Escapade 29 is right around the corner! Less than 2 weeks until the convention starts, and there are still a few things you can do to get ready.

First, a special note regarding elevator access in the hotel: If you are planning to commute to the con and will not be staying in the hotel, please let us know and provide us with your full real name, so ( Read more... )

The Escapade panel schedule is posted.  Go here to view the schedule and begin planning your weekend:

Schedule



Did your panel not make the cut?  Did something catch your interest  after panels suggestions closed?  We have a plan for that!  Find a slot marked “Available” in the schedule and claim it for your panel or gathering.  Requests received ( Read more... )

The initial list of panels for Escapade 29 has been compiled, and it can be viewed here:

https://escapadecon.net/panel-cut-2019/

Panels must have at least one moderator (preferably 2 or 3) to be added to the final schedule. Red text indicates moderator needed. This list is being updated daily as mods are confirmed. If you’d like to take on one of ( Read more... )

We are less than 6 weeks away from Escapade 2019! Are you getting excited? We are! The con comm is meeting regularly to plan all the things you look forward to and love about Escapade: the panels, the art show, the vid show, the Friday night party, and all the little details that make the weekend run smoothly.

We wanted to remind you about a few ( Read more... )

It’s voting time! The Escapade panel ballot is open now and will close at midnight PST on Tuesday, January 15.

How does this work, you ask?  Easy!

First, log in to your account on the Escapade website, then go to the Panel Ballot page, which can be reached from:

1) button on the home page,

2) button on the Panels page

3) via direct link (once you’ ( Read more... )

The Escapade 2019 panel programming needs YOU! Specifically your brilliant, funny, engaging, thought-provoking ideas for panels, and maybe your panel moderating talents, too!

The deadline to suggest topics for panels is this Monday, December 24.

Go read about the panels that your fellow Escapade members have already submitted, then think about ( Read more... )

The con comm is busy discussing and planning and getting ready to make Escapade 2019 a super fun time for all of us!  The con is just over two months away, and we wanted to remind you of a few things you can do to get ready for the con and help make it the experience you want it to be.

• Register! If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here:

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Friends, the Escapade panel submission form is open and awaiting your suggestions for 2019 panels!  Give us your meta, your squee, your outrage, your knowledge, your skills, and your questions.  Is there a panel you wanted to submit last year or at another con, but you missed your chance?  Have that conversation with your Escapade friends this year ( Read more... )

We are going to experiment with live-tweeting/blogging Escapade panels and events as a volunteer position. We hope that it will be fun for people to look back at how panels unfolded in real time, and also be a window into the convention for people who aren’t able to attend. We are open to all platforms: twitter, tumblr, Instagram, LJ/DW, whatever. ( Read more... )

The Escapade schedule still has many slots open and available for you to fill with…well, with whatever kind of programming you want and can’t already find on the schedule!  Maybe your panel idea didn’t make the cut, or you just thought of it yesterday.  Maybe you’d like to pimp people into your shiny new fandom.  Maybe you want to see who will join ( Read more... )