Auction FAQ and Dates

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Dates

Feb 15 - March 14: Sign ups are open for offering items for the auction
March 15-31: Bidding is live 

March 31: Bid winners contacted to donate 

April 30: Donations to CONfab due

May 1st: Winner is chosen and announced

All creations due by CONfab 2020 (Dates TBA SOON!!)

How does the CONfab Auction work? 

Creators will offer items for bidding and then people who want those items will bid on them. We’ll be making separate offer posts for each media type/category. Creators will comment on those posts with the item(s) they’re offering from February 15th to March 14th. People will then be able to bid within the comment thread starting on March 15th until March 31st. Further instructions on bidding will be included in the offer posts.

What items can be offered in the CONfab Auction? 

Art (Digital, painting, sculpture, etc)

Crafts (knitting, cross-stitch, collages, etc.)

Fan Labor (Beta, editors, link wrangling, Brit-picking etc.)

Fic

Podfic

Vids

How and when is the winner of the free badge chosen?

We’ll use a random number generator to choose the winner, and will announce on April 1st.

How many things can I offer at auction? 

Three total, across all categories. If you’re offering something small we can have some wiggle room on this, but we want to be sure that all items are finished and delivered by CONfab 2020. 

How will the money be spent?

All of the money from the auction will go to pay for the adjusted cost of the meeting rooms at the hotel, as that cost has nearly doubled from previous years. We’ll also be paying for the winner’s badge out of the proceeds.

What if I win and I already paid to register/can’t attend the con?

You can either choose a friend to transfer the prize badge to, or you can refuse it and let us draw a new winner. You will also have the option to apply your registration to CONfab 2021 and use the prize badge for yourself for CONfab 2020.

I have questions! 

Email our team at info@confabcon.com or comment on this post.