Cascadia News Bytes: July 30th, 2008

Anime Evolution announced a new venue for their convention next month.

The Seattle World Bid sent out a press release about parties they're involved with at the upcoming Devention.

According to the Seattle Times, the Twilight series of teen vampire books is set in the town of Forks, Washington. Tours are now popping up with fans traveling to the town to see locations written about in the book.

A blogger has posted their report about their experience at PDX Lan in Portland.

The Space Elevator Conference this year was held on the campus of Microsoft. Here's some news from what took place.

Cosmic Log
KIRO TV
Redmond Reporter
Seattle PI
Space Elevator Blog


The Casual Connect Conference held in Seattle devoted towards casual video gaming has a variety of stories online about the current state of gaming.

Casual Gaming Biz
Gamasutra
Game Critics
Game Daily
Game Zebo
Seattle PI
Seattle Times
WordPress
Xconomy

Northwest Event Show

Northwest Event Show
September 23, 2008
11 am - 5 pm
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Seattle, Washington
http://www.nweventshow.com
Cost: Free

The Northwest Event Show has been the staple for professional meeting & event planners in the Puget Sound for 13 years. This unique event offers insight and inspiration on how to improve morale, increase productivity and integrate fresh ideas into your daily business practices, relations, meetings and special events. The Northwest Event Show is much more than a collection of party services, but moreover the catalyst for innovation and design. Our goal for the 2008 Northwest Event Show is to educate you on how you too can leave a green footprint on our emerald city. Learn from organization and event planning professionals how to get involved integrate greener means of business practice.

Register online to receive free parking. You will need to bring 2 business cards to the show. One will be used as your ticket identification and one will allow you to receive the 2009 Event Resource Guide as a complimentary gift. Free parking passes will be available only for those that pre-register online.

Alaska Speculative Fiction Conference Cancelled

The Alaska Speculative Fiction Conference was cancelled by the Board of Directors of the Alaska Writers Guild when insufficient registrations were received to provide for a reasonably effective workshop.

Registrations are in the process of being refunded and will be in the mail by July 1st.

The Ralph Williams Speculative Fiction Writing Contest was also cancelled by Board action but is being picked up by the Ralph Williams Speculative Fiction Contest, an entity which is not associated with the Guild, although Stephanie Patel continues to chair the contest. The deadline is being extended for submissions. A link will be provided to the new website for the contest as soon as it is available. In the meantime, you may contact Stephanie at stpatel@gci.net with any questions. If you have submitted a manuscript you will also soon receive communication regarding the Contest. If you haven’t submitted one yet, take heart—there is a new deadline of August 30, 2008.

Cascadia News Bytes: July 13th, 2008

The International Got Ghosts Conference took place earlier this month in Victoria, BC. Here's some articles that inform readers of what took place.
Victoria Times Colonist
Victoria News

In a related story, here's a review from last month's 1st annual Now That's Weird Conference in England.

Aki Kon, a brand new anime convention is opening up their first year at the Holiday Inn in Downtown Everett, Washington this November.

Penny Arcade Expo(PAX) has issued a new press release about next months event.

How to Win Fans and Influence Fandom

In defence of fantasy & horror cinema

Warning: Violent content complicated