It's awards eligibility season and we at ConCurrent are definitely eligible for one award: the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. However, if you think we're a good fit for other awards, please do consider us! Short fact thread incoming. 1/
ConCurrent Seattle
@concurrentseattle.bsky.social
A one-day SFFH event held on August 14, 2025, in Seattle, WA. Built and run by humans who may also be sparkle unicorns. concurrentseattle.weebly.com
Oh hey, nice writeup of @seattlein2025.org and @concurrentseattle.bsky.social in the U. of Washington Daily (byline @chaitnad.bsky.social I believe, though the webpage seems to be missing it...) www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...
Seattle hosts WorldCon and the Hugo Awards
Seattle hosts WorldCon and the Hugo Awards
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Oh! And the post includes picspam from both Writers with Drinks hosted by @charliejane.bsky.social and @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social (no relation) and @concurrentseattle.bsky.social ! With gorgeous event photos by Jo Sisodia and Lauren Ring.
Cecilia Tan@ceciliatan.com · 12mo agoAlrighty. I old-school blogged about my #Worldcon experience. Yeah, it was not perfect. But there were some real highlights and nothing beats gathering with my rabble-rousing writer pals. #SeattleWorldcon www.ceciliatan.com/a...
You'd think with the con over that we'd be able to rest, but there are still a few things to wrap up. I'm handling financials tonight. It's not a perfectly-in-focus snapshot, but here's the estimate. You gave us $5000. Our final tally? $5015.20. Nailed it. (Almost.)
You'd think with the con over that we'd be able to rest, but there are still a few things to wrap up. I'm handling financials tonight. It's not a perfectly-in-focus snapshot, but here's the estimate. You gave us $5000. Our final tally? $5015.20. Nailed it. (Almost.)
Thread. If nothing else, this is a reminder of why we need to support organizations like @concurrentseattle.bsky.social, which made us all feel welcomed and seen. And it was fun!
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 12mo agoI can confidently say as both someone born, raised, and who has lived almost my entire life in California and as a historian of California history, doing a Manifest Destiny theme at the LA WorldCon is a preposterously bad idea.
We'd like to shout out Seattle's Clean Air Collective and mask bloc for providing us with free masks and air filters during ConCurrent. We could not have run the event without that help, and it was given to us for free. For FREE! What an amazing public service. Thank you so much.
We'd like to shout out Seattle's Clean Air Collective and mask bloc for providing us with free masks and air filters during ConCurrent. We could not have run the event without that help, and it was given to us for free. For FREE! What an amazing public service. Thank you so much.
(hello i made a zine recently for @concurrentseattle.bsky.social & it was so much fun i put it up on ko-fi.com/s/f14f5d4a85 )
cyborg sonnets & other poems - lowph's Ko-fi Shop
A zine of poems designed & written by P. H. Low
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Marty Cahill@mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 12mo agoAI this, LLM that, I'm amped for the counterculture to ignite against this banal mediocrity. Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
Okay, last panel of the day: "Erotica & Horror: Polar Opposites or Twins Separated at Birth?" with ML Krishnan, Cecilia Tan, Sumiko Saulson, Diana Pho, and Coral Alejandra Moore! #ConCurrent2025 #WorldCon
Next up, "Music and Monsters: A Sinners Panel" with LD Lewis, LP Kindred, Rebecca Roanhorse, Erin Roberts, and Nicole Glover! #ConCurrent2025 #WorldCon
Back to panels after a lovely lunch break! Next up is "Worlds and the Spaces Between: Exploring the Liminal in Science Fiction" with PH Low, Yume Kitasei, Micaiah Johnson, Charlie Jane Anders, and Felicia Martínez! #ConCurrent2025 #WorldCon
Nabbed from the @concurrentseattle.bsky.social instagram. Everyone was masked, panelists and audience. Thank you for keeping us safe @itsamia.bsky.social 💖 I found a pink one for the ocassion!
ConCurrent is over. Thank you to everyone who liked, shared, spoke about us, donated, paneled, moderated, volunteered, worked, attended. Our mission was successful. All this can be done as it always has been done, with thoughtfulness, precision, safety, and attention to detail. I'm so grateful.
It can be tricky getting to the Bullitt Cabaret. Fear not! Have a video. And when in doubt, follow the rainbow.
Please don't make me do a Canva graphic. Here's my Worldcon Schedule: **THURS 8/14** Authors Against Book Bans table @ Worldcon 11:30a-1p SINNERS Panel @ ConCurrent 2:30p-3:30p My Very Own Table Talk @ Worldcon 4:30p-5:30p HOZIER 6p-? **FRI 8/15** Clarion West table @ Worldcon 12p-2p
It can be tricky getting to the Bullitt Cabaret. Fear not! Have a video. And when in doubt, follow the rainbow.
Prepping... Will post a "how to navigate the UAC" vid later!
So, we've given up on our early check-in thing after seeing some numbers. Just show up! We'll be there! Don't bring any jerks! And don't pretend to be someone you're not!
ConCurrent Seattle@concurrentseattle.bsky.social · last yr.We're now up to date on our registration confirmation emails! Tomorrow, if you've registered, you'll receive our day-before email with a final early check-in link (makes it so we can just give your badge to you after you tell us who you are).
Introducing our mascot, Sparkles the UFOnicorn! Limited quantities of Sparkles stickers will be available at the registration desk 15 minutes before each panel. Please take only one; Sparkles is temperamental. (Thank you to the ConCurrent backers!) credit @rosefinchie.bsky.social
We're now up to date on our registration confirmation emails! Tomorrow, if you've registered, you'll receive our day-before email with a final early check-in link (makes it so we can just give your badge to you after you tell us who you are).
What's this? Our website looks a bit different now! The landing page has been redesigned to provide you with pertinent info at a glance. Walking directions from Summit as well as a map are now up front, as well as links to our credo, our FAQ, and our registration page. concurrentseattle.weebly.com
CONCURRENT SEATTLE
ConCurrent is a free one-day event intended to be an alternative to WorldCon programming.
concurrentseattle.weebly.com
What's this? Our website looks a bit different now! The landing page has been redesigned to provide you with pertinent info at a glance. Walking directions from Summit as well as a map are now up front, as well as links to our credo, our FAQ, and our registration page. concurrentseattle.weebly.com
CONCURRENT SEATTLE
ConCurrent is a free one-day event intended to be an alternative to WorldCon programming.
concurrentseattle.weebly.com
Five sleeps until ConCurrent! Today, we're strategizing on how best to wrap the UAC's stair railing in rainbow crepe paper.
a cartoon of spongebob with the word imagination written below him
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob with the word imagination written below him
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I’m going to my first ever Worldcon! I have a panel with Victor Manibo, Van Hoang, & Salinee Goldenberg. Plus, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social is generously sharing her reading slot w/ me. 🥹 I’m also paneling at @concurrentseattle.bsky.social w/ Sam Asher, Lauren Ring, LaShawn Wanak, & David Levine!
