The K/S Gazette – December 2023
Larissa Bernstein (TLara) (she/her) / 31st Dec 2023, 3:39AM
Save the dates:
KiScon 2024 (Seattle & online): 1–3 November 2024
Upcoming Pub Nights:
6 January 2024, 02:00 p.m. EST
20 January 2024, 02:00 p.m. EST
3 February 2024, 02:00 p.m. EST
Upcoming Cinema of Squee – TOS Viewing Parties:
13 January 2024, 04:00 p.m. EST
27 January 2024, 04:00 p.m. EST
10 February 2024, 04:00 p.m. EST
Dear K/S friends,
Greetings and felicitations! We hope you are enjoying a joyful winter holiday season, and we send you our best wishes for a happy, creative, inspiring, and peaceful New Year filled with good luck, good health, love, and laughter.
1. Early Bird Registration for KiScon 2024 is open:
Many of you who attended this year's online KiScon have already heard the news, but for those who have not we are delighted to announce that KiScon will be returning in person in 2024 at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center (address: 17620 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98188).
There will be a banquet. There will be a cake. There will be a con suite. There will be Pin the Cock on Spock. It's going to be a rowdy good time! But KiScon 2024 will also be a hybrid convention, combining the in-person event at the hotel with virtual programming to include and interweave with each other the best of both worlds. We aim to get both online and in-person attendees into the same big room to enable real and meaningful interaction with all.
Early Bird Registration is now open!
All registration for the convention, both online and in person, takes place through Conline! Register here: https://kiscon.conline.club/
We have also prepared a helpful How-To pdf: https://kiscon.org/resources/Conline-How-To-2024.pdf
The rates for KiScon 2024 are:
- In-Person Attending: This tier gets you in-person admission to the convention, plus a physical goodie bag, plus the digital goodie bag. It also gives you access to all our online activities (e.g. for rewatching the vidshows). As an EARLY BIRD you can get this tier for $150, but only until Valentine's Day (14 February 2024)! From 15 February – 31 July 2024, the In-Person Attending tier will be available for $165, and on 1 August 2024 the price will jump to $180.
- Online Attending: $25. This tier gets you online admission and a digital goodie bag as we've done the past two years.
- Supporting Membership: $10. This tier is for those who cannot attend the con, but want to support us with a donation. You will get the digital goodie bag, as we've done the past two years.
For all membership tiers we offer add-ons during the registration process, for example a physical goodie bag ($40) for online members; in-person members can choose this option if they need an extra physical goodie bag (e.g. to take home as gift for a friend). You can also choose to sponsor a membership during the check-out process.
2. What about Dealer's Memberships?
This is a little different this year! Rather than have Dealer's Memberships as their own variety of membership tier, we instead are providing the option to add on a Dealer's Table during registration.
Physical, in-person tables are $15. Online table space is $10.
Both online and in-person tables get advertising space in the con book.
The submission deadline for dealer advertisements in the con book is: 31 August 2024.
3. Will there be scholarships this year?
There will be scholarships available for this year's convention for both online and in-person attendance. For in-person scholarships, priority will be given to those who have never attended a KiScon in person. You can apply for a scholarship by writing to concom@kiscon.org.
If you would like to sponsor a scholarship, please use the add-on during the registration process, or reach out to us via e-mail at concom@kiscon.org! It costs $25 to sponsor an online scholarship and $180 to sponsor an in-person scholarship.
4. What else is happening in K/S fandom?
As some of you may have heard, K/S Advent is currently well underway with 59 delightful and festive fanworks having been revealed thus far! Check out the collection now on the AO3 and stay tuned for the last day of reveals tomorrow and (in a few days) the masterlist on the K/S Advent Tumblr.
And that's the news! Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this.
One last thing: we do love to hear from y'all! If you have a question or comment about anything discussed in the newsletter or maybe a piece of K/S news we've missed, a new zine coming out, or an online fanwork creation fest or anything else you think might be worthy of note, please let us know! You can get in touch by replying directly to this e-mail. :-)
5. Where to find KiScon information & announcements:
Official website
KiScon Discord server
Tumblr blog
Twitter
Conline
Facebook Group
Dreamwidth
Bluesky
Instagram
TikTok
Past newsletters:
The K/S Gazette – January 2023
The K/S Gazette – March 2023
The K/S Gazette – July 2023
The K/S Gazette – August 2023
The K/S Gazette – September 2023
The K/S Gazette – October 2023
Yours in K/S,
T’Lara & StarshipLillian