Gaylaxicon 2009
October 9 - 11, 2009
Doubletree Hotel
Minneapolis - Park Place,
1500 Park Place Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Registered Yet?
It's not to late to register for Gaylaxicon 2009. Our pre-registration deadline has been extended to September 25. Visit our registration page to register online, or to download a PDF of our registration form.

Guests of Honor
Margaret Weis,
Andy Mangels,
Lawrence Schimel,
Terrance Griep,
and featured artist
Marc DeBauch.

Art Show
We are looking forward to many artists displaying (and selling) their beautiful work in this year's Art Show! To review the rules and to see other details relevant to artists, visit our online Art Show information page. If you are interested in volunteering or have questions about participating, contact me via artshow@gaylaxicon2009.org. See you in October!

Dealers Room
The Dealer's Room is ready for you! We're moving along nicely with a number of friendly purveyors of all things sci-fi, comic-based, gaming, other-worldly and otherwise, and you are going to love spending time with them. In our Dealer's Room you'll get to browse through our fabulous vendors' wares and services, and enhance your Gaylaxicon 2009 experience. If you are interested in being a dealer or in volunteering in our dealer's room, please contact dealers@gaylaxicon2009.org. Shopping - it's not just for malls anymore!

Accessibility
Gaylaxicon 2009 wants to be accessible to all fans. Please contact us regarding any special needs so we may do our best to help you have a good experience with our convention. Send inquiries to info@gaylaxicon2009.org

Program Book Ads and Artwork
The Gaylaxicon 2009 publications team is currently accepting artwork and advertising for the convention program book. Visit our program book page for more details, including ad rates and format requirements.

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Need More Information?
Visit our website at www.gaylaxicon2009.org to find more information on guests, hotel, activities, and more!

Letter from the Convention Chair
by Don Kaiser, Gaylaxicon 2009 Convention Chair, info@gaylaxicon2009.org
Thank you for being members of Gaylaxicon 2009! We are looking forward to hosting you all at our fabulous convention. We have great Guests of Honor, as well as a substantial list of Also Attending professional writers, editors, and artists who will be joining us. We know you’ll have a fantastic time with our exciting line-up of events, games, programming, dealers room, art show and programming.

• Starting with our major events we will have the Friday evening Opening Ceremonies, followed by the Meet the Pros reception, where we will serve hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. Saturday evening we will have a new event at Gaylaxicon - a Cabaret emceed by Glori Hallelujah. We will include the chance for any costumers to strut their stuff. Sunday evening we'll dim the lights for a Movie Spectacular, including "Big Bank Love/Juvenile A" and "I.K.U." We are still finalizing our lineup of interesting movies.
• Our game room will be fabulous this year, with long hours. It is sponsored by the Twin Cities largest game store – The Source Comics and Games.
• We’re putting together our schedule of programming and are taking suggestions for panels or other programming items. If you are interested in participating in programming, please volunteer your suggestions and time. See the Programming announcement below for information on submitting ideas or volunteering to be on panels.
• Our Dealer’s Room will be packed with publishers, booksellers, games, jewelry, tarot and astrology readings, and many other fine products and services. please visit often and support them while at the convention.
• We expect our Art Show to have many lovely items for display and sale. If you are interested in submitting pieces, please see the Art Show announcement below.
• Parties! We have one confirmed book launch at the convention this year and hope to have one more. If you’re interested in hosting a party at Gaylaxicon 2009, please contact us – we would love to have you do so. We have suites reserved that you can book for your party for $180/night.

We have designed a polo shirt with our logo on it. If you are interested in ordering one for pick up at the convention, or to be sent to you before, check out the web site for ordering information.

Please be sure to book your hotel rooms through our room block, linked from our web site, for us to get credit for your room nights. If you’re willing to commit to paying at the time of booking, rather than when you stay, the hotel is offering a substantial discount on your stay (one of our committee members saved over $50 on a four day stay).

Be sure to stop in at our party at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon in Montréal, QB!

Please be sure to spread the word about Gaylaxicon 2009. We are looking forward to seeing you all in October.

Program Overview
by Joe Agee, Gaylaxicon 2009 Program Chair, programming@gaylaxicon2009.org
It is of course expected that speculative fiction conventions offer up a diverse mix of panels, discussions, and readings, but Gaylaxicon will accomplish this with a uniquely queer perspective. If your straight friends are worried that every panel will be gay-themed, reassure them otherwise -- good sci-fi is always appreciated and we love to dish! But this is also an opportunity for us to focus on topics that are often left out of other conventions - where else will you find Gaylactic Jeopardy? We'll also have a Meet the Pros reception, a fabulous cabaret, an evening of special film programming, and the return of Chocolate Madness - plan on bringing some of your favorite to share!

Here's the part where I remind you that a convention is only as good as the contributions of its members, so please help us fill our program schedule by sharing with us your ideas for great panels, or volunteer to be a program participant. Maybe you have a favorite panel from past Gaylaxicons you want to recreate, or perhaps you've seen something at another convention that would be great at Gaylaxicon. You can find submission forms for programming ideas on the website.

You can contact me with questions or to volunteer to be on panels by dropping a note to programming@gaylaxicon2009.org.