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This might be a sort of silly question, but I just want to make sure i understand everything ok

Can folk apply to submit panel stuff & apply as an artist?

Additionally, ive never personally had the opportunity to attend othercon, what sort of duties does an artist have? (If any)

Or to paraphrase: what does an artist do for othercon?

You can absolutely apply to both! Just know your own limits and try to avoid overbooking yourself.

As for what artists do: by default, you get a spot on the website's artist directory for that year and a forum thread in the Discord server (what we call "artist tables"). You can decorate your thread however you want, usually it's used to hold commission/sale info. There's also the website's gallery, where you can submit up to 5 art pieces for display.

If you're interested in streaming, you can also request a time slot(s) for that in your application.

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About staff applications

Sometimes jobs need more advanced notice before requesting time off, so the new date for volunteer staff applications opening is May 1st!

The previous post mentioning staff applications has also been edited to reflect this.

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Othercon 2025 Fundraiser

The GoFundMe for this year's convention is now live! This covers the cost of keeping othercon.org running for this year, and allowing us to send email updates via the official newsletter. Link: https://gofund.me/27eefbee

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Othercon 2025 Mascot Vote

Every year we vote for the next weird and silly animal to be the server icon for the convention, and that form is open now!

The poll will close on March 30th, so be sure to get your votes in!

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Hi :) I'm @abyssal-werewolf just asking as anon as to not reveal my main blog lol

sooo, I wanted to finally host a panel this year and was wondering if pre-recorded panels are accepted just like in the past years? and if so, how would I submit that? and even further, can I ask to not put it on Youtube (I am pretty paranoid about irl folk finding me online, even if it's just my voice 🫠)? :)

Pre-recorded panels are accepted! Although we'll have to look into how to host a pre-recorded panel without it being on YouTube. Traditionally, pre-recorded panels use YouTube's "premier" feature to automatically play it live at a specified time. Streaming video directly to Discord (via scrensharing) has the risk of hitting a member cap where new people tuning in can't see anything. This was a year ago though, Discord might've made some changes with that, we're not sure yet. We'll look into that and get back to you if we can (or you can just reach back out in a couple weeks).

Also, if a panel is requested to not be put up on YouTube then we won't officially put it up. However, it's worth remembering that we can't fully control if someone records it personally and uploads it to their own channel for keeps. So we won't post it, but we can't guarantee anyone viewing at the time won't post it

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Othercon 2025 artist and panelist submission forms!

Deadline: June 1st, 2025

Information Q&A

Q: When is Othercon? A: Othercon always takes place on the 2nd weekend of August, which means that this year the dates are August 8th - 10th (Eastern US timezone) Q: Will there be movie/episode screenings on the schedule this year? A: Movies are handled by the panelists as of 2024, so for movies/episodes to be available it has to be submitted as a panel by someone willing to stream it.

Q: Where are the staff applications? A: For more accurate availability guesses, volunteer staff applications will open closer to the con on May 1st.

Q: How will I know if my panel(s) got accepted? A: Confirmations will be sent out sometime in mid-to-late June after applications close.

Links

Artist Registration: https://forms.gle/VMrprcUtf1e2VNPA6 Panelist Registration: https://forms.gle/NVrGbmj53CYxGxDRA

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Will there be a 2025 Othercon? I missed it these past few years due to personal reasons, but I want to try again this year!

This was up in the air for a while since I wasn't sure if there would be one this year. I've ultimately decided there will be, with some forms opening up later today (a separate post will be made for that).

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Village Beacon Update:

Unfortunately, it has been canceled due to a lack of submissions. For those that did submit to the zine, please feel free to share your creation(s) on your blog or wherever you like. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Email notifications with this information will also be sent to those that made submissions, in case they don't see it here.

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3 days!

"Village Beacon" zine submissions open!

Deadline: October 1st, 2024

The goal of Village Beacon is to celebrate the alterhuman community and comraderie, where submissions can detail the positive experiences and sense of belonging found among other alterhumans through writing or visual art.

Submission specifications are:

Written submissions can have a word count between 300 and 7k words.

Artwork must be half-page (1530 x 990px) or full-page (1530 x 1980px) in .png or .pdf format. File size must be under 10 MB

No sexually explicit content

More than one submission is allowed

Please note that we reserve the right to reject any submissions that we feel does not fit the spirit of the zine. We're predicting rejections to be unlikely, but would rather mention this than not.

Release date: The zine will be made freely available on August 9th, to celebrate Othercon's 5th anniversary.

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Reminder that there is approximately 1 month left for this!

"Village Beacon" zine submissions open!

Deadline: October 1st, 2024

The goal of Village Beacon is to celebrate the alterhuman community and comraderie, where submissions can detail the positive experiences and sense of belonging found among other alterhumans through writing or visual art.

Submission specifications are:

Written submissions can have a word count between 300 and 7k words.

Artwork must be half-page (1530 x 990px) or full-page (1530 x 1980px) in .png or .pdf format. File size must be under 10 MB

No sexually explicit content

More than one submission is allowed

Please note that we reserve the right to reject any submissions that we feel does not fit the spirit of the zine. We're predicting rejections to be unlikely, but would rather mention this than not.

Release date: The zine will be made freely available on August 9th, to celebrate Othercon's 5th anniversary.

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Special thanks to everyone that participated in Othercon 2024, we had a great convention this year!

Our peak member count was 593 members, that's a lot, almost 40% more than last year! We were also able to raise a grand total of $605.93 USD for the charities! Congratulations gang!

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All invites have been sent out, be sure to check your spam folders!

If you registered and didn't get an invite email, please contact admin@othercon.org!

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Last chance to register for Othercon 2024!

If you're interested in attending and haven't registered yet, now is your chance! The form will officially close at 10pm EST (today, 8/8/2024).

Invites are being sent out in two waves this year. Wave 1 already got theirs, but the 2nd wave will get their invites after registration officially closes. If you haven't gotten an email yet, then there is a high chance you are in wave 2. You are free to send in your registration again if you're afraid of being left out though.

Also as a reminder, even if you made an account on othercon.org previously, the only way to get an invite for this year is to fill out the above form! This is due to server issues. Hopefully next year it can be synced up again

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If you're interested in attending Othercon this year, today is the last day to sign up!

Invites have also not been sent out yet, but it's currently being worked on! They are still estimated to go out sometime later today.

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I got a friend to help me, but I wanted to double-check about the discord ID portion of the form: my discord profile (when viewed by another person) says "Originally known as [name]#[4 digit number]" -- is this the ID meant on the form?

It's not, no. The registration form links the following guide on how to properly find it:

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When will invites be sent out?

Starting tomorrow! (August 8th)

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With how registration was through a Google doc, how is the attendance link going to be received and should permissions for 18+ panels still be effective if we've attended previously?

The invite link will be one sent out to everyone through email this time, and 18+ perms are still effective if you've already gotten it!