Become a ValleyCon Panelist

Panels run all weekend on the Main Stage and the Stage. This year's schedule already includes celebrity panels with Tim Jacobus and Andrew Bowen and Tim Jacobus and Andrew Bowen and Kelly Hu, Satine Phoenix's Storytelling Fireside Chat and Writing for Tabletop Games workshop, a panel with Grand Forks cosplayer Ryan Drury and a Witcher cosplayer panel. Your panel shares the weekend with celebrity autographs, cosplay contests, a Warhammer 40K tournament, trivia, K-pop dance-offs, video game tournaments and laser tag. Want to add your own topic to the weekend? Tell us about it in the application below.

Not sure what to pitch? Think about the fandom you know inside out, a craft like costume building or comic art, or a game you play competitively. Also, ValleyCon has brought Fargo-Moorhead fans together since ValleyCon 1 in March 1977, and 2026 marks its 51st anniversary. So panel audiences come from every corner of fandom, from celebrity fans to cosplayers, gamers and collectors.

While you plan, check the full ValleyCon schedule and the ticket options. Panelists follow the same event policies as every attendee, including the rules on props and costumes. If you need an accessibility accommodation, email staff@unforgivenproductions.com at least two weeks before the event. Coming from out of town? The Where to Stay page has the hotel block details.