The Convention Fans Blog

Zenkaikon is pleased to announce attendance numbers for its 5th annual convention, which took place March 18-20, 2011. The staff of Zenkaikon 2011 welcomed 3168 paid members — a 59% increase over their last event. Including guests, vendors, artists, staff, press, and other complimentary memberships, 3422 people were present at the 2011 convention.

Ai-Kon is looking for talented people like yourselves to design a commercial for the 2011 convention. Entries are due by June 6th, and the winner will be announced on June 11th. The winning entry will receive 2 tickets to Ai-Kon and early access to the vendor room on Friday.

Morena Baccarin will touch down at Big Apple ‘Spring Edition’ & Chicago Comic Cons! Join tens of thousands of fellow fans as they converge at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in New York City at Big Apple Comic Con ‘Spring Edition’ to celebrate the best in pop culture.

To show our care and support of the country and culture that Zenkaikon celebrates, we will be accepting donations at Zenkaikon next week to be delivered directly to the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund set up by the American Red Cross.

The Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS), sponsor of CopperCon 31 will proudly host best selling author Carrie Vaughn as Guest of Honor. Carrie is the best selling author of the Kitty Norville Series, about a werewolf named Kitty who is also a radio talk show host for others with supernatural powers.