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2011 WorldCon offering discounted YA membership rate
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Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, is offering a discounted young adult membership rate, currently 30% off the regular full membership rate...

First Famous Monsters of Filmland Convention coming to Indianapolis
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Leveraging their relaunch of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the same people have announced this summer's first FMF Convention...

Holiday sale on MoCCA Festival 2010 tables
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Exhibitor tables for the April 2010 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival are on sale at a 15% discount until the end of the year...

Lucasfilm partners with Reed Exhibitions for Star Wars Celebration V
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Lucasfilm has signed a partnership deal with Reed Exhibitions to commence with next year's Star Wars Celebration V, in August in Orlando, Florida...

New Toronto convention launching in November 2010
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SFContario aims to fill the gap between the summer and spring conventions in Toronto, Ontario. The first iteration of the new con will welcome Guests of Honor Michael Swanwick and Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden...

500 C2E2 VIP packages on sale 19 November
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The first Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will be offering only 500 VIP packages (at $200 each) starting 19 November 2010...

Renovation on-line registration now available
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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, is now accepting memberships online...

New York's Comic Con and Anime Fest to be "co-located" starting in 2010
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The New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival will share the Jacob Javits Convention Center starting in October 2010...

2011 WorldCon in Reno, Nevada; 2010 NASFiC in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Voting at this year's World Science Fiction Convention has confirmed that the 2010 North American Science Fiction Convention will be ReConStruction, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the 2011 WorldCon will be Renovation, in Reno, Nevada...

Writers Workshops at this year's WorldCon
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The writers workshops at this year's WorldCon are now open to submissions. Stories must be e-mailed by 25 July to be considered for the small-group sessions with professionals...

2011 WHC announces Joe R. Lansdale and Brian Keene's presence
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Joe R. Lansdale will be the Toastmaster, and Brian Keene will present an intensive workshop on the business of publishing, at the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas...

World Horror Convention going to Texas in 2011
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Following next year's first-ever British World Horror Convention, the 2011 con will be in Austin, Texas...

NYAF chooses mascot designed by Melissa Wilson
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Melissa Wilson's design was chosen as the winning mascot for this year's New York Anime Festival, and will be featured everywhere...

Anticipation issues Progress Report #4
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This year's WorldCon has issued its fourth pre-convention Progress Report...

Registration for NYAF's Artist Alley now open
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Registration for the 2009 New York Anime Festival's Artist Alley is now open, but spaces are expected to sell out quickly...

2009 North American Discworld Convention updates
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Membership rates will soon be increasing; the convention has already sold nearly half of the memberships available; and the convention hotel is filling up...

WFC soliciting nominations for World Fantasy Awards
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Nominations are open for the 2009 World Fantasy Awards. The two nominees chosen by the members of this year's World Fantasy Convention will join the three (or more) judges' choices in each of nine categories...

New Fantasycon GoHs, and a new Fantasycon blog
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The British Fantasy Society's Fantasycon has a new blog, and announces two more Guests of Honour, as well as the Master of Ceremonies...

WorldCon and NASFiC site selection ballots available
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Voting is now open for the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention and the 2010 North American Science Fiction Convention...

Jasper Fforde to headline at Fantasycon 2009
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The British Fantasy Society has announced that Jasper Fforde will be the Guest of Honour at this year's Fantasycon...

Reed Exhibitions to launch Chicago Comic Con, and fix NY Comix Con dates
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After this weekend's New York Comic Con, Reed Exhibitions will be moving the show permanently to October, and pairing it with the new Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, starting in April 2010...

WorldCon announces Hugo base design winner and increasing membership rates
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The 2009 World Science Fiction Convention has announced the winner of this year's Hugo Award Base Design Competition, and that membership rates will increase on 1 January 2009...

New York Comic Con offering VIP pass packages
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Next February's New York Comic Con is offering 400 VIP access passes offering better access to the convention and special swag...

Pulpcon changing its name to PulpFest
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Rather than Pulpcon 39, next summer's convention will be called PulpFest 2009, but still feature pulp magazines, paper collectibles...

WorldCon 2010 holds membership rates steady
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The 2010 WorldCon is holding the current membership rates "for the foreseeable future"...
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