WHAT IS VIRTUOUS CON?

Virtuous Con is an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction across the media of comics, books, film, visual arts, and more. Since our launch in October 2020, we've been honored to bring together an amazing range of Black creators and pioneers in speculative storytelling, including Rodney Barnes, Anika Noni Rose, Danson Njoka, Peter Ramsey, Aida Croal, Wilson Cruz, Alitha Martinez, Marc Bernardin, L.L. McKinney, Beverly Jenkins, Tananarive Due, Stephen Barnes, and many others.

FOUNDER: CERECE RENNIE MURPHY

National bestselling and award-winning author Cerece Rennie Murphy fell in love with science fiction at the age of seven while watching “Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back”. Since debuting her first novel, Order of the Seers (Book 1) in 2011, Ms. Murphy has published eleven speculative fiction novels, short stories, and children’s books, including her latest release Enchanted: 5 Tales of Magic In The Everyday. Ms. Murphy is the recipient of Black Pearl Magazine’s Author of the Year Award for Children’s Literature, the National Best Sellers designation from the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC), and the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA)’s Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for significant contributions to the science fiction, fantasy, and related genres community. Created in 2008, Ms. Murphy joins the ranks of distinguished previous Solstice Award winners, including Petra Mayer, Carl Sagan, Octavia Butler, and Gardner Dozois. To learn more about the author and her upcoming projects, please visit her website at cerecerenniemurphy.com.