Thanks to the support of over 150 donors GeekGirlCon has met our match goal – and then some! Between August 25 and November 9, GGC raised over $21,000 towards this campaign. Funds came in from individual donations, donor advised funds, workplace gifts, the silent auction, and the at-con raffle.
Our board president, Hadeel Jeanne, will now have to undergo both a cold plunge and a hot wings challenge. We’ll post videos of both on GGC social media later this winter!
“As the President of the Board and someone who has been involved with GeekGirlCon since 2014, I wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every person who has helped us save GeekGirlCon. This was truly a community effort, made during a time when we need our communities most. Every person who took the time to donate, share our message, and attend our convention played their own role in making sure that we could make it through these uncertain times, and provide that vital space for Geeks of all stripes. We could not have done this without you and from the bottom of my heart: thank you so much!” said board president Hadeel Jeanne.
The board would like to extend a special thank you to the group of anonymous donors who came together for the $11,000 match challenge.
We’d also like to recognize the following sponsors and grant makers for their support of GGC this year:
4Culture
Arts Fund Accelerator Grant
Charlie’s Queer Books
Costco
Gamers Engaged
Gibbs-Ruby Law
JKB Made For Me
Premack, Roger, Downs
Puget Sound Estate Law
Seattle Foundation
Shrimp Cult Press
Women of Wizards
In total, we were able to raise over $90,000 from donations, grants, and sponsorships this year, which has put GGC on much firmer financial footing for 2026 and beyond. Through all this support, we’re able to announce that GGC will return to the Seattle Convention Center October 24-25, 2026.
As we get ready to welcome our community to the Seattle Convention Center once again, we have some special treats to announce!
From Tuesday November 4 to Saturday November 8, GGC is running an online silent auction to support our continued fundraising and give our community some awesome geeky prizes! Featuring tickets to some of our favorite geeky venues, custom art, geek swag, and more, we have over two dozen custom packages for geeks of all stripes. We’d like to shout-out our fundraising team for their hard work securing donations and to all the local businesses and community members who generously offered their support, including but not limited to:
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Tutta Bella
MoPOP Museum
Seattle Storm
Rat City Roller Derby
FRS Clipper
And more!
For those joining us in person November 8-9, you’ll have another opportunity to treat yourself, as we’ll be running a raffle during the convention. Tickets will be $1, and winners will receive fabulous prizes including Final Fantasy Commander decks, mystery plushies, or even 4 day badges for PAX West ‘26!
Raffle tickets will be available to purchase at both the info booth on the 1st floor and auction table next to Registration. Or keep an eye out for our roving raffle ticket volunteers! Raffle prizes will be held until GeekGirlCon closes on November 9th at 6:00 pm. You do not have to be present to win.
The GGC board and staff have been wonderfully overwhelmed at the support we’ve received this year, and we hope y’all enjoy browsing through the silent auction and bidding on your favorite items as well as participating in our GGC raffle. Every dollar gets us closer to being able to operate in 2026 and beyond!
Actors, readers, writers, and D&Ders, oh my! Did you know that we announced our featured contributors on our socials over the last few weeks? This year we are so excited to be bringing a power house group to celebrate all things geek! This amazingly talented group of folks were brought together by the incredibly hard work of our programming team. The money we fundraise for the convention goes not only towards operating costs but also can go towards supporting our contributors so they are able to attend.
Additionally, we’ve just announced our cosplay contest judges! The cosplay contest is a staple during GGC and being able to celebrate our cosplayers in the community is something we cherish. As always, we’ve got a great convention planned for you this year including the return of The Bug Chicks, fun panels, games to try, and a special live D&D game by Dungeons and Drag Queens. This year is shaping up to be one amazing 15 year celebration. If you haven’t had the chance, you should check out the schedule! If you’re in the area, we’d love to have you come celebrate with us.
Now, for our match campaign updates. Drum roll, please…..
We have officially raised $10,075 towards our match goal! We blasted past our halfway point over the last few weeks and are quickly closing in to meeting our match. Thank you all so much for your continued support of the convention and the campaign. We’ll be continuing to raise money through to the end of the convention and we’re looking forward to tracking it live. We’re hoping that meeting our match by the end of the convention will be another way that we can celebrate with all of you this weekend. And don’t you worry, we won’t forget about Hadeel’s cold plunge.
As always, you can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
If you’re interested in helping us reach our match goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th!
GeekGirlCon is returning to Seattle for its 15th year on November 8-9, 2025! GGC 2025 will be a weekend full of the incredible, diverse programming you know and love—panels, gaming, cosplay, and SO MUCH MORE.
We’re so excited to introduce and celebrate our 2025 Featured Contributors! Here’s your opportunity to learn a little more about the who’s who of GeekGirlCon 2025, and discover where you can find and admire them at the con!
Dungeons & Drag Queens
Witness high-fantasy, high-heeled, high-rolling, high-larity as three Drag Queens play Dungeons and Dragons Live! Since starting in Seattle, the show has inspired many, and now sells out across the country and globe (Canada)! Dungeon Master Comedian Paul Curry and improvisational violinist Carson Grubb will lead three Drag Queens on a brand-new storytelling adventure, chock full of danger, snark and audience participation. Experience the adventure or fail your quest- atDungeons and Drag Queens!
Sistah Scifi
A lifelong bibliophile, Isis Asare launched Sistah Scifi after a conversation about Afrofuturist literature sparked a deeper mission to amplify Black and Indigenous speculative fiction authors and build a vibrant literary community. Sistah Scifi is the first Black-owned bookstore in the U.S. focused on sci-fi/fantasy and uplifting Black and Indigenous authors through literature, community, and imagination. In 2023, Isis brought these stories to even more readers by opening three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines.
Jasmine Bhullar
Jasmine “ThatBronzeGirl” Bhullar is a performer, game developer, writer and a content creator on Twitch and YouTube. She is the DM behind Dimension 20’s Coffin Run and the creator of DesiQuest.
In addition to writing and performing for Critical Role and Acquisitions Incorporated, she is also writing and voicing a character in the unreleased video game “Fading Echo”.
Gigi Murakami
“Queen of Horror Manga” Gigi Murakami is a Harvey and Ignatz-nominated manga artist & illustrator, and content creator at the intersection of horror media, alternative and Japanese nerd culture, and (schlocky) film. Her both traditionally published and self-published works blend Japanese manga art, vintage grindhouse poster art, and pulp comic aesthetics, while thematically focusing on the dark, dramatic, fantastical, and often introspective.
Marin Miller
Voice actor, writer, and vocal coach Marin M. Miller has had a fruitful career in foreign dubbing and ADR. You may know Marin as Nimbus in Destiny 2, Athena in Hades, or the Caretaker in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Their voice brings life to countless beloved characters across anime, gaming, and film, and they also work as a script adapter/writer on projects like Shogun, Kengan Ashura, and Lupin the 3rd: The First.
Chad Quandt
Chad Quandt is a multi-Emmy and Peabody award-winning showrunner, writer, and producer. He is currently a Co-EP and lead writer on the upcoming AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS.
Born in the misty Midwest Mountains and now residing in Los Angeles, Chad has a true passion for epic tales about underdogs, found families, and comedy that punches upwards with the fury of a robot rocket punch.
So, where can you find these amazing humans at GeekGirlCon 2025?
Saturday:
Scream Queens: Women of Color in Horror 11:00am – 12:00pm | Storm Mia Ginaé (Moderator), Isis Asare, Gigi Murakami, Lily Meade
The horror genre has exploded in popularity over the past years. Join Isis Asare (Sistah Scifi) Gigi Murakami, the Queen of Horror Manga, and author Lily Meade as they discuss why horror matters. They’ll discuss how horror intersects with women’s lived experiences, their approach to crafting terrifying tales, and what the future of the genre looks like.
Compels Me Though: Crafting A Compelling Narrative 1:00 – 2:00pm | Furiosa Evan Peterson, Chad Quandt, Jasmine Bhullar, Lily Meade, Ashlee Lawson-Kilpatrick
Whether you’re writing for gaming, manga, or television you need to make sure your audience is engaged with your topic. Join writers from across genres as they discuss what goes into crafting engaging characters, exciting plots, and keeping readers, viewers, and players hooked!
Hustle & Heart: Making it As a Creative in 2025 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Uhura Terry Redfield, Isis Asare, Jasmine Bhullar, Gigi Murakami, Marin Miller
From Game Master to Horror Mangaka, these creatives are not just surviving but thriving. Join a panel of creatives from a variety of creative fields as they share what they’ve done to ‘make it’. Hear about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs they’ve encountered on each of their unique paths and learn how to apply their experiences to your own creative future.
Carson Grubb, improvisational violinist
Dungeons & Drag Queens Live Show
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Storm Witness high-fantasy, high-heeled, high-rolling, high-larity as three Drag Queens play Dungeons and Dragons Live! Since starting in Seattle, the show has inspired many, and now sells out across the country and globe (Canada)! Dungeon Master Comedian Paul Curry and improvisational violinist Carson Grubb will lead three Drag Queens on a brand-new storytelling adventure, with danger, snark and audience participation around every precarious corner. Experience the adventure, or fail your quest- at Dungeons and Drag Queens!
Sunday:
Marin M. Miller Voice Actor Q&A 10:00-11:00am | Furiosa
Marin Miller
Come meet the trans non-binary voice actor raised by two generations of prison guards. They’ve been working for 18 years and have a lot to share. Got burning questions about the voice acting industry? Curious about grassroots organizing? Maybe you wanna throw out some headcanons about Nimbus or Enkidu. Whatever your fancy, let’s do it.
Inside the Writer’s Room: Writing for Television 2:30pm – 3:30pm | Uhura Hadeel Jeanee, Chad Quandt, Marin Miller, Brandon Hoàng
Whether it’s developing new shows for beloved worlds or localizing scripts to bring shows from abroad to eager audiences, writing for television requires special skills, temperament, and a love of the craft! Join television writers Chad Quandt (Avatar: Seven Havens, Star Trek: Prodigy), Marin Miller (Persona 5, Ranma ½), and Brandon Hoang (The Ghost and Molly McGee, Avatar the Last Airbender (Netflix)) as they share their experience in writing for television.
Crafting Comics: Art, Publishing, and Beyond 4:00pm-5:00pm | Storm Michelle Chan (Moderator), Gigi Murakami, Mars Lauderbaugh, Keezy Young
From single issue comics to zines to graphic novels, comics are one of the fastest-growing genres in publishing today! Join a panel of comics creators as they discuss their creative processes, why they love the genre, and the unique challenges that come with visual storytelling.
Signing Schedule:
Saturday 11:00-12:00pm Jasmine Bhullar, Marin Miller
Actors, readers, writers, and D&Ders, oh my! What an exciting week for GGC- did you know that we announced our featured contributors on our socials? This year we are so excited to be bringing a power house group to celebrate all things geek! This amazingly talented group of folks were brought together by the incredibly hard work of our programming team. The money we fundraise for the convention goes not only towards operating costs but also can go towards supporting our contributors to be able to attend.
So far we’ve raised $4,345 for the match campaign! We’re inching closer to our halfway point and towards having Hadeel take part in the cold plunge challenge! Every dollar counts and your support continues to inspire all of us on the GGC team.
As always, you can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
If you’re interested in helping us reach our match goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th!
Week 6 is already upon us! Did you know that we’re also 4 WEEKS AWAY FROM CON??? We’re so excited to be celebrating 15 years with you all and hopeful about the future of GGC!
We teased it and you’re curious about it: our next milestone celebration will be a cold plunge done by our president, Hadeel! GGC takes place during the bbrrrrrr months and meeting our 5.5k milestone will help us get ready for the cold of November. Our latest numbers are showing that we currently have $4,045 towards our goal! This means we just need $1,455 in order to have Hadeel go for a very cold swim.
But wait, there’s more! When we hit our 11k match goal, Hadeel graciously shared that she would take part in a hotwings challenge. Our marketing team is so excited about this challenge that we’ll be getting a fancy YouTube video out of it and memories we can share for the future of GGC.
Please keep spreading the love so we can see our president take on our milestone celebrations! You can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
If you’re interested in helping us reach our match goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th!
Thank you so much for continuing to support us into week five of our match campaign! Since we have crossed the $2,500 threshold, our president, Hadeel, had her little geek help us celebrate by pieing her in the face.
What is next on the docket when we cross the $5,500 threshold? Stay tuned!
Any and all support that you all provide has been getting us ever closer to our goal and to the convention returning next year! Though not directly tied to the match campaign, we wanted to highlight the 31 attendees who have graciously supported us through our supporter, innovator, and visionary tiers during pass sales! Thank you so much for your support and belief in us and our mission.
As always, there are other ways to help us meet our goals! You can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
If you’re interested in helping us reach our match goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th!
We are in the thick of our Matching Campaign and we just wanted to thank you all so much for continuing to support us during our fundraising efforts! Since the matching challenge began on August 25, we’ve raised $3,560 in donations. With the one to one match provided by our generous donors (up to $11,000), that means we’re $7,120 closer to our $25,000 individual funding goal.
This year is a pivotal year for GGC and fundraisers, like this campaign, are critical for us to continue providing the convention you all know and love. But what else are we doing? Since the beginning of the year, our awesome sponsorship and grant manager has obtained $40,400 in grants and sponsorships! How amazing is that!? We’re so thankful to these organizations for believing in us and supporting our efforts to continue GGC into 2026 and the future.
As we’ve shared before, GeekGirlCon is entirely run by volunteers and all money raised goes directly into making the convention happen.
Our volunteer staff is the heart and soul of this organization. Without them, GGC wouldn’t be nearly as lovingly curated and run as it is year after year. Our volunteers do anything from coordinating the gaming hall to getting our panels on stream to helping make everyone’s experience enjoyable during the convention. If volunteering for a cool nonprofit convention sounds like fun to you, we’d love to have you! Consider looking at our openings!
As always, there are other ways to help us meet our goals! You can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
If you’re interested in helping us reach our match goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th!
One of our biggest fundraising events of the year is upon us! Today, August 25th, we are launching our official match campaign. A few very generous donors have offered to match any donations we receive up to $11,000!
As you all may be aware, GeekGirlCon is among the many non-profits facing financial struggles right now. With our current deficit, we are unfortunately looking at the possibility that GGC might not return in 2026. To address this, we’ve been focusing our efforts on trying to make our convention the best it can be while implementing changes in order to make the convention sustainable to run this year and in years to come. Additionally, we’ve had our grants manager and many other staff pitching in trying to secure funding. If you’re interested in learning more about our financial situation, you can read more about it here.
In case you haven’t heard of a match campaign before, this is how it works:
For every dollar raised to help the convention, a donor will match that dollar up to our maximum match amount of $11,000. That’s a lot of dollars! With this campaign alone, we will be close to our individual funding goal of $25,000 that we set for 2025.
So what is going to happen with our match campaign?
The match campaign is going to run from August 25th until the end of GGC2025, on November 9th. Each week, we will be providing updates about how the match is progressing and how the money raised can be used to help fund a part of GGC that you know and love. Additionally, throughout the campaign, we’re going to have our president, Hadeel, completing fun challenges with each milestone reached.
If you would like to help us reach our match goal and get us closer to our individual funding goal, you can donate here between now and November 9th.
However, there are other ways to help! You can help boost GGC and our match campaign by:
Sharing this blog post on social media.
Like, comment, and share GGC social media posts about the match campaign.
Secret bonus idea: See if your company will match your donation to GGC!
We need your help to see that GeekGirlCon continues into 2026 and beyond. As we said back in May, with your support, we can keep the GeekGirlCon community strong and ensure it continues into the future. Thank you all for the support you’ve provided us in the past and into the future. GeekGirlCon is what it is because of you.
Our board president, Hadeel Jeanne, will now have to undergo both a cold plunge and a hot wings challenge. We’ll post videos of both on GGC social media later this winter!
From Tuesday November 4 to Saturday November 8, GGC is running an 
Gigi Murakami
So far we’ve raised $4,345 for the match campaign! We’re inching closer to our halfway point and towards having Hadeel take part in the cold plunge challenge! Every dollar counts and your support continues to inspire all of us on the GGC team. 
We teased it and you’re curious about it: our next milestone celebration will be a cold plunge done by our president, Hadeel! GGC takes place during the bbrrrrrr months and meeting our 5.5k milestone will help us get ready for the cold of November. Our latest numbers are showing that we currently have $4,045 towards our goal! This means we just need $1,455 in order to have Hadeel go for a very cold swim. 
This year is a pivotal year for GGC and fundraisers, like this campaign, are critical for us to continue providing the convention you all know and love. But what else are we doing? Since the beginning of the year, our awesome sponsorship and grant manager has obtained $40,400 in grants and sponsorships! How amazing is that!? We’re so thankful to these organizations for believing in us and supporting our efforts to continue GGC into 2026 and the future. 
In case you haven’t heard of a match campaign before, this is how it works: