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Under each cut you'll find the offerings for our CONfab Auction. Each item will also have a numbered comment below the post. To bid, simply reply to the numbered comment with your bid amount (please note the suggested bids).

In order to be counted, your bid must be higher than the previous bid by at least $.50. The winning bid will be the highest placed before the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 18th.

You must be able to donate and send proof of donation by May 3rd. Thanks in advance for your bids!

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Dates

Now - April 3: Sign ups are open for offering items for the auction
April 4 - April 18: Bidding is live
April 19: Bid winners contacted to donate
May 3: Donation proof due to CONfab
All creations due by October 22, 2020!

How does the CONfab Auction work?

Creators will offer items for bidding and then people who want those items will bid on them. Sign-up sheets are currently live on the CONfab Dreamwidth. After the offer period ends we'll create a post with a list of the items up for offer. People will then be able to bid within the comment thread starting on April 4th until April 18th. Further instructions on bidding will be included in the offer post.

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 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 October 22nd.

Where will the donations go?

You can choose to donate to either the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation's COVID-19 Relief Fund or the National Domestic Workers Alliance's Coronavirus Care Fund. If you have a local COVID-19 cause you'd prefer to support, that is fine as well!

How will you know I donated?

We will require proof of donation by May 3rd. Please send a screenshot without identifying information to auction@confabcon.com.

I have questions!

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

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! ❤️❤️❤️

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Hello fandom friends!
Due to some requests from our fellow fan peeps we’ve extended the time period for people to submit their fannish offerings. You can still go here to submit your entries until March 14th!! Thank you so much for helping out our small convention! You have our deepest love!

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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

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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.

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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