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Join us on Friday the 29th of May, from 6.30pm, as we welcome our guests with a dinner banquet at the Pagoda’s Waterwall restaurant. Tickets for the event are $75pp, which includes a decadent 3 course meal, with several entree, main and dessert selections from the seasonal menu to choose from. Bookings are essential and…
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As a special offer for first time attendees we invite you to come along to any single day of the convention for a donation of the amount of your choosing. From $0 to full price we invite you to pay whatever you feel is the right amount for you to come and experience what it…
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A word from our Lead Programer It is with great pleasure that we are able to present the first draft of the Swancon 50 program. Having a draft program available to our community this far out from the convention is no small undertaking. I am immensely grateful to all who have been involved with putting…
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Or, at the very least, get your butt to the Revival House Cinema Como on the 7th of March 2026 for a screening of the 1990 classic Total Recall. Based on the story by Phillip K. Dick and totally owned by Arnold Schwazenegger (who in turn, was totally owned by Sharon Stone), Total Recall is…
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The 2026 Ditmar Awards are open to work first published in the 2025 calendar year. Eligibility to nominate Nominations will be accepted from natural persons active in fandom, and from full or supporting members of Swancon 50. You may nominate as many times in as many categories as you like, although you may only nominate…
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Congratulations to the winners and shortlisted finalists of the 2026 Aurealis Awards. The panel judged awards were presented at Genrecon in Brisbane. The ceremony was emceed by Melbourne based science fiction writer Eugen Bacon, who graced the stage with fabulous fun energy. Winners included Coey Jae White and Maddison Stoff for Best Science fiction Short…
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The WA Science Fiction Foundation is running a short story competition for short speculative fiction by West Australian writers. We are inviting entries of written works of 40,000 words or less including but not limited to short stories, novellas, flash fiction and poetry, within the genres of sci fi, fantasy, horror and associated sub-genres. Entries…
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A brief guide for new and returning community members Swancon is a small, conference style convention that shares some traits with academic and knowledge industry conferences e.g. concurrent panel and workshop streams throughout the event, and others with larger pop-culture conventions, such as a traders room full of books, gaming supplies and unique fannish goodies…
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The 2025 Ditmars were awarded at Conflux 19 in Canberra on the 5th of October 2025. The Ditmars have been awarded annually since 1969 at the Natcon to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom. They are named for Ditmar “Dick” Jenssen, an Australian fan and artist, who…
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Sarah’s Log The Swancon 50 away team was dispatched to Conflux 19 – Brave New Worlds – in Canberra, tasked with the mission of boldly reminding the Eastern States fandom community of the fun they can look forward to at next year’s Natcon in Perth. The landing party consisted of Deb (Convenor/Command), Marg (Treasurer/Engineering), Sandra…
