Friends, the Escapade panel submission form is open and awaiting your suggestions for 2019 panels!  Give us your meta, your squee, your outrage, your knowledge, your skills, and your questions.  Is there a panel you wanted to submit last year or at another con, but you missed your chance?  Have that conversation with your Escapade friends this year!  Is there a panel at last year’s Escapade that you just haven’t been able to stop thinking about, and you want to continue that conversation, or rebut it, or take it in a new direction? Now is your chance! Been following a conversation online that you know some Escapade members are missing?  Bring it to it Escapade!  Have you discovered a new technology or learned a new skill that would be useful for fandom?  Submit a panel and teach us all about it!

Escapade has long been known as a meta-oriented con, with a reputation for thinky and sometimes controversial panels. There is always room for fannish squee, for panels that provide a space for wallowing in our shared enthusiasm, and we love skill-sharing and knowledge-sharing panels and fans helping fans.  But we don’t shy away from difficult topics and we really welcome panels that get people’s brains engaged and fannish blood pumping.

Escapade panels are also not like “panels” as they occur at traditional literary science-fiction and fantasy cons, or larger industry-oriented cons like ComicCon or DragonCon.  At Escapade, a panel is a moderated discussion.  The moderator’s role is to frame a discussion, to facilitate it and make sure the attendees get to engage and participate, and to document it in whatever way seems appropriate.  The moderator(s) are up front taking notes on a flip chart, but often they speak less than anybody else in the room! In an Escapade panel, the attendees engage with each other, with the topic, and with the mods, and everybody creates the conversation together.

For a taste of what an Escapade panel feels like, check out the Escapade YouTube channel to view an Escapade panel filmed in 2016:

So what’s on your minds?  What do you want to talk about at this year’s Escapade?  Which shows or showrunners have made you the most excited this year and why?  Which have pissed you off and made you want to write all the fic and vid all the vids and create all the art to fix their ridiculous mistakes and terrible choices?  Which meta discussions have taken over your brains or your social media feeds?  Which fandoms are doing something new, saying something new, making something new?  Which fandoms are toxic dumpster fires of wank that need some panel therapy or a panel cage match to fight it out?  Still having Deep Fannish Thoughts about that fandom you’ve loved since 1985? Submit a panel and see who else might still be thinking about it, too!  Now is the time to start making Escapade 2019 the con experience you want to have!

Check out the panel programming page on the Escapade website:

Panels

Submit your panels (and toggle the tab to view topics already submitted):

Panel Suggestions

Recent News Updates:

https://escapadecon.net/introducing-the-new-escapade-welcommittee/

https://escapadecon.net/updated-slack-invite-link/

https://escapadecon.net/reminder-escapade-is-on-slack/

https://escapadecon.net/have-you-registered-for-escapade-2019-yet/

The Escapade schedule still has many slots open and available for you to fill with…well, with whatever kind of programming you want and can’t already find on the schedule!  Maybe your panel idea didn’t make the cut, or you just thought of it yesterday.  Maybe you’d like to pimp people into your shiny new fandom.  Maybe you want to see who will join you to play a new fandom-themed game you just thought of.  Maybe you want to get a gang together and watch your favorite episode of your favorite show.  Maybe you want to hang out with folks from an old fandom and reminisce.  Sign up for a slot and make it happen!

View  time slots marked “Available” on the Escapade schedule here:

Schedule

This post has more information about Alt/DIY programming:

Escapade 2018 schedule is posted and Alt/DIY panel signups are open!

To sign up, send your first and second choice for panel slots to KatBear at: diypanels@escapadecon.net

Signups for open slots will still be available at the convention, but if you want your panel to be included in the program book, submit your request by 6:00 pm PST this Thursday, February 15.

The convention is just over a week away!  Now that the schedule is posted, it’s time to start planning your weekend and thinking about how you’d like to spend your time and the ways you’d like to be involved.  This is a great time to think about signing up for some volunteer slots.  And you can still submit art for the art show!  Follow these links to learn more about Escapade programming.

Escapade Opening Night: the Friday night dance party!

The Escapade Volunteer Program

Introducing: the Escapade Art Show!

Vid Show

Friday, join us for Opening Night, Escapade’s dance party where we don’t just play music, we dance to vids!  We boogie to great dance vids from your favorite fandoms, new and old. Just vidded Hamilton?  What about classic Star Trek?  Classic Trek to a song from Hamilton?  Do you have old MFU vids on DVD that you’d like to send us, or have you just spotted a great MFU movie vid on Youtube? Let us know!

We’ll be selecting the show for diversity of fandoms, diversity of vidders, and good musical flow. We welcome vids of any era, including old VCR vids (provided we can find a high enough quality digital file). We’d love to include more vidders outside of Escapade/Vividcon/Festivids circles whose work the Escapade audience might be missing out on. Let us know about your old favorites and undiscovered gems or just the fandoms you’d love to see included and the songs you’d love to dance to.

Whether it’s a famous classic or somebody’s first vid, if you want to dance to it, we want to hear about it.

Send ideas and suggestions to Franzi: fdickson@ix.netcom.com

Don’t be shy: rec us something!

Did you know that Escapade has a vid show? Trick question! Everyone knows that Escapade has a vid show!

Over the past 27 years, the vid show has been managed by such amazing fans as Kandy Fong, Katharine S., feochadn, and Killa. This year it will be curated and assembled by smutcutter, with onsite production by feochadn (she’s back again, yay!) and vidder outreach by ride_4ever.

We have pushed the submission deadline so everyone–including festivids participants [link: https://festivids.dreamwidth.org/]–can send their vids to the Escapade vid show. The deadline for vid upload is 2/5/18.

Please consider sending your new (or nearly new) vids to be included in the show.  Slashy or shippy vids especially welcome! They will make many fans happy.

We love it when vidders attend Escapade so that we can meet you and you can see your vids on the big screen (and bask in the applause). If you can’t make it to the convention, we will acknowledge you at the start of the show, then send you a copy of the convention DVD to watch in the quiet of your own home.

More information on the vid show and submission instructions can be found here:

Vid Show

You can also email vids@escapadecon.net.

You can still register for the convention here:

Register for Escapade

We also have a scholarship for a vidder to attend Escapade. Details here:

Escapade Scholarship

Sorting out the panel ballots, we have identified MANY panels that were popular in the voting, but no one has volunteered to moderate. We cannot schedule panels without a mod. If one of these is your favorite, please step up now so we can continue crafting the schedule.

If you want to rescue an orphan panel, please email info@escapadecon.net by midnight PST on Saturday 1/27.

Meta:

• Literature 101: Let’s Discuss the Literary Merit of our Fan Fiction


• Canon vs. Subtext


• Representing Slashers


• One Fandom, Many Canons


• Living in the Mirrorverse


• Utopian Fiction Recommendation Party


• Anonymity in Slash Fandom: Choosing to Hide


• Where Have All the Good Girls Gone?


• Not Gay if it’s a Threeway?


• One-Shot Novelty Paper Zines

Fandom:

• MCU: Avengers: Infinity War


• MCU: Black Panther


• Sherlock Season 4 Hatefest


• MCU: Supersoldiers in love: What does the future hold for Stucky?

Tech/Alt:

• Alternate Slash Card Deck


• Fieldtrip to Bésame

To read descriptions of these panels, visit the panel ballot page on the Escapade website.  Voting is closed, but you can still view both the panel descriptions and the votes you cast.

Panel Ballot

Panel ballot voting deadline January 15:

Don’t forget to vote for Escapade panels!  The deadline is midnight PST on Monday 1/15, so you only have a few days left.

When you vote for panels, you can also volunteer to moderate them–remember that panels with moderators are more likely to make the final cut!

You must be logged in to the website to vote.  Log in and vote in one of the following ways:

1) button on the home page

2) button on the Panels page

3) your “My Account” dashboard via the “My Panel Suggestions” link

4) via the following link if you are already logged in to the website:

Panel Ballot

Go to these pages to learn more about Escapade panels and the moderating experience:

Panels

Escapade 2018 Panel Suggestions Are Open!

This is your chance to make sure you get to have the conversations you will most enjoy at Escapade 2018!  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to create the con experience you want to have!

Escapade Art Show:

Fanartists, don’t forget the Escapade Art Show is open and ready to accept your fanart submissions of all kinds!

Visit the Escapade website art show page for submission information:

The Escapade Art Show

This post has additional information:

Introducing: the Escapade Art Show!

And visit the Virtual Art Show on the Escapade tumblr to see examples of the amazing, creative contributions to past art shows, in a diverse array of media and fandoms:

http://escapadecon.tumblr.com/tagged/Escapade+Art+Show

Did you know that Escapade has an Art Show?  Well, we do!!  We set aside a room at the convention on Friday and Saturday to display and admire fanworks brought by the amazing talented and endlessly creative members of the Escapade community.  We welcome all kinds of fan art: drawings, paintings, jewelry, photos, prints, crafts, and works that defy description!

On Sunday morning of the convention, art that has been marked as “for sale” and that has received a few bids from interested buyers will be auctioned off.  Our amazing auctioneer Shosanna always puts on a fabulous and entertaining show, enjoyed both by serious art collectors and those who are just in it for the eye candy!

If you are a fanartist (or are willing to pretend to be one), please consider submitting a few pieces to the show!  The more variety, the better!

Find more information on the Escapade website:

The Escapade Art Show

Naked Bee got her start by volunteering for the Escapade Art Show in 2008, and has been coordinating the show since 2014.  You can ask her questions before the convention at artshow@escapadecon.net.  During the convention, head to the Art Show Room during the hours listed in the program and either Naked Bee or the Art Show Staff will be able to help.

In the meantime, check out a selection of art from previous years at the Virtual Art Show:

http://escapadecon.tumblr.com/tagged/Escapade+Art+Show

Have you checked out the list of panels already submitted for Escapade 2018? More than 50 panels have been suggested, including a wide range of fandom-specific and interesting meta topics, and even a couple of fun games like Fandom Pictionary.

But that doesn’t mean we’ve got the programming YOU want, and the only way to make that happen is to go suggest some panels! You have through this Friday, December 22, to get your ideas on the ballot. Go here to submit a panel and read the descriptions of panels already submitted:

Panel Suggestions

On the panel submission form page, click on the “List of Panel Suggestions” tab to see what your fellow Escapade members have already suggested.

For more general info on Escapade panels, go here:

Panels

Escapade 2018 Panel Suggestions Are Open!

Submit your panel ideas by this Friday 12/22!

Reminder:  the panel suggestions are open!

Read more about Escapade panels here:

https://escapadecon.net/escapade-2018-panel-suggestions-are-open/

And visit the panel programming page to submit suggestions:

https://escapadecon.net/panels/

Now is the time to check out the available time slots on the Escapade panel schedule and submit your write-in ideas to claim your spot! Sign-ups will still be available at the con, but only if the open slots don’t fill first!

Go here and click on the tab to Sign Up for Available Slots:

https://escapadecon.net/schedule/