Announcing: Skiatus

Dear Skepticonites,

We write to share that Skepticon 17—which we hoped would occur in 2025— will be postponed.

Like so many folks during this most dumpster fire of a year in America, our volunteers are just trying to keep it together. Unfortunately, this means that we can’t fit organizing a conference on our plates, which are already stacked up, with stuff spilling off the sides.

We’re not going anywhere. We’re just taking a hiatus from the grueling, extremely nerdy work of putting on the largest FREE skeptic conference in the nation. We have been thrilled to put on 16 Skepticons, where we’ve hosted lots of fascinating speakers, held the universe’s only SkeptiProm, and, of course, brought together the SJW skeptic faction (the best faction, frankly) to build community, share ideas, and nerd out. We fully intend to hit #17 in St. Louis, Missouri, sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, we are always delighted to accept donations from people like you! We still have expenses to cover and funds to raise for SK17 and beyond.

Until then, stay awesome, fellow dinoheads, and know that we are sending you all of the best vibes.

Sincerely,

The Skepticon Team

P.S. Those of you thinking we used AI to write this on account of the em dashes, we didn’t. One of our comms people loves em dashes—and shouldn’t we all?