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For our Thursday Outing this year, on October 19th, we will be going to The Catcade.

The Catcade is a non-profit, arcade-themed cat rescue, lounge, and cat café in Chicago. Visits last one hour, and appointments are required. We will not have enough people to book a private hour, up to six people in a group able to secure a one-hour time slot for $17 each. All attendees would be required to make their own separate reservations. We are making reservations for noon (12 p.m.) on Thursday, October 19. Sign-ups are first come, first serve.

~~Two spots are currently available!~~ All spots for 12pm are taken, but if you are still interested, please reach out. We can set up a second group for 1pm if there is enough interest.

Reservations are non-refundable and all guests will need to sign a waiver from the Catcade. Please do NOT make a reservation on your own without letting us know you are coming on the outing. Email programming@confabcon.com, with "Catcade" in the subject line if you wish to take one of these two open slots.

We will leave the hotel at about 10 a.m. Thursday, October 19 in order to get there at noon. Anyone wishing to go into Chicago, but not go to the Catcade, is welcome to join us in traveling, and can also join us for lunch after the Catcade. Lunch will be at a location, to be determined, that is accessible via the Blue Line.

Any questions, leave a comment on this post or email us at the address above! Let's pet some cats and play some arcade games together. :D

You've been waiting for it, and it's finally here! The schedule for CONfab 2023 in Chicago is up on our website! More activities may be added to the schedule as we get closer to the convention, but all of the panels, workshops, and group discussions are up there for your perusing pleasure.

The con itself is just four weeks away, and we're so looking forward to seeing all of your beautiful faces. Registration is open until the convention itself, but you only have until October 4th (two more weeks) to guarantee our hotel room rate at the Springhill Suites Chicago O'Hare, so don't delay! More information about the hotel and the room cost is available here. If you're looking for someone to room with (or just want some folks to chat about the con and other fannish things with), head over to our discord!

More announcements will be happening in the upcoming weeks, including our Thursday Outing and info about the Charity Raffle, so stay tuned!

Current Mood: excited

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted programming for our in-person CONfab 2023! Voting is over, and while the schedule won't be released until next month, here's a sneak peek of what we have coming up for this year's con. Below the cut you will find a list of everything that was voted on by attendees to be included in the schedule this year. Please note that this is subject to change, but this is the list of what you most wanted to see.

( Your 2023 Programming! )

Voting for programming for CONfabulation 2023 is open from Saturday, July 22nd through Saturday, August 5th at midnight EDT. We are doing things a little differently this time; titles and descriptions for all panels, group discussions, and workshops are on the voting form itself. You will be given the information about each submission and then asked to vote whether you would definitely attend, might attend, or definitely would not attend if it were on the schedule.

We also have some programming that needs moderators or leaders. For submissions that need moderators, the person who submitted that idea just needs a mod to assist in making sure the program runs on time, the discussion moves along smoothly, and help with anything else needed. Submissions that need leaders need someone to take that idea and create a panel or group discussion from it. Please note that if no one volunteers for these submissions, they may not make it to the schedule.

You can cast your vote for submissions you’d like to see, at this link.

Hello, CONfab 2023 attendees! We're looking to gauge interest on a potential Thursday Outing for October 19th. However, as it requires a specific amount of people in order to make it feasible, we'd like to see how many people are willing to commit to attending the outing before making any firm decisions.

We're proposing a visit to The Catcade, a cat café, rescue, and arcade. Due to limited space, reservations are highly recommended. Up to six people can attend individually for $17 a person, with each person needing to make their own reservation. The Catcade offers hour-long blocks and is open from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Reservations include free arcade games and one soft drink. We would likely have a noon reservation.

For more than six people (up to 15 total), a group reservation is required. This costs $250 for one hour. In order for this to be cost effective, we would need a minimum of 12 people (so between 12 to 15 total). This $250 reservation is non-refundable.

Other costs for this outing would be about $5 for transportation. We will take the free hotel shuttle to the closest L Blue Line station, then take the L into Chicago and transfer to a bus that runs from the L station to a bus stop about a minute walk from The Catcade. The address of The Catcade is available on its website if you want to look at the area on Google Maps. We would leave the hotel about 10:30 a.m. to arrive on time.

We're asking attendees to fill out this Google Form if you would attend this outing and if you can commit to paying for part of a group reservation if we have enough people. If you're not interested in this particular outing but would be interested in a different outing, please respond as well, so we can gauge overall interest.

Programming submissions have been extended for one week, until Saturday, July 15th at midnight CDT! Got an idea you weren't quite ready to submit? We need you! CONfab programming is driven by fandom! In other words, it's driven by you. If you have an idea that you'd like to see but don't want to run, you can also submit that and if we can find a moderator for it, it might make the schedule. So, head on over to our programming page and get those ideas in!

Submissions for programming for in-person CONfabulation 2023 are officially open! They will stay open from June 17th until July 8th. Submit your ideas for the programming you want to see at the con, we can't wait to hear them! If you need help fleshing out ideas or want to find other fans to be part of your panel or group discussion, or help run your workshop, head on over to our brainstorming post! You don't need a Dreamwidth account to comment.

Our submission form can be found here. You can submit a maximum of 4 topics in total. You and up to 3 other attendees can be on a panel together (this includes a moderator, as panels cap out at 4 panelists), and if you would like CONfab to help you find a moderator, let us know on the form! We'd be happy to help.

If you're wondering if you have to be registered to submit programming, the answer is no. If you haven't had time to purchase your ticket, don't worry, you can still fill out the submission form. You’ll just need to register before the con.

You can find a list of all the programming that has been submitted here. We will try to keep this list updated daily. If your submission has not appeared on this list and you haven't received a confirmation email within 48 hours of submitting, please contact us.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@confabcon.com.

Love writing and social media? Want to be part of the CONfab Con Comm? We're looking for a Social Media Coordinator and you might just be who we need. This is a volunteer position, but looks great on a resume!

We're looking for someone who's enthusiastic. Got the writing skills down, but are shaky on social media? We'll train you! All skill levels are welcome to apply!

For more information, take a look at our website!

confabcon.com/concommittee/available-positions/

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 vid show!

Working on a new vid? We love premieres! Finished up something this year that made you proud? Send it in!

Even if you're unable to attend, we'd love to feature your work.

For the non-vidders out there, if you have friends who vid, please encourage them to consider submitting something.

And, if there's a vid or two that really gave you feels, send us a link and/or ask the vidder to get in touch with us about submitting it for the show! For information on how to submit, visit our website:

http://confabcon.com/programming/vid-show/

The submission period runs through September 4th at midnight Eastern. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at vidshow@confabcon.com!

Hello everyone, your Programming Team here with some announcements!

Programming submission time is almost here! We will be running submissions starting on Saturday, June 17, 2023 and closing on Saturday, July 8, 2023. We will be accepting submissions for any of our three types of programming: panels, group discussions, and workshops, all of which will be hosted in two tracks on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the convention, in 50-minute blocks with a 10-minute break in between. After the submission period ends, programming will be voted on and chosen by you, the attendees.

Here's a handy guide to the types of programming we have to get you started (note: both panels and group discussions can include single fandom topics or more general/multi-fandom topics):

Panels: Presentation by 1-4 panelists, including a moderator to guide the panelists, ensure the panel runs on time, and lead the audience Q&A (this can be the same as the presenter if only one person wants to run the panel). Choose this format if you'd like to have a more structured presentation with specific times for taking audience questions. Previous panels have included fandom history, boy bands, diversity in genre TV, ways to participate in fandom, and vidding.

Group Discussions:Roundtable conversation led by 1-2 facilitators. More loosely formatted than a panel. Choose this format if you don't want to do a formal presentation, and instead want the entire program to be a conversation between the facilitator(s) and attendees. Previous group discussions have included soulmate AUs, OT3s, found families, femslash, and incest.

Workshops: A hands-on experience! If you want to teach attendees a skill or game, this is the format you want! If you think you'll need more than fifty minutes for your workshop, you may request a second time slot, either as one double-sized workshop or two separate sessions. Previous workshops have included live beta reading, art tips and tricks, making fannish plushies, and tabletop RPGs 101.

We look forward to hearing your amazing ideas for programming! Help make CONfab an awesome experience! We will be accepting submissions for all types of programming from everyone, whether you have registered for the con yet or not. This is your chance to get the programming you want by submitting your ideas. What are you excited about? Share it with the group!

Comment on this post with your programming ideas and questions. Find friends and strangers to help you flesh out your ideas, or offer assistance in planning your presentation, and get ready to submit your proposals starting on June 17th! A new post will go up with submission instructions and a link to the submission form on Saturday, June 17th.

The comments on this post will be open throughout the submission period, so feel free to use it as a resource and a sounding board for new ideas that you want a second opinion on before submitting. We can't wait to see what you come up with.

We also have a dedicated channel on our Discord discord.gg/Jzs4sqZ to talk about programming ideas, so come join us there if you'd like!

If you have any questions, please leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@confabcon.com. We're happy to be a sounding board!

Hello everyone! Get excited because CONfab is coming back to Chicago this fall! We will be hosting our first in-person convention since 2019 from October 19-22, 2023 at the Springhill Suites Chicago O'Hare. Registration is open now! Head over to our website for more details, including pricing and a link to register.

http://confabcon.com/registration/

Our COVID-19 policy for the convention is available on the website, and we will be updating the hotel page as soon as possible with information on the hotel rate and links to book your room. We are working with the hotel to provide you as much information as possible about their added safety measures since the start of the pandemic, and that information will also be available on our website soon.

Finally, here are some important dates for this year's in-person event:

June 17th–July 8th: Programming Submissions
July 15th–August 5th: Programming Voting
June 1st–September 4th: Vid Show Submissions
September 16th: Schedule Goes Live
October 19th–October 22nd: Con Weekend!

Stay tuned to our social media for updates in the coming weeks; we can't wait to see your faces in Chicago!

Hello CONfab friends!

We’re so excited to see you soon for our Virtual Con, which takes place April 29-30 and on multiple different platforms like Zoom, Discord and Conline. Registration is open at confabcon.com/registration and is $20 for the full weekend. If you’re someone who might leave this sort of thing for the last minute, we’ll let you know that registration closes on April 27th at midnight CDT.

If you still haven’t made up your mind about attending, we have released the schedule at confabulation.conline.club/schedule for your perusal! It is a bit different than our previous cons (both virtual and not!) so double check to make sure you’re not missing anything. One of those changes is that Sunday will be a day full of activities instead of traditional panels. We are still accepting submissions to add to Sunday! So if you’d like to host an online party game, a TTRPG, a tutorial, a watchalong or movie viewing, a curated vid show, or anything else you think could fall under the activity umbrella, please send Chaneen a message on Discord, or email us at programming at confabcon.com.

Con is coming up quickly, and we’re looking for volunteers to help the show run as smoothly as possible. These volunteers will help with the technical side of running the con, especially on Zoom and Discord. If you’re not fully fluent in both these platforms, that’s okay! Everyone will get training for their duties. Volunteer signups are located at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepKohXGNYHXHfhDW0YtgcUyrGIHYUdcBOUoFbpdsJjpeofhw/viewform, and will be open until April 15th at midnight. As a special thank you, volunteers will also receive a $5 credit to any future CONfabulation convention.

We hope to see you virtually on April 29-30, but if not, remember that we’re also putting on IRL CONfab this October in Chicago! Details and registration to come soon.

See you soon!

This year we’re trying something a bit different! Sunday (April 30th) of our Virtual Con is full of activities instead of programming, but we need your help with submissions! If you’re interested in hosting an event or a watchalong, email programming at confabcon.com

Voting for Virtual CONfab 2023 programming is now open! It will run from Saturday, March 4th at 10AM Eastern, through Saturday, March 11th at 10PM Eastern. You can find all of our programming submissions in alphabetical order, separated by type, here on our website. They are also available in this spreadsheet, in the order they were submitted.

When you're ready to vote, simply fill out this form. We can't wait to see what you choose!

Submissions for programming for Virtual CONfabulation 2023 are officially open! They will stay open for two weeks (<strong>February 4th through February 18th</strong>). Submit your ideas for the programming you want to see at the con; we can't wait to hear them! If you need help fleshing out ideas or want to find other fans to be part of your panel or group discussion, or help run your workshop, head on over to <a href="https://confabcon.dreamwidth.org/16229.html">our brainstorming post</a>! You don't need a Dreamwidth account to comment.

Our submission form can be found <a href="http://confabcon.com/programming">here</a>. You can submit a maximum of four topics/activities in total (multi-session or multi-hour workshops on the same topic count as one submission)! You and up to 3 other fans can be on a panel together (this includes a moderator, as panels cap out at 4 panelists), and if you would like CONfab to help you find a moderator, let us know on the form! We'd be happy to help. Please keep in mind that activities must be run by the person submitting it.

If you're wondering if you have to be registered to submit programming, the answer is no. If you haven't had time to purchase your ticket, don't worry, you can still fill out the submission form.

You can find a list of all the programming that has been submitted <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LEIZGvoEF7ern71Qi7wOnPWSP29TLtyGOTAgqfmpbFI/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>. We will try to keep this list updated daily. If your submission has not appeared on this list and you haven't received a confirmation email within 48 hours of submitting, please contact us.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@confabcon.com.

Hello fellow fanpersons, your Programming Team here with some announcements!

Programming submission time is almost here! We will be accepting submissions starting on Saturday, February 4th, 2023 and closing on Saturday, February, 25th, 2023. We will be doing things a little differently for Virtual CONfab this year, since it's one of two cons for 2023. Instead of two days of panels, we will have a full day of panels on Saturday (and the vid show), and then a day of activities on Sunday.

We will be accepting submissions for two tracks of panels on Saturday and two tracks of activities on Sunday. After the submission period ends, all of Saturday's programming will be voted on and chosen by you, the attendees, as usual. Activities will not be voted on unless we receive a very large volume of submissions and need help narrowing them down. You will basically be signing up for time slots to host your activities (read more about this below!).

All Saturday panels will run in 45 minute time slots with 15 minute breaks in between. All panels can have multiple presenters, and the con will provide a volunteer to assist with modding, monitoring the chat, etc. Here's a handy guide to the types of panels we have to get you started:

Multi-fandom Topics — Programming about a topic that applies to multiple fandoms (tropes, vintage fandoms, RPF, diversity in media, book recs/genre discussion, femslash, incest) or a more general fandom universe that has multiple smaller fandoms that fall under its umbrella (Star Wars, K-Dramas, Video Games, BL, the MCU/Marvel TV). Recent topics include aging characters, reading goals, monsterfucking, and finding community in modern fandom.

Single-fandom Topics — Programming about a single fandom (like Stranger Things, Our Flag Means Death, Good Omens, The Last of Us, The Sandman, Critical Role, or Andor), or a niche topic within fandom.
Workshops — Programming where attendees get a chance to learn something new or hone their skills. Past workshop topics have included things like live beta reading, cross-stitch, embroidery, fandom stitch 'n bitch, making fannish plushies, tabletop RPGs 101, and more, but they can be about anything you're interested in! If you submit a proposal for a workshop, you must be willing to run it. Workshop sessions also run for forty-five minutes, but if you feel like your workshop would benefit from more time, please let us know!

For Sunday activities, we will be providing a platform for you to organize and run group activities. Want to host a group watch of your favorite movie? Want to incept people into your TV fandom by showing the first couple episodes of the show? How about party games, like Gartic Phone, Codenames, Jackbox, Among Us, etc.? Or you could run a TTRPG one-shot! Or submit a themed vid show! The options are endless.

Activities will be allotted time slots based on the length of the activity, with breaks factored in. More details will be available when submissions open.

We look forward to hearing your amazing ideas for programming! Help make this year's Virtual CONfab an awesome experience! We will be accepting submissions for all types of panels from everyone, whether you have registered for the con yet or not. This is your chance to get the programming you want by submitting your ideas. What are you excited about? Share it with the group!

Comment on this post with your programming ideas and questions. Find friends and strangers to help you flesh out your ideas, or offer assistance in planning your presentation; just make sure you get your submissions in before February 25th!

The comments on this post will be open throughout the submission period, so feel free to use it as a resource and a sounding board for new ideas that you want a second opinion on before submitting. We can't wait to see what you come up with.

We also have a dedicated channel on our Discord to talk about programming ideas, so come join us there if you'd like!

If you have any questions, please leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@confabcon.com. We're happy to be a sounding board!

The submission form and instructions on how to submit will be posted when programming submissions open on February 4th.

Registration for our 2023 Virtual Con is open! Join us April 29-30 online for a weekend of fandom, friends, and fun! Since this convention is virtual, anyone from around the world is more than welcome to join.

Like our previous virtual cons, we will be meeting via Conline, Zoom, and Discord. Our registration price for this convention is $20 to help cover costs for things like pro Zoom accounts and web hosting. Anything leftover will be rolled into making our 2023 in person con the best one yet, or to helping make us more financially stable for the future.

After you get registered, start thinking of the programming you’d like to see this year! As always, CONfab programming is made by attendees, for attendees. Whether it’s the newest fandom obsession or your oldest favorite trope, we can’t wait to see what you have to talk about this year. We’ll be opening up submissions soon!

As a reminder, we will also be bringing back our in person con this year on October 20-22 in Chicago! Registration and room reservations will open after the conclusion of Virtual CONfab. We can’t wait to see you in person again!

http://confabcon.com/registration

Hello my lovelies. We are making a change to our registration date for the virtual con because Conline is updating their website this weekend. We want to make sure the registration process is seamless. We'll announce when everything is ready for you!

Thanks for your patience and we look forward to seeing you twice this year!

Happy 2023, CONfab friends!

We’re very excited to announce that after 3 years, we’ll be moving back to an IRL con this October! (Yes, definitely for real this time!) We’re headed back to our old home, the Springhill Suites Chicago O’Hare, on October 19-22. Registration, rooms, and COVID policies will be coming soon!

However, as much as we want to see your faces in October, we know that an IRL con is not possible for many of you for a multitude of reasons. That’s why we’ve decided to still continue putting on Virtual CONfab! Instead of occurring in October like the past few years, Virtual CONfab will be April 29-30. Registration opens January 16th, so start thinking about what programming you’d like to see!

Thank you for your support over the last few chaotic years. We as a con would not continue to exist today without the time, energy, and feedback that you have put into our virtual cons. If you have enjoyed your time at Virtual CONfab (or the IRL cons before!), we would greatly appreciate you spreading the word about us to a friend. With two cons, 2023 is shaping up to be our biggest year yet, and we can’t wait to have you all along for the ride!

Love,
CONfabulation Con Comm 2023

EDIT: We've adjusted the registration date for the con as Conline is doing some upgrading this weekend.

CONfab is looking for a volunteer to help us out with social media! We're seeking someone who can post updates on our major platforms (Dreamwidth, Tumblr, Twitter) and send out email updates throughout the year. All copy will be written for you, so you just need to do the actual posting and handle any questions that might come in or interact with people that interact with us.

Social Media Coordinator is an unpaid, volunteer position (like the rest of the con comm), and the time commitment is minimal and flexible. Anyone who volunteers for this role will be required to attend con committee meetings, which happen once every couple of months for an hour or two. Beyond that, you will be free to schedule posts on your own time, as long as our calendar dates are met.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, please reach out to us, either by commenting on this post or emailing us at info@confabcon.com! We're happy to answer any questions you may have, and we’d love to have you join our team!

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