From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: UPDATE: CoastCon XVI, April 2-4, 1993. 
Keywords: small con, lots to do there 
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:59:29 GMT

   { This will be our sixteenth year. }

   More guests have been added to the line up.

   George Alec Effinger; Steven Butler; Samantha Lovelace; Roland Mann;
   Thomas Florimonte; Mitch Byrd; Mike Shoemaker.
 
   The snail mail address is:
   { The ConCom doesn't have an Internet address. }

        CoastCon XVI
          P.O. Box 1423 
            Biloxi, Mississippi 39533-1423

   We are a con of about 1,500 people. The cost is now $20.00 until 
March 1, and $25.00 at the door. The con lasts from Noon Friday 
until 6 PM Sunday. There is an airport in Gulfport, about 10 miles 
from the con site. CoastCon is held at a hotel and the Mississippi 
Gulf Coast Coliseum about 1/16 mile from the hotel. The hospitality 
suite is at the hotel and is open about 19 hours a day. 
 
     Our previously mentioned guests are:

SFGoH: Timothy Zahn { Hugo Award Winner; 'Heir to the Empire,' 
                       'Dark Force Rising,' 'Cobra,' 'Cobra II.' } 

FGoH:  Lawrence Watt-Stevens { Award Winning Fantasy Author of 
                    'Blood of a Dragon,' 'The Nightmare People.' } 

GGoH: Michael Stackpole { Game Designer and Author of 
                                            'Battletech' Novels. }

AGoH: Keith Parkinson { Award Winning Fantasy Artist }

Toastmaster: Andrew J. Offutt { Author of 'Shadowspawn' and 
                                contributor to 'Thieve's World.' }

   Things to do at CoastCon: Art Show { mail-ins welcomed }, Awards 
Banquet { Sunday Lunch, at the hotel }, Movie Room at the Coliseum,
sci-fi club run Video Rooms at the hotel, Saturday Night Dance
{ hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, with 'The Time Warp' at Midnight },
Costume Contest { held Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum }, 24-hour
gaming at the hotel, Tournament Gaming at the Coliseum { We can 
provide some prizes for any referee wanting to give them }, the
Jackson Mississippi Wargaming Society is usually there running
microarmour and Napoleonic miniatures games. Also various panels
of readings by the authors, discussions of comics, discussions
of gaming, etc. 
 
  For snail mail information { sent to the above address}: enclose 
a SASE for an info request about; The Costume Contest, Miniature 
Painting Contest, Writing Contest & Draw-off; Volunteer; Gamemaster; 
Art Show*; and Dealer Room.*
{ * means double first class postage required. }

   In past years we have had a KidCon at the hotel on Saturday, while
the parents are at the coliseum enjoying themselves. Openings are
limited. Lunch is included. The fee in past years has been $5-$7
for the several hour KidCon. { About 9 AM to 2 PM }.

   Volunteers can get in for $10.00, and are required to work 12
hours over the Con weekend. Volunteer early by snail mail as we 
have run out of volunteer positions in past years.
 
  No filking event yet, but we are hoping that Filkers will be willing
to run one. The Coliseum has us shut down at 2 AM, so this might
cause some problems as I have been told that filkers like to sing
all night.

     Hotel cost is $51.00 per night per room until March 17, 1993.

    I am a volunteer and might be able to answer some questions. The
committee doesn't have Internet access.

     Jim.
 
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