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Registration for FIYAHCON 2021 is now open with Early Bird tickets for $40 USD. Paid tickets grant access to the full 3+ days of programming (workshop registration sold separately), including panels, presentations, ceremonies, access to our Discord and social spaces, and more! The convention takes place September 16-19, 2021. Head over to the shop to […]
Work is underway to add a completely incorporated Artist Alley/Dealers Row to FIYAHCON 2021, but we’re most interested in what features and expectations creators have for participating in these sorts of events virtually. If you’re one of these amazing people, please consider filling out our very brief survey by April 1st to help us curate […]
Speculative fiction exists as an ecosystem that extends to far more than just prose writers. We rely on poets, illustrators, visual storytellers, reviewers, and academics to deepen our understanding of our favorite fictional worlds and the relationships we develop with our favorite (and not-so-favorite) characters. We are thrilled to have representatives from prose, criticism, and […]
We’re extremely pleased to announce FIYAHCON 2021 is slated for September 16-19, 2021. We had a blast with the inaugural event last year and can’t wait to do it even bigger and better this year with an additional full day of programming, Artist Alley, and a Study track of programming featuring subject matter experts doing […]
Originally posted on Director L.D. Lewis’s personal blog FIYAHCON has come and gone for most, but I’m still plugging away, getting videos uploaded to the archives and sending our payments and the remaining Ignyte Award trophies out to finalists. I can’t wait to get my dining room table back. This started out as a mission, […]
The first ever Ignyte Awards are around the corner and the last pieces are sliding into place. The awards ceremony will be hosted on the FIYAHCON “Lawn”, the area of our virtual “convention center” open to the public with free access for all. Other Lawn events include the convention Opening and Closing Ceremonies. And now […]
The FIYAHCON Schedule is now LIVE. We’ve got panels from all over the world, a bunch of ceremonies, newly added workshops, even a GAME SHOW planned for your interactive viewing pleasure. Visit the schedule here. Anyone can view the schedule, but only paid registrants will receive an invitation to Sched for viewing links and customizing […]
The Ignyte Ember Award celebrates the unsung contributions of people in the speculative fiction community. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, Malon Edwards has served the community as a writer, editor, and grant administrator for the Speculative Literature Foundation for years, getting sometimes much-needed funds to marginalized writers to help them pursue their projects. We are […]
We are now less than a month away from the main event and things are rolling here behind the scenes. We’re excited to see the early bird swag items arrive all over the world, excited to see who’s won Ignyte Awards, excited for the dozens of virtual meetings we’re holding to figure things out (can […]
The FIYAHCON 2020 Committee is thrilled to announce the finalists for the inaugural Ignyte Awards. The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre. To that effect, the committee […]
