Call for Event Proposals

The winners of the 2015 Sci-Fi Spelling Bee

Penguicon is now accepting proposals for events for Penguicon 2016!

Due to the very large number of awesome event possibilities we receive from our community, we’ve made some changes to our programming planning process.

Previously, the programming team approved submitted events throughout the year. Now, we will consider all event proposals after the submission deadline of February 1st.

This new system is a more organized way of determining which events to accept. It also allows us to potentially combine related events more easily so we can include more presenters.

Some events, like Guest of Honor speeches or events requiring alternate function space, may be accepted or declined early.

Contemplating Life Size Jenga in the front lobby

We have made a separate form for event suggestions – it should make it easier for you to submit more of your inspired ideas without knowing everything about what it would look like.

It will also be easier for the programming team to know the difference between “I’d like to see this” and “I commit to making this happen.”

• To submit a proposal for an event you intend to present, please use our event proposal form.
• If you have suggestion for an event you would like to see at Penguicon that you don’t want to present yourself, please use our event suggestion form.

We can’t wait to see all the amazing ideas you will submit this year!

Programming changes for 2016

Programming is hard at work getting ready for Penguicon 2016! There have been some changes to our track line-up that we want to share.

The planned tracks for Penguicon 2016 are: Action Adventure, After Dark, Anime, Comics, Costuming, DIY, Eco, Food, Gaming, Life, Literature, Mayhem, Media, Science, and Technology.

Our new Media track will include events related to film, TV, music, and online video. The Comics track is for both traditional and web comics. The Gaming track will now include events related to both table top gaming and videogames.

The music track has posed a challenge as we attempted to present quality music while holding to Penguicon’s policy not to to pay presenters’ expenses. While we will still welcome music events at Penguicon, we will not have a dedicated Music track for 2016.