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The votes are in and counted, and here is the list of programming that's been accepted for Virtual CONfab 2020! If your submission is listed below, you should have received an email from the programming team with some information we need from you to finalize stuff and get you on the schedule. If you have any questions, please reply to that email or just reach out to us at programming@confabcon.com. And if you're looking for people to help you run your program, check out our Discord! Now, without further ado, here's what we've got coming up:

Single Fandom:
Dragonfucking 2020
MCU: The Billion Dollar Elephant In The Room
Murder Family Through The Centuries [The Old Guard]
Queer Romance Book Club
Starfleet Legal Principles 201
The Untamed: All the hair and all the feels

Multi-Fandom:
An Incest Panel Is My Present This Year
Ask A Tag Wrangler!
Canon, Fanon, Fever Dream
Does Binge Kill Fandom?
Fandom History
Fanfic Trope Showdown
Fannish Pictionary
How to Fandom Discord
How Well Did ApocaFic Prepare Us For 2020?
Law in Science Fiction and Fantasy Worlds
Our Monster Boyfriends
Random Fandom Lightning Round!

Workshops:
Advanced Fic Finding
Crafting for Fandom
Playing D&D Online
Wheat Googling 201: Research for Fic

Keep an eye on our twitter for some more details on these programs in the next couple of weeks. The schedule will be going live in mid-October, so stay tuned for that as well. And while you're here, why not register for this year's con? It's free! We can't wait to see you all (virtually) on November 7th and 8th!

chaneen

Voting for Virtual CONfab 2020 programming is now open! It will run from Monday, September 7th at 10AM Eastern, through Sunday, September 20th 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!

Current Mood: excited

chaneen

Ever thought, "I wish I could attend a panel about..." or, "I wish I could find other people who like..." Now's the time to make it happen! There's one more week to submit your programming ideas for Virtual CONfab 2020! Instructions on how to submit can be found here.

Have a panel idea but no title? Want to grab a copanelist or two? Need someone to help moderate? Or have a vague idea and need help fleshing it out? Come join our programming discussions on Discord or Dreamwidth for assistance!

Programming submissions are open through September 4th!

chaneen

Submissions for programming for Virtual CONfabulation are officially open! They will run from today, August 3rd, through September 4th. 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. You can also join our Discord to brainstorm or just chat!

Our submission form can be found here, along with some information on types of programming you can submit. You can submit a maximum of four topics in total! You can choose to run your programming alone or have up to four presenters in total.

If you're wondering if you have to be registered to submit programming, the answer is no, but why not register right now, since CONfab 2020 is free! (Registration information is available on our website!)

You can find a list of all the programming that has been submitted here, in the order in which it was received. 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.

Stay tuned throughout the submission period for more posts from us, including how programming will work with CONfab 2020 being held virtually.

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

chaneen

Programming submission time is here! We will be accepting submissions starting on Monday, August 3, 2020 and closing on Friday, September 4, 2020 for two tracks of programming. After the submission period ends, programming will be voted on and chosen by you, the attendees.

All programming will run in 45 minute time slots with 15 minute breaks in between. All programming 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 programming we have to get you started:

Multi-fandom Topics — Programming about a topic that applies to multiple fandoms (soulmate AUs, vintage fandoms, found families, diversity in genre TV, femslash, incest) or a more general fandom universe that has multiple smaller fandoms that fall under its umbrella (Video Games, Anime, K-Pop, Hockey, the MCU, DCEU/DC TV). Previous topics have included boy bands, queer animated shows, fandom history, Star Wars, and the apocalyptic media.

Single-fandom Topics — Programming about a single fandom (like The Old Guard, The Untamed, Good Omens, or The Mandalorian), 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, 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!

We look forward to hearing your amazing ideas for programming! Help make our first Virtual 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 (but why not register, it's free!). 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 September 4th!

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!

Current Mood: excited

countessmry

Hello friends! Due to recent world events we are going to postpone the auction for CONfab. We should have more information for you later this week. Thank you so much to all of the people offered up stuff. We will be contacting you with updates as soon as we have them! ❤️❤️❤️

popfly

As we wait for the auction sign ups to open on February 15th, let’s talk about all the stuff that we’re hoping people will offer in the auction.

Now’s the time to speak up about whatever specific fannish wish you’ve been holding in your heart. Have a fic you’ve been hoping someone will write just for you? Or maybe you’ve been yelling for a decade about how perfect a Draco Malfoy character study fanvid set to Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” would be and need someone to make it for you. Is there a blank wall in your bedroom or office crying out for some great fanart?

Comment on this post with your idea, and as creators are figuring out what to offer when they sign up they can scroll through and maybe one of them will go, “Oh! I totally want to make a perfect Draco Malfoy character study fanvid set to Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train,’ I shall go offer that!”*

*Your idea can be more vague than that, we won’t hold it against you.

Current Mood: thinking

countessmry

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.

Current Mood: excited

countessmry

Every year we try to put together the best convention for the lowest price we can possibly offer. Year over year the prices change, but this year we’ve had a big jump in hotel costs that would be difficult to offset at our current attendee numbers. Rather than passing off all of the cost changes to our attendees, we thought we’d raise money to help deal with the increase. As it stands, the badge price is going up to $150, and we didn’t want to take it any higher.

Hence the auction was born!! You get to find new treasures and help the convention continue on. Anyone who donates to the auction will be entered into a drawing for a free badge for CONfab 2020. (Unable to attend the con? You can still donate!) EDIT: This is a pre-con auction.

Not only will this auction help us run a great convention, but it will also allow one person to attend the convention for free and help us to spread the word about CONfab and hopefully grow our little fandom family.

Submissions of items for bid, provided by any willing member of the fannish community, will begin posting Feb 15, 2020, and additional dates and information will be posted shortly.

If you have any questions please comment below or email us at info@confabcon.com!

FYI - The auction is going to be changing this year. Due to COVID-19 we are adjusting both the timing and the scope of the auction. Please go to our website for more information.

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