Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 10

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, attempting to maintain all text exactly as it were written SHORT STORY COMPETITION SUBMISSION DETAILS FORMAT: Double spaced with 2cm margins. Author’s name to appear on cover sheet only. Title to appear on every page. WORD LIMIT: 5,000 words. Maximum of three stories per writer (including collaborations). CLOSING DATE: 2nd January… Continue reading Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 10

SwanCon Progress Report 2: miscellaneous

Pages five and six of the SwanCon 16 progress report have an assortment of shorter pieces, all of which are replicated here. The only deliberate change is converting titles from SHOUTY CAPS Short story competition and writers’ toolkit Those of you who attended Swancon XV may remember the little booklet of short stories distributed (free)… Continue reading SwanCon Progress Report 2: miscellaneous

SwanCon XV Program Book – Pages 8-9 – The XV Committee: A Field Guide

Transcribed by Elaine Walker who has endeavoured to maintain all typographical errors and bad latin. WHAT THE WILD THINGS ARE DON GRIFFITHS, CO-ORDINATOR (Lecturous tenurious) Easily identified by his devilish looking glasses, his habit of lapsing into cyberspace without notice, and the trail of business cards left in his wake. An excellent co-ordinator, and a… Continue reading SwanCon XV Program Book – Pages 8-9 – The XV Committee: A Field Guide

SwanCon 16, Progress report 1 – page ~8

What we are calling page 8 of the SwanCon 16 Progress report 1 (counting the inside front cover as ‘1’) focuses on the venue for the con HOTEL LIASON – JULIA BATEMAN Hi! We have acquired what we hope is the perfect convention set-up for you for our next SwanCon. The Freeway Hotel is situated… Continue reading SwanCon 16, Progress report 1 – page ~8

Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Pages 3-6 – The Not-Quite-Final Programme

Transcribed and curated by Elaine Walker. Transcription attempts to be as accurate as possible. THE NOT-QUITE-FINAL PROGRAMME We, the programmers, are still hoping for people to volunteer items, and for the few remaining blanks to be filled. More importantly, we are hoping for more panelists to volunteer for the timeslots that have been filled. We… Continue reading Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Pages 3-6 – The Not-Quite-Final Programme

Games without Frontiers

Being the 14th and 15th pages of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head on page 14 reads “And you thought you might get some sleep!”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth and Elaine Walker (because reasons). Typoes faithlessly transcribed. Games without Frontiers “Big Blue is Watching You” Life is tough for the small software house… Continue reading Games without Frontiers

SwanCon 16 PR1 – DUCK FANTASY

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge DUCK FANTASY By Stephen Dedman I should if I may, to comment on the quality and quantity of fannish art, writing and publishing in Western Australia at the moment. After a long period when WA fanzines were believed near extinction. 1989 brought us Inconsequential Parallax, Credo, Citee Comique, and Pulp. Tin… Continue reading SwanCon 16 PR1 – DUCK FANTASY

SwanCon XV Progress Report 3 – Videocon II

Being the 12th page of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head reads “Shocking Secrets from the Vaults”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth. Typoes faithlessly transcribed Videocon II by Robin Pen Brief notes on things that might just happen to be shown at the Con, but about which the Committee know nothing in any official… Continue reading SwanCon XV Progress Report 3 – Videocon II

Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 2 – Chairman’s Report

Transcript by Elaine Walker. Text has been transcribed as accurately as possible. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT This is the last progress report to hit the road before Swancon. As most of you are aware I have just returned from my D.U.F.F. trip to the U.S.A. it was a very informative trip, where I made many a good… Continue reading Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 2 – Chairman’s Report

Sn ANATIDAE

Being the 16th page of the SwanCon XV Progress Report 3. Running head reads “Personally, I’m Waiting for the Bribes”. Transcription by Anna Hepworth Sn ANATIDAE More Details about WA’s Own Ditmars The Tin Ducks have gone unmentioned since PR1. We still intend to award them this year (they’ve not been awarded for quite some… Continue reading Sn ANATIDAE