RadCon is a Science-Fiction Convention held annually in Pasco, Washington during President's Day Weekend. The membership of our Convention and Guild totals more than 1,400 attendees annually. While the Convention caters to many walks of the Nerdy Way, RadCon was originally started with a literary focus for High School students who wanted to share their work. 30+ Years later, we now have renowned Guests and Professionals who help cater to all genres of the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Fiction-Driven community. We are in the process of getting our 501c3 non-profit status, so for now we retain a "Not-For-Profit" status.

Our Mission:
RadCon Guild is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion of Art, Literature, Science, Gaming and Imagination especially in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genres. Our main focus of hosting RadCon each year is to support the education of the general public in these areas. We strive to assist individuals, fan-based groups, and charities in furtherance of these goals.

As a Community Involved Organization, we support local schools in multiple ways:

1. By sponsoring Student Writer’s Workshops, accepting students’ work to be critiqued by our visiting professional writers and editors. The resulting comment and answer sessions give our upcoming writers valuable guidance in how to make it in the industry.
2. By sponsoring a Student Artist showing during our convention, we give students in our schools access to Professional Artists who can assist the student in honing their craft. Students may also have the opportunity to meet our renowned Guests. All art pieces submitted are critiqued by current experts and feedback is provided.
3. By sponsoring, on average, over 60 hours a year to local schools in the form of professional writers, editors, artists, and media professionals. These internationally recognized individuals are brought into the area by RadCon and transported to our area schools to discuss their areas of expertise on a Classroom basis. This comes at NO Expense to the schools, with everything covered by the RadCon Guild.
4. We further support local students by periodically offering scholarships in Writing and Art to help off-set college costs.

Several of our Governing Board and Committee members work for local schools in a variety of ways, which keeps us in touch with the needs of our local area.

We also offer local support to:

1. The Tri-Cities Fan Film Festival (TCIF3), a local non-profit which has become internationally recognized. The Festival began at RadCon and now shows their entries annually at the Convention, as well as around the country.
2. Yearly donations of advertising space to “The Clayton Fund” and “The Endeavor Awards”
3. Bi-Yearly donations to the Blue Mountain Wildlife Fund.
4. Advertising space, donations and assistance to other Conventions and Fan groups in our region with like goals. This assistance has totaled more than $20,000 during the RadCon Guild’s existence.
5. Yearly donations to selected charities. In 2015, our members raised over $900 for Pet Over Population Prevention.

We are able to provide many activities for our members to do and see at RadCon. These include:

• Over 100 professional or recognized amateurs in Film, Writing, Art and Science
• 100s of panels, discussion groups, and demonstrations covering all areas of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the like
• A large Art Show featuring artists from all over the US and Canada
• Dealers, Merchants, and various Vendors
• Role Playing Games, Board Games, Card Games, and Tournaments
• Anime and Sci-Fi Video Rooms
• The TCIF3 Independent Film Festival
• KidCon, just for members 12 years old or younger to have fun in a safe, controlled space overseen by a trusted Guild Member.

You can find us at most Northwest conventions where we host non-formal get-togethers with our members and those that just want to say “Hi!”.

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Why is it "RadCon 8C" and not "RadCon 33"?
  •  RadCon changes “numbers” on the Leap Year. For example: 2015  RadCon 6C,  2016 RadCon 7, 2017 RadCon 7A, and so on.