Anthocon 2011

August 10, 2011

This is to say that I will be attending Anthocon from November 11-13 in Portsmouth, NH.

You should, too, and here’s why.

We don’t have an SFF con in northern New England right now. We have an anime con in Portland, a comics con in Bangor (and a comics festival in Portland), and the Boston cons, but we don’t have a geeky book con. I want one. I want my region to have something awesome like Readercon, that’s easier for me to get to and will bring out the crowd near where I live so that I can make friends without driving for hours to a distant con.

Northern New England rules. We are boss. We deserve a sweet con. And that’s why, even though I’m so tired I can’t see straight, I’m going to this con, to invest in it existing and growing, so that when I am not tired I can have a hometown (sort of, it’s not in Portland but you can’t have everything) con. You get the fandom you make.

So come with me! A con is only as awesome as the people who attend.

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62 thoughts on “Anthocon 2011”

  1. Planning on hunting down Ursula Vernon in person? She always has fantastic stories from Anthrocon — usually more than any of the other cons she goes to.

  2. Planning on hunting down Ursula Vernon in person? She always has fantastic stories from Anthrocon — usually more than any of the other cons she goes to.

  3. Planning on hunting down Ursula Vernon in person? She always has fantastic stories from Anthrocon — usually more than any of the other cons she goes to.

  25. Thanks for spreading the love!

    Yes, yes, we realized TOO LATE that a little “r” in the URL could cause some confusion and I apologize. I’m Tim, the editor and owner of Shroud Publishing based in Milton, NH. I am thrilled to be putting this event together with Danny Evarts (Woolwich, ME), Mark Wholley (Somerworth, NH), and Johnny Morse (Dover, NH). We have been very active in the New England arts community for many years and sincerely hope to create a long and successful northern NE literary tradition with Anthology 2011. If you have suggestions on how we can spread the word, please feel free to get in touch with me (tim AT shroudmagazine DOT COM). Thank you!

  26. Thanks for spreading the love!

    Yes, yes, we realized TOO LATE that a little “r” in the URL could cause some confusion and I apologize. I’m Tim, the editor and owner of Shroud Publishing based in Milton, NH. I am thrilled to be putting this event together with Danny Evarts (Woolwich, ME), Mark Wholley (Somerworth, NH), and Johnny Morse (Dover, NH). We have been very active in the New England arts community for many years and sincerely hope to create a long and successful northern NE literary tradition with Anthology 2011. If you have suggestions on how we can spread the word, please feel free to get in touch with me (tim AT shroudmagazine DOT COM). Thank you!

  27. Thanks for spreading the love!

    Yes, yes, we realized TOO LATE that a little “r” in the URL could cause some confusion and I apologize. I’m Tim, the editor and owner of Shroud Publishing based in Milton, NH. I am thrilled to be putting this event together with Danny Evarts (Woolwich, ME), Mark Wholley (Somerworth, NH), and Johnny Morse (Dover, NH). We have been very active in the New England arts community for many years and sincerely hope to create a long and successful northern NE literary tradition with Anthology 2011. If you have suggestions on how we can spread the word, please feel free to get in touch with me (tim AT shroudmagazine DOT COM). Thank you!

  34. Well crap. If it had a call for papers, Misha probably could’ve gotten travel funds to go.

    I hope this turns out well. There needs to be more sff geek community stuff up there.

  35. Well crap. If it had a call for papers, Misha probably could’ve gotten travel funds to go.

    I hope this turns out well. There needs to be more sff geek community stuff up there.

  36. Well crap. If it had a call for papers, Misha probably could’ve gotten travel funds to go.

    I hope this turns out well. There needs to be more sff geek community stuff up there.

  37. Very glad to hear this is happening, thanks for making me aware of it.

    The only downside I can see is that Saturday-only admissions doesn’t allow you to attend workshops or panels. I don’t have the option to go for the entire weekend, and $55 seems a little steep for one day. Just sayin’.

    But it’s high time northern NE got a con of its own. Lots of talent and fans up this way. These guys are on the right track.

  38. Very glad to hear this is happening, thanks for making me aware of it.

    The only downside I can see is that Saturday-only admissions doesn’t allow you to attend workshops or panels. I don’t have the option to go for the entire weekend, and $55 seems a little steep for one day. Just sayin’.

    But it’s high time northern NE got a con of its own. Lots of talent and fans up this way. These guys are on the right track.