Can confirm that FIYAHCON 2022 is the project from which he'd been removed because of an ethics complaint
Here is my report on my experience with unethical behavior and bad faith dealings of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ODE_Ethics Report
ODE_Ethics Report
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
October 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Can confirm that FIYAHCON 2022 is the project from which he'd been removed because of an ethics complaint
"Theydies and gentlefolk," from FiyahCon.
July 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Theydies and gentlefolk," from FiyahCon.
(what if i whispered sweetly —or menacingly depending on how much you dislike my shenanigans— into your ear that ...fiyahcon...is not dead)
May 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
(what if i whispered sweetly —or menacingly depending on how much you dislike my shenanigans— into your ear that ...fiyahcon...is not dead)
FIYAHcon set the bar and no one else has met it yet
I went to the online FIYAHcon that was 24 hours a day, panels around the globe, and i hadn't stayed up for an all nighter at a con in literally decades those panels were LIT
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
I am begging any of the big online writing workshops who Value Diversity to schedule at least ONE (1) class at an eastern-hemisphere-friendly time. (Hire a workshop leader from here, even!) There are so many cool sessions I'd love to throw money at, but I simply cannot be alive at 3 AM.
September 27, 2023 at 12:36 PM
FIYAHcon set the bar and no one else has met it yet
My favorite is that the Fiyahcon panel composition benchmark was at least 3/4 BIPOC by default
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My favorite is that the Fiyahcon panel composition benchmark was at least 3/4 BIPOC by default
Mug check
November 2, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Mug check
and if you weren't at FIYAHCon 2021, you probably have zero idea what you were missing. I basically took hour long naps and drank coffee because the panels in the middle of my night were amazing. I remember thinking "This is an undeniable good of having to adapt to covid."
and it never repeated.
and it never repeated.
So I will say this as gently as I can: given the current state of the world, cons (especially held in the US) should really keep or enhance their online programming instead of eliminating it. I understand it takes resources to run a hybrid con but the alternative is to exclude the rest of the world
March 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
and if you weren't at FIYAHCon 2021, you probably have zero idea what you were missing. I basically took hour long naps and drank coffee because the panels in the middle of my night were amazing. I remember thinking "This is an undeniable good of having to adapt to covid."
and it never repeated.
and it never repeated.
Ya know, I just don't have enough FIYAHCON mugs. How might I rectify this I wonder aloud
August 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Ya know, I just don't have enough FIYAHCON mugs. How might I rectify this I wonder aloud
okay there are a LOT of people asking what i thought were easily googleable questions about pitching nonfiction writing. so here is a quick adapted version of a pitch workshop i did at FIYAHCON a few years ago. every good pitch should answer these questions:
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
okay there are a LOT of people asking what i thought were easily googleable questions about pitching nonfiction writing. so here is a quick adapted version of a pitch workshop i did at FIYAHCON a few years ago. every good pitch should answer these questions:
I love the Ignyte Awards and I cherish my finalist medals. This is a thread. Get to know this award and how it operates, because it's remarkable.
(P. S. FIYAHcon 2021 was legendary. The highest of the highs.)
(P. S. FIYAHcon 2021 was legendary. The highest of the highs.)
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
Home, The Ignyte Awards
WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
January 23, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I love the Ignyte Awards and I cherish my finalist medals. This is a thread. Get to know this award and how it operates, because it's remarkable.
(P. S. FIYAHcon 2021 was legendary. The highest of the highs.)
(P. S. FIYAHcon 2021 was legendary. The highest of the highs.)
Already, groups have demonstrated that it's actually not as hard as Worldcon volunteers make it out to be to run better, more inclusive, and more diverse cons. ConCurrent alone is giving Worldcon a run for it's money. Don't even get me started on how incredible FIYAHCON was.
July 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Already, groups have demonstrated that it's actually not as hard as Worldcon volunteers make it out to be to run better, more inclusive, and more diverse cons. ConCurrent alone is giving Worldcon a run for it's money. Don't even get me started on how incredible FIYAHCON was.
Stellar day. Excellent Sinners panel, excellent tabling experience. Met my editor in person. Met Martha Wells. Hug from Maurice. Everyone still remembers fiyahcon. Hozier played my personal hits and then touched me. New praise for Mer from a new reader. My back is wrecked but it was all worth it.
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Stellar day. Excellent Sinners panel, excellent tabling experience. Met my editor in person. Met Martha Wells. Hug from Maurice. Everyone still remembers fiyahcon. Hozier played my personal hits and then touched me. New praise for Mer from a new reader. My back is wrecked but it was all worth it.
Apropos of something...I really, REALLY miss FiyahCon.
Btw, I handled all the panelist vetting + inviting for BonFiyah. I did not need AI for that. Just watched excellent conversations unfold on Twitter + used good old search engine prompting. It wasn't perfect, but we had two great cons anyway.
Btw, I handled all the panelist vetting + inviting for BonFiyah. I did not need AI for that. Just watched excellent conversations unfold on Twitter + used good old search engine prompting. It wasn't perfect, but we had two great cons anyway.
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Apropos of something...I really, REALLY miss FiyahCon.
Btw, I handled all the panelist vetting + inviting for BonFiyah. I did not need AI for that. Just watched excellent conversations unfold on Twitter + used good old search engine prompting. It wasn't perfect, but we had two great cons anyway.
Btw, I handled all the panelist vetting + inviting for BonFiyah. I did not need AI for that. Just watched excellent conversations unfold on Twitter + used good old search engine prompting. It wasn't perfect, but we had two great cons anyway.
between citruscon and fiyahcon and the 2020 worldcon, incredible online events are possible and it's sad that somehow people are convinced that they aren't
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
between citruscon and fiyahcon and the 2020 worldcon, incredible online events are possible and it's sad that somehow people are convinced that they aren't
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
Home, The Ignyte Awards
WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
January 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
Had the pleasure of consulting on a virtual TTRPG con being developed by a former FIYAHCON volunteer and was reminded about these apparently super helpful post-event breakdowns from FC2020: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
and FC2021: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
if you need them.
and FC2021: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
if you need them.
A FIYAHCON ReTROSPECTIVE — L D Lewis, Author. Editor. Sea witch apologist
FIYAHCON has come and gone for most, but I’m still plugging away, getting videos uploaded to the archives and sending our payments and the remaining Ignyte Award trophies out to finalists. I can’t wai...
www.ldlewiswrites.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Had the pleasure of consulting on a virtual TTRPG con being developed by a former FIYAHCON volunteer and was reminded about these apparently super helpful post-event breakdowns from FC2020: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
and FC2021: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
if you need them.
and FC2021: www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...
if you need them.
If you've ever gotten anything out of FIYAHCON (or the Ignytes), you should definitely support the growth and continuation FoF whose work I have nothing to do with but am proud of nonetheless
We are $12,680 raised by Flights of Foundry! If you're having a good time at the convention, support us and the work we do to make this event and all our other programs inclusive, welcoming, useful, and awesome.
Let's aim for $14k by the end of the con!
dreamfoundry.org/donate-to-dr...
Let's aim for $14k by the end of the con!
dreamfoundry.org/donate-to-dr...
September 29, 2024 at 8:10 PM
If you've ever gotten anything out of FIYAHCON (or the Ignytes), you should definitely support the growth and continuation FoF whose work I have nothing to do with but am proud of nonetheless
I keep being backchanneled to opine on the Hugo thing, and y'all, I've divested. FIYAH (also FIYAHCON once) has been on the ballot year after year for a while. They still can't pronounce our name correctly. 🤷🏽♀️ At some point I decided that the institutions to whom I do not matter, don't matter to me.
February 18, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I keep being backchanneled to opine on the Hugo thing, and y'all, I've divested. FIYAH (also FIYAHCON once) has been on the ballot year after year for a while. They still can't pronounce our name correctly. 🤷🏽♀️ At some point I decided that the institutions to whom I do not matter, don't matter to me.
To be very clear. I support Erin completely. I more than believe her. As a member of FIYAHCON planning, I was present when decisions were made per L.D.. He also asked me to up vote him for the nebulas several years ago when I was not a member of the SFWA, I told him I'm not even a member so no +
Here is my report on my experience with unethical behavior and bad faith dealings of Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki.
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
ODE_Ethics Report
ODE_Ethics Report
ethicsreport.tiiny.site
October 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
To be very clear. I support Erin completely. I more than believe her. As a member of FIYAHCON planning, I was present when decisions were made per L.D.. He also asked me to up vote him for the nebulas several years ago when I was not a member of the SFWA, I told him I'm not even a member so no +
I went to the online FIYAHcon that was 24 hours a day, panels around the globe, and i hadn't stayed up for an all nighter at a con in literally decades those panels were LIT
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
I am begging any of the big online writing workshops who Value Diversity to schedule at least ONE (1) class at an eastern-hemisphere-friendly time. (Hire a workshop leader from here, even!) There are so many cool sessions I'd love to throw money at, but I simply cannot be alive at 3 AM.
September 27, 2023 at 5:59 AM
I went to the online FIYAHcon that was 24 hours a day, panels around the globe, and i hadn't stayed up for an all nighter at a con in literally decades those panels were LIT
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
And I honestly thought it was going to become a thing
lol. lmao.
Just in case I wasn't clear, me pointing out the below is not an "attack" on Tempest & Nisi; it's holding them up to their own standards as set 5 years ago. Their (absolutely correct) indignation at the 2020 Hugo Awards ceremony gave us FIYAHcon and the Ignyte Awards, and we thanked them for it. 1/
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Just in case I wasn't clear, me pointing out the below is not an "attack" on Tempest & Nisi; it's holding them up to their own standards as set 5 years ago. Their (absolutely correct) indignation at the 2020 Hugo Awards ceremony gave us FIYAHcon and the Ignyte Awards, and we thanked them for it. 1/
Best Novella: Countess by @sillysyntax.bsky.social Suzan Palumbo, FIYAHCON organizer extraordinaire. As reviewed in @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...
Novella here: ecwpress.com/products/cou...
Novella here: ecwpress.com/products/cou...
March 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Best Novella: Countess by @sillysyntax.bsky.social Suzan Palumbo, FIYAHCON organizer extraordinaire. As reviewed in @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...
Novella here: ecwpress.com/products/cou...
Novella here: ecwpress.com/products/cou...
LRP every day I miss fiyahcon
August 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
LRP every day I miss fiyahcon
This is why FIYAHCON worked because it was teams of people who know BIPOC work. It wasn't hard to fill craft panels or Gothic panels or any kind of speculative topic. L.D. Brent and Kay knew people who were writing these topics. And this is the fundamental issue. IMO. The unwillingness to admit+
September 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM
This is why FIYAHCON worked because it was teams of people who know BIPOC work. It wasn't hard to fill craft panels or Gothic panels or any kind of speculative topic. L.D. Brent and Kay knew people who were writing these topics. And this is the fundamental issue. IMO. The unwillingness to admit+
2021: At a FIYAHCON workshop on the Gothic, I think: I want to write a Gothic novel someday.
2023: I begin writing Nati, a queer working-class witch who enters a decaying colonial mansion armed w/a spell box & a fistful of rage.
Today: You get to meet her. And the doll.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
2023: I begin writing Nati, a queer working-class witch who enters a decaying colonial mansion armed w/a spell box & a fistful of rage.
Today: You get to meet her. And the doll.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
CYNTHIA GÓMEZ
Latine feminist horror with dark fantasy streaks in her hair
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
June 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
2021: At a FIYAHCON workshop on the Gothic, I think: I want to write a Gothic novel someday.
2023: I begin writing Nati, a queer working-class witch who enters a decaying colonial mansion armed w/a spell box & a fistful of rage.
Today: You get to meet her. And the doll.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com
2023: I begin writing Nati, a queer working-class witch who enters a decaying colonial mansion armed w/a spell box & a fistful of rage.
Today: You get to meet her. And the doll.
cynthiasaysboo.wordpress.com