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Want to win some cool RavenCon swag, including a chance at free admission to the con? Head down to Art Works (Main Gallery) and try out our escape room sampler with gorgeous art by Chris Semtner! Make it through the puzzles and win a prize pack!
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#RVA #ArtWorks
Painting of a man in a Gothic castle hallway. "Step into a world of mystery and intrigue at our interactive art show! This exhibit invites guests to immerse themselves in an experience that transcends reality. Join us as Chris Semtner, the Poe Museum’s curator, author, and painter, showcases his enigmatic artworks. Just like at Ravencon, you’ll embark on a journey to uncover hidden mysteries and solve riddles in this interactive exhibition. Perfect for the spooky October and Halloween season, this event promises to captivate and thrill. The exhibition will be in the Jane Sandelin Gallery at Art Works and will continue through November 22, 2025."
November 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ravencon.bsky.social
A little October tease of the full announcements to come.
www.ravencon.com

RavenCon 2026 Registration
www.ravencon.com/registration/

Applications
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#RavenCon #AmazingStories #AmazingStories100th #RVA #Fantasy #Horror #Nevermore #Artists #Writers #Virginia #Fandom
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
dreampunkpress.bsky.social
Some of our best times are at conventions. One we especially love is Ravencon, and it's attendees seem to love us back. Here's our 2-table display from April 2024.
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#writercommunity
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Table display with books, lanyards, bookmarks, and book posters with the rainbow-colored DreamPunk Press banner hanging above it.
December 13, 2024 at 12:42 AM
sidneyw.bsky.social
Stole this from Jim Beall. Science panel I first tried to flee at Ravencon, "Beyond the Classroom: Where Can I Learn More.” It was moderated by Meri Elena with Jason Graves, me, L. Ana Ellis & Mr. Beall. I was dubbed the ringer since I’ve worked as a reference librarian.
April 29, 2024 at 8:21 PM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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EAE Cosplay Hi! My name is Anissa of EAE Cosplay. I have been sewing, prop-making, and cosplaying for the last ten years. Outside of cosplay, I enjoy writing and being a teacher for children with autism, and that bleeds into my steadfast passion and advocacy that cosplay is for all!
March 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
dchauser.com
Definite Con plans for the next 12 months:
Oct: Multiverse in Atlanta
Feb: Connooga in Chattanooga
Jul: SAGA/Convergence in Winston-Salem

Possible Con plans for the next 12 months:
Apr: RavenCon in Richmond
May/Jun: ConCarolinas
September 3, 2024 at 2:16 PM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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Alexandra Higgins (aka the Platypus Princess) is a self-taught singer/songwriter whose folk-indie sound evokes the spirit of Joan Baez (a direct quote heard randomly and unprompted at every performance!). Her voice, often described as angelic, carries melodies that mix ethereal beauty with sharp wit and compassionate wisdom. Inspired by video games, movies, comic books, and disability advocacy, she blends cosplay, wordplay, and colorful guitar play—with a pinch of sass.
March 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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Amber Rodenbo is one of the founders of River City Siren Press, a small-press/indie publishing company situated in the Richmond, VA area. Amber is a published author with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a career background in teaching young writers, literary magazine editing, technical editing, and creative design. Amber is also a book cover designer, book formatter, and overall lover of all things books and publishing related.
March 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
waylandsmith.bsky.social
Going to #RavenCon next weekend, and just got my schedule for another con after that. So the con life is going well.
April 19, 2024 at 1:46 PM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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Frank “Uncle Grayhawk” Huminski Uncle Grayhawk originally hails from south-central New Jersey (not far from Philly) and is a former professional theater technician who now makes a living as a senior Windows admin for a secret branch of the federal government that resides within the walls of NOAA. Or something like that. More than forty years ago, Uncle Grayhawk opened a Christmas present to find a blue and white box sporting a picture of a dragon, bearing the title of “Dungeons & Dragons”. This jump-started a long time love affair with TTRPGs, with much of his time spent in the DM’s chair. In the early 90s, he was introduced to fan conventions and began volunteering, mostly in the realms of gaming, Security/Public Safety, and Operations. Now, nearly three decades later, Uncle Grayhawk has served on the demo teams for several game companies, helped run more conventions than he cares to remember, amassed what can only be described as a ridiculous number of board games and TTRPGs, and acquired an equally absurd repertoire of stories that he uses to entertain and educate. He has contributed to a few RPG supplements, playtested several board games, and dabbled in podcasting. He holds a BA in Communications & Theater Arts from McDaniel College, is the parent of two adult geeks, and runs a weekly online D&D game. You can find his ramblings on the web here: linktr.ee/unclegrayhawk.
March 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
9pm in King William - you can bid on these items and many more all to support an amazing cause - The Dandelion Hive.

#RavenCon #CharityAuction
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
unclegrayhawk.bsky.social
...medical team keep moving closer to finding answers. We have a roof over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, & for the most part, our health. We were able to attend RavenCon & TCEP: Tad & Craig's Excellent Party.

I will not be sorry to see 2024 leave. Not in the slightest.

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December 26, 2024 at 3:52 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
www.ravencon.com

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O. Hai Mark is an emcee, host, filmmaker, and content creator who loves a bad movie or two. You can catch him online at Game Nights, Poker Nights, Karaoke Nights, and his flagship show Terrible Movies with Wonderful People
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
www.ravencon.com

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Richard Dansky Writer, game designer and cad, Richard Dansky is a 25-year veteran of the video game industry with credits on franchises like The Division, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell. He has published eight novels and two short story collections, and he was a core contributor to White Wolf’s legendary World of Darkness setting, among others. Richard was also briefly the world’s leading expert on Denebian Slime Devils. He lives in North Carolina with a great many books and a great deal of single malt scotch.
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
alansmale.bsky.social
Next week is Ravencon, in Glen Allen, VA! (Richmond-adjacent.) If you're going to be there, come find me at one of my five panels, my reading, or my (debut) solo presentation "Points of Divergence: Writing (and Reading) Alternate History"!

(... Yes, all that in <48 hrs...)
April 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
dchauser.com
Things I need to get off my ass and do:

- Write a query letter for my novel
- Start submitting said novel to agents
- Finish 'Knock on Wood'
- Finish unnamed Alma/Runo short story
- Finish outlining 2nd Diamond Imperium novel
- Finish outlining urban fantasy/horror novel
- Register for RavenCon
September 13, 2024 at 1:17 PM
waylandsmith.bsky.social
For day 2 of #RavenCon I'll be selling books, moderating "The Butler Wizard Did It: Crime in Fantasy" and then on "The Writers' Toolbox."

Come find me and buy some books from me, my booth partner Bishop O'Connell and my neighbors James Pittman and Mike Jack Stoumbos It'll be fun!
April 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
thejjchandler.bsky.social
RavenCon 17 – April 26-28, 2024
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#Conventions #GeekStuff #Cosplay
March 26, 2024 at 4:39 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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Pamela K. Kinney gave up ignoring the voices in her head and has since written horror, fantasy, science fiction, a children’s picture book, poetry, and paranormal nonfiction. Her horror short story, “Bottled Spirits,” was runner-up for the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award. Her poem, “Dementia,” (HWA Poetry Showcase, Vol. VII) received a mention in Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 13. Her children’s faerie picture book, Christmas Magic, took second place in the “Children’s-Holidays” category of the BookFest Awards, Spring 2024. In 2024, she had a story and a poem in The Haunted Zone, a charity horror anthology; a story published in the horror anthology, Vinyl Cuts; a story in Halloweenthology: Witches’ Brew; and a poem in the Terror at Miskatonic Falls anthology. Also, her YA dark fantasy novel, (first in the Moon Ridge, Virginia trilogy) Demon Memories, was released October 15, 2024. She is currently working on a new nonfiction book for Schiffer Publishing about ghosts/cryptids/UFOs around the Appalachian Trail, as well as the second book in her Moon Ridge, Virginia trilogy. Pamela and her husband live with one crazy black cat (who thinks she should take precedence over her mistress’s writing most days). Along with writing, Pamela has acted on stage and film and investigates the paranormal for episodes of Paranormal World Seekers for AVA Productions. She is a member of Horror Writers Association, Virginia Writers Club, and James River Writers. Learn more about her at PamelaKKinney.com.
March 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
ravencon.bsky.social
RavenCon 18: April 25-27, 2025
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Gray Rinehart is a writer, an editor, a singer/songwriter, and a retired Air Force officer. He is the only person to have commanded a USAF satellite tracking station, written speeches for Presidential appointees, devised a poetic form, and had music on The Dr. Demento Show. He is currently a contributing editor (the “Slushmaster General”) for Baen Books. Gray writes science fiction and fantasy stories, among which is the lunar colonization novel Walking on the Sea of Clouds. His short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, and multiple anthologies. He has also written an eclectic mix of nonfiction books: A Church More Like Christ; Elements of War; and, Quality Education. In addition, he has written and released three albums which feature science-fiction-and-fantasy-inspired music; the most recent is Taking You Out to See the Stars. During his unusual Air Force career, Gray fought rocket propellant fires, refurbished space launch facilities, “flew” Milstar communications satellites, drove trucks, encrypted nuclear command and control orders, commanded the largest remote tracking station in the Air Force Satellite Control Network, and did other interesting space-related things. Gray’s alter ego is the Gray Man, one of several famed ghosts of South Carolina’s Grand Strand. His website is graymanwrites.com.
April 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
pamelakkinney.bsky.social
Next event/convention for me will be Ravencon 18, held in Glen Allen (Richmond) April 25-27th. www.ravencon.com
#RavenCon #author #booksky #books #convention #rva #glenallenva #horrorbooks #sciencefiction #fantasy #panels
April 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
sffreview.bsky.social
I wish I could be there! 🌟 RavenCon sounds like a fantastic gathering for SFF lovers and writers! Hope you have an amazing time connecting with fellow fans! ✨📚 #RavenCon2023 #SFF
morganhazelwood.bsky.social Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · Apr 26
Who else is at @ravencon.bsky.social this weekend? Come say hi if you're near Richmond. #sff #writer
Morgan's schedule
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Guest Application
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Guest Application RavenCon strives to create an original guest list every year. We work diligently all summer long to finalize our guest list for the following year. We book approximately 110 guests each year and offer over 300 hours of programming. We want to introduce the attendees of RavenCon to talented new writers and artists and allow them to meet and interact with them. RavenCon is the con of opportunity; it’s a place for people to network, create bonds and friendships, meet new people, read new books, see new art, to find a new writer or artist to follow. If you would like to participate as a guest, please fill out the Guest Application. We require our guests to participate in a minimum of four (4) hours of programming. If you are accepted as a guest, you will receive 2 badges (large groups will receive badges based on the number of people participating in programming). Any financial reimbursements or compensations (hotels, travel, etc.) are reserved for our Guests of Honor only. Applications for RavenCon 2026 are now open!
September 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
bandcgames.bsky.social
Ever been to RavenCon? It's a blast.

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RavenCon 2026: April 24-26 -
The Story of RavenCon RavenCon, first held in 2006 by a passionate group of local fans, is a vibrant Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror convention. Our mission is to provide a dynamic forum […]
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September 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
sidneyw.bsky.social
Had a nice chat with the author of this new novel, The Last Phi Hunter, at #RavenCon. It’s being called “ The Witcher meets Princess Mononoke.”

#fantasy #darkfantasy
The Last Phi Hunter
April 29, 2024 at 1:14 PM