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This screen-capture from the SoonerCon 32 Facebook page shows a square design with a variegated blue, orange and purple background. At right is a green banner that says, “SCHEDULE IS NOW LIVE! SoonerCon 32 June 21-23, 2024, Norman, OK.” At left what looks like a Renaissance Festival poster shows a multi-storied half-timber building with flags flying, flowers in window boxes, and the SoonerCon logo on the front, above a banner that says, “Welcome New Members!” In the foreground stands the convention’s raccoon mascot, in a Robin Hood outfit with green doublet and hat. At far left a banner shares a QR code, under which the words say, “Full schedule online at soonercon.com/schedule.” At the bottom center of the image another banner shares social media handles for Facebook: /SoonerconOK, X: @Soonercon, Instagram @Soonercon, and TickTock: @Soonercon. Under that it says, “#Soonercon32.”
SoonerCon 32 Discovers that Change is Hard

SoonerCon 32 Discovers that Change is Hard

No two ways about it: change is hard. It’s inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any easier to manage. And when innovation butts heads with tradition, change is really hard. SoonerCon 32 offers a sometimes-painful, sometimes-cautiously hopeful, case in point. I remember decades ago when my husband and I witnessed another painful transition. We were assistant directors of a summer camp unit that had seen a complete change of staff from one summer to the next. The camp organization was…

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This image is an Anime-style cartoon image of a young white woman with purple hair wearing sort of a white spacesuit-looking outfit with a jetpack, as well as bunny ears and a headset, against a circular background with several diagonals and a honeycomb texture. Above and behind her in a science-fictional-looking green and white font is the name “Archon 46.” Across the middle, it reads, “The Midwest’s Premier Science Fiction and Fantasy Event.” At the very bottom it says “© Timothy Chiasson,” and “September 29-October 1, 2023.”
The Road to Archon 46

The Road to Archon 46

The road to Archon 46  has almost come to an end. As you read this, we’ll be packing up final things or literally be ON the road, driving toward Collinsville, IL. But anytime we come to a science fiction convention we bring artwork, books, free promotional items, plus carefully chosen clothing and accessories and all the other needed “support items” to make the trip a success. When I think about all of those elements, and all the time it took…

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This is the heading for Capricon 40, "The Tropics of Capricon" science fiction convention
The Capricon Project

The Capricon Project

by Jan S. Gephardt Let me tell you about The Capricon Project. As I noted on my Artdog Adventures blog Feb. 1, I’m planning to attend Capricon 40 this week (God and the weather willing).  While I’m there,I hope to join forces (and blogs) with Weird Sisters Publishing to cover the event. As you may know, I’m the Weirdness Manager for Weird Sisters Publishing LLC (I’m half of the partnership. The other half is my sister, G. S. Norwood).  As Weirdness Manager, I also write most of our posts for The Weird…

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