Gen Con Events 2026

Olivia Sailor

Entertainment Events

D&D with Authors: To Publish & Perish!
Fri 7:00 pm - Fri 10:00 pm 87/87 10.00

Seminar

A Conversation Without Chaperones
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Afrofuturism & Community Work
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Afrofuturism 2.0
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 48/48 0.00
AfroFuturism in Game Design
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 34/34 0.00
AI: Where Are We Now?
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
AMA Editor Edition with Jennifer Brozek
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 5:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Ask an Editor: LaShawn M. Wanak
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Ask Me Anything - Publishers
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Ask Me Anything with Mary Robinette Kowal
Sun 11:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 10/10 0.00
Breaking into Game Writing: AMA
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 2:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Building a Long-Term Career
Fri 11:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Burning Both Ends of the Candle: Burnout
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
BUS 101: Contracts
Thu 10:00 am - Thu 11:00 am 48/48 0.00
BUS 101: How to Navigate the Industry
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Can They Get Away With It: Plotting Heists in Fiction and RPGs
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Chat with Fiction Author Kelli Fitzpatrick
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Close Quarters Combat: How to Compose a Fight
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Arley Sorg
Sun 1:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Bryan Thao Worra
Sun 11:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with C. S. E. Cooney
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 11:00 am 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Carlos Hernandez
Fri 11:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Cat Rambo
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 1:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Chris A. Jackson
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with CJ Leede
Thu 2:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Diana M. Pho
Sun 1:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Elizabeth Bear
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with James Lowder
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Jennifer Udden
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 2:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Jim C. Hines
Sun 10:00 am - Sun 11:00 am 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Jonathan Janz
Sun 10:00 am - Sun 11:00 am 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Justina Ireland
Sun 11:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with L D Lewis
Sun 1:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Max Gladstone
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Micaiah Johnson
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Monica Valentinelli
Fri 2:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Richard Dansky
Fri 5:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Sandra Tayler
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Scott H. Andrews
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Sheree Renée Thomas
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Steven Barnes
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 1:00 pm 10/10 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Tim Waggoner
Sun 2:00 pm - Sun 3:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Coffee Klatch with Toiya Kristen Finley
Thu 5:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Collaborating With Other Mediums
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Come Join the Kid's Table
Fri 11:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Community Building
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Crowdfunding for Authors with Oriana Leckert
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 1:00 pm 15/15 0.00
Developing Community Partnerships to Sustain Your Career
Thu 5:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 34/34 0.00
Diverse Writing as Resistance
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Explicit to Closed Door: Writing Sex Scenes
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 34/34 0.00
Film Adaptations
Fri 2:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Fresh Blood In Old Tropes
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Gamifying the Game: Reimagining Pedagogy Through Play
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 34/34 0.00
GM Improvisation & Writer Brainstorming: Overlapping Skills
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Gothic Horror & the Architecture of Dread
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 11:00 am 48/48 0.00
Grant Writing 101
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
Hip Hop & Afrofuturism
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
History as Worldbuilding
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
How to Fund Your Projects
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
How to Write Complicated Antagonists
Thu 10:00 am - Thu 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
In Conversation with Justina Ireland
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
In Conversation with Kwame Mbalia
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
In Conversation with Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Indie Publishing
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Joy as Protest
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Keeping Creativity Highly-Valued In Your Life, Even When the World Is On Fire
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Kickstarter Spotlight
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Lasting Legacies
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Let's Talk About Comics
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
Media Tie-in Work
Thu 2:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Midwest Independent Publishers Association (MiPA) Spotlight
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Monster as Protagonist
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
One of These Things IS Like the Others: Imposter Syndrome
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
Pay It Forward: Mentoring the Next Generation
Fri 2:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Pitch Session in the Round: Gabrielle Harbowy
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 9/9 0.00
Reading Your Work Aloud
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Self-Editing for TTRPGs
Thu 5:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Social Commentary
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Stories Beyond The Tentacles: Cosmic Horror Without Cthulhu
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 101: Brainstorming
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 101: Character Creation
Thu 5:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 101: Character Voice
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 48/48 0.00
STORY 101: Dialogue
Fri 5:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 101: Outlining
Thu 2:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 101: Revision
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Beginnings, Big & Small
Fri 11:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Breaking the Rules
Sat 5:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: How to Develop Your Writing Process
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Magic Systems
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Non-Linear Narratives
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Setting as Character
Thu 5:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 48/48 0.00
STORY 201: The Mushy Midpoint
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Wait for it! Creating Tension in Stories
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
STORY 201: Who's Telling This Story Anyway?
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Sword & Sorcery
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
The Art & Practice of Humor
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 2:00 pm 48/48 0.00
The Care & Keeping of Agents
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
The Care and Feeding of an Author from an Editor's POV
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 48/48 0.00
The Intersection of Games & Novels
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
The Panel That Will Get Us All Sued: The Return
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00
The Privilege of the Living: Humor in the Mundane
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
The Role of Nonfiction in your Career
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 11:00 am 48/48 0.00
There’s a Monster in my Bed
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 48/48 0.00
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Horror & Romance
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 34/34 0.00
We'll Fix It in the Edit
Fri 5:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Welcome to the Writers Room
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
What to Expect When Expecting
Thu 2:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Writing BattleTech & Shadowrun
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Writing Excuses Podcast Panel
Fri 2:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Writing Without Othering
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
“It’s About Zombie Pizza Delivery Guys Who Are Also Were-Cats”, or, How to Put Together An Anthology
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 87/87 0.00
“We Should Write Something Together”, or The Pros & Cons of Collaborating
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 87/87 0.00

Workshop

From Script to Page: Writing Novelizations
Thu 10:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 34/34 2.00
Gamemastering for the Writer, Writing for the Gamemaster
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 87/87 10.00
Great Story Openings
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 47/47 18.00
More Tips & Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 30/30 16.00
Passion Into Profit: Business Fundamentals for Creatives
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 87/87 12.00
Pitch Us & Refine Your Game
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 34/34 24.00
Playwriting - A Full Body Experience
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 34/34 18.00
Press, Public Relations and Marketing for Authors & Creators
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 87/87 22.00
Project Management for Creatives
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 6:00 pm 47/47 12.00
Querying an Agent
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 87/87 18.00
Read & Critique Speculative: Speculative Works of Up to 2,000 Words
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 5/5 10.00
Read & Critique: All Genres
Sun 10:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 10/10 2.00
Read & Critique: Genre Stories
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 10/10 14.00
Read & Critique: SciFi, Fantasy, & Supers!
Sun 10:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 8/8 22.00
Read & Critique: Urban Fantasy
Sun 12:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 10/10 10.00
Self-Publishing 101 A Practical Guide for First-Time Authors
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 87/87 14.00
Sharpen Your Story: How to Keep Readers Hooked
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 47/47 10.00
Tarot for Storytellers
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 87/87 16.00
The Art of Writing & Selling Children’s Books
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 87/87 20.00
The Creative Reset Workshop
Fri 10:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 34/34 10.00
The Fashion of Worldbuilding: Clothing, Technology, & Taboos
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 87/87 10.00
Theme, Motif, & Symbol
Sat 10:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 34/34 18.00
Video Game Writing 101
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 34/34 22.00
Watching Movies To Make You a Better Writer
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 6:00 pm 87/87 10.00
Write an Adventure for DMsGuild
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 87/87 6.00
Your Book In A Month Without AI
Sun 10:00 am - Sun 12:00 pm 87/87 12.00

Isle of Misfit Events

Book Signing with Matt Dinniman
Fri 11:00 am - Fri 12:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Brandon O'Brien & Bryan Thao Worra
Fri 4:00 pm - Fri 5:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Brian Keene & Mary Sangiovani
Sat 1:00 pm - Sat 2:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Bryan Young & Erin M. Evans
Fri 1:00 pm - Fri 2:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for C. S. E. Cooney
Thu 1:00 pm - Thu 2:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for CJ Leede
Thu 11:00 am - Thu 12:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Danian Darrell Jerry & Sheree Renée Thomas
Fri 2:00 pm - Fri 3:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for David A. Rodriguez & Demetrius Witherspoon
Thu 3:00 pm - Thu 4:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Erik Scott de Bie, Gini Koch, & J. B. Garner
Sat 4:00 pm - Sat 5:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for George Jreije & Richard Dansky
Thu 4:00 pm - Thu 5:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Jim C. Hines & Jonathan Janz
Thu 2:00 pm - Thu 3:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Kameron Hurley & Lamar Giles
Sat 3:00 pm - Sat 4:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Kelli Fitzpatrick & Tim Waggoner
Sat 2:00 pm - Sat 3:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Signing for Mary Robinette Kowal & Scott Lynch
Sat 11:00 am - Sat 12:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Writers Symposium Closing Ceremonies
Sun 1:00 pm - Sun 2:00 pm 87/87 0.00
Writers Symposium Featured Guest Signing for Justina Ireland & Kwame Mbalia
Fri 5:00 pm - Fri 6:00 pm 100/100 0.00
Writers Symposium Opening Ceremonies
Thu 10:00 am - Thu 11:00 am 87/87 0.00
Writers Symposium Special Guest Signing for Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes
Fri 3:00 pm - Fri 4:00 pm 100/100 0.00