LibrariCon 2026: In Review
By: Kylie Phillips, Communications & Marketing Specialist
LibrariCon 2026 went by in a blur! If you blinked and missed it (or just can't stop thinking about it like us), here's a quick rundown to tide you over until next time!
Activities
Over 200 guests joined us for a night of afterhours fun, and we had something for everybody to enjoy:
Showing off your cosplay skills in our Cosplay Contest
Meeting special guests from The Dent Schoolhouse, Bud Stross and Aryn Fox; touching professional masks, learning cosplay secrets, how props are made, and getting a special makeup demo
Seeing the Greenhouse Maid Café
Making crafts including: Grogu ears, vampire skin, cryptid painting, and the button machine
Playing games, including a Mario Kart tournament and D&D mini-battles
Making it out of the KPop Demon Hunters-themed escape room
Completing a LOTR scavenger hunt
Visiting with our community partners
Enjoying popcorn provided by Republic Theatres - Pierce Point
Entering to win fun raffle prizes
Cosplay Contest
This year we had 50 creative contestants enter the Cosplay Contest! The contest was judged by last year's Adult First Place Winner, Mochi; Bud from The Dent School House; and Kaylee, Intergenerational Service Specialist here at the Library. Check out the winners below!
Youth Winners
1st: Jonah A. as Dipper Pines (from Gravity Falls)
2nd: Asher B. as Test Subject (from Portal)
3rd: Merrick G. as The Mandalorian/Din Djarin (from The Mandalorian)
Teen Winners
1st: Kenny W. as Pyramid Head (from Silent Hill)
2nd: Addy P. as Saiki K. (from The Disasterous Life of Saiki K.)
3rd: Rosalyn S. as Gizmo (their Dungeons & Dragons character)
Adult Winners
1st: AJ R. as Wendy (from Wendy's fast food restaurant)
2nd: Zackary M. as Alucard (from Hellsing)
3rd: Kiry W. as Regency Scarlet Witch (from the Marvel universe)
Partners and Guests
HUGE thanks to our community partners and special guests for joining us and helping create such a great night at the Library!
