Metropol Con Berlin

Our Vision // Unsere Vision

MetropolCon is part festival, part conference: We have talks and workshops, panels and discussions, live concerts and audio drama, table talks and games – you name it. Our focus is on everything speculative, i.e. science fiction, fantasy, horror, and all their subgenres. Think literature, various media, gaming, science, art & music. It’s all happening from July 2 to 5, 2026. Plus, we are Eurocon, which means we will welcome fans, creatives, experts, and the merely curious from all over Europe and beyond. As an event, MetropolCon pursues sustainability, inclusiveness, accessibility, and diversity. We want to foster exchange, encounter, discussion, and networking, based on mutual respect, openness, and kindness.

Die MetropolCon ist ein Mix aus Festival und Konferenz: Sie umfasst Vorträge, Workshops, Panels, Diskussionsrunden, Live-Auftritte, Hörspiele, informelle Tischrunden, Spiele, und und und. Unser Thema ist die Phantastik – also Science Fiction, Fantasy und Horror – in Literatur, Multimedia, Gaming, Wissenschaft, sowie Kunst und Musik. All das findet vom 02. bis 05. Juli 2026 vier Tage lang als Eurocon statt. Das bedeutet, wir erwarten Kreative, Forschende und Fans aus ganz Europa und darüber hinaus. Die MetropolCon versteht sich als nachhaltige, inklusive, barrierearme und diverse Veranstaltung. Austausch, Diskussion und Vernetzung finden auf Basis von Respekt, Offenheit und einem wertschätzenden Umgang miteinander statt.

About us // Über uns

This is the MetropolCon team
Das ist das MetropolCon Team.

2026

Our goals for 2026
Unsere Ziele für 2026

2023

Looking back on MetropolCon 2023
Das war die MetropolCon 2023

Friends

Our Guests of Honor

We look forward to welcoming the following Guests of Honor:

Becky Chambers is the bestselling author of the Wayfarers series, the Monk and Robot novellas, and other works of science fiction. She is a two-time Hugo Award winner, a Locus Award winner, and has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. Her latest book is A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, the second installment of Monk and Robot. She just finished writing a new standalone novel, which we will hear about at the con.

Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, watching bugs, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she has settled down (for the moment) in Humboldt County, California, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day.

Becky Chambers

American SF Writer

Aiki Mira (they/them) is an acclaimed author of essays, short fiction and novels. Their short fiction has received significant recognition, including the German Science Fiction Award in both 2022 and 2023, as well as the Kurd Laßwitz Preis in 2022, and is being translated into English, French and Chinese. In 2023, Aiki was honored with the Chrysalis Award from the European Science Fiction Society. Aikis debut Titans Kinder was nominated for major awards, and in an unprecedented hattrick, their novels Neongrau, Neurobiest, and Proxi each received the prestigious Kurd Laßwitz Preis for Best Novel. Neongrau was also adapted as a drama series for radio.

Beyond their writing, Aiki co-hosts the podcast Das war morgen and divides their time between Hamburg and the realms of their imagination. Aiki's latest novel, Denial of Service, was published in October 2025.

Aiki Mira

German SF Writer

Stjepan and Linda Šejić are comic creators from Croatia. Prepare yourselves for their witty worlds filled with sexy characters, whether bumbling or self-assured, mythical or adorably real, greedy or mischievous.

Stjepan is known for his years-long run on Witchblade (alongside other Top Cow comics) and did art of DC titles such as Aquaman and Suicide Squad., as well as These days, he predominantly writes and draws his creator-owned series Sunstone, Fine Print (or how a divine contract may not be the best cure for a broken heart) and Death Vigil. He is also a writer/artist on DC’s Harleen.

Together, they recently completed an immensely successful Kickstarter campaign for Crimson: After Hours, a standalone comic that brings their worlds and characters together for a kinky, late-night romp.

Stjepan Šejić

Croatian Comic Artist

Stjepan and Linda Šejić are comic creators from Croatia. Prepare yourselves for their witty worlds filled with sexy characters, whether bumbling or self-assured, mythical or adorably real, greedy or mischievous.

Linda provided the art for a number of Top Cow’s comics, but is best-known for her creator-owned series Bloodstain and Punderworld, a delightful take on Hades and Persephone, which garnered its massive popularity on the webcomics platform webtoons. She is currently working on the continuation of Punderworld, which is planned to have three volumes in total.

Together, they recently completed an immensely successful Kickstarter campaign for Crimson: After Hours, a standalone comic that brings their worlds and characters together for a kinky, late-night romp.