FenCon X - October 4-6, 2013

FenCon X will be held October 4-6, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Dallas Near the Galleria. (That's at 14315 Midway Road in the Dallas suburb of Addison.) This year FenCon looks forward to "Infinite Possibilities".

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FenCon News and Notes

All the news that fits: FenCon X is over but the FenCon ION, our convention newsletter, can help you savor the memories forever. Download the special pre-convention issue (#0), Friday issue (#1), Saturday issue (#2), and Sunday issue (#3) of the ION today.

Giving back: LIFT logo

Our designated charity for FenCon X is the Autism Treatment Center. Our 2013 charity efforts, which included a limited edition signed/numbered art print by Artist Guest of Honor Charles Vess plus our annual charity auction, raised more than $4,000 to help the ATC assisted individuals with autism throughout their lives as they learn, play, work, and live in the community.

Be safe: FenCon is dedicated to providing a fun, safe, harassment-free convention experience for everyone. In order to promote a congenial environment, we have established a Code of Conduct for our members. We expect your best behavior and in return we try to give you the very best convention experience we can. Please read our Code of Conduct and understand how to make FenCon fun for all.

FenCon X: Infinite Possibilities

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Party on: FenCon goes all night long with filk, fun, and plenty of room parties. How many? So many that our "party floor" is full. (Parties anywhere else may be shut down by the hotel.) We'll list all the parties in the FenCon ION, our at-con newsletter!

Limited edition programming: Want to learn "what's under the dome?" at our cheese tasting? Want to polish your lyric writing skills? How about a Saturday afternoon tea or a "rogue cheddar" review? Space is limited in each event but you can sign up in advance online or in person at registration when you check in. (We're holding space in all but the lyric workshop for some on-site registrants.)

The social network:

Want an easy way to let your Facebook friends know about this year's convention? Point them to our Facebook event page or invite 'em yourself using the links on that page. Spread the word!

Join us: Advance sales are closed but we've got regular, young adult, child, and kid-in-tow FenCon X memberships for sale at the door. Day rates are also available.

Get a room: Our expanded hotel room block is officially closed but some rooms may still be available at the great FenCon rate if your call the hotel directly with group code FCX. See our hotel page for all the details. Don't delay!

FenCon is of the fen, by the fen, and for the fen.

We're a bunch of sell-outs: Our annual writers workshop sold out in five days. Our dealers room sold out months ago. Our art show filled up last month. Even our party floor is full this year. What does that mean for you? FenCon X is packed with infinite possibilities.

Fen GoH Update: Our 2013 Fen Guest of Honor is Tom Smith, known far and wide as "The World's Fastest Filker". Tom is a fourteen-time winner of the Pegasus Award for excellence in filking and an outstanding performer. Larry Niven will be unable to attend FenCon this year due to a scheduling conflict. We hope to have Larry back to FenCon in the future.

On the program: Our 2013 schedule is full but if you are interested in being a program participant at FenCon XI in 2014, please read our updated program participant guidelines. We hope it will answer most of your questions.

Older news and notes are in the FenCon Archive

Contact Information

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