Context this weekend went very well despite some major personal disasters suffered by members of the con committee and some of the guests. I got to catch up with a lot of people -- didn't get to spend as much time with several folks as I'd hoped -- but it was a lot of fun. I'm pretty tired today, and will post a more in-depth convention report ( Read more... )

The Context 20 staff now have the programming schedule set (at least in plaster, if not actual stone). You can find it by going to the Context website:

http://www.contextsf.org/

They've also fleshed out the page for the Sixth Annual Science and the Future SymposiumThey've tried to get all attending authors listed on the front page of the website ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again -- time to register for Context before the registration rate jumps from $35 to $45 on the 15th next week.

What's Context? It's a Columbus, Ohio convention for people who read and write science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It'll be taking place September 28-30.

Tim Powers is the main Guest of Honor. Other guests ( Read more... )

Context 20 will be held September 28-30, 2007 in Columbus, OH:

Guest of Honor: Tim Powers
Editor Guest of Honor: Mike Resnick
Horror Guest of Honor: Michael A. Arnzen
Special Guest: Juanita Coulson
Special Guest: Walter Hunt
Special Anime Guests: Matt Greenfield and Tiffany Grant
Music Guest: Tom Smith
Music Guest: Luke SkiThe convention will be ( Read more... )

Found out today that the Context SF Convention (contextsf) has a new hotel: The Midwest Hotel & Conference Center. We've got a block reserved for the same weekend as before (Oct. 6-8, 2006) and rooms for convention attendees will cost $79/night ( Read more... )

At Context 19, (taking place October 6-8, 2006, here in Columbus, OH) we're going to have expanded writing workshop programming.

( Workshop instructors will be Diana Dru Botsford, Tobias Buckell, Paul Melko, Gary A. Braunbeck, Charles Coleman Finlay, Rosemary Laurey, and Tim Waggoner )

Okay, so I've been helping organize the writers workshops and related programming for our local next-October SF convention, Context (also, contextsf for updates and/or if you want to put your 2 cents in on programming. No, seriously, you could totally bend us to your will over there!).

Check out what we've got so far:

Editor Guest of Honor: Ellen Datlow
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