Confluence will be held July 25, 26 & 27 2025
Location will be the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
1160 Thorn Run Road Extension. Coraopolis, PA 15108
Guest of Honor Cat Rambo
Cat Rambo’s 300+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 2020 they won the Nebula Award for fantasy novelette Carpe Glitter. They are a former two-term President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Their most recent works are space opera Devil’s Gun (Tor Macmillan, 2023) and anthology The Reinvented Detective (Arc Manor, 2023), co-edited with Jennifer Brozek.
For more about Cat, as well as links to fiction and popular online school, The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers, see their website. They are represented by Seth Fishman of the Gernert Agency.
Featured Music Guest: TBA
View all the great musicians that will be performing during the 2025 Confluence weekend!
With performance ASL for select concerts by Judi Miller
Judi Miller has been active in the filk community since the 1980s. Winner of the Pegasus Award for Best Performer in 2006 and 2017 and admitted to the Filk Hall of Fame in 2017, Judi is best known for her sign-language musical interpretation, which she has done for concerts at our conference and elsewhere for many years. She was our 30th Anniversary Honors Guest in 2019 and we are very glad that she can be with us again.
Featured Artist, TBA
Our featured artists creates the artwork we will use for our program book, badges and t-shirts.
You can pre-order your shirt starting in January. A link will be made available once pre-orders open.
Shirts are not guaranteed unless you pre-order!
Writing Workshops with TBA
Barbara Barnett is the author of three books, including the award-winning The Apothecary’s Curse, a finalist for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for a debut novel.
Workshop Registration:
- Signup is required.
- A Confluence membership is required to attend and register for the workshops. There is no additional cost for the workshops.
- Both workshops are limited to 14 participants! One workshop per person, please!
- Workshops are 2.5-3 hours in length.
Visit the WRITING WORKSHOPS page for more info.
Pitch Sessions with TBA
Pitch Sessions will open just as soon as we have more information!
- Signup is required.
- There is no additional cost but a Confluence membership is required to attend and register for the pitch sessions.
- Pitch Sessions are limited to ten participants!
Visit the PITCH SESSIONS (coming soon) page for more info.
Programming You Don’t Want to Miss!
Writing “Exercises” will be in the Equinox room this year.
Saturday and Sunday 9-10am – Attendees should bring a pen and paper or a computing device to write with—whatever suits you.
Facilitators: (Possibly) M. Christine Benner Dixon and Schereéya
No signup is required.
Friday: Opening Ceremonies
Friday July 27 at 7p.m with our con chair Kevin M. Hayes, W. Randy Hoffman, AJ Smith, Richard Kadrey and more!
The Parsec Short Story contest* winners will be announced by M. Christine Benner Dixon, our coordinator for the contest.
Someone (TBA) will lead the singing of “Three Days Away from the Ratrace” with audience participation. Sheet music will be provided.
*The Parsec Short Story Contest winning story is printed in the Confluence program book. For a copy of the program book, contact Karen: publicity@confluence-sff.org. A $5 S/H fee applies.
Saturday: Featured Entertainers: TBA
Saturday July 28th in Ballroom 1. Door open for seating at 6:45. Performance starts at 7pm.
2025 Staff
These are the people that volunteer their time to bring Confluence to you!
Cat herder
Confluence 2025 Masking Policy
😷 Masking is optional and vaccines are not required. 🙂
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