Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

Fans of color/non-white fans, plan ahead for the winter: assistance will be available to the following two January cons during the August 15-25 request-assistance period.

• Arisia, January 13 - 16, 2017, Boston, MA, USA. Arisia is New England’s largest and most diverse ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

If you’re at Readercon this weekend (now in Quincy and Red Line accessible!), stop by the dealer’s room, where Curious Turtle Books will be donating 10% of its sales on Saturday to Con or Bust!

If you can’t make it on Saturday, Curious Turtle Books is also donating ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

Amazon shoppers, here’s an easy way to help fans of color/non-white fans go to SFF cons: you can now have Amazon automatically donate a portion of your purchases to Con or Bust.

Specifically, if you click on the above banner or go to Con or Bust’s Amazon Smile page ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

Apologies for the long radio silence, everyone; the period after the auction was ludicrously busy (and I’m still not dug out entirely, alas). I’m bringing you a series of updates today, however, starting with the auction final report.

I am pleased to announce that ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

Two reminders of things happening through 11:59 p.m. Eastern today, Monday, June 6 (time zone conversions):

First, fans of color/non-white fans can request assistance to upcoming cons. To learn how to request assistance, see the Request Assistance page. For the most ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

If this post has published when scheduled, it is 4:01 p.m. Eastern and Con or Bust’s 2016 auction is now over, except for items last-minute bits. This post address: (1) how to tell whether bidding on an item is over and if you won; (2) what to do after winning; (3) ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

Con or Bust’s annual auction, which is the main way it raises funds to help fans of color/non-white fans attend SFF cons, ends today, Sunday, June 5 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern (time zone conversions, countdown), unless last-minute bids are received (more details, which I ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

I’m scheduling this post for 24 hours before the end of this year’s auction, which will be Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern (time zone conversions, countdown), unless last-minute bids are received (more details). Check out yesterday’s highlights post if you ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

As you know, this year’s Con or Bust auction is ending this Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern (time zone conversions, countdown), unless last-minute bids are received (more details). You can always check out the Google Docs spreadsheet indexing all offers, ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. All comments must be made there.

I’m excited to announce a matching donation drive for Con or Bust, now through Monday, June 6, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern (time zone conversions, countdown). All donations until then will be matched by an individual donor, up to $500. Every donation is always welcome ( Read more... )