ArmadilloCon 2025 https://armadillocon.org/d47 For SF, Fantasy & Horror Readers and Writers Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://armadillocon.org/d47/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-DilloBook-32x32.jpg ArmadilloCon 2025 https://armadillocon.org/d47 32 32 Don’t Miss Seeing John Picacio at ArmadilloCon! https://armadillocon.org/d47/dont-miss-seeing-john-picacio-at-armadillocon/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:27:39 +0000 https://armadillocon.org/d47/?p=4073

We are delighted to annouce an amazing addition to our ArmadilloCon schedule!

On Sunday at 3PM, World Fantasy winner John Picacio will discuss his debut picture book THE INVISIBLE PARADE and how he and co-author Leigh Bardugo collaborated to create this national bestseller.

Book signing to follow.

We hear that he will be be signing everyone’s copies of the book in gold, and it’s going to look fabulous!

]]> Fannish Feud – Can You Help Us Get Ready ? https://armadillocon.org/d47/feud/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 23:49:29 +0000 https://armadillocon.org/d47/?p=4039

Take 3 minutes to answer some questions about books and movies.

Example: Name a movie you regtretted seeing.

Just skip any questions you don’t have an answer for.

]]> Still Time to Sign Up for Screenwriting Workshop! https://armadillocon.org/d47/still-time-to-sign-up-for-screenwriting-workshop/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:15:25 +0000 https://armadillocon.org/d47/?p=3907 Get all the information here: https://armadillocon.org/d47/screenwriting-workshop/

]]> Room Block Extended through Sept 3! https://armadillocon.org/d47/room-block-extended-through-sept-3/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:56:21 +0000 https://armadillocon.org/d47/?p=3892 We just got word that the ArmadilloCon room block has been extended through Sept. 3!

If you are thinking about booking a room at the Austin Southpark, you can support the convention and get the best rate by booking a room as part of the ArmadilloCon room block!

BEAM ME TO THE ROOM BLOCK!


]]> Why ArmadilloCon? https://armadillocon.org/d47/why-armadillocon/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:23:33 +0000 https://armadillocon.org/d47/?p=3349 Someone at a FACT gathering asked recently, “Why ArmadilloCon? What’s the SFF connection?” (FACT is the group that sponsors ArmadilloCon.)

At the time this thing was started, the Armadillo World Headquarters was still active. So maybe “armadillo” was probably pretty trendy? And, hey, according to the Google Books Ngram Viewer, there was a spike in the usage of the word “armadillo” in 1978!

There are some cool Austin things older than ArmadilloCon, for sure. Peter Pan Mini Golf has us beat (1948). Willie Nelson’s first Fourth of July Picnic was in 1973. The first Amy’s opened in 1974. The Austin City Limits TV program started broadcasting in 1976. ArmadilloCon didn’t show up until 1979, when it convened at the once-swanky, long-gone Villa Capri Motor Hotel.

But we have been around longer than Steve Jackson Games (1980; also, Jackson was a FACT officer), Whole Foods (1980), the Austin Chronicle (1981), the Austin Film Society (1985), SXSW (1987) and ACL Fest (2002). Wow.

Do join us this September for the 47th edition of ArmadilloCon, and help us keep this thing going and growing!

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