CON.TXT
| Convention | ||
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| Name: | CON.TXT | |
| Dates: | June | |
| Frequency: | biennially | |
| Location: | Silver Spring, MD | |
| Type: | fan-run fan con | |
| Focus: | slash | |
| Organization: | ||
| Founder: | ||
| Founding Date: | 2006 | |
| URL: | CON.TXT website, CON.TXT LiveJournal, CON.TXT Dreamwidth community | |
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CON.TXT is a multi-fandom slash con held biennially (in even-numbered years) in Silver Spring, Maryland. The con mascot is a purple duck, and ducks feature prominently in con activities, i.e., the Disco Duck and the Ducks Deluxe Arts & Crafts Show and Auction.
Some fans' thoughts about Con.txt
- "It was basically like LJ come to life, and the experience of having that familiar Western-media-fannish slashy meta-liking online vibe taking physical form and embodied all around you was fascinatingly trippy."[1]
- "I think Con.txt is really fun. It's a nice mix of meta and squee and technical type panels. There's a dance party that's super fun, a curated vid show that's always got great vids. The con suite is just a huge room that has the art show and dealer's tables in it, along with snacks and tables set up with power strips for people to use. It's where the dance party is, and the vid show, and it's just an awesome space to hang out in."[2]
- "It's a really good con, if you want the full blast ficcer-con experience. If you want to be eased into fic cons with something a little slower paced, this is not the con for you." [3]
2006
The first CON.TXT was held June 16-18, 2006; it featured two and a half days of tech, meta and fandom-specific panels, a Friday night party, a Saturday vid show, an art show, and a combined Dealers' Room and Con Suite (aka the ConSweet). Some highlights included the Fandom Spelling Bee, the 'Hot Topic' panels, and the Con Comm Favorites Vid Show.[4] The con was attended by 172 fans.[5]
Convention panel notes
- Con.txt Report (General stuff) dated June 25, 2006
- writing diversity panel at con_txt dated June 25, 2006[6]
- panel notes: The Return of Ray Vecchio! dated June 27, 2006[7]
- Handout for the Pairing Inequities panel dated June 19, 2006[8]
- Friday Panels, more Friday panels, and Saturday panels dated June 21, 2006
Convention Reports
- panel notes: Their love is so messed up: Joe Dick and Billy Tallent dated June 27, 2006[9]
- Con.txt Thurs/Fri[10], Saturday[11], and Sunday[12] dated June 20-26, 2006
- con.txt!!1!! dated June 21, 2006[13]
- Con.txt How Are You So Awesome? Part 1[14], Part 2[15], Part 3[16] dated June 20-23, 2006
- Con.txt report dated June 22, 2006[17]
- OMG!!! I had such an amazingly good time dated June 19, 2006[18]
- quick Con.txt report dated June 18, 2006[19]
2008
In 2008 CON.TXT was held June 13-15 and was attended by 171 fans. Many of the same features from the last con were present, including the art show, where fans raised $1700 dollars for the con charity, Heifer International.[20] Some popular panels at the 2008 con included 'Creating Fandom as a Safe Space for Fen of Color', 'John Sheppard - Action Hero as Dork' and 'Writing Longer Stories.'[21] There was also a vid show. Playlist is here.[22]
Additional programming:
- The Personal Politics of Slash Handout dated June 16, 2008[23]
- Firefly Panel Handout[24]
- Writing Longer Stories Panel Notes[25]
- Going Pro Panel[26]
- Fair Use and Fan Fiction; also here[27]
- Fanon in Harry Potter with illos[28]
- Panel Notes for: 'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition Metafandom Hordes!' and 'Creating Fandom as a Safe Space for Fen of Color'[29]
2010
In 2010, CON.TXT was held June 18-20. 2010 Programming can be found here and the Vid show playlist is here.[30]
Convention Reports/Comments
- "I remember last year I went to a slash writers' con called CON.TXT. It was a very small con - about 200 people - and it was a sea of women, that's for sure. There were literally three men in attendance, by all reports, and one of them was the son of a woman who had been in the slash writing community for years. The other was his friend, and the third was a gay guy no one knew. From what I heard him speaking up in panel Q&As, he was interested in the question of why gay men didn't tend to read slash. His take on it seemed to be not so much that gay men felt objectified by slash, but that not a lot of them identified with the POVs in slash."[31]
2012
- Was held June 15-17, 2012
- Twitter hashtag was #Contxt
- At the art auction, a quilted bag sold for $200, and a Bucky Barnes photomanip by DigitalWave went for $450.
- Vid show playlist is here.[32]
Convention Reports/Panel Notes
- I'm at con.txt! dated June 15, 2012[33]
- AO3 links, and con.txt panel dated June 16, 2012[34]
- Con.Txt is, in fact, pretty damn awesome dated June 16, 2012[35]
- CON.txt mid-con report dated June 16, 2012[36]
- Con.txt is excellent so far dated June 16, 2012
- Con.txt post the first! dated June 17, 2012[37]
- Con report: Con.txt 2012 dated June 17, 2012[38]
- Con.Txt DIY Panel Write-Up: Hockey RPF Splinter Faction Table dated June 17, 2012[39]
References
- ↑ Anonymous comment posted in fail-fandomanon's [Con.txt thread dated April 13, 2012.
- ↑ arallara's comment in Chicago peeps, con.txt, and recs dated March 10, 2010.
- ↑ Anonymous comment posted in fail-fandomanon's [Con.txt thread dated April 13, 2012.
- ↑ WebCite for the 2006 Vid Show.
- ↑ 2006 Programming, accessed Sept. 30, 2008; WebCite.
- ↑ WebCite for writing diversity at con_txt.
- ↑ WebCite for anel notes: The Return of Ray Vecchio!.
- ↑ WebCite for Handout for the Pairing Inequities panel.
- ↑ WebCite for panel notes: Their love is so messed up.
- ↑ WebCite for Thurs/Fri.
- ↑ WebCite for Saturday.
- ↑ WebCite for Sunday.
- ↑ WebCite for con.txt!!1!!.
- ↑ WebCite for Con.txt Part 1.
- ↑ WebCite for Part 2.
- ↑ WebCite for Part 3.
- ↑ WebCite for Con.txt report.
- ↑ WebCite for OMG!!! I had such an amazingly good time.
- ↑ WebCite for quick Con.txt report.
- ↑ http://community.livejournal.com/con_txt/44478.html, accessed Sept. 30, 2008
- ↑ 2008 Programming, accessed Sept. 30, 2008;WebCite.
- ↑ WebCite ofr the 2008 Vid Show.
- ↑ WebCite.
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- ↑ WebCite and WebCite.
- ↑ WebCite.
- ↑ WebCite; WebCite; and WebCite.
- ↑ WebCite for the 2010 Programming and WebCite for the 2008 Vid Show playlist.
- ↑ millari's comment in men writiing slash dated January 24th, 2010.
- ↑ WebCite for the 2012 Vid Show.
- ↑ WebCite for I'm at con.txt!.
- ↑ WebCite for AO3 links, and con.txt panel.
- ↑ WebCite for Con.Txt is, in fact, pretty damn awesome.
- ↑ WebCite for CON.txt mid-con report.
- ↑ WebCite for Con.txt post the first!
- ↑ WebCite for Con report: Con.txt 2012 .
- ↑ WebCite for Con.Txt DIY Panel Write-Up: Hockey RPF Splinter Faction Table.
