It is one of many Science Fiction Fan Convention s held around the world.
Orycon promotes science fiction and fantasy works of all kinds.
There are many pannels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science.
Annual presentation of the Endeavour Award to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction, which awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West)
- Some of the recient topics have incuded:
- ---Writing
--When is enough research too much?
--How to write about something you don`t really know about
--Using Your Imagination to Write and Draw
--Inventing Languages: Alien Linguistics
--Balancing Writing with Family/Real Life -- Deadlines vs. diapers
- ---Current events
--What impact does technology really have on history
--Murdering stemcells and frankenfood: modern biology and the far left and right
--The web in 2015 - a look ahead
--The rest of the world`s last year in space/Japanese Space Program. What they`ve done, what they are doing, what they have planned.
- ---Costuming
--Making an original costume: What you need to get started
--Fabric manipulation-How to twist, dye, stitch, fold, pleat and otherwise bully your fabric into submission
--Period costumes beyond Victorian and medieval: Why don`t we see more eras?
--Costuming 101: Pattern bashing for beginners
- ---Art
--Art Jam - Everybody Draws
--Selling the Offspring: Your Emotional Investment in Your Art and How Much do You Charge for It?
--The Business of Art
--My inspiration - My art: Why I did what I did
- ---Gaming
--Gaming is organized by Game Storm (OSFCI's gaming convention)
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