Lots of News!!! (Including Important Deadlines!)

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Art Show 2016 Call for Entries!

Escapade Art Show registration is now open!
https://escapadecon.net/programming/art-show/

The Escapade Art Show wants YOU to submit something this year! The 
people who attend the convention are a talented group with a wide 
variety of interests - let's celebrate our talents and fannish loves!

On-line registration is open until Monday, February 22, 2016.  Please 
help us test out the new system!  For those last-minute inspirations, 
walk-in submissions will be accepted Friday afternoon during art check-in.

Need some ideas?
* Artistic abilities peaked in elementary school? Glitter and 
construction paper are an under-rated medium! If you had a good time 
making it, then it belongs in the show!
* Are you a crafter? Clay sculpture, jewelry, dolls - you name it, we 
want to see it!  All art is valued!
* Are you a cook? Baked goods and preserves with a fannish connection 
are welcome!
* Not willing to part with the fabulous thing you just made? That's OK! 
The art show welcomes art for display only.
* Not enough time before the con? Offer your services to make something 
for the highest bidder! Just give us a piece of paper explaining what 
sort of commissions you're willing to offer (art, vid, gif, etc).  We 
would be ecstatic to auction off a vidder, er, I mean auction off a 
vidder's services.

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Panels, panels everywhere!
Now we need more mods!

We have collated the initial list of panels, based on voting by members 
like you. Several of the most popular panels need one or more mods to 
sign on, in order to make it on to the final schedule. Check out the 
panel cut here, and then email us to let us know which you'd like to 
moderate or co-moderate.

Panel cut link:
https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-cut/

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Vid Show Deadline

Just to give all the vidders a little breathing room, the deadline has 
been extended to February 6, midnight PST. Remember that the vidshow 
details can be found here: https://escapadecon.net/programming/songvid-show/

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The Escapade Scholarship Drive

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 (to 
info@escapadecon.net), by check (made out to Escapade; send to 264 Santa 
Monica Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109), or by pledge via email to 
info@escapadecon.net  (You must be an attendee to pledge; you can pay 
when you arrive at registration.)

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/programming/escapade-scholarship/
and share a little about the scholarship nominee. We will do the rest, 
and announce scholarship recipients at the con.