The winners of the first Dragon Awards were presented Sunday afternoon in Hyatt Centennial I. Best Science Fiction Novel: Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm by John C. Wright Best Fantasy Novel: Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia Best Young Adult/Middle Grade Novel: The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel: Hell’s… Read more →
The 2016 winners of The Chôsen cosplay competition were named Saturday night during the Dragon Con Night at the Aquarium. The grand prize was three nights’ paid hotel reservation for Dragon Con 2017 and an offer to return as a 2017 Chôsen judge, including two VIP tickets to the Aquarium event. Third place: Audrey Chen Second Place: Jim Smentowski First Place:… Read more →
Hank Whitson and his wife Grace have been attendees at Dragon Con consecutively for the past three years. Prior to coming this year, they were talking about how cons are similar to MMOs and started kicking around the idea of questing in real life. They talked with their friends about their idea and the support they received made the decision… Read more →
On Friday at 2:30PM in the Hyatt’s Hanover C-E, the Armory presented “I am No Man: What it Truly Means to Fight Like a Girl”, a panel featuring women who fight in different types of armored combat. The panel’s title evokes one of Eowyn’s lines in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. When the Witch-king of Angmar,… Read more →
The Hyatt Embassy C–D at 4PM on Saturday was the panel to attend if you were interested in learning more how to be more productive with your writing. Kevin J. Anderson, international bestselling author with over 140 published books in 23 languages, demonstrated how we can make time to write. Be prolific or starve. Writing one book a year makes… Read more →
You know when you walk into a room and Eric Spanna is a panelist, it’s going to be a great time. I’d not seen Sarah Bay speak before, and her witty and charismatic counterpoint made for a wonderful discussion about the cinematic methods used to turn Steve Rogers into Captain America and how they might be able to reproduce that… Read more →
Are you ready to take your cosplay to the next level? Then experts Robert Allsopp, Chris Donio, and Frank Ippolito’s “Advanced Armor-Making Techniques” panel was a must see event. Held on Saturday at 4PM in the Hilton Grand Salon East, this panel covered everything a cosplayer might need to know to kick it up a notch. The panelists all worked… Read more →
The “Gotham: Secret Stories” panel at 5:30PM in the Marriot Atrium Ballroom on Saturday was not only full to near capacity, it was packed with guests, too. David Mazouz, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Chris Chalk, and Drew Powell joined moderator Tony Gowell to answer questions and tell stories from the behind the scenes of Gotham. The questions from the… Read more →
