promote to WisCon attendees?  You’ll want to consider our Freebie Tables!  While most conventions and conferences traditionally have swag bags, as part of our sustainability initiatives we’ve switched to Freebie Tables — these allow our members to pick and choose what catches their eyes which eliminates a lot of paper waste.

What can I send?

Anyone can provide things to be placed on the freebie tables, but all items will be reviewed in light of our guiding principles and we do reserve the right to discard any items that we deem inappropriate.  If you’re not sure if your promotional items are right for WisCon, we encourage you to contact us at the email address at the top of the page to inquire.

How much should I send?

WisCon caps its membership at 1,000 — most years we have an average of 800-900 members.  You are welcome to send the number of items that feels right to you, but bear in mind that anything left on the Freebie Tables will either be donated (books) or discarded (everything else).

If you’d like some guidance on how much to send and where to send it, please contact us at the email address above.  Let us know what you’re interested in sending so that we can give you an estimate.  We especially encourage you to contact us in advance if you are interested in shipping multiple boxes of books.

Promote it at WisCon!

  • contact:  promos@wiscon.net

WisCon is a convention with an annual membership in the neighborhood of 800-1,000 fans who are equally passionate about feminism and social justice as they are about the next awesome work of science fiction (or fantasy or horror, et cetera) they’re going to read, watch, or listen to.

Which means WisCon could be the perfect place to promote your project.  We have several ways that you can get information about your book, podcast, call for submission, fan group (and so on) into the hands of our members.  WisCon is an especially great venue for you to promote your own upcoming convention!

Advertising

WisCon offers various levels of paid advertising and sponsorship opportunities in our Souvenir Program Book.  Members eyes’ will be glued to our SPB all weekend long, a beloved item that’s taken home and enjoyed long after the convention ends.  Sponsorships are available around the convention to get your logo in front of the eyes of 1000+ members for 4 long days.

Freebie Tables

When WisCon did away with swag bags (to reduce waste as part of our sustainability initiatives), we introduced our freebie tables.  The freebie tables are something of a smorgasbord of flyers, promotional items like bookmarks, buttons, and fake tattoos, and the occasional cache of advanced reader copies.  If you were hoping to send us the sort of small promotional item that would normally go into a convention swag bag, check out the information about our Freebie Tables.

WisCon 40 advertising rates available

At-Con Promotions

So you’ve kickstarted your new publishing company devoted to feminist pickle analysis. You’re ready to start selling books, but you need to advertise! Where to go? Who to pay?

WisCon, obviously.

WisCon loves feminist pickle analysis! But did you know that WisCon takes advertising? You didn’t??

WisCon happily sells advertising space in our Souvenir Book, and we accept sponsors for our Programming Book. Rates for the Souvenir Book vary, from a mere $45 to $1200, and sponsorship of the Program Book is $3000. Check out our rates sheet (downloadable PDF) for more information.

Advertising deadline is April 12.

Some of our past advertisers include: the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award, Small Beer Press, the University of Toronto Press, RainbowCon, Tor, Aqueduct Press, and the Helsinki Worldcon Bid.

Contact advertising@wiscon.net with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you!

Advertising and Sponsorship

In 2022, we are not planning a printed program book. However, you can still sponsor WisCon! Send us an e-mail if you’d like to discuss options and what sort of acknowledgment would be provided. 

WisCon’s Souvenir Book and Pocket Program Book are merging into the Souvenir Program Book! That means that there will be more people picking up the single publication at con–a book with programming lists, guides to our convention, photos, articles, bibliographies, and anecdotes related to our guests of honor, as well as information about the Otherwise Literary Award and the Carl Brandon Society Awards. We accept advertisements for our Souvenir Program Book, as well as more comprehensive convention sponsorships.

When information on ad rates and guidelines for our next convention are available, there will be a link at the top of the page to download a PDF.

If you’re ready to place an ad or you have questions, contact us at the email above!