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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 […]
Thanks to a number of generous donors, we currently have a stack of tickets to give away to folks who may otherwise be unable to attend, including 25 tickets earmarked specifically for disabled BIPOC. The application process is by brief Google form below. If for any reason the application format doesn’t mesh with your adaptive […]
Things are moving SO FAST behind the scenes here at FIYAHCON, and programming requests are pouring in! We can’t wait to get our lists finalized, a process we’re starting at the end of this month. Programming content will be provided in three tracks: Craft, Business, and Community. Here are some (just some!) of the […]
You can now register for FIYAHCON 2020! Early Bird tickets are $40 USD and include the entire weekend plus a swag pack of notebooks and assorted writerly materials to help you take advantage of the inspiration over con weekend. Early Bird lasts as long as we have swag packs in stock, but they ARE limited […]
FIYAHCON, the virtual convention centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in SFF publishing is a go for October 17th-18th, 2020! Over at FIYAH Literary Magazine, we’ve wanted to host a convention almost since our inception and now we’re in a place to pull it off. Our mission for the convention is to reach beyond […]
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