New England's largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention

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January 18 - 21, 2013

Westin Boston Waterfront


Writer Guests of Honor: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

Tananarive Due was at Arisia 2011 to collect a Carl Brandon Award for her story "Ghost Summer" in the anthology "Ancestors". We didn't get to enjoy much of her energy and insight in that trip because her time was cut short by family obligations. Her husband, Steven Barnes, is better known in science fiction circles, starting with Dream Park (with Larry Niven) and continuing on to write many more books as well as television screenplays and novelizaton. Barnes is also a martial arts expert and a writing coach, and I expect the two of them to jointly contribute much to the convention as our Writer GOHs.

Artist Guest of Honor: Roger Dean

He's most famous for the cover art of art rock bands, and in particular, his distinctive look is most associated with the band YES. But he has gone on to do other work, publishing three books under the Dragon's Dream imprint. In addition to fantasy illustration, Dean has imagined futuristic architecture and furniture design that's influenced other artists and designers. Dean is another international artist for us, coming from the UK. A gallery of his work is available online.

Musical Guests of Honor: Emerald Rose

The band Emerald Rose, who are Brian Sullivan, Arthur Hinds, Larry Morris, and Clyde Gilbert. Emerald Rose have a blend of celtic and folk rock influences, both traditional songs and original work. They'll likely mix in some steampunk-inspired new work and sea chantey or three. Brian, Arthur, Larry, and Clyde are engaging performers who enjoy their Atlanta area fans and look forward to braving the cold to come make some new friends at Arisia. Listen to some of the their music.

For information about Arisia'13, contact info@arisia.org

If you would like to see what happened at Arisia 2011, please visit the 2011 site. If you would like to see what happened at Arisia '12, please visit the 2012 site.

If you have feedback (comments, suggestions, ...) you want us to hear about Arisia, please email feedback@arisia.org.

Brainstorming is OPEN!

Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 12:55
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Do you have a good idea of something you would like to see at Arisia?

We have just opened a semi-open brainstorming forum for programming suggestions. It will close later this summer so that we can sift through the hundreds of suggestions we receive to make them ready for the convention.

Have an idea that isn't a panel? You can also post about event ideas, games you would like to play, or any films, videos or anime you would like to see.

Register by USPS!

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:05

You can download the paper registration form and mail it in to us. Please note that it won't be processed until the time when we open online registration because we're working on updates to that system.

We did it! Arisia 12 is over!

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:31

We've made it through A'12 with flying colors. If you have any feedback you'd like to leave us about the con, please do so!

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