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Four weeks until Wincon! I hope you all are as excited as I am. We've just posted the schedule, and while there is a ton of awesome stuff to be found this year, there are always topics that don't get submitted or things that become popular after the submission period ends.

And, of course, we want to give you the space to hang out and squee with other fans about whatever your heart desires, so this year we will be conducting flash panels! We are super excited to be able to give you space inside the Fandom Lounge to conduct impromptu small panels that run for 30 minutes each. These will be signed up for on a first come first serve basis, and can be about anything your heart desires.

Signups for flash panels are onsite only. To sign up you will have to visit the Fandom Lounge anytime after 5pm on Thursday. There will be sign-up sheets for the entire weekend. The Fandom Lounge will be available for flash panels during the following hours:

Friday: 12pm - 4pm
Saturday: 11am - 4pm
Sunday: 11am - 3pm

Of course, you are always welcome to host room parties or other gatherings, and we will have an announcement board where you can advertise those.

If you already know a topic you want to have a flash panel on, feel free to talk about it in the comments to this post to gauge interest and discuss potential time slots. We can't wait to see what awesome things you all come up with!

STEP RIGHT ON UP AND GET YOUR PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE!

Also remember that we have a really sweet hotel rate for the con, but it won't last for much longer! You must book by September 21 to get the discounted rate! That's this Monday so head on over HERE to book while there's still time. Don't pay over double just for a place to rest your gorgeous heads for the nights you're in Pittsburgh!

So there's a month till Wincon! (WHERE DID ALL THE TIME GO?? HOW DO WE MAKE IT SPEED UP??) And that means it's time to announce which fics we will be reading for the Fanfic Book Club! As a reminder, we will be having two sessions of the club, one for a small fandom, one for a large fandom. Both authors have given their permission for their works to be used for the club!

Small Fandom: Toy Story
Fic: Under the Table and Dreaming
By: hollycomb
Summary: Andy met Sid when he was four years old, and while some things change, a lot of things stay the same.

Large Fandom: Star Trek
Fic: Sea Change
By: jouissant
Summary: As the five-year mission gets underway, Kirk and Spock are on course to develop a friendship--or something--that will define them both. Then, a poorly-timed away mission changes everything. Before they can begin to deal with the fallout, Jim disappears. With his captain presumed dead, Spock has no choice but to accept a promotion and try to move on. But when he starts experiencing disturbing visions, he gradually begins to suspect that Jim may be alive after all. (A canon-divergent AU assuming they began the 5-year mission following STXI.)

We hope that you'll read up and join us for the first ever Wincon Fanfic Book Club!

Wincon is about 8 weeks out, and you know what that means. We're getting closer to having a schedule! We haven't finalized all the times and places quite yet, but we can share with you all the topics and fandoms that will be represented. So, without further ado, I give you ... the programming list!

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PANELS

- The Fourth Wall
- RPF
- Mpreg
- Dark!fic
- AUs
- Fanart
- Fan audio works: podfic, fanmixes, etc.
- Fandoms and Social Activism
- Fanfic to Publishing
- Dragons
- Femslash
- How to Geek in Pittsburgh
- Asexuality
- Agent Carter
- Mythology
- Non-Superhero Comics
- Book to Movie Adaptations
- Kink
- Tropes
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Polyamory
- Netflix Original Programming
- Historical TV
- Queering Gender
- Found Families


ROUNDTABLES

- One Direction
- Boondock Saints
- Shipping Rarepairs in Juggernaut OTP Fandoms
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Fannish Practice in the Writing Classroom
- Hockey
- Terry Pratchett
- Supernatural
- Big Hero 6
- Pop Anglophilia
- Dragon Age
- Teen Wolf
- Morally Gray Heroes and Antiheroes
- Jupiter Ascending
- Apocalypse(s)
- The Librarians
- The Raven Cycle
- Costuming


WORKSHOPS

- Breaking Writer's Block
- Fiber Arts (knitting, crochet, spinning, etc.)
- Makeup
- Plushie Making
- Self-Care
- Fanfic Book Club
- How to Talk Sports for Non-Sports Fans

Thanks again everyone for submitting such great ideas for programming for this year's con! We received submissions from past attendees as well as from a bunch of new faces, and we can't wait to hear what you all have to say about your topics of choice in October. For those of you who want some more people to be on your panel, or if you need a helping hand for your roundtable or workshop, this is the post for you!

To help you find some like-minded fans to help you talk, squee, flail, whatever, about your topic of choice, just leave a comment on this post! Please include some information about your panel, roundtable, or workshop, and how many people you would like to be on it with you. If you see something in the comments that you'd like to help with, just jump right on in! If you're like me, I know you want to volunteer to be on everything, but please keep in mind that you can only be on or run a maximum of four different pieces of programming.

The Programming Team is hard at work trying to build the schedule, and we want to accommodate as many people being on the things they want to be on as possible. In order to do this and get our schedule finalized in time to print up the program book, we will need all presenters of panels, workshops, and roundtables to be finalized by August 7th. So, this post will be open for the next two weeks to help you all do that.

As always, if there are any questions, please leave a comment on this post, or email programming@omgwincon.com!

Welcome to the first ever Wincon Fanfic Book Club! We’re so excited to try out this concept this year in Pittsburgh! Our goal is to critically analyze and discussion certain works of fanfiction in an open and safe space. But first, we need some fic to read!

We will be having two different workshops (and yes, you can attend both!): one for a fic from a large fandom, and one for a fic from a small fandom. Voting on which fandom you’d like to read from will commence during the month of July. We’ve decided on 20 different large fandoms that you will be able to choose from, and anything that’s not on the list is considered a small fandom.

When you vote, you’ll also be able to submit specific fics that you’d possibly like to discuss during the book club. Fics can be anywhere from 20k-100k, and we ask that you already have some topics to talk about formulating in your mind when choosing what fics you’re going to submit. Final decisions about fics that will be read for the actual Fanfic Book Club will be made by the runners of the workshop, and will be posted in September. This gives you about a month and a half to read the text(s) before Wincon! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them down in the comments below.

Fandoms voting concludes July 31st
Book Club Fics announced Sept 1st

Happy reading, Wincon!

Vote for which fandoms you'd like to read here!

Because of the warm welcome we received in Pittsburgh at Tekko this weekend, we’ve decided to keep Programming Submissions open till the 29th! They are set to close at 11:59 PM PST.

If you want to see what panels, workshops, and roundtables have already been submitted, click here! This spreadsheet is updated as they come in!

If you want to submit programming ideas, click here and submit them!

We want to make sure that everyone's ideas for panels, workshops, and roundtables will be included for voting for this year's Wincon, so we've decided to extend panel submissions till April 24th!

To submit a panel for Wincon, you only need 3 things!

1) A registration for this year's convention!
2) A passion for your topic.
3) A couple of key points that you want to talk about or questions to ask.

And that's it! It's super simple.
So if you've got an idea, go ahead and submit it! But remember, you only have until the 24th to do so!
And if you want to see what's already been submitted, we have a spreadsheet for that.

Hey Winconners!

For the past month, we've been excitedly brainstorming ideas for programming for Wincon 2015 in Pittsburgh! Now is the time to submit those awesome ideas, and any others that you would like to see! Submissions will be open for 6 weeks (March 1st - April 17th) and we so cannot wait to see all of your ideas start coming in! Without you guys, programming at Wincon wouldn't be as amazing as it is. So submit what you want to run, and if you don't want to run something head over and comment on the brainstorming post with your idea, and maybe someone will submit it. You can also find other fans to be part of your panel or roundtable, or help run your workshop!

When you are ready to submit, just head over to the submission form! You can submit a maximum of four topics 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 Wincon to help you find a moderator, let us know on the form! We'd be happy to help.

Check out our Programming FAQ for more details! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@omgwincon.com.

Here is a list of the programming suggestions that have already been submitted. This will be updated at least once a day, but may not be 100% up to date, as the programming team is doing it manually. If your submission has not appeared on this list and you haven't received a confirmation email within a few days of submitting, please contact us.

Hello Winconners!

It's getting close to that time again! Yes, I'm talking about programming submissions! We will be running submissions for six weeks this year, opening on March 1st and closing on April 17th. There have been some small changes in our programming format from years past, the number one being that we will now be having four tracks of programming all weekend: two tracks of panels, one of roundtable discussions, and one of workshops.

But how do I know what kind of programming my idea would fall under? Good question! You can check out the programming section of our website for some more details, but here's a handy guide to get you started:

• Panels – Programming about a topic that applies to multiple fandoms (AUs, kink, horror TV, the representation of women in canon, etc.) or a more general fandom universe that has multiple smaller fandoms that fall under its umbrella (Comics, Sports RPF, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, etc.). Panels run for one hour, and can have up to 4 panelists, including a moderator, whose job is to keep discussion moving, and ensure that the panel stays within established time limits. If you don't want to mod your own panel, we can assign someone to help you.


• Roundtables – Programming about a single fandom (Agent Carter, One Direction, Hockey RPF, etc.), or a niche topic within fandom. Roundtables are designed to be a group discussion, and can be run by one person, but can have up to 2 panelists. Roundtables run for one hour. If you submit a roundtable idea, you must be willing to run it (either by yourself or with a co-panelist).


• Workshops – Programming where attendees get a chance to learn something new or hone their skills. Past workshops have included live beta reading, art tips and tricks, and making fannish plushies. If you submit a proposal for a workshop, you must be willing to run it. Workshop sessions run for one hour, but you may offer more than one session of your workshop across multiple days, or request a single day session of longer than one hour (in one hour blocks, only).

We need your help to make Wincon 2015 amazing by submitting your programming ideas! What would you like to talk about at Wincon this year? What are you excited about? Use the comments on this post to share panel ideas, ask questions, find friends and strangers to help you out, and get ready to submit your proposals when submissions open on March 1st! Don't worry, we'll remind you closer to the date, and a new post will go up with submission instructions at that time.

You can submit a maximum of four topics in total (multi-session or multi-hour workshops on the same topic count as one submission), so get to thinking about those ideas! We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Check out our FAQ for more details! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment on this post, or email the Programming team at programming@omgwincon.com.

ETA: Programming submissions are now open! Check out the details at this post to submit your ideas, and check out a list of what's already been submitted!