Convention News

The 2008 World Science Fiction Convention, Denvention 3, ran from August 6-10 in Denver.

2008 Hugo Winners * * Masquerade Results * * Melbourne Wins 2010 Site Selection * * Newsletters * * Business Meeting News

News Reports * * Web Reports * * Photos

Kids at Denvention

Denvention in the News

Michael Chabon, winner of the Best Novel Hugo this year for The Yiddish Policemen's Union, discusses science fiction in this entertaining interview, which first appeared on NPR on 8/10/08.

Westword, a local indy paper, published this great cartoon comparing Denvention to another major Denver convention:

• Colorado Springs Gazette: Sci Fi Writers, Fans Gear up for Worldcon, 7/26/08
• Westword: Dropping Science Fiction, 7/31/08
• Rocky Mountain News: Mars attracts sci-fi author Ben Bova, 8/1/08
• Denver Post: Science Fiction Convention Opens, 8/1/08
• Westword: World Science Fiction Convention Shows Denver at its Geekiest, 8/7/08
• The Guardian: The Blog, Books, An International Contest We Can Win (ruminations on all those Brits who were nominated for Hugos in '08...) 8/7/08
• Westword: The Latest Word - for World Sci Fi Convention, Strip Club Goes Where No Club Has Gone Before, 8/8/08
• Westword: Denvention Day Two: Sci Fi in the Basement, 8/8/08
• Westword: Masquerade Slide Show, 8/11/08
• Westword: World Sci Fi Con Brings Fan a Renewed Sense of Geekiness, 8/11/08
• Westword: Post-Denvention Coverage, 8/12/08
• C|net News: Sci-fi pros focus on e-books at Denvention 3, 8/19/08

WSFS Business Meeting News

• WSFS Business Meeting Minutes 2008 (PDF) - These are draft minutes of the WSFS Business Meeting. Please forward comments to wsfs@denvention.org. Any comments received before 1st October 2008 will be considered for incorporation into these minutes.
• WSFS Standing Rules 2008 (PDF)
• WSFS Constitution 2008 (PDF)
• WSFS Agenda for 2008 Preliminary Business Meeting (PDF)
• WSFS Agenda for 2008 Main Business Meeting (PDF)
• WSFS Agenda for 2008 Site Selection Business Meeting (PDF)
• WSFS Agenda 2009 (PDF)

Denvention on the Web

• Fast Foward's Video Blog of Denvention
  • Day 1 (Opening Ceremony)
  • Day 2 (GoH Speeches)
  • Day 3 (Masquerade)
  • Day 4 (Hugo Ceremony)
  • Day 5 (Closing Ceremony)
• Lois McMaster Bujold's GoH Speech
• Technology of Reading - Photos from the Mimeo/Fanzine Demo
• io9.com's Denvention Coverage
• SF Signal's Denvention Blogger Wrap-up (mostly links to pro sites)
• Paul Cornell
• Jo Walton's Multi-part Denvention Report Starts Here
• Cheryl Morgan's Multi-part Denvention Report Starts Here - the tour of the Art Show with John Picacio is particularly noteworthy
• Neal Skorpen's Denvention Report
• Photos
  • Pre-Hugo Slide Show Photos
  • Keith McClune's Flickr photoset
  • Photos on Flickr
  • Danny Low's Photos
  • Photos from Strolling with the Stars
• Video
  • Timeshredder's report - focused on the Masquerade
    YouTube had a bunch of Masquerade videos and cute kids playing gnome bowling, but not much in the way of general convention coverage.
  • Pacific Fen Spotlight - brief interviews with Harry Turtledove, Marc Scott Zicree, Phil Foglio and others