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The Mexicanx Initiative was a campaign led by SFF artist [[John Picacio]] to sponsor attending memberships to Worldcon 76 in San Jose and award them to fifty Mexicanx artists, writers, filmmakers, culture shapers, and fans, in order to increase Mexicanx representation in science fiction and fantasy. The project was a finalist for the [[2019 Best Related Work Hugo|2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work]]. | The Mexicanx Initiative was a campaign led by SFF artist [[John Picacio]] to sponsor attending memberships to Worldcon 76 in San Jose and award them to fifty Mexicanx artists, writers, filmmakers, culture shapers, and fans, in order to increase Mexicanx representation in science fiction and fantasy. The project was a finalist for the [[2019 Best Related Work Hugo|2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:38, 1 February 2021
The 2018 Worldcon (officially named "Worldcon 76 in San Jose") was held August 16-20 2018 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Guests of Honor were Spider Robinson and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Fan Guests of Honor were Pierre and Sandy Pettinger, and Ghosts of Honour were Edgar Pangborn and Bob Wilkins. Chair was Kevin Roche.
The con was selected at MidAmeriCon II in a race between New Orleans in 2018 and San Jose in 2018.
See 2018 Hugos, 1943 Retro Hugos, 2020 Worldcon Site Selection, 2019 NASFiC Site Selection.
The Mexicanx Initiative was a campaign led by SFF artist John Picacio to sponsor attending memberships to Worldcon 76 in San Jose and award them to fifty Mexicanx artists, writers, filmmakers, culture shapers, and fans, in order to increase Mexicanx representation in science fiction and fantasy. The project was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
- Worldcon 76 in San Jose publications and photos on fanac.org
- Worldcon 76 YouTube Channel
- Worldcon 76 Photo Gallery
- File 770's Worldcon 76 Roundup
- GoH Spider Robinson's Worldcon 76 Travel Journal - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
- Kevin Standlee's con report - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12
- Brenda Clough's con report
- Locus Online con report
- Worldcon 76 Recap Video by Adria Gonzales
| Worldcon 75 | Worldcon - Bidding - Hugos | Dublin 2019 |
| Website | 2018 |
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