CONtraflow II • October 5-7, 2012

CONtraflow II - The Second Stage will take place on October 5 - 7, 2012 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Kenner, LA.

Guests will include five-time Hugo award winner Vernor Vinge as Author Guest of Honor, award winning creator and Marvel artist "The Zombie King!" Arthur Suydam as Comics Artist Guest of Honor, and long-time member of Gulf Coast fandom Janice Liang as Fan Guest of Honor.

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Vernor Vinge 'The Zombie King!' Arthur Suydam Janice Liang

Author Guest of Honor
Vernor Vinge

Comics Artist Guest of Honor
"The Zombie King!"
Arthur Suydam

Fan Guest of Honor
Janice Liang
 

About CONtraflow

CONtraflow is a fan convention held in the Greater New Orleans area.

It focuses on science fiction, fantasy, comics, and related literary genres in any form, including but not limited to writing, visual arts, dramatic arts, and interactive fiction.

 

Hotel Info

CONtraflow is pleased to announce our convention hotel for 2012 will be the DoubleTree New Orleans Airport in Kenner, LA.

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Charity

In fulfillment of CONtraflow’s mission to promote all types of Science Fiction and Fantasy literature, the CONtraflow Board of Directors are thrilled to announce that New Orleans Public Library is our convention charity. We hope to not only support the goals of New Orleans Public Library in serving the reading interests of the greater New Orleans area but also in promoting literacy to build a better New Orleans.

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Room Parties

One thing people look forward to at science-fiction conventions is the chance to socialize with fellow fen in person, and what better way to do that than with a rocking block of awesome room parties?

We at CONtraflow seriously love a good room party and we invite you to BRING IT on Saturday night when our roving panel of cleverly disguised anonymous judges will eat, drink and schmooze their way from party to party until they arrive at a decision!

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Registration

CONtraflow is a pay-one-price science fiction convention.  We don’t have any “levels” of passes that grant the holders particular privileges.  When you pay your hard-earned dollars to come to CONtraflow, you are a member of the convention, with the same rights and privileges as the rest of your fellow fen.

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Dealers' Room

CONtraflow will have a Dealers’ Room, featuring merchants selling a variety of merchandise relating to science fiction, fantasy, comics and gaming.