2018 Locus Awards Weekend

Locus Writers Workshop

The Locus Writers Workshop will be taking place the same weekend. Join award-winning authors Connie Willis and Yoon Ha Lee for a two-day intensive writing workshop bookending the Locus Awards weekend! Additional fees apply and workshop registration is limited. Click here for more info and ticketing: http://locusmag.com/locus-writers-workshop-2018/

Locus Awards Schedule

Friday, June 22

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Readings with Connie Willis and Yoon Ha Lee.

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.: Party hosted by Clarion West for Awards Weekend ticket holders as well as supporters, alumni, and friends of Clarion West, in honor of first week instructor Daniel Abraham.

Saturday, June 23

10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: “The Dread Between! How to create and sustain momentum in your stories and your careers” panel with Greg Bear, Daryl Gregory, Eileen Gunn (m), Beth Meacham, and Connie Willis.

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: “Politics in Spaaaace” panel with Daniel Abraham, Fonda Lee (m), Yoon Ha Lee, Adam Rakunas, and Catherynne M. Valente.

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Donut Salon: “Storyskins: Titles, Beginnings, and Endings”. Meet and chat with C.C. Finlay, Mimi Mondal (m), Dominica Phetteplace, Nisi Shawl, and Jack Skillingstead, over donuts.

12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Autographing session with books available for purchase thanks to University Book Store. Signers include Daniel Abraham, Greg Bear, Erin Cashier a.k.a. Cassie Alexander, Daryl Gregory, Eileen Gunn, Lindsey S. Johnson, Fonda Lee, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken MacLeod, Scott James Magner, Mimi Mondal, Raven Oak, Dominica Phetteplace, Adam Rakunas, Nisi Shawl, Jack Skillingstead, Patrick Swenson, Bruce Taylor, Catherynne M. Valente, Connie Willis, and more TBA.

12:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Locus Awards Lunch Banquet and Ceremony at the Best Western Executive Inn with M.C. Connie Willis, who will present the awards and judge a Hawaiian shirt plus trivia contest.

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.: Locus Party, time to celebrate our 50th Anniversary! Conversation, appetizers, and a cash bar.

Schedule is subject to change without notice. Don’t forget to wear your most outlandish Hawaiian or SFnal shirt to the Locus Awards!

Locus Supports Inclusivity!

Thinking of attending? Please do. We encourage people of color, women, people with disabilities, older people, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to attend. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, age, size, nationality, religion, culture, education level, and self-identification.

Locus associate editor Arley Sorg will serve as our PoC/LGBTQQIA Ombudsman. He will be on-site for questions, concerns, conversations, and more. Feel free to reach out to him in advance at locus@locusmag.com subject: Arley Ombudsman. There are also plans for a PoC safe space.

Sponsored Memberships:

Are you a PoC thinking about attending the Locus Awards weekend? We encourage inclusivity!

Locus has several sponsored memberships for PoC who may not otherwise attend the Locus Awards. Memberships include admission to many weekend events: readings, a kickoff party, panels, an autograph session, the banquet, and the awards. Memberships do not include admission to the Writers Workshop (which is ticketed separately). Hotel and transport are not included. Nisi Shawl will select recipients.

Application for these sponsored memberships can be found here and will be accepted through May 31^st. Application is confidential: details of applications will remain exclusively with Locus and Nisi Shawl. Applications are open to anyone who is a person of color/non-white person. By applying, you agree that your application statements are accurate and that you are a person of color/non-white person.

(These memberships are separate from those available at the Con or Bust website.)