2006 PROGRAMMING

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  Dealers Room And Art Show Hours of Operation:

  Friday:        Noon - 6:00  p.m.
  Saturday:      9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 2:00  p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Sunday:        9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

THURSDAY

  (Art Show and Dealer’s Room will not be open.)

  2:00 p.m. Registration opens, Room 321.
  9:00 p.m. GHOST STORIES, plus the usual cookout, on the
  quad between the dorms.  You will obey the Saugie Nazi!

FRIDAY

  9:00 a.m. Gather at the reception area for coffee and
  donuts (the breakfast of champions). 

  9:30 a.m. Caravan to mini-golf (the first Necon Olympic Event!) 

  11:00 a.m.
  Writing with a Day Job ? How to fit writing into real life.
  John Harvey (mod), Linda Addison, Nanci Kalanta, Nate Kenyon, Holly
  Newstein, Mary SanGiovanni 

  12:00  p.m.             
  YA Panel: The evolving young adult marketplace.  Lee Thomas (mod), 
  Liesa Abrahams, Stefan Petrucha, Lynne Hansen. 

  1:00 p.m. Lunch 

  2:00 p.m.  
  Laughing Til You Die:  Horror and Humor, Together Again.
  Jeff Strand (mod.), Gahan Wilson, John McIlveen, Craig Shaw
  Gardner, Cortney Skinner, Darrell Schweitzer

  3:00 p.m. NECON MOVIE EXTRAVAGANZA!  Edward Lee and Jack
  Ketchum will introduce two feature films based on their works.  On
  the big screen in the auditorium. 

  6:00 p.m.  Dinner 

  7:00 p.m.  Artist Reception (Outside Art Show) 

  8:00 p.m.  Meet the Authors -- This year in the cafeteria! 

  9:00 p.m.
  Hawaiian Shirt Competition!  Wear your most colorful shirt and
  compete for Valuable Prizes! 

  9:30 p.m.  Short Films:
  Selections include episodes from Nightmares and Dreamscapes 

  11:00 p.m. Darts! (In the Quad.)  A Necon Olympic Event!

SATURDAY

  8:30 a.m.  Breakfast

  9:00 a.m.  
  THE NICK KAUFMANN MEMORIAL "WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE 
  A PANEL THIS EARLY?" PANEL or THE HORROR STARS OF TOMORROW.  
  Moderated as usual by Nick Kaufmann. This year's topic:  
  Novels vs. Short stories -- what's the best place to start? Bev 
  Vincent, L.L.  Soares, Lucy Snyder, Gary Frank, Sarah Langan.  
  EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDS THIS PANEL WILL RECEIVE A VALUABLE PRIZE!

  10:00  a.m.             
  Building A Better Contract: Contracts, Agents, and Publishers - 
  What You Need To Survive.  Steven Spruill (mod.), Tom 
  Monteleone, Douglas Winter, Christopher Golden.

  11:00  a.m.             
  David and Goliath -- Small press vs big publishing.  Which one 
  is right for you?  Jim Moore (mod.), Kelly Laymon, Ginjer 
  Buchanan, Elizabeth Monteleone, Matt Schwartz, Gary Braunbeck. 

  11:00 a.m. Horseshoes (At the Quad).  A Necon Olympic Event. 

  12:00  p.m.             
  Ghosts vs. Gore. Is one better than the other?  And why do 
  we write this stuff anyway?  Beth Massie (mod), Rick Hautala, 
  Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, P.D. Cacek, Sephera Giron, Gerard Houarner 

  1:00 p.m.  Lunch

  2:00  p.m.               
  The Big Interview.  Our GOHs are grilled until they are properly 
  done.  Steven Spruill (mod.), Peter Crowther, Gary Braunbeck, Edward Lee.

  3:00  p.m.               
  Mythology, Fantasy, Horror! From Repairman Jack to China Mieville, 
  strange things are creeping into modern fiction.  Why?  Christopher 
  Golden (mod.), F. Paul Wilson,  Peter Crowther, Craig Shaw Gardner, 
  Tom Sniegoski, Gahan Wilson. 

  4:00 p.m.  Softball:  The Red Sox finally broke the Curse!  Can the
  Necon Writers? Team be far behind? 

  4:00 p.m.  Croquet: An Olympic event! 

  6:00 p.m.  Dinner 

  7:30  p.m.
  The Talent Show!  Show off your skills and win Valuable Prizes.
  Hosted this year by the Necon Whores (who will not be competing, so
  that the rest of us stand a chance!).

  9:30 p.m.  Hi-Lo Jack: An Olympic event! (In the Cafeteria.) 

  10:00 p.m. More short films!  MIDNIGHT Even more Saugies out on the 
  Quad!  All bow to the Saugie Nazi!  

SUNDAY

  8:30 a.m.  Breakfast 

  10:00 a.m.           
  The Annual Reviewers Panel:  What?s hot and what?s not!  Matt Schwartz
  (mod.)  Hank Wagner, Jonathan Reitan, Jack Haringa, Paul Puglisi

  11:00 a.m.           
  Town meeting: The good, the bad and the ugly of this year's Necon.  
  Plus, the Olympic Medal Winners! 

  1:00 p.m.
  The farewell Picnic, behind the Cafeteria (weather permitting).  
  Don't forget to turn in your keys!

  IMPORTANT NOTE:  Necon assumes no responsibility for any acts
  committed between consenting adults and Spongebob Squarepants.

Dealer's Room and Art Show Hours of operation:

  Friday:  Noon - 6:00  p.m.
  Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 2:00  p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Sunday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

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