San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Sessions

Friday 30 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
The Poet as Activist: On Seeing and Saving the Natural World
1 hour, 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Discussion Panels

David Lee Summers (Moderator)

Rie Sheridan Rose (Participant)

In the 19th century, inspired by Emerson's essay, Nature, Henry David Thoreau initiated a tradition of the nature writer as observer-artist. Today,...
14:00
14:00
Art Portfolio Review (Schindehette)
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Workshop

Jon Schindehette (Participant)

Art Portfolio Review with Jon Schindehette, Creative/Art director for the Dungeons & Dragons brand and writer of Art Order, a blog dedicated to th...
15:00
15:00
Classics Book Group: Vintage Season
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Book discussion

John Hertz (Moderator)

19:00
19:00
SF Squeecast Panel
1 hour, 19:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Lynne M. Thomas (Moderator)

Elizabeth Bear (Participant)

Paul Cornell (Participant)

Catherynne M. Valente (Participant)

Seanan McGuire (Participant)

Saturday 31 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
12:00
12:00
Art Portfolio Review (Anders)
1 hour, 12:00 EDT - 13:00 EDT

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Workshop

Lou Anders, Accedian Networks (Participant)

13:00
13:00
Comic Art Portfolio Review (Benjamin)
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

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Workshop

Paul Benjamin (Participant)

Comic Art Portfolio Review with Paul Benjamin, a New York Times bestselling author. Paul has written and produced comics and video games for divers...
14:00
14:00
Art Portfolio Review (Clarke)
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Workshop

Neil Clarke (Participant)

15:00
15:00
Classics Book Group: The Dying Earth
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Book discussion

John Hertz (Moderator)

16:00
16:00
The Poetry of Robert E. Howard: The Dark Bard of Texas
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Bill Cavalier (Moderator)

Rusty Burke (Participant)

Paul Herman (Participant)

Robert E. Howard wrote more than 700 poems in his lifetime. His accomplishments as a poet are often eclipsed by his genre-bending and world-buildin...
17:00
17:00
Why Go to a Filk Convention?
1 hour, 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Discussion Panels

Gary J. Ehrlich (Participant)

Bill Sutton (Moderator)

Dene Foye (Participant)

Lee Billings (Participant)

Roberta Rogow (Participant)

Sunday 1 September, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00
11:00
Speculative Poetry Workshops
1 hour, 11:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Writers workshop

Alan Stewart, New York Times (Participant)

Jaime Moyer (Participant)

David Lee Summers (Moderator)

No sign up is required. Show up ready to write. We'll talk about our work in Speculative poetry, present some resources for writers and present s...
13:00
13:00
Odes, Psalms, and Praise Songs: A Living Tradition
1 hour, 13:00 EDT - 14:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Discussion Panels

Alan Stewart, New York Times (Moderator)

Dene Foye (Participant)

Jean Johnson (Participant)

What sort of ode will speak to the needs of our times? What kind of psalms can we sing? Can we honestly praise the way we live now? Poetry inspired...
14:00
14:00
Art Portfolio Review (Weisskopf)
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Workshop

Toni Weisskopf (Participant)

15:00
15:00
Comic Art Portfolio Review (Adams)
1 hour, 15:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT

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Workshop

Weldon Adams, Grenadine Tech Inc. (Participant)

Comic Art Portfolio Review by Weldon Adams, editor for Ape Entertainment. Weldon edits Strawberry Shortcake, Pocket God, Temple Run, and many more ...
16:00
16:00
The Worldcon History Exhibit
1 hour, 16:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

San Antonio Convention Center - 003B

Discussion Panels

Mark L. Olson (Participant)

Mary Morman (Moderator)

Kent Bloom (Participant)

Joe Siclari (Participant)

17:00
17:00
How to get your Poems Published
1 hour, 17:00 EDT - 18:00 EDT

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Discussion Panels

Jo Walton (Moderator)

Rachel Swirsky (Participant)

Mari Ness (Participant)

Grant Carrington (Participant)

18:00
18:00
Reyes Cardenas: Chicano Poet 1970-2010 Chicano poet and Science Fiction Writer
1 hour, 18:00 EDT - 19:00 EDT

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Reading

Reyes Cardenas (Participant)