Progress Report 1 Online
A PDF copy of our first progress report can be found online here. Paper copies should be arriving in the mail very soon.
Special Guests
We are delighted to announce the addition of two California-based Special Guests to our line-up.
Donald Sidney-Fryer is a poet, a troubadour and an expert in the works of Clark Aston Smith.
Richard A Lupoff is a Hugo Award-winning writer and publisher.
Both will be fine additions to our line-up.
Program Questionnaire Live
Our program questionnaire is now live (click here). If you want to do a reading, be on a panel, participate in the mass signing or anything similar, please complete it as soon as possible.
Additional Guests Announced
We are delighted to announce additions to our line-up of guests. You already know about our first Guest of Honor, Garth Nix. In addition we welcome the the following Guests of Honor:
We would also like to extend a warm welcome to our Toastmaster for the convention, Jay Lake.
Dealer Applications Open
WFC2009 is now accepting applications for Dealers’ Tables. See the Dealers’ Room page for details and a copy of the application form.
The World Fantasy Convention uses a juried system for filling the Dealers’ Room. Applications are due by April 30, 2009.
WFA Ballot Released
The 2009 World Fantasy Awards ballot has been released and mailed to members of the current and previous two World Fantasy Conventions. You can also download the ballot from our web site. Members of the current and previous two WFCs are eligible to nominate. In addition to the nominations from the members, the Award Judges can add three or more nominees. See further details about the voting process on the ballot.
Hotel Reservations Now Open
Hotel reservations for the 2009 World Fantasy Convention are now open! You can start your reservation from our Hotel Information page.
Update, March 4: A bug in the online room-booking system that initially was not allowing any reservations that included the night of October 28 has been resolved.
Happy 200th Birthday, Mr. Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January, 1809. Our convention honors the 200th anniversary of his birth. There are many tributes to Poe being posted around the blogosphere today. Here is Ellen Datlow, who recently published an anthology of new stories also honoring Poe’s anniversary.
Update: And here is Neil Gaiman.
Awards Submissions
We have had a few emails asking how to submit works for the 2009 World Fantasy Awards. You can find full details of how to do this on the official World Fantasy web site. The judges for 2009 are Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson & Delia Sherman, and we look forward to welcoming them to San José.
Garth Nix to be Guest of Honor
We are pleased to announce our first guest of honor - Australian writer Garth Nix. You can learn more about Garth here. Further guest announcements will follow soon.