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Jessi Cole Jackson

Writer & Professional Theatrical Costumer

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Jessi Cole Jackson lives in the prettiest part of New Jersey. By day she builds costumes for a Tony Award-winning theatre. By night she studies Children’s Literature at Hollins University. Somewhere in between, she writes. Her short fiction can be found in Hidden Youth: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History, Crossed Genres Magazine, InterGalatic Medicine Show, Cast of Wonders, and soon from Book Smugglers' Publishing.

9:00am CDT

Walking Tour of the Loop TBA

11:00am CDT

Long-term Career Strategies for a Changing Marketplace LaSalle 3Hannah Bowman • Eric Flint • Barry Goldblatt • Jacob Weisman • Dr. Charles E. Gannon

1:00pm CDT

Ask an Expert - Podcasting, Publishing, Sedementary Geology Clark 3Alex Acks • Kate Baker • Hannah Bowman Historical Research from the Margins LaSalle 1Michael Livingston • Alyx Dellamonica • Eileen Gunn • Ada Palmer • Helene Wecker • Rose Lemberg

2:00pm CDT

Beyond Bitches and Badasses: A Conversation About Race, Gender, and Power in SFF LaSalle 1Mikki Kendall • Daniel Jose Older • Alyssa Wong

4:00pm CDT

Podcasting for Writers LaSalle 2Tanya DePass • Kate Baker • K. Tempest Bradford • tina connolly

7:30pm CDT

Nebula Nominee Presentation Red Lacquer RoomBrooke Bolander • Beth Cato • tina connolly • C.S.E. Cooney • Kate Elliott • E.J. Fischer • Dr. Charles E. Gannon • N. K. Jemisin • Naomi Kritzer • Ann Leckie • Fonda Lee • Rose Lemberg • David D. Levine • Henry Lien • Ken Liu • Sam Miller • Tamsyn Muir • Naomi Novik • Daniel Jose Older • Sarah Pinsker • Kelly Robson • Lawrence M. Schoen • Martin L. Shoemaker • Fran Wilde • Alyssa Wong

10:00am CDT

SFWA Business meeting The Honore Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Ask an Expert - Face Painting, Hypnosis, KDP/CreateSpace, Audible/ACX, Patreon Clark 3Coleen Barr • Jamie Crabb • Scott Jacobi • Stacy Shabalin • tina connolly • Lawrence M. Schoen What Teens are Looking for in YA Literature LaSalle 2Alyssa Wong • Curt Gamble • Melanie Silver • Caetlin Williams

3:00pm CDT

Day Jobs for Writers LaSalle 3PJ Schnyder • Alex Acks • Danielle Friedman • N. K. Jemisin • Martin L. Shoemaker Promotional Bootcamp LaSalle 1Fonda Lee • Patty Garcia • Michael R. Underwood • Ellen Wright

4:00pm CDT

Building an SFF community LaSalle 3Anne Petersen • Jennifer Cross • Michi Trota • C.S.E. Cooney • Sam Miller Content and Form: Writing SF/F beyond Anglo-America LaSalle 2Kate Elliott • Henry Lien • Ken Liu • Nnedi Okorafor • Daniel Jose Older

8:30pm CDT

Nebula Award Ceremony Empire Room

10:00pm CDT

Nebula Alternate Universe Speeches Empire Room

10:00am CDT

When Is It Time for a New Agent? LaSalle 2Kameron Hurley • David D. Levine Language, Dialect, and Code-Switching LaSalle 1Juliette Wade • Tamara Vardomskaya • Ellen Wright • Lawrence M. Schoen

12:00pm CDT

Humor LaSalle 1Alex Acks • Shane Halbach • Henry Lien