amanda: i would love to meet your artist. your story intrigues me, and i can't wait to see these lovely ladies looking longingly at each other
dustin: i can't draw to save my life, either. but i agree, you do tend to retain a lot of detail about your fandoms, so you would be good as a collaborator, in terms of keeping things in sync with the canon.
negima, panda, dmstudios:
wow! yay! i'm thrilled to have you aboard, and can't wait to see your work!!!
number 3 seems to have a lot of support, so i definitely plan to run it next kc. (unless for some odd reason nathan, programming coordinator, rejects it---which would shock me; he's low-key and has a lot of faith in me; i just talked to him and he'd heard how our ff crew rocked sc.)
as of this point in time, i'm planning both a contest for turned in ahead of the con, and a contest for created at the con. within each, i would probably have one award for best for which both artist and author were the same, and best done by collaboration. for those collected prior to the con, there could also be the opportunity for each creator to say whether or not they would also want their work peer-juried. those who agree to have their work peer-juried could then have it on display in our fan creation station, on the first day and night of the con (which would also draw folks into the station), and then the winners would be announced at closing ceremonies with the rest of the awards. (note: i always try to let constituents know who won ahead of closing ceremonies, since many folks' travel plans dictate leaving before that.)
we are *definitely* among the driving forces moving fanfic into the national limelight.
i've agreed to help some of the talents who came through the artists' den at sakuracon try to set up their own, fan creation centered, con in spokane. my best newbie of sakuracon, who has agreed to help start fanfic theatre, came with a big posse from red bluff, california (other members of which also won awards from me at sc). and within 24 hours of SC, word of ffbs at sc had reached antonia levi, the professor, and author published on fanfic and fandoms, who was one of kcon's keynote speakers last year. she's encouraging me to write for national journals on the event!
(see separate thread.)
once i come up with exact rules for the various fanfic and art contests, including the specific contests, i promise to post them in threads both in the fan creation forum, and the fanfic-specific forum. (to which, i think, access might be restricted to staff and volunteers?). i haven't devised the rules yet, so i won't be pm'g folks with them at this time. stay tuned, though!
(i want to be sure the idea is approved, before i define the nitty gritty.)
