During the closing ceremonies, Chicon 8 staff members were recognized for their tremendous efforts, including David Kushner for 50 hours of volunteer work and Marinda Darnell, staff member of the year. We also learned that Tamora’s Legends sponsored 20 children and their families at the convention.

Chicon Party awards were as follows:

• Best Food: Discon 3
• Best Drink: Glasgow 24 (The Glasgow Gimlet)
• Best Overall: The Royal Manticoran Navy
• Hospitality/Community Choice: Seattle 2025

Remember, you can still view virtual panels and content through Airmeet with your Chicon 8 membership. The Hugo Award Ceremony is also available through YouTube, regardless of membership status.

Now, let’s take one final look at some of the memories made along the way, whether it be an unforgettable night at the Hugo Award Ceremony or one last stroll through Chicago.

Safe journeys, everyone, and may the enthusiasm of Worldcon be your guiding star in the days to come!

One Enchanted Evening: Hugos 2022

All Good Things: Closing Ceremonies

Stroll with the Stars

The Star Trek Improv group gave the ASL interpreters uniform shirts for Friday’s event. We’re all very glad they didn’t get red shirts.

He looks rather mischievous…

Stephen Korshak with the collection

Fan Guests of Honor, Joe and Edie Seclari, joined their interview audience for a group photo

When it comes to the future, the sky’s the limit…

You have how many ribbons?

Did you accumulate a lot of badge ribbons throughout your Worldcon 2022 journey? Who are we kidding? Of course you did!

We would love to feature your ribbon collection in this post. In the days to come, please send a photo of yourself waving your ribbons proudly to newsletter@chicon.org! It could also just be a photo of the ribbons by themselves… or a ribbon you’re particularly proud of getting… or the lovely origami hat you fashioned out of convention ribbons.

You may hide your name on the badge for privacy reasons, but we will also blur out names before posting them in our gallery.

Special thanks to Suzan Spitzberg for contributing to the Closing Ceremonies report and Michael Nelson for Hugo Award and Closing Ceremonies photography.

Fan from 2012 Found!

A team of Star Chart roving reporters, following up on rumors from hotel staff, located a long-lost fan from Chicon 7. Keith Pavane from Chelm, Ohio had been wandering the tunnels underneath the Hyatt since the 2012 convention in search of the elusive Stagg Field room. When told the whole thing was a joke, Pavane ran off to continue his quest, yelling: “It was in print, so it has to be true!”

The Fabulous Riverwalk Transformation!

For a brief period yesterday morning, the Chicago Riverwalk turned into the Chicago Riverworld as the Fabulous Riverboat (with Mark Twain at its helm) and cruised past the Hyatt Regency hotel to wave at their spiritual successors. On board were Isaac Asimov, Andre Norton, Robert Heinlein, William Tenn, Alice Sheldon, and others. When people on the riverbank asked where they came from, Frederik Pohl said they escaped from the American Writers Museum here in Chicago.

PSA: Mechanical Hound Coffee Safe for Consumption

Despite reports to the contrary, the Mechanical Hound coffee served by the Ray Bradbury Center Table did not cause members of Worldcon 2022 to grow eight legs with rubber padded paws. Please do not panic. We are not yet living in a dystopian future that bans and destroys books for arbitrary reasons… oh, wait.

Site Selection Update: Worldcon 2024 to take place in Moominvalley

Due to a mix-up in the voting process, it was later revealed that the actual site of Worldcon 2024 will be Moominvalley, a lovely place by all accounts (with the rare exception of falling comets).

Hill Books Takes a Year Off From Hugos

At the Chicon 8 Hugo Awards Ceremony, Mr. Howard Hill (the publisher of the eponymous Hill Books) announced that due to Hill’s dominance of the novella category, they would not take part in next year’s Hugo’s competition: “There’s a tradition in the Hugos that when an author or a publication has become too dominant in a category that they take a year off to give other people a chance.”

Hill and its hilldotcom publishing wing has not only owned the novella category, with all six of this year’s finalists. It had four of six finalists for novel and four out of six finalists for best series. “Fans have grown so used to nominating Hill Books for everything,” continued Mr. Hill, “that we even got some nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation… and we don’t even make films! That’s when we knew it was time to take a breather.”

Hill Books will be back for the 2024 Hugo Award.

After Hugos Party in Virtual!

The Virtual Crew hosted a Poll Party in Airmeet after the Hugos. Silly polls abounded and much jollity was had. Do we sense a new Worldcon tradition in the making? The virtual party continued with a poll-based composition of Limericks. Here is an example:

There once was an online convention
with uncountable silly intentions
But airmeet went splatz
overwhelmed by the cats
that unplugged the power extension

And after all that silliness, the crew embarked to the lounge for a series of Jackbox Games. Great fun was had by all.

This hoax post was brought to you by Sam Lubell, Rex Allen Hughes, Eddie Louise, and the mysterious ballot caster for Moominvalley (one report is actually true – can you guess which one?).

Image credit: “moomin valley #01” by yui.kubo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Congratulations to Glasgow 2024, officially selected as the site of the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention! You can view full tables of the Site Selection Reports for Worldcon 2024 and NASFiC 2023 below.

Please enjoy these photos from Sunday’s WSFS Business Meeting, where the site selection results were presented, and some fun pics of the Glasgow 2024 Committee elsewhere.

Some of the Glasgow 2024 Committee members in the “Tartan Landing Zone”

Chair of Glasgow 2024, Professor Esther MacCallum-Stewart, with the Chair of the Dublin 2019 Worldcon, James Bacon

Esther at the Glasgow table with ‘Wee Clyde’, their armadillo

The Glasgow team wait for the announcement of Site Selection. Who will win??!!

Tammy Coxon prepares the ‘Glasgow Gimlet’ at the afternoon party on Saturday

Meg MacDonald and Esther MacCallum-Stewart wait to get the party started in the Glasgow Suite

Site Selection Reports

*The following tables may not fit on some mobile device screens. You can view the far right columns by moving the scroll bar at the bottom of each table or switch to a laptop/desktop view for a full display.

Worldcon 2024 Site Selection Report

NASFiC 2023 Site Selection Report

Featured image credit: “Clyde arch, Glasgow, Scotland” by Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The dead dingo drop-in and farewell party is late on Monday night, starting at 2200 (10 pm) and finishing when the vampires leave the shadows (after midnight, say 0100). Befitting the theme, you will have to hunt your own sustenance as there may be NO food or alcohol provided. Masks to be worn except when eating or drinking. (Room 3375)

31st Floor

Winnipeg in 2023 NASFiC Bid
Skyline Suite, Room 3176 – Same time as previous nights

32nd Floor

Starbase Indy
River View Suite, Room 3271 – 10pm

On our journey through the stars of fandom, our team always wanted the Chicon 8 newsletter to be about stories – not just the stories we read or watch or play, but the stories taking place all around the convention. Now, this story has come to its final chapter, ending this afternoon with the closing ceremonies. However, another story continues onward. Even as we travel to different corners of the globe and switch off our computers, we are still living the human story, taking place in this little corner of the cosmos.

When presented with this image of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 space probe, a “mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam,” astronomer Carl Sagan had the following to say about our planet, this place where we live out the stories of our existence:

“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” (Full video and speech embedded below)

We may look to the stars in our fiction and dream of sailing beyond the sunset, but from a certain point of view, it becomes clear that we are already a part of the universal story. We truly hope that Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, has inspired you to experience this story to its fullest.

Safe voyages, my friends, and may we meet again soon.

Rex Allen Hughes, Newsletter Editor

Chicon Updates

Virtual Access to Panels

Remember, anyone who purchases a membership by 4 pm today (Monday, September 5th, 2022) will have access to all recorded panels in Airmeet. Tell your friends!

Volunteers Needed for Program Gophers and Move Out

Do you have some time to spare and want to fill it? Stop by Program Ops in Columbian and offer to help be a Gopher. Grab a blank volunteer slip from the desk downstairs from Columbian to record your hours and get some free stuff!

If you have some time on Tuesday, September 6th, we could use some help unloading the art show grid into a couple of different storage units in different parts of town. Please email logistics@chicon.org if you can lend a hand, likely from about 9 am – 4 pm.

Back to Winnipeg

Someone left a small brown paper bag with their ribbon tail, empty Starbucks cup, and journal at the Winnipeg party last night. Please come by to claim after Closing Ceremony ends.

Afternoon Tea with Pemmi-con / Smofcon 38

We are offering a small taste of our hospitality to those avoiding crowds. Our suite, 3176, will be open for tea and pastries after Closing Ceremony. A limit of 10 people at a time will be enforced until 5 pm.

Last Chance for WFC 2021 Book Bags

Please see us at the Smofcon 38 table, next to the formerly known as “Winnipeg in 2023 NASFIC bid” table, to acquire your WFC 2021 book bag.

Special thanks to Eddie Louise, Jannie Shea, and Karin May for contributing to this final release of the Sunrise Edition.

The Star Chart newsletter was produced by members of our Publication Team, including division head Sara Felix, deputy division head James Bacon, editor Rex Allen Hughes, roving reporters Suzan Spitzberg and Michael Nelson, regular contributors Sam Lubell, Mike Glyer, and Vivian Abraham, and contributing members of the Chicon 8 community.

Trust us, you’ll want to stick around for our final day of content. For now, let’s celebrate the time we have left with an article from Sam Lubell, contributor and last year’s editor, followed by snapshots of Worldcon 2022 shared by our members.

Celebrating Speculative Fiction All Year Round

Worldcon is just 5 days a year. What about the remaining 360? There are some ways you can keep the fun of Worldcon alive, all year round.

Of course, Worldcon is one of the most important conventions, but there are lots of other cons, as well. Your local area probably has at least one (or more) conventions. Take a look at the flyer racks in the exhibit space for conventions divided on the shelves geographically. And, of course, you can find them on the internet (Locus Magazine Convention page).

Your local area probably already has a local science fiction club. Check around large cities and college campuses. If one doesn’t exist, you can start one! Many clubs start by meeting in libraries or people’s homes.

There are also national science fiction and fantasy organizations, too. The National Fantasy Fan Federation has monthly publications and an online convention.

Your favorite authors probably have an online presence on Twitter, Facebook, and email newsletters. They would love it if you subscribed.

There are many online magazines, fanzines, and webzines online, many of which have comment sections. Check the list of Hugo nominations for a good place to start.

See you online or at a future Worldcon!

– Sam Lubell, Newsletter Contributor

Is this a cake or the cover to Randee Dawn’s debut novel? How about both? Randee served this cake, shaped like the TV on her book’s cover, at her Saturday night party.  

The wonderful Locus table!

Moments in the Korshak Collection (Photos Encouraged)

Daily Daisy: Daisy was VERY disappointed with the Brother Printer. “I really thought this would work. It’s supposed to be a COPY machine. But all I get is the paper – not Pup-A-Roni!”

Don’t be like Daisy. Don’t keep printing treats. 

The winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced at the Hugo Award Ceremony at Chicon 8 on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM CDT (UTC-5). The ceremony was hosted by Toastmasters Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz in front of a live audience. The full ceremony was streamed live on the internet.

The winners and finalists are listed below. Winners can be located at the top of each category in bold type.

Best Novel 

• Winner: A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)
• Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki (Tor)
• A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom / Orbit UK)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton)
• She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor / Mantle)
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Ballantine / Del Rey)

Best Novella

• Winner: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
• Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
• The Past Is Red, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
• A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)
• Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette 

• Winner: “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
• “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
• “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
• “That Story Isn’t the Story”, by John Wiswell (Uncanny Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021)
• L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
• “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge, Nov 2021)

Best Short Story

• Winner: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
• “Mr. Death”, by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, Feb 2021)
• “Unknown Number”, by Blue Neustifter (Twitter, Jul 2021)
• “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
• “The Sin of America”, by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
• “Tangles”, by Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story, Sep 2021)

Best Series

• Winner: Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
• The World of the White Rat, by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Argyll Productions)
• The Green Bone Saga, by Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
• The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
• Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross (Tor UK / Tor)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

• Winner: Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
• Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
• Lore Olympus, vol. 1, by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
• DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
• Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
• Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)

Best Related Work

• Winner: Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
• Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller Press)
• “How Twitter can ruin a life”, by Emily St. James (Vox, Jun 2021)
• Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre (PM Press)
• The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, by Camestros Felapton (Camestros Felapton)
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman (Crown)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Winner: Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)
• WandaVision, screenplay by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer (created by and head writer), Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward; directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)
• Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, screenplay by Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• The Green Knight,written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24)
• Space Sweepers, screenplay by Jo Sung-hee, Yookang Seo-ae, and Yoon Seung-min; directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Winner: The Expanse: Nemesis Games, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)
• Loki: The Nexus Event, written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron (Disney+) 
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: wej Duj, written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez (CBS Eye Animation Productions)
• For All Mankind: The Grey, written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• The Wheel of Time: The Flame of Tar Valon, written by Justine Juel Gillmer, directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, based on The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Amazon Studios) 
• Arcane: The Monster You Created, written by Christian Linke and Alex Yee; story by Christian Linke, Alex Yee, Conor Sheehy, and Ash Brannon; directed by Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord (Netflix) 

Best Editor Short Form

• Winner: Neil Clarke
• Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
• Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
• Sheree Renée Thomas
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor Long Form

• Winner: Ruoxi Chen
• Navah Wolfe
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Sarah T. Guan
• Nivia Evans
• Brit Hvide

Best Professional Artist

• Winner: Rovina Cai
• Alyssa Winans
• Tommy Arnold
• Ashley Mackenzie
• Maurizio Manzieri
• Will Staehle

Best Semiprozine

• Winner: Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L Wiggins; executive editor DaVaun Sanders; managing editor Eboni Dunbar; poetry editor B. Sharise Moore; reviews editor and social media manager Brent Lambert; art director L. D. Lewis; web editor Chavonne Brown; non-fiction editor Margeaux Weston; guest editors Summer Farah and Nadia Shammas; acquiring editors Kaleb Russell, Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, Danny Lore; technical assistant Nelson Rolon
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, S. K. Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H. Codega, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, and The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• Escape Pod, editors S.B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney and Premee Mohamed; guest editor Brent C. Lambert; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; audio producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
• PodCastle, co-editors Jen R. Albert, C. L. Clark, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Eleanor R. Wood; assistant editors Summer Fletcher and Sofía Barker; audio producer Peter Adrian Behravesh; host Matt Dovey; and the entire PodCastle team
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews

Best Fanzine

• Winner: Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
• Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne
• Journey Planet, edited by Erin Underwood, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Vanessa Applegate, Chuck Serface, Errick Nunnally, Evan Reeves, Steven H Silver, James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus; editor Janice L. Newman; associate writers Gwyn Conaway, Jason Sacks, and John Boston
• The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur

Best Fancast

• Winner: Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti
• Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, and Marshall Ryan Maresca
• Hugo, Girl!, hosts Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, and Lori Anderson; producer/editor Kevin Anderson
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan producer
• Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske, and Jennifer Mace

Best Fan Writer

• Winner: Cora Buhlert
• Jason Sanford
• Paul Weimer
• Bitter Karella
• Chris M. Barkley
• Alex Brown

Best Fan Artist

• Winner: Lee Moyer
• Sara Felix
• Nilah Magruder
• Iain J. Clark
• Lorelei Esther
• Ariela Housman

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book

• Winner: The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)
• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen / Rock the Boat)
• Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
• Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen / Titan)
• A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet Books / Hot Key Books)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer

• Winner: Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
• Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
• Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)
• Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)
• A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
• Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)

The Chicon 8 Masquerade was held on September 3rd, 2022 in the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Hyatt Regency. As with previous Worldcons, the show began with a presentation of the entries, accompanied by wonderfully entertaining introductions by master of ceremonies, William Dezoma.

The presentation was followed by an amazing performance by local Chicago group Raks Geek, who astounded the audience with skillful light-spinning, spooky contortion acts, and graceful wookies.

The judges presented various awards to the category winners (listed below), culminating with the overall “Best in Show” award.

Hinata Hyuga and Naruto, Sinead Randle and Aine Randle

[Winner: Young Fan Level]

The Predator & Dutch, Amanda Tomaszewski and Brian Tomaszewski

[Winner: Best in Class Novice]

Exterminate, Karen Ann Smith (Made by Terease Anderson and Karen Gunn Smith)

A Tale of the 9 Lives that Sailed the 7 Seas, Janine Wardale, Theresa Halbert, Tina Riggs, and Lisa Satterland

[Winner: Best in Class Master, Workmanship Award for Best Hidden Details: Toe Beans & Judge Bribes]

Tech from The Bad Batch, Betsy Scott

[Winner: Best Novice Workmanship]

Snake Cultist, Jessie Long-Weaver

Post-Apocalyptic Plague Shaman, Snail Scott

[Winner: Best Organic Character, Best Journeyman Workmanship, Chicago Costumers Guild Cement Overshoes Award]

The Ocean Goddess, Courtney Rayle

[Winner: Best in Show Workmanship]

Professor Percival R. Smythe III, Jim Phillips

[Winner: Best Narrative]

Pastafarian, Jim Bridgeman

Steampunky Brewster, Rosemary Williams (Made by Rosemary Williams with electronic programming by James Williams)

[Winner: Best in Class Journeyman]

Lady Olenna Tyrell, Barbara Peterson

Sadric the 86th and his Empress, Pierre and Sandy Pettinger

[Winner: Best Workmanship in Master Class]

Papposilenos, the oldest and first satyr, Sterling Northington

Making Waves, Kevin Roche

[Winner: Best Reproduction]

Arwen’s Lament, Ellen Rustad, Kevin Rustad, Keith Nelson, Jen Curti, Kyle McDonald, Melody Hubertus, Alexander Johnson, George Richard, Bill Hendricks, Rich Schreiber, Amáda Márquez Simula, Frost Simula, and Rae Lundquist (Made by Rae Lundquist, Bill Hendricks, Ellen Rustad, Amáda Márquez Simula, and Kevin Rustad)

[Winner: Best in Show, Excellence in Workmanship for Hobbit Feet, Best Documentation Workmanship]

Hugo Ceremony Streaming Details

The Hugo Award Ceremony will be streaming on YouTube! The channel has been embedded below. You can also save this channel as a bookmark in your browser or set to “Watch Later” in your YouTube account. The winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer will be announced at the Hugo Award Ceremony at 8:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5) tonight. Winners will be listed in our newsletter after the ceremony.

The ceremony is not being streamed on Airmeet!

Volunteers Needed for Program Gophers and Move Out

Do you have some time to spare and want to fill it? Stop by Program Ops in Columbian and offer to help be a Gopher. Grab a blank volunteer slip from the desk downstairs from Columbian to record your hours and get some free stuff!

If you have some time on Tuesday, September 6th, we could use some help unloading the art show grid into a couple of different storage units in different parts of town. Please email logistics@chicon.org if you can lend a hand, likely from about 9am – 4pm.

Gaming Area

Looking for a place to play some games? Visit the Gaming Area, located on the Third (3rd) floor of the West Tower. We have lots of games you can borrow, space for pick up games, and a number of scheduled games throughout the weekend. More details are available in the online program at guide.chicon.org.

Poster Art for “Man and Atom Society”

If you were admiring the display of poster art by Kelly Freas at the “Man and Atom Society” booth, you might be interested to know that there are six total pieces. Come by on Monday to see the final rotation!

Friends of Bill W Meeting 

Interfaith Room (Gallery 2 on the Blue Level, across the sky bridge), 6 – 7pm

Special thanks to Leane Verhulst, Paul Schneider, Ian Stockdale, and C.D. Carson for contributing to this final edition of Chicon Signals.

We only have one update issue left before the end of Chicon 8! If you would like to submit updates to the newsletter for morning release (Sunrise Edition, 9 am), please email us at newsletter@chicon.org!