Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter presented the awards in an online ceremony on Friday night. Other honorees included costumer Tony Ballard-Smoot, maker Charles E. Mason II, cosplay group Airship Ashanti, and Steampunk Lady Scientists Danaus & Sidonne.
Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter will present their Third Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards on Friday, Jan. 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time. It will stream live from their virtual tea parlour on Zoom. They’ll be joined by guest presenter Eve Riot.
In recent weeks, many steampunk fans and creators have joined Bluesky, a social media platform that’s emerged as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). They’re not alone, as millions worldwide have signed up.
July 10 is Nikola Tesla Day, commemorating the birthday of the visionary inventor and engineer who has become a patron saint of steampunk. Because it falls on a Wednesday, some celebrations are happening the following weekend.
The day offers a great excuse to throw a party, or even better, to go out on the town with your steampunk friends and see the reactions from puzzled onlookers.
“I was a witness to the Apocalypse.” Those were the words of one participant at the Wicked World’s Fair (WWF), a self-described “Steampunk/Polygenre Festival” that took place Feb. 23-25 at the SureStay Plus hotel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.