Escapade Fundraising: Scholarship Drive and Crowdfunding Campaign

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Scholarship Fund and Scholarship Nominations

1. Contribute to the Scholarship Fund

The Escapade scholarship works because it’s like the rest of Escapade: you make it work. Your contributions have supported many attendees over the years, from maintainers of fannish archives, lists, and communities to fanfic writers and vidders. Scholarships introduce new fans to Escapade, and bring back long-time attendees who may have fallen on hard times.

Please donate to the fund. You can contribute by Paypal — full information on making donations is on our website here: https://escapadecon.net/escapade-scholarship/

Any amount you can give, from $10 to $10,000, helps tremendously. It helps attendees who couldn’t otherwise make it; it helps programming, because scholarship recipients volunteer and co-moderate panels; it helps your karma. As always, 100% of your contributions go directly to recipient expenses like airfare, hotel, and food expenses, if needed.

2. Nominate a Potential Scholarship Recipient

Now it’s time to check the registration list at the web site, and consider who isn’t on it. Are they skipping due to unforeseen financial stresses? It’s time to think about a fan who has never been to Escapade but who you know might love it.

In the same way you create the scholarship fund through donations, you create the scholarship recipients through nominating people. Go to the Escapade website: https://escapadecon.net/escapade-scholarship/and share a little about the scholarship nominee. We will do the rest, and announce scholarship recipients at the con.

 

Escapade Crowdfunding Campaign

In 27 years, the costs of producing Escapade have risen further and faster than the cost of membership (+861% expenses vs. +286% income). In order to keep the convention running and the reg fee affordable, we’re launching a crowdfunding campaign in January. We plan to reach out to current and past members, but also hope to reach people who’ve never attended or who would like to attend one day and want to be a part of keeping alive Escapade’s celebration of fans, slash fandom, and fanworks.

Stay tuned for more information.