Panelists
Dawn Vogel
Dawn Vogel has written for children, teens, and adults, spanning genres, places, and time periods. More than 100 of her stories and poems have been published by small and large presses. Her specialties include young protagonists, siblings who bicker but […]
Juliette Wade
Juliette Wade loves languages and cultures so much that she learns them and also invents them. Author of short stories in Analog and Clarkesworld, and the novels Mazes of Power and Transgressions of Power from DAW, she lives in California […]
Suzanne Walker
Suzanne Walker is a Chicago-based writer and editor. She is co-creator of the Hugo-nominated graphic novel Mooncakes (Lion Forge/Oni Press) with artist Wendy Xu. Her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, and she has published nonfiction articles with Uncanny […]
LaShawn Wanak
LaShawn M. Wanak writes short fiction, essays, poetry, and speculative stories. Her work is published in venues such as *Uncanny Magazine* and *FIYAH*. She served as the lead writer for the art collective Meow Wolf on their permanent immersive exhibit, […]
Regina Kanyu Wang
Regina Kanyu Wang is a writer, researcher, and editor, currently pursuing her PhD under the CoFUTURES project at the University of Oslo. She writes science fiction, nonfiction and academic essays in both Chinese and English. She has won multiple Xingyun […]
Weiqi Wang
Dr. Weiqi Wang is a scientist with an explorer’s spirit. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford, he embarked on an enlightening sojourn across Europe that led him not just through laboratories, but also into the realm of imagination. […]
Clara Ward
Clara Ward lives in Silicon Valley on the border between reality and speculative fiction. Their latest novel, Be the Sea, features a near-future ocean voyage, chosen family, and sea creature perspectives, while delving into our oceans, our selves, and how […]
Crystal Watanabe
Crystal Watanabe is the owner and lead editor of Pikko’s House, an editorial services provider with a focus on fiction and creative nonfiction, and writer of the weekly webcomic SimpleMarkup. She is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.