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The Brisbane in 28 Worldcon Bid Is Now Official!

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Our Bid to host Worldcon in Brisbane in 2028 has now been officially filed with LAcon V’s Site Selection Division. We are providing links to our filing documents below, followed by instructions on how you can help to make Worldcon in Brisbane a reality by voting in Site Selection.

Worldcon sites are selected two years in advance by a secret ballot of WSFS members. To be eligible to vote in Site Selection, you must have an LAcon V Worldcon membership with WSFS rights ($50 USD). You can purchase a membership on LAcon V’s Membership Page.

Once you have a WSFS membership and Site Selection voting opens, you purchase an advance WSFS membership for the future 2028 Worldcon in order to vote. This automatically makes you a WSFS member of the 2028 Worldcon, regardless of which bid wins. The voting fees are passed on to the winning Worldcon bid.

For step-by-step instructions on how to vote in site selection, either electronically, by mail, or at the convention, visit LAcon V’s Site Selection voting page.

We understand that some of the details about the Site Selection process can be confusing, so please feel free to reach out to us using our Contact form with any questions you may have.

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Brisbane in 28 Worldcon Bid Announces Change in Co-Chairs

A logo spelling out the letters MEANJIN IN 28. The letter M contains an image of an Indigenous adventurer with a snake and a wooden walking stick, viewing a futuristic city with flying transport vehicles. The letters EAN contain an image of an Indigenous woman with long, curly hair, viewing the planets, stars, and constellations. The letters JIN contain an image of an Indigenous Elder in a canvas jacket wearing an Outback hat accompanied by three stylistic dingoes in a lush green Australian bush / forest. The snake's multi-coloured body weaves through the images from the M to the last N.

Random Jones, Co-Chair of the bid for a Worldcon in Brisbane in 2028, has released the following statement:

I would like to announce that I am stepping down as Co-Chair of the Brisbane in 28 Worldcon bid.

Due to ongoing health issues, I can see that I am not going to be able to dedicate the time and energy to organising and promotion that the bid deserves. As a result, I am choosing to step aside to ensure a bid leadership that can be fully on task.

I will continue to serve as Chair of the bid’s nonprofit umbrella organisation MacGuffins Australia Ltd., and will contribute my efforts as a general committee member, handling a lot more background tasks.

I am very pleased that my colleague and Co-Chair Vix Richardson is remaining in the position. I am delighted that Jo Van is stepping up as Co-Chair in my place.

I am very proud of what the bid committee has achieved so far, and I am confident in handing over to Vix and Jo Van. I have full confidence that the Brisbane in 28 bid team has the knowledge, experience, energy, and enthusiasm required to make a successful bid for Worldcon in Brisbane in 2028.

I hope you will give your enthusiastic support to Vix and Jo Van and the Brisbane in 28 bidcom in their efforts during the next six months to Site Selection at LA Con V.

Vix Richardson and Jo Van, Co-Chairs of Brisbane in 28, added this statement:

We would like to thank Random for all of his hard work during the last two years getting our bid launched.

We are excited about the knowledegable and experienced people who have been stepping forward to assist our Bid Committee. If you wish to join in our efforts to make Worldcon in Brisbane in 2028 a reality, you can do so via the Volunteer page on our website. If you’d like to help fund this effort, please visit our Support page to make a donation.

We will be staffing fan tables and giving out Aussie swag at upcoming conventions in Australia, the UK, Europe, and the US. Stop by and say “G’day” when you see us! And if you’d like to sit at our table a bit to promote our bid at your next convention, contact us via our Contact page or on social media.

Read more about our growing Team here.

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Image of the Brisbane in 28 logo, with each letter showing a picture of a speculative fiction-related image: The letter B is a dark purple swirl with many orange beast eyes, the letter R is a hovering UFO sending a beam of light down to the ground below, the letter I is a rocket blasting off, the letter S is an android, the letter B is an astronaut with a moon in the background sky, the letters A and N are of a spaceship flying over a red planet with another large orange planet in the sky behind it, and the letter E is a green Australian frog.