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Friday, August 21, 2009

DragonCon Atlanta - call for Lesbian/Transgender authors for panel

DragonCon in Atlanta GA is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US. This year's guests include the stars of all major Science Fiction films released in the past two years, as well as the cast of the original Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and will feature gaming from every RPG and MMORPG in the world. If you're a gamer, no one has to explain those initials; for those who don't know, they're role-playing games such as the famous Dungeons and Dragons, and Magic: the Gathering.

There is also a writer's track featuring authors such as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laurell K Hamilton, Raven Hart, Lynn Abbey, as well as Steve Berman, whose editing and writing endeavors have earned him nominations for the Andre Norton Award, Gaylactic Spectrum Award, and Lambda Literary Awards. His gothic YA novel, Vintage, was on the Rainbow List sponsored by the American Library Association's GLBT-Roundtable.

However, until this year, there was not a strictly GLBT panel in the writer's track. Kiernan Kelly and I designed one and presented it to the coordinator of the track, and were warmly welcomed. The first ever GLBT writer's panel will be held 9/5/09 Sat, 10pm EST.

Here is the concept of the panel:

"Authors of same-sex romance, including sci-fi, paranormal, and fantasy answer reader and writers' questions about the genre. Explore GLBT Romance's wide appeal across sexual boundaries. This controversial market boasts a growing readership, and splinters stereotypes. Discover the appeal of Science Fiction, Paranormal, and Fantasy as well as contemporary themes within the GLBT genre."

We had six authors, but due to personal issues, two have had to drop out.

This is a call for authors of Lesbian or Transgender fiction, most especially any within the fantasy, paranormal, or science fiction genre. If you are near Atlanta GA and can attend, please let me know. We do not have a budget for travel or expenses, but if you are planning to attend or live nearby and are interested in attending, please let me know ASAP. We have a shared room that can be split four ways.

In a perfect world, we would love to have two authors. One will suffice. If this fits you, please send me an email offline at sempervians @ yahoo .com (no spaces). We will immediately return your email.

Evecho

posted by Tamara - 9:25 AM -- Email this post: Link to this entry
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