SMOFCon Scholarship Deadline Approaches

[kevin_standlee]

The deadline for submitting applications for the SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarship is this coming Sunday, September 10. SFSFC is offering up to two $500 scholarships to people to attend this year's SMOFCon, the annual traveling conrunning convention, which this year is December 1-3 in Kansas City MO. You can apply for the scholarship on-line at the SFSFC web site.

Comments

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Would attending a SMOFcon be useful to a Costume-Con chair? Could he learn things that would be useful, or is mainly focussed on WorldCon issues?

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I'd say Yes, Yes, and Sometimes.

The convention can seem very Worldcon-focused because it's one of the few things most of us there have in common. The perception that SMOFCon is a "relaxacon for Worldcon SMOFS" has some basis in truth. Many of us are Worldcon regulars, but we're too busy working Worldcon to talk and socialize. But SMOFCon programming is generally also geared toward general convention-running issues.

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

I'd state that as "Yes, Yes, and Sometimes Not," myself. While occasionally it drifts off of Worldcon, thats usually not the case. One can learn a lot about conventions in general at SMOFcon, but you should run it through the Worldcon filter first. Meine Zwie pfennigen.