by Gorg Huff | Apr 14, 2018 | Information The 2019 Ring of Fire series minicon will be hosted by Westercon inLayton, Utah (just north of Salt Lake City). The dates are July 4-7.Here’s their URL: https://www.westercon72.org/ And here’s the press release they just issued: 04/14/18 Announced 2:00 pm Utah Time – League of Utah Writers Spring ConferenceTime & Location: Apr 14, 2018 at 10:30am – 6:00pmSalt Lake Community College Student Ctr, 4600 South Redwood Road, SLC,UT 84123, USA About The Event: The annual Spring Conference presented byLeague of Utah Writers includes a full day of workshops andpresentations focused on improving your skills as a writer. 2018 Spring Conference Schedule9:00 – 10:30 Registration / Check-in10:30 – 11:00 Opening Kick-off – all attendees11:00 – 2:00Â Â Â Morning sessions2:00 – 3:00Â Â Â Break for lunch Utah Horror Writers Announcement andWestercon 72Announcement3:00 – 6:00 Afternoon sessions Westercon 72 is pleased to announce Eric Flint as a Special Guest.Eric Flint’s writing career began with the science fiction novel Motherof Demons. His alternate history novel 1632 has led to a long-runningseries with over thirty novels and anthologies in print. He’s alsowritten many other science fiction and fantasy novels. He resides innorthwest Indiana with his wife Lucille.Along with Mr. Flint, we are also pleased to announce the 2019 1632Minicon will be held in conjunction with Westercon 72. The minicon isthe annual event that allows the 1632 fans and authors to get together.(Of course, in the case of 1632, fans and authors overlapsubstantially.) Each year the minicon is held “inside” a science fictionconvention in a different part of the country. Many cons have agreed tohost the minicon over the years. (Wording courtesy ofhttps://1632.org/2018-minicon/ ) Thank you for your time. Kate Hatcher (Chair)Westercon 72Utah’s Bid for NASFiC 2019Â Utah Fandom Organization (UFO)info@utahfor2019.comchair@westercon72.org Westercon is a registered service mark of the Los Angeles ScienceFantasy Society, Inc. and is used with permission. Utah for 2019 issupported by Utah Fandom Organization, a nonprofit 501(c)(3). “WorldScience Fiction Society”, “WSFS”,…
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by Gorg Huff | Jul 18, 2015 | Information | 5 comments I was just invited to be the Guest of Honor at Balticon over the weekend of May 26-29, 2017. That takes place in Baltimore, if you haven’t figured it out already. The reason for the invitation so far ahead of time is because Balticon also agreed to host the 1632 series minicon that year as well. Next year, in 2016, the 1632 series minicon is being hosted by Fencon in Dallas over the weekend of September 23-25. 5 Comments John Cowan on July 18, 2015 at 1:45 PMEh, when I saw the title I figured it was going to be in Latvia, Lithuania, or Estonia. Color me over-sophisticated. Joe on July 20, 2015 at 2:35 PMThat would be Baltikon. Easy mistake. Steve on July 20, 2015 at 4:38 PMEric Flint would not be the guest of honor were it in Latvia, Erics Flints would be (on account of a weird Latvian linguistic convention that all mens’ names must end in at least one “s”). But I think Sweden or Germamy would be more appropriate for a con on the Baltic with him as GOH. Bret Hooper on December 5, 2016 at 10:49 PMWhen and where can one get info about the 2017 Balticon and RoF Minicon? Balticon’s website is still all about the 2016 Balticon, which I doubt is still attracting many more fans to the 2016 con. How can they be persuaded that it is too late to get more people to the 2016 con? That their money would be better spent to increase attendance at the 2017 con?Provided that Eric is still going to be GoH and the Minicon is still going to be there, I want to be at the 2017 Balticon, with my son who lives nearby in Maryland, but how does one register for it? And what is the program schedule? And . . . ? Bret Hooper on January 5, 2017 at 9:41 PMUpdate:…
by Eric Flint | Feb 13, 2012 | Information Eric will be the guest of honor at SoonerCon 21, June 15-17 2012 in Oklahoma City, OK. http://www.soonercon.com/ Eric will be the master of ceremonies at LibertyCon 25, July 20-22 2012 at the Chatanooga Choo Choo hotel in Chatanooga, TN http://www.libertycon.org/ Eric, and the entire 1632 crew will be holding the 2012 edition of the 1632 Minicon at WorldCon 70 / Chicon 7 Aug 30 through Sept 3 2012 in Chicago. http://chicon.org/ More appearances will be listed as we know them.