This weekend, May 27-31, Madison, Wisconsin will host WisCon: the premier convention celebrating feminism and science fiction. Every year readers, writers, artists, and fans gather to celebrate, dissect, and transform speculative literature, television, film, comics, and games. The con specifically aims to foster conversations about feminism(s), gender, race, disability, and class.And this year, SERIAL BOX will be there!Find our authors Ellen Kushner and Mary Anne Mohanraj ( both of Tremontaine), and Delia Sherman of Whitehall, anytime at the conference for a FREE TATTOO! (Tattoos are temporary - unless you want to make it permanent and be our biggest fan...)

Our Director of Publicity, Leah Withers will also be found roaming the halls and listening intently to panels. Follow us on Twitter to see where she'll be if you'd like to ask any questions about Serial Box!

Friday

9:00AM-12PM: University C. Writers WorkshopAuthor and editor Delia Sherman will serve as Group Leader for this traditional, critique-based workshop.2:30-3:45 PM: Room Michelangelos. Bad DecisionsGetting apprenticed to an evil wizard. Shady doings in Riverside. How did we get here? Our feeling of dread is barely matched by exhilaration. Come witness our folly. Ellen Kushner, David Moles, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Delia Sherman8-10 PM: Room Spontaneous Programming. Impromptu Party: Tremontaine & The Stars ChangeJoin Mary Anne Mohanraj and Ellen Kushner for a celebration of two universes – the Swordspoint world of fabulous swordsmen, now coming to you serialized in Tremontaine, and the Charted Worlds, South Asian space opera, featuring the Lambda-finalist novella, The Stars Change. Samosas and sweets, tea and hot chocolate, free bookmarks, temporary tattoos, and short stories!

Saturday

2:30 - 3:45 PM: Room Capital A. Metaphorical Minorities There's a long tradition in speculative fiction of creating in-universe groups that are metaphorical minorities — that either face oppression similar to that faced by real-world minorities or are similar to real-world minorities without being the same. Many are obvious appropriations of trauma — but is there potential for radicalism? M: Tenea D. Johnson. Jordana Marion Greenblatt, Elliott Mason, Megan (thingswithwings), Mary Anne Mohanraj4-5:15 PM: Room Caucus. Collaboration: How To Get Started Art isn't always a solitary pursuit. Join us to learn how to find a partner to work with, how collaborations work, and what pitfalls to avoid. M: Delia Sherman. Alex Bledsoe, Ctein, Ellen Kushner, SamHain Press4-5:15 PM: Aqueduct Press II: Definitely Not Damsels Aqueduct Press authors read from their work. No damsels here. Eleanor A. Arnason, Lesley Hall, Jackie Hatton, Mary Anne Mohanraj

Sunday

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM: Room Capital A. The Unequal Distribution of Emotional Labor We see it in fandom, in creative fields, in the Maker movement. How to identify when this is happening and how to push back.M: Mary Anne Mohanraj. Megan Arkenberg, Megan Condis, Heidi Waterhouse, Kenzie Woodbridge1:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Room Conference 1. Asian Ancestresses The mythologies and histories of Asia are filled with women who tower large, rivaling the men of their times despite the unequal footing. What lessons can we take from their stories? How do we re-tell them and partake in their legacies today?M: Jaymee Goh. Emily Jiang, Mary Anne Mohanraj2:30-3:45 PM: Room Conference 5. Exposition in SF/F What's the difference between an "infodump" and a well-written description? What does "show, don't tell" actually mean?M: Ellen Kushner. Eleanor A. Arnason, Eugene Fischer, Colleen Booker Halverson, David D. Levine

Monday

10:00 - 11:15 AM: Room Conference 4. What Happened to the Women SF Writers? Recent articles have argued that SF writers have all been straight, white men until very recently. What has happened to the women writers who flooded into SF in the 1970s, not to mention earlier and later women writers? M: Emily Jiang. Micole (coffeeandink), Eleanor A. Arnason, Nancy Jane Moore, Delia Sherman11:30-12:45 PM: Room Capitol/Wisconsin. The SignoutCome and sign your works, come and get things signed, come and hang out and wind down before you leave.