Hi, everyone. I have good news and bad news! Bad news first...we are very, very sorry, but the Supporting Member mailing this year ran into some technical difficulties and they have not yet been mailed. But -- good news now!-- We are implementing an emergency back-up plan to get the mailing out on Monday! At which point your DVDs will be flying ( Read more... )

Notes taken during Vid Review and In Depth are here.

VividCon 2014 is under way, and this post is where you can comment with your feedback and suggestions for the con ( Read more... )

Recently, VividCon received a message from a representative of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, making us aware of the Color Communication Badges system that has been developed and popularized within Autistic spaces and conferences and asking if it's something we would consider using at VividCon. As ASAN's blog post on the subject explains:

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Reminder that today, July 8, 2014, is the deadline to book hotel rooms at the VividCon rate! Book now to lock in your savings! See details at our hotel page.

Traditionally, we have had to close supporting member registration and extra DVD set ordering for attending members on July 1st. But! This year, due to anticipated availability of DVD sets, I am extending the deadline for these two things until July 15thHaven't bought your supporting membership yet? Have a few friends who would love to receive ( Read more... )

Hi, all. OK, here's the situation with the hotel room reservations: there are plenty of rooms available in our room block at our VividCon rate, but most of them are Doubles. There are still a few King rooms available at this time, but once they are gone we may not be able to add any more until the Doubles in our block get used up. I'm sorry, guys-- ( Read more... )

VividCon is pleased to announce our 2014 scholarship recipient, kouredios!

kouredios is a professor of comparative literature who frequently teaches about vids and vidding and who will be teaching a digital cultures class next fall. She is also an avid fan and vid watcher, a beta critic for vidder friends, and a proto-vidder herself.

We look forward to welcoming kouredios ( Read more... )

Just a reminder that attending members should please communicate their warnings topic requests to the con at access@vividcon.com by June 15th to make sure it's on our list of trigger issues to create warnings for this year. Before the con we'll send you a personalized warnings list based on your request. The entire process is confidential.

There is still time to get your VividCon scholarship nominations in! See this year's earlier announcement post for details!

Deadline May 25th, please! Thank you!