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Clifton von Allen

Eugene, Oregon

2:00pm PST

All I Need to Know About Archery I Learned From Watching Robin Hood --Not! PettygroveJocelyn Mackie • Irene Radford • S. B. Sebrick • Blaze Ward

3:00pm PST

Altering Thrift Store Paintings to Make Fantasy and Science Fiction Fun For Your Home Art Show: Art DemosBetty Bigelow Vulnerability in Writing Room 166 AWendy N. Wagner • Blythe Ayne • Stoney Compton • Richard A. Lovett • Theresa Reed Fabric Painting: Personalize Totes, Patches, etc.! Room 256Tricia Kuhn • Gwen Amsbury • Contessa Paxton Timmerman Building story for games vs building games for story JantzenGibbitt Rhys-Jones • Joseph Brassey • Anthony Pryor Getting serious about Asimov's Laws White StagElton Elliott • Sean Robinson • Dr. Mark Rounds Current events in historical perspective OvertonAlan M. Clark • Jim Fiscus • Kara Helgren

4:00pm PST

Autograph Session: Friday 4pm Dealers: Autographs Game Embellishment: Keeping story engaging JantzenAnthony Pryor • Sarah Sharp SF around the World OvertonDebra Stansbury • Guy Letourneau • Nisansa de Silva The Hollywood Dream LovejoyAubree Bowen • Matthew Gardner Can You Really Carry That? White StagMark Chapman • Bart Kemper • David Lohkamp • Dr. Mark Rounds

5:00pm PST

In a Dark Time: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression and the Act of Creating Art Room 206Brigid Nelson • Elizabeth Adams • Vandy H. Hall • John R. Gray III • Tammy Tripp Autograph Session: Friday 5pm Dealers: AutographsAlma Alexander • Ken Lizzi Time Lord Academy: Make a Fez, Bowtie, and/or Sonic Device, and Learn Gallifreyan! Room 256Rebecca Ernst • Karen L. Black • Cindy Fangour • Katherine Klecker • Jeff Polier 50+ years of Star Trek Costumes PendletonTheresa Halbert • Benja Barker • Anne Davenport • Theodore J. Williams How Sausage Is Made Room 266Elizabeth Vann-Clark • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Patty Wells • Ben Yalow Asteroid Mines...and Factories? White StagJane Campbell • Dan Dubrick • Elton Elliott

5:30pm PST

In Conversation with Seanan McGuire Mt. St. HelensSeanan McGuire

6:00pm PST

Cosplay for People of All Abilities PendletonAndrea Letourneau • Cindi Lou Kunkle • Yl'luria Story vs mechanics: when is which important JantzenJoseph Brassey • KC Humphrey • Sarah Sharp Medical Ethics of the Future White StagEllen Klowden • Kara Helgren • Guy Letourneau • Dr. Laurel Standley Outline a SFF novel with Frog and Esther Jones in 60 minutes or less PettygroveEsther Jones • Frog Jones

7:00pm PST

Writer Retreats PettygroveBob Brown • Brenda Cooper • Dayle A. Dermatis Opening Ceremonies Mt. St. HelensAubree Bowen • Dr. Mary Crowell • Matthew Gardner • Jess Hartley • Seanan McGuire • Ethan Siegel • BrAd Steiner • Jeff Sturgeon • Elizabeth Vann-Clark Gateway Games: Board Games JantzenJason Bostick • Sarah Sharp Meet the Mandalorian Mercs Room 266Cliff Fox • Neku Fox • Vincent Vaughn Orphans & Dynasties: Racial Coding in SF/F OvertonPaige Mackmer • Daimei Jaybird Marmaduke • Joyce Reynolds-Ward • Nisansa de Silva

9:30pm PST

Barrowman Boot(y) Camp! Room 256Jamie Bear • Katherine Klecker • Ellen Klowden • Jeff Polier Karaoke Mt. St. Helens

11:00pm PST

Putting the Oomph in your Smut, + readings (18+) Room 256Debra Stansbury • Ellen Klowden • Seth Milstein • EM Prazeman • Theresa Reed

9:00am PST

Make a Golden Snitch Ornament! Room 256Lily Anna • Cindy Fangour • Theoden Spillman • Tristian Spillman Kaffeeklatche: Saturday 9 am JB's NightclubLiz Argall • A.M. Brosius • Seanan McGuire • Mermaid Sif

10:00am PST

40 years in GAMING: board games JantzenJason Bostick • Jeff Fennel • Dale Ivan Smith Practical Self-Defense Mt. St. HelensRory Miller Intro To PodCasting Room 166 BKenneth Lett • Terena Bruno • G.R. Theron Artificial People in Science Fiction White StagBob Brown • Brenda Cooper • G. David Nordley

11:00am PST

Kinetic Sculpture Races: Building Art Show: Art DemosMark Chapman Autograph Session: Saturday 11am Dealers: AutographsCurtis C. Chen • David D. Levine • Steve Perry • EM Prazeman • Irene Radford Filmmaking 101 OvertonBrAd Steiner • Aubree Bowen • Matthew Gardner • Matthew RR Morrese Big Data White StagSean Robinson • Frank Hayes • Dr. Mark Rounds • Nisansa de Silva

12:00pm PST

Autograph Session: Saturday Noon Dealers: AutographsJess Hartley • Wendy N. Wagner Making Custom Buttons, Medallions and Other Trinkets OvertonTheresa Halbert • Terena Bruno • Mark Chapman • Andrea Letourneau Unblocking your Writing PettygroveEM Prazeman • Mark Teppo • G.R. Theron Game design & play for everyone: adjusting and planning for disabilities JantzenEamon Dixon • Cindi Lou Kunkle • Nioclas Smith Magic(k)al Workshop Room 206Rhiannon Louve • David Lohkamp • Daimei Jaybird Marmaduke Robots, Automatons and Devices White StagBart Kemper • Mark Niemann-Ross • Sean Robinson • Nisansa de Silva

1:00pm PST

Bad Ways to Hustle Room 166 BSeanan McGuire • Sienna Saint-Cyr • Stephanie L. Weippert

2:00pm PST

Autograph Session: Saturday 2pm Dealers: AutographsElton Elliott • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • G. David Nordley Let's Talk SFWA PettygroveCat Rambo • Curtis C. Chen • Jim Fiscus • Mark Niemann-Ross Gateway Games: RPGs JantzenLiz Argall • Gary Miller • Ethan Siegel • Rob Wynne Swordplay demonstration Mt. St. HelensJoseph Brassey All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again LovejoyJennifer Willis • Shoshana Glick Firearms in Fiction and GAMING White StagGuy Letourneau • Greg Hallock • Blaze Ward

3:00pm PST

Autograph Session: Saturday 3pm Dealers: AutographsStoney Compton • Steve Perry • Joyce Reynolds-Ward Research and Writing PettygroveRory Miller • Alma Alexander • David D. Levine • EM Prazeman Doctor Who: Live Script Readings! JB's NightclubJeff Polier • Jamie Bear • Christine Mooney • Sarah Sharp 40 years in GAMING: rpgs JantzenEamon Dixon • Rhiannon Louve • Anthony Pryor Pokemon Go Meet Up Room 266Gene Armstrong

4:00pm PST

Autograph Session: Saturday 4pm Dealers: AutographsCat Rambo • Kat/K.R. Richardson • Ethan Siegel • Stephanie L. Weippert The 52 Project: Writing a Short Story, Every Week, for a Year (and Publishing the Best!) Room 166 BKenneth Lett • Lee French

5:00pm PST

Building an Extended Series PettygroveSteve Perry • Joseph Brassey • Ken Lizzi • Seanan McGuire • Mike Shepherd Moscoe

5:30pm PST

Superhero Arts and Crafts Open House FlandersDanielle D.M. Gembala • Melissa Beeman • Jeff Polier • Jenn Polier

7:00pm PST

Embracing Body Positivity via Cosplay, Crossplay, and Fanfic PendletonShoshana Glick • Andrea Letourneau • Vincent Vaughn Character vs World Driven OvertonSienna Saint-Cyr • Blythe Ayne • Cat Greenberg • S. B. Sebrick Concert: Seanan McGuire TimberlineSeanan McGuire • Sunnie Larsen • Betsy Tinney • Vixy & Tony

9:00pm PST

Anime Overnighter LovejoyGuy Letourneau

10:00pm PST

Concert: In The Pink Mt. St. Helens

11:00pm PST

Stand-Up for Geeks! Room 256Tristian Spillman • Seth Milstein

10:00am PST

Horror vs Modern Technology PettygroveScott James Magner • Jennifer Brozek • Seanan McGuire • Anthony Pryor • S. B. Sebrick

1:00pm PST

Tropes, Memes, and literary devices Room 166 BDayle A. Dermatis • Frog Jones • Seanan McGuire • EM Prazeman • Cat Rambo