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
🗺️🚩Familiarize yourself with the con layout and plot your most efficient course to maximum geekery by checking out the official floor maps here.
GeekGirlCon Programming Schedule:
There are so many fun and geeky things to do at GeekGirlCon! From bugs to fanfiction and from comics to crafts, you’ll definitely discover something for your brand of geekdom. Here’s just the teeniest of samplers just to get you excited before you rush over to check out the complete programming schedule!
Panels:
So How Often So You Think About the Galactic Empire?
Women’s Brick Initiative: Inspiring Women and Girls to Create With LEGO® Bricks
Pop-up Murder Mystery – The Curious Carnival
PLUS:
Get your game on at GeekGirlCon!
Video Gaming: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM Location: Okoye
Play amazing video games and meet developers from near and far! Video games include: Astrolander, Potions: A Curious Tale, Surradia, Unstable Scientific, Clockwork Ambrosia, So, This Vampire Walks into a Bar, Fisti-Fluffs, Puzzle, Depot, Heart of the Dungeon, Fall For You, Desert Angels, Feltopia, Vago, and more!
Console/VR Free Play also returns to GeekGirlCon with this year’s best co-op titles alongside the single player hits. Come bring a friend or make some new ones!
Tabletop Gaming:
9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Location: Storm
Play amazing tabletop games and meet developers from near and far! Tabletop games include: Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Epilogue, Blood on the Clocktower, Hummingbird Sugar Rush / Fiebre de Azúcar en Colibríes, Flesh and Blood TCG, Executive Producer, For All Mankind, and more!
You can also join developers, creators, and influencers as they play the games they love, chat about the games they’ve made, and have some fun on our Let’s Play Stage in Okoye! We have Tabletop and Video Games content on both Saturday and Sunday. Check the schedule for a list of events!
You can learn more about the diverse and exciting range of both tabletop and video game content coming to GeekGirlCon 2024 HERE.
Learn something new at GeekGirlCon!
DIY Science Zone: Saturday, November 9: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, November 10: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Across from registration
Visit the DIY Science Zone, where our highly-trained team of scientists and science educators will guide you through a selection of fun experiments and answer all your questions about their scientific specialty. Don’t forget to make your own slime to take home and see if you’re brave enough to hold Beyonce the tarantula in your hands!
Treat yourself to some shopping at GeekGirlCon!
Vendor Hall: We’re so excited for you to see all of the goods and goodies that our exhibitors will be bringing to this year’s convention and get your shop on! It’s a great place to get all your holiday shopping done, AND treat yourself to a variety of geek merchandise.
Every exhibitor at GeekGirlCon is hand-selected—from artists to artisans, shop a variety of hand-crafted wares and inspiring creations. From t-shirts and fashionable accessories, to art prints and stickers, there’s bound to be a little something for every geek! You can browse this year’s list of vendors HERE.
This is also where you can find the Official GeekGirlCon Merchandise Booth – new and improved location in booth 709 – for all your geek shopping in one awesome location!
2024 Featured Contributors:
We’re so excited to be featuring some absolutely amazing Featured Contributors at GeekGirlCon 2024. They’ll be talking graphic novels, audiobooks, inclusive board gaming, whether or not you should go to art school, and more!
Check here for the full details of where you can find GeekGirlCon 2024’s amazing lineup of Featured Contributors.
Meetups: Connect with your fellow geeks and bond over your favorite franchises—we’ll be hosting a variety of meetups for every fan throughout the weekend.
GeekGirlCon on Twitch: If you can’t make it to GeekGirlCon this year, of course we are super bummed about that. However, the GeekGirlCon twitch team will once again be streaming awesome mainstage content, feature, interviews, and behind -the-scenes tidbits for your FREE viewing pleasure on the GGC twitch channel.
Give us a follow on twitch.tv/geekgirlcon to experience the awesomeness of GeekGirlCon all year long where we create & host content for all geeks —from science & art to comics & gaming!
Please remember to bring your mask, as GeekGirlCon will once again be a fully-masked event to help us gather in-person safely. You can check our full Covid-19 Policies below:
A few other reminders:
You must wear your valid GeekGirlCon badge at all times to be admitted to the con or events during con weekend.
Please keep in mind that GeekGirlCon is an all-ages event. We strive to maintain a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for children and adults.
If you are taking photographs of attendees, please respect those that do not wish to be photographed or recorded by asking permission to take pictures and avoiding anyone with a “do not photograph” sticker.
Remember to take care of yourself, stay hydrated, and take breaks in the Geek Retreat room when you need them.
Have fun, be safe, be respectful, and we’ll see you at the con!
GeekGirlCONLINE ‘21 WILL BE HERE IN LESS THAN A MONTH! If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for November 13 and 14!
All of our programming this year is free to stream on Twitch. Click through here for FAQs about this year’s event.
In case you haven’t seen already, we’ve recently announced our full programming schedule. We’ve got a packed schedule—from the DNA of strawberries to BIPOC artists in animation, there’s truly something for everyone this year. Read on for full details about each event.
Hey, fellow procrastinators—do you have an idea for a panel, workshop, performance, or event that would be a great addition to GeekGirlCon 2020? Or are you interested in being a panelist, moderator, or tabletop game host at the con?
If so, good news: We’re extending our programming submission deadline to May 14, so there’s still time to get your application in!
[Image description: a photo from the 2016 panel “Saving Sci-Fi & Fantasy: POC, Women, & LGBTQ Voices Saving the Genre.” In the foreground a large group of people sit and listen to 6 panelists, while looking at a screen. The screen reads “Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn.”]
As we posted on Wednesday, we are still planning on GeekGirlCon 2020 happening as scheduled. That means we are still looking for programming submissions! Here are the different types of forms we have for programming:
Panel Submission: To submit your own panel or presentation for consideration.
Panelist and/or Moderator Application: To be considered as a panelist or moderator on any panels needing additional participants.
Performance/Event Submission: To submit an idea for an event or performance (musical performance, variety show, networking event, game show, DJ, etc.).
Workshop Submission: To submit interactive/educational content (Paint ‘n Take, hands-on wig styling tutorial, learn-to-code hour, etc.).
Tabletop Game Host Application: To submit a game you/your company created for consideration for the Gaming Floor.
If you want to submit an idea for programming but need help brainstorming, think about what kind of programming you attended at last year’s GeekGirlCon. Don’t remember? The programs of GeekGirlCons past are always available on our website to download. The Copy team also wrote some sample pitches last May.
More importantly, think of the kind of programming that you wish GeekGirlCon had last year. What would make you excited to come to GeekGirlCon 2020? Chances are, there are others who would love your idea too. Read through our Mission and Values, and if your idea fits, send it in!
Find all of the details about programming submissions on our site. We will accept submissions to all forms until Thursday, April 30 at 11:59pm PST.
Most importantly—stay healthy, stay safe, and practice social distancing. We’re in this together.
Have an idea for an awesome panel or interactive workshop that you’ve been mulling over? Want to share your knowledge and enthusiasm with fellow con-goers? Have a game that you would like to demo on the gaming floor?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you! From now until Thursday, April 30 at 11:59pm PST we are accepting applications and submissions for:
Panel Submissions Each year, our panels are wide-ranging, diverse, compelling, and unique. Have a topic you’d like to discuss? A perspective you just HAVE to share? We want to hear from you!
Panelist and/or Moderator Application Apply to be considered as a panelist or moderator on any panels that need additional participants! Our team will work to match you with a panel that fits your interests.
Performance & Event Submissions From musical performances to variety shows, game shows to DJ sets, we can’t wait to receive your submissions for performances and events.
Workshop Submissions Workshops are some of the most interactive and educational elements of GeekGirlCon – and some of the most fun! Submit your idea for a hands-on presentation, class, or tutorial and share your know-how with all of us!
Tabletop Game Host Applications Have you created (or are you in the process of creating) a game, either independently or with a studio? Submit your proposal to demo it on our gaming floor
A child plays a computer game while an adult leans over to watch. Photo by Torrin Maynard.
Psst! When submitting your programming proposal, be sure that it is:
Mission-aligned Be sure to check out our mission and values before you submit to make sure that your programming submission aligns with our vision – to celebrate and honor the legacies of under-represented groups in science, technology, comics, arts, literature, game play, and game design. We do this by connecting geeks worldwide and creating an intersectional community that fosters the continued growth of women in geek culture. We’re looking for programming ideas that help us provide a safe space to spark conversations around social justice while encouraging unabashed geekiness.
Timely We love to receive submissions that are relevant to what is happening today and that discuss timely issues in interesting new ways.
Relevant When submitting your ideas, be sure to keep your audience in mind. What would GeekGirlCon attendees be interested in and excited about?
If you have any questions about submitting your programming idea, please reach out to us at programming@geekgirlcon.com.
Our GeekGirlCon team is busy creating our best convention yet, and we can’t wait for you to be part of it. Happy panel submission season!
The Doubleclicks are a folk-pop music group comprised of sibling duo, Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner. Powered up by their love of cats, they write & produce songs that anyone can sing-along to.
Their music is heartwarming and a great deal of fun, a pleasant breakaway from the worries of life. It can also be remarkably cathartic, simply reminding us that it’s okay to have a bad day. Anxiety is very real—but we’re also not alone. They sing about queer identity and belonging, cats and everyday superheroes. It’s music that we can all relate to, truly, and even I was caught off guard by how much I empathize with their lyrics.
In anticipation of their shows at GeekGirlCon this November, The Doubleclicks did a Q&A with me about their influences growing up, some of their favorite performances, and what they’re currently geeking out about!
Can you believe that it’s already February? We’re well into the new year and you know what that means: programming submissions for GeekGirlCon 2019 are officially open!
The GeekGirlCon staff is ramping up again as we plot this year’s convention. The creative team is in the thick of brainstorming the 2019 theme (which we’re excited to share with you later this spring) and now our programming team is eager to see your ideas for new panels, events, and workshops.
Panel Submissions Panels are the heart and soul of GeekGirlCon. We’re all about sharing a diverse range of unique voices and stories—and we want to hear yours. This year, we’re particularly interested in engaging content inspired by our community. What are you passionate about? What do you want to share?
Panelist and/or Moderator Application Interested in being on a panel but don’t necessarily have a group? You can apply to be either a solo panelist or a moderator! We’ll try our best to match you to any panel in need of an additional participant.
Performance & Event Submissions Panels aren’t the only events at GeekGirlCon. Historically, we’ve hosted our annual Fashion Show and Cosplay Contest, but each year we aim to expand on our content. From variety shows to networking events, if you and your company have an idea for a performance or event, we’d love to hear from you!
Workshop Submissions GeekGirlCon also hosts a variety of workshops and other interactive programming. If you’re interested in giving a more hands-on presentation or class, we welcome you to apply. Prior workshops have included the Use Your Voice, Rey: Political Advocacy 101, Allyship in Fandom, and the Black Girls Code Workshop.
Tabletop Game Host Applications Are you working on a game, whether independently or with a larger studio? We’d love for you to demo it on the gaming floor! Tabletop games, indie developers, and larger game studios have joined us at GeekGirlCon in the past, and we’d love to see you this fall.
A couple tips and pointers to consider when submitting your proposal:
Make sure your submission is on-mission. We’re looking for engaging content that correlates with our mission statement, which is to celebrate and honor the legacies of under-represented groups in science, technology, comics, arts, literature, game play, and game design. We do this by connecting geeks worldwide and creating an intersectional community that fosters the continued growth of women in geek culture. GeekGirlCon provides a safe space to spark conversations around social justice while encouraging unabashed geekiness.
Think about what’s going on right now. There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and we are very interested in topics that are relevant to recent events or discuss important issues in interesting or new ways.
We want to hear your unique perspective. We want to hear from everyone. Regardless of how you identify, the color of your skin, your gender, or your sexual orientation—we’re all geeks here, and that’s what matters. Tell us your individual story. What are you excited about? What is your niche?
If you have any questions about submitting your programming idea, please reach out to us at programming@geekgirlcon.com.
GeekGirlCon’18 is just over a week away, which means it’s right before Halloween!
Source: Giphy. Description: A dog in a ghost costume holding a glowing jack-o’-lantern on a cord while surrounded by more jack-o’-lanterns.
Scared you’ll have to choose between enjoying the con and getting your ghoul on? Don’t worry, we have plenty of unboolievably fun workshops, games, panels, and more lined up to help you celebrate in style. Plus, get ready to trick-or-treat all con long! Look for “Trick-or-Treat Here” signs scattered throughout the con. Got food sensitivities or allergies? We’ll have teal pumpkins to mark locations with candy alternatives.
Source: Giphy. Description: a corgi barking at and jumping around a small pumpkin.
Dying for a sneak peek of our fangtastically spooky programming? Here are some highlights:
The countdown is on to GeekGirlCon ‘18, and you can help us make it our best year yet! You have until 11:59 PST on April 30 to submit your exhibitor or programming application.
Gigi Murakami
