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2011 WorldCon membership rates increasing 1 March
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Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, will be increasing the cost of memberships on 1 March...

Renovation issues Progress Report #3
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The third pre-convention progress report for next year's WorldCon includes detailed hotel information and the Hugo Award nominating ballot...

2011 Eaton Conference to feature Ellison, Hopkinson, and Mieville
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The Eaton Conference, to be held in February 2011, will feature Eaton award winners Samuel R. Delany and Harlan Ellison, and authors Nalo Hopkinson and China Miéville...

Renovation extends membership installment plan
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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, is extending the open period for purchasing memberships on an installment plan, to the end of the year...

Renovation announces Hugo base design competition
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Once again, WorldCon is asking artists to design the base for the Hugo Award, this time for 2011. Bases must reflect the theme of New Frontiers, or the region of Reno...

Hobbits and Music
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Wombat looking for information on the intersection of hobbits and music...

2012 WorldCon in Chicago, Illinois
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The Chicago bid, Chicon 7, won the right to host the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention. Guests of Honor will include Mike Resnick, Rowena Morrill, Story Musgrave, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jane Frank, and John Scalzi...

Aussiecon 4 announces at-the-door membership rates
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At-the-door membership rates to this year's World Science Fiction Convention have been announced. They will be about 20% higher than current registration rates...

Register for NYCC/NYAF, get $25 off at SideshowCollectibles.com
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Online purchases of New York Comic Con passes during the next two weeks will earn $25 coupons from SideshowCollectibles.com...

2011 WorldCon membership rates increasing at the end of September
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Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, will be increasing the cost of memberships on 1 October 2010...

New anime con at New York City's SoHo Gallery for Digital Art
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The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art's AniMiniCon SoHo will run 30 July-1 August, and will include music, movies, cosplay, panels, and more...

Garth Nix to be Hugo Master of Ceremonies
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Australian author Garth Nix will be the Master of Ceremonies at the Hugo Awards Ceremony during Aussiecon 4, this year's World Science Fiction Convention...

NYAF Mascot Design Contest, phase 2, and Lolita Fashion Day
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The New York Anime Festival's Mascot Design Contest is now seeking your votes on the ten finalists. And they'll be on display this Saturday at New York City's Kinokuniya Bookstore's Lolita Fashion Day...

NYAF Early Bird Pricing and Mascot Design Contest
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Advance ticket prices for this October's New York Anime Festival go up on Sunday. And, for the next week, you have a chance to win 10 passes and lots of swag by designing the mascot of this year's event...

2010 WorldCon Membership Rates Increasing
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Attending membership rates for this year's WorldCon will increase on 1 May 2010, and remain at this new rate until the close of pre-con registration, on 31 July...

London, UK, bidding for 2014 WorldCon
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London in 2014 is the first announced bid for the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention...

2011 WorldCon offering discounted YA membership rate
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Renovation, the 2011 WorldCon, is offering a discounted young adult membership rate, currently 30% off the regular full membership rate...

First Famous Monsters of Filmland Convention coming to Indianapolis
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Leveraging their relaunch of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the same people have announced this summer's first FMF Convention...

Holiday sale on MoCCA Festival 2010 tables
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Exhibitor tables for the April 2010 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival are on sale at a 15% discount until the end of the year...

Lucasfilm partners with Reed Exhibitions for Star Wars Celebration V
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Lucasfilm has signed a partnership deal with Reed Exhibitions to commence with next year's Star Wars Celebration V, in August in Orlando, Florida...

New Toronto convention launching in November 2010
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SFContario aims to fill the gap between the summer and spring conventions in Toronto, Ontario. The first iteration of the new con will welcome Guests of Honor Michael Swanwick and Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden...

500 C2E2 VIP packages on sale 19 November
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The first Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will be offering only 500 VIP packages (at $200 each) starting 19 November 2010...

Renovation on-line registration now available
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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, is now accepting memberships online...

New York's Comic Con and Anime Fest to be "co-located" starting in 2010
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The New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival will share the Jacob Javits Convention Center starting in October 2010...

2011 WorldCon in Reno, Nevada; 2010 NASFiC in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Voting at this year's World Science Fiction Convention has confirmed that the 2010 North American Science Fiction Convention will be ReConStruction, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the 2011 WorldCon will be Renovation, in Reno, Nevada...
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