linktr.ee/baycon.org || Since 1982, BayCon has been the San Francisco Bay Area's cornerstone event for Speculative Fiction, bringing fans, creators, and dreamers together from across the world!https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mmclqh7mas2rJoin the Society for Speculative Fiction (spSF) and BayCon 42/ Westercon 78 May 30th + May 31st for two special events! On Saturday May 30th we’ll be at the 2026 Locus Awards ceremony, part of the Locus Awards weekend, organized by our convention’s ultimate sponsor Locus Magazine!20 May 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmclqh7mas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mlvz72rfo22uWriters workshop is accepting submissions!✍️📝 Our Writers’ Workshops—available at no extra charge with a full weekend badge—offer professional critique for both adult and young authors. Submit your speculative or AfroFuturism fiction by June 30th and get expert insights on plot,15 May 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvz72rfo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mltw54uryc24‼️BayCon 2026 is hiring‼️ We are looking for volunteers to help us in many departments, such as Registration, Marketing, Tech, Events, and more! You can also volunteer at con to be a “Gofer” and earn a full weekend membership to BayCon 2027. Find out more at baycon.org/get-involved14 May 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltw54uryc24https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mloflavnss2wOPEN MIC NIGHT: Vogon Poetry Extravaganza! 🎤📖📚 Do you have a penchant for the wonderfully terrible? Join us for our Open Mic Night dedicated to Vogon Poetry! Channel your inner Vogon, and share your most exquisitely awkward verses-no prior experience required, just a love for intergalactic nonsense!12 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloflavnss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mlgwnavb6s2bIf you happen to be at @comicconoakland.com come by and say Hi! Our amazing staff will be tabling at booth 503!09 May 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgwnavb6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mklbdyhfl22s‼️BayCon 42 / Westercon 78 badge prices are going up ⬆️ in MAY‼️ Register now to get the lowest full weekend badge price before the convention! Go to baycon.org/register and use code HOOPYFROOD for $10 OFF. We want to see YOU🫵🏼 there in July!28 Apr 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklbdyhfl22shttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mj6m2dq4ec2u‼️REMINDER‼️If you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to do so! 🎲🧩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6m2dq4ec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mj5xy47v722aCome check out our Poet Laureate @sumikoska.bsky.social ‘s Book release + Signing party this Sunday April 12th! 📚📖✍️10 Apr 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5xy47v722ahttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mizomikryc2hThank you to all who came and visited our wonderful staff as they tabled at two great events this past weekend, @furlingame.bsky.social and smclibraries Small Press Comics Expo Hosted by ssflibrary !! Our staff had a great time and hope to be back in future! 🎉😁 #plcaf202609 Apr 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizomikryc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mipaa36xx22iAt @furlingame.bsky.social ? Stop by and say HI! As some of our amazing staff will be there tabling right outside the Dealer Den!04 Apr 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipaa36xx22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mik37475ms2bProgress Report 2 is out now for your reading pleasure! 🧐📖 Inside: an update from our Chair, two new Guests of Honor, LOCUS magazine comes on as a sponsor, and more! Go to baycon.org/progress-reports/ to read about our progress on BayCon 42/Westercon 78. And don’t panic!02 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik37475ms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mihkzflu722wJoin us this SATURDAY APRIL 4TH at The South San Francisco Library from 10am-4pm as we’ll be tabling at @smclibraries Small Press Comics Expo ! 🎉 It’s a free event with over 40 independent artists tabling and selling their own original content, special keynote speakers, screen printing, and more!01 Apr 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihkzflu722whttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhy5qix3xc2lWant to chair the next BayCon? Bid submissions are open for BayCon 2027 and BayCon 2028 and due by May 31. Find out how to submit a bid at baycon.org/get-involved/bidding/26 Mar 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy5qix3xc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhwibdmsv225Have a favorite tabletop, board or card game? 🧩🃏🎲 Want to share it with others? You can submit your ideas here: https://form.jotform.com/260077489687071.26 Mar 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwibdmsv225https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhoyvnjfuc22Thank you to all who visited our shared booth at CarrierCon ! BayCon had a great time with The Royal Manticoran Navy , what a fun event! They’ll be joining us at BayCon as well, so be sure to buy your tickets as you won’t want to miss out on the fun !23 Mar 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoyvnjfuc22https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhj6olx6ps2qBayCon joins forces with The Royal Manticoran Navy HMS Medusa this weekend at CarrierCon , pop culture & anime con on board the USS Hornet in Alameda! 🚢🌊 Come by our table and get some goodies along with a discounted badge to BayCon 42/Westercon 78! See you at the museum!20 Mar 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj6olx6ps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhiuq2r5jk2nBayCon 42 / Westercon 78 is pleased to welcome Locus Magazine as an “Ultimate Answer” sponsor of our convention weekend! From locusmag.com: Locus is a non-profit review and trade journal, covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968. Locus publishes news of the science fiction, fantasy20 Mar 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiuq2r5jk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhhdy4ybss2x‼️REMINDER‼️ Want to speak or moderate a panel at BayCon? Programming is still accepting submissions until APRIL 2ND, 2026. Go to baycon.org/get-involved/panelists for information on how to submit!20 Mar 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhdy4ybss2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mhbiaxjru22oHappy St. Paddy’s Day🍀🇮🇪! Earth may not have been lucky but fortunately for intrepid space travelers like yourself, there is still something to celebrate! Use code LUCKY42 for $10 off a full weekend badge to BayCon 42/Westercon 78.17 Mar 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbiaxjru22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mgutj4qf622bSee our Guests of Honor before BayCon for events this March and April! 🗓️ ✨ @annaleen.bsky.social , “Privacy’s Defender” book launch w/Cindy Cohn March 12 (eff.org/post/3mfrocuaklo2h). ✨Jenay Marontate aka Kitchen Witch, “Tea and Magic” talk, March 21 at the Goddess Festival, Sacramento, CA.12 Mar 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgutj4qf622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mgl7dv4dkc2yWishing all our Women and Non-Binary Guests of Honor, past and present, a Happy International Women’s Day! • • • • #internationalwomensday #womeninsciencefiction #womeninfantasy #womeninspeculativefiction #womeninspiringwomen08 Mar 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgl7dv4dkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mgiyuz4fec24BayCon 42 / Westercon 78 is excited to announce the Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction’s short story writing contest! 📝✍️ Stories must draw inspiration from this year’s theme.Story submissions will be accepted from MARCH 1ST - MARCH 31ST, 2026.07 Mar 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgiyuz4fec24https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mfzxkzg3lc2dBayCon is pleased to welcome Jenay Marontate aka “Kitchen Witch” as our latest Guest of Honor! Jenay Marontate was born and raised in the mountains of the pacific northwest. Being from such a lush green environment herbal medicine and herb lore was a common practice in her family.02 Mar 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzxkzg3lc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mer2fneiik23The Encyclopedia Galactica may deem love too complex, and the guide says “Avoid [romance], if at all possible,” but that doesn’t mean you can’t give the gift of BayCon this 💕Valentine’s Day 💕! Use code HEARTOFGOLD for $10 OFF a full weekend badge at BAYCON.ORG.13 Feb 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer2fneiik23https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mehdmygsmk26Purchase your bundle today! 📚 Complete works by our GOH’s @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social . All sales benefit TGIJP - Miss Major Alexander L. Lee Black Trans Cultural Center. Link: humblebundle.com/books/charlie-…09 Feb 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehdmygsmk26https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mdlklvclkk26‼️WE’RE HERE TO HELP‼️ We are aware of the issue pertaining to the inability to make reservations for certain dates. Unfortunately this is a common problem that occurs in the system each year, and we deeply apologize for the inconvenience.29 Jan 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlklvclkk26https://bsky.app/profile/baycon.org/post/3mdbodyrzsk2hRESERVE YOUR ROOM TODAY! 🏨 Avoid the hassle of interdimensional travel by staying right where the action spontaneously unfolds—at the Santa Clara Marriott, our proud venue partner since 2023 and your improbability-proof home through 2028.25 Jan 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:srk365d43cip62iddfxsrcc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbodyrzsk2h