CON.TXT

CON.TXT is a multi-fandom slash-friendly con held biennially (in even-numbered years) in Silver Spring, Maryland. The con mascot is a purple duck, and ducks feature prominently in con activities, i.e., the Disco Duck and the Ducks Deluxe Arts & Crafts Show and Auction.
Some fans' thoughts about Con.txt
* "It was basically like LJ come to life, and the experience of having that familiar Western-media-fannish slashy meta-liking online vibe taking physical form and embodied all around you was fascinatingly trippy."Anonymous comment posted in fail-fandomanon's Con.txt thread dated April 13, 2012.
* "I think Con.txt is really fun. It's a nice mix of meta and squee and technical type panels. There's a dance party that's super fun, a curated vid show that's always got great vids. The con suite is just a huge room that has the art show and dealer's tables in it, along with snacks and tables set up with power strips for people to use. It's where the dance party is, and the vid show, and it's just an awesome space to hang out in."arallara's comment in Chicago peeps, con.txt, and recs dated March 10, 2010 (offline, archived here).
* "It's a really good con, if you want the full blast ficcer-con experience. If you want to be eased into fic cons with something a little slower paced, this is not the con for you." Anonymous comment posted in fail-fandomanon's Con.txt thread dated April 13, 2012.
Playlists for the Vid Shows are here.
==2006==
The first CON.TXT was held June 16–18, 2006; it featured two and a half days of tech, meta and fandom-specific panels, a Friday night party, a Saturday vid show, an art show, and a combined Dealers' Room and Con Suite (aka the ConSweet). Some highlights included the Fandom Spelling Bee, the 'Hot Topic' panels, and the Con Comm Favorites Vid Show (offline, archived here)..WebCite for the 2006 Vid Show. The con was attended by 172 fans.; Programming is archived here..
===2006: Convention Panel Notes===
* Con.txt Report (General stuff) dated June 25, 2006reference link.
* writing diversity panel at con_txt dated June 25, 2006WebCite for writing diversity at con_txt.
* panel notes: The Return of Ray Vecchio! dated June 27, 2006WebCite for anel notes: The Return of Ray Vecchio!.
* Handout for the Pairing Inequities panel dated June 19, 2006WebCite for Handout for the Pairing Inequities panel.
* Friday Panels, more Friday panels, and Saturday panels dated June 21, 2006reference link, reference link, reference link.
===2006: Convention Reports===
* panel notes: Their love is so messed up: Joe Dick and Billy Tallent by brooklinegirl (June 27, 2006) (now requires log in)
* Con.txt Thurs/Fri; Saturday; Sunday by Thalia (June 20–26, 2006)
* con.txt!!1!! dated June 21, 2006WebCite for con.txt!!1!!.
* Con.txt How Are You So Awesome? Part 1,WebCite for Con.txt Part 1. Part 2,WebCite for Part 2. Part 3WebCite for Part 3. dated June 20–23, 2006
* Con.txt report dated June 22, 2006WebCite for Con.txt report.
* OMG!!! I had such an amazingly good time dated June 19, 2006WebCite for OMG!!! I had such an amazingly good time.
* quick Con.txt report dated June 18, 2006WebCite for quick Con.txt report by Shoshanna
==2008==
In 2008 CON.TXT was held June 13–15 and was attended by 171 fans. Many of the same features from the last con were present, including the art show, where fans raised $1700 dollars for the con charity, Heifer International.http://community.livejournal.com/con_txt/44478.html, accessed Sept. 30, 2008 (offline); archived here Some popular panels at the 2008 con included 'Creating Fandom as a Safe Space for Fen of Color', 'John Sheppard - Action Hero as Dork' and 'Writing Longer Stories.' There was also a vid show. Playlist is here (offline, archived here). .WebCite for the 2008 Vid Show; .
===2008: Additional Programming===
* The Personal Politics of Slash Handout dated June 16, 2008WebCite.
* Firefly Panel HandoutWebCite
* Writing Longer Stories Panel NotesWebCite.
* Going Pro PanelWebCite.
* Fair Use and Fan Fiction; also hereWebCite and WebCite.
* Fanon in Harry Potter with illosWebCite.
*Panel Notes for: 'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition Metafandom Hordes!' and 'Creating Fandom as a Safe Space for Fen of Color'WebCite; WebCite; and WebCite.
===2008: Convention Reports===
* by Shoshanna (June 16, 2008)
* by bayleaf/Alanna (June 16, 2008)
==2010==
In 2010, CON.TXT was held June 18–20. 2010 Programming can be found here and the Vid show playlist is here (offline, archived here).WebCite for the 2010 Programming and WebCite for the 2010 Vid Show playlist; .
===2010: Convention Reports===
* "I remember last year I went to a slash writers' con called CON.TXT. It was a very small con - about 200 people - and it was a sea of women, that's for sure. There were literally three men in attendance, by all reports, and one of them was the son of a woman who had been in the slash writing community for years. The other was his friend, and the third was a gay guy no one knew. From what I heard him speaking up in panel Q&As, he was interested in the question of why gay men didn't tend to read slash. His take on it seemed to be not so much that gay men felt objectified by slash, but that not a lot of them identified with the POVs in slash."millari's comment in men writiing slash dated January 24th, 2010; reference link
*"When we got back, I went to the Open Source panel run by Synecdochic and Cesy. This was a pretty decent panel on AO3 and Dreamwidth, but it was not exactly the panel I wanted*, which is the problem when you cannot run all of the panels yourself. I wanted a panel to talk about how remix culture and free software were sort of similar to and sort of different from media fandom. The panel it was, though, went well and was informative, and will hopefully lead people to volunteer with AO3 or Dreamwidth or both."Con.txt 2010 dated June 23rd, 2010; reference link; reference link.
* "Then it was the vid show. First we did the quiet room, and there were some lovely vids, including a fascinating femslash vid where Starbuck of new BSG and Vala of SG meet like ships in the night. It was a rare pair story in three minutes and so well done. I don't do RPS, but there was an adorable Mythbusters vid to a song called James Bondage, and it was an absolute hoot. Then we adjourned to the Noisy Room for part two of the show, where there were also some excellent vids. Things ended on a high note with a gorgeous Hot Fuzz vid, which made one feel warm and uplifted and - well – fuzzy inside. :-)"
* "So I went to the Holmes panel and sat between synecdochic and melannen, who recognized me based on my shopping bag of Star Trek books, and then I went down the hall to mod the Star Trek paracanon panel. It was a lot of fun, and I thought it went pretty well; it mostly was a conversation in which all of us wound up proselytizing our favorite bits of the paracanon while I wrote semi-random things on the big notepad. Fun times, to be sure, and I managed to score a physical copy of The Empty Chair at the book swap, as well as a random New Frontier book and a book about early Star Trek fandom, and then we also managed to dump the leftovers on the swap table despite the con suite technically being closed, FTW. We are stealthy!"
* "There was an interesting discussion in the "Kinked for Kink Memes" session about privacy and fandom. It was very evident that a lot of fans approach things very differently from me (and many of the people I know personally in fandom). Not that my LJ & DW are linked to my facebook or anything, but I work at a sex-positive Gay & Lesbian non-profit and I never intend to be any kind of public figure and so I don't think that I have quite the same concerns as, for example, the person who said she works for the government and has family members with very high security clearances. I did feel condescended to a bit at times like people thought the only legitimate way to exist on the internet and in fandom is anonymously, but they're entitled to their opinions and if my decisions bite me in the ass someday then they do and I'm sure I'll be fine one way or another. Plus I really do understand that people have legitimate concerns and people's jobs are much more important to them than fandom is, but I've grown up doing this stuff since a very young age. All my friends have always known about fic and slash. We all read each other's LJs growing up. If someone wanted to dig up details about my fannish life, then they could. That ship sailed a very long time ago."
*con.txt! yay! dated June 21, 2010
==2012==
* Was held June 15–17, 2012
* Twitter hashtag was #Contxt
* At the art auction, a quilted bag sold for $200, and a Bucky Barnes photomanip by DigitalWave went for $450.
* The total con.txt raffle earnings for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières and The Trevor Project came to $867.00.
* Vid show playlist is here (offline, archived here).WebCite for the 2012 Vid Show.
===2012: Convention Reports and Panel Notes===
* I'm at con.txt! dated June 15, 2012WebCite for I'm at con.txt!.
* AO3 links, and con.txt panel dated June 16, 2012WebCite for AO3 links, and con.txt panel.
* Con.Txt is, in fact, pretty damn awesome dated June 16, 2012WebCite for Con.Txt is, in fact, pretty damn awesome.
* CON.txt mid-con report dated June 16, 2012WebCite for CON.txt mid-con report.
* Con.txt is excellent so far dated June 16, 2012reference link.
* Con.txt post the first! dated June 17, 2012WebCite for Con.txt post the first!
* Con.txt post the second (of three) (I hope) dated June 18, 2012reference link.
* Con.txt post the third (final) dated June 19, 2012reference link.
* Con report: Con.txt 2012: Love in Dark Settings: dated June 17, 2012WebCite for Con report: Con.txt 2012 .
* Pro-slash panel handout: Information for self-published/indie authors (esp. writers of GLBT fiction) dated June 17, 2012reference link.
* Con.Txt DIY Panel Write-Up: Hockey RPF Splinter Faction Table dated June 17, 2012WebCite for Con.Txt DIY Panel Write-Up: Hockey RPF Splinter Faction Table.
* CON.TXT vidshow & title cards dated June 18, 2012reference link.
* Back from CON.TXT; subtitles on vids dated June 18, 2012reference link.
* Post-con write-up at long last. dated June 18, 2012reference link.
* Con.txt, Day 1 dated June 19, 2012reference link.
* Con.Txt Write-Up: Handling Problematic Characterizations Through A Social Justice Lens dated June 22, 2012; reference link.
* Con.txt, Day 2 dated June 24, 2012reference link.
* Con.txt panel report #1: Avengers Fans Assemble! dated June 26, 2012reference link.
* Resources and info from the ConTxt Ereader panel! dated June 26, 2012reference link.
* CON.TXT Panel Report: The Phylogeny of Speculative Erotica dated July 8, 2012reference link.
* Con Reports, Long Overdue dated August 1, 2012 (linked with permission).
* Panel Notes Spreadsheet on Textually Queer Media dated August 1, 2012 (linked with permission).
* Panel Notes Spreadsheet for Femslash Fandom Faire dated August 1, 2012 (linked with permission).
==2014==
Con.txt 29014 was held 13-15, 2014. The Vid Show Playlist is archived here 
===2014: Convention Reports===
* by sockii
==2016==
*Website Archived
*Schedule
*Vid Show 2016
==2018==
==2020==
Due to the coronovirus pandemic, the 2020 convention was held as a single-day virtual convention only July 25, 2020.cinco. Get your panel suggestions in for the virtual con!, posted to Dreamwidth on 14 May 2020. (Accessed 25 April 2021.)
Programming
*Social
*Panels
* Welcome to CON.TXT 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
* Canon, Fanon, Fever Dream - 10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. 
* Best Friends Squad! She-Ra Wrap-Up Feels - 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
* The Untamed Discussion Conference - noon - 12:50 p.m.
* Singalong Vid Show 3 - 1 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
* Star Wars: Darth Disney 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
* Introduction to Starfleet Legal Principles 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
* C-Novels That Aren't MDZS 4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
* Catharsis - Vid Show - 5 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
* I, Murderbot 6 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.
* CON.TXT 2020 Vid Show 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (Playlist is archived here)
* CON.TXT 2020 Wrap-Up 9:45 p.m. - 10 p.m.
* f/f forever: Queer Women Represent! 10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
* Advanced Fic Finding 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
* Let's Do the Fanwarp Again noon - 12:50 p.m.
* Hey, how would you pronounce ❤?" 1 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
* Bring Your Fandom to Work 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
* How Is This So Hot? 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
* Baby's First Fanfic 4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
* Civic Engagement for Introverts 5 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
* So You Want to Make a Vid 6 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.
* Financial Crime for Fun and Profit 10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
* Werewolf Torts and Undead Annuities III 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.*
==2021==
Due to the coronovirus pandemic, the 2020 convention was held as a three-day virtual convention: June 25-27, 2021https://con-txt.dreamwidth.org/72013.html
Programming:
Friday
*Friday Night Events
*Panels and vid shows>ref></ref>
Saturday
*Panels and vid shows
*3 hr main vid show (Saturday) 
Sunday
*Panels and vid shows
==2023==
Virtual convention held on the Conline Club platform with convention Discord.
Vid Shows
Some Vids We Liked
Problem (Remaster)'''''' 	Captain America: The FirstAvenger & Captain America: The Winter Soldier	kuwdora & talitha78
No Plot, Just Thirst 	Judge Dredd 	condnsdmlk
Muppet Goncharov'''''' 	The Muppets (Various) 	Airawyn Summers
Good Vibrations'''''' 	Multi 	Krim
A Quake!'''''' 	Hogan's Heroes 	Vielmouse
I Gotta Feelin''''''' 	The Muppets (Various) 	Countessmry
She Works Hard for theMoney''''''	KinnPorsche the Series La'forte 	teyla
9 to 5 	Succession 	hermajestythespinach
Human Behaviour 	The Favourite 	Corbae
Gimme More'''''' 	Nope 	findmeinthealps
Can't Hold Us'''''' 	Hannibal 	Desdemon
Dante's Prayer'''''' 	Star Trek II: The Wrath ofKhan & Star Trek III: TheSearch for Spock 	Killa
We Only Listen To Mountain Goats
Title 	Vidder 	Fandom
No Children 	Xandra 	Community (2009)
Dilaudid 	lilly_the_kid 	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
The Autopsy Garland 	isozyme 	Word of Honor (2021)
This Year 	indigostohelit	Cobra Kai (TV) (2018) & The Karate Kid Series (1984+) (1984)
Cry for Judas 	ascatman 	Gravity Falls (2015)
Balance 	absternr 	Nirvana In Fire (2015)
International Small Arms Traffic Blues	Sebastian Dean	Better Call Saul (2015) & Breaking Bad (2008)
Love Love Love 	Rowan Oake 	Revolutionary Girl Utena (1990)
The Least That We Could Do 	seekingferret 	Indecent (2017)
Michael Myers Resplendent 	Vector Spector	Halloween II (1981)
Rain in Derry 	Periru3 	It (1990), It part 1 (2017) & It part 2 (2019)
Hail Satan 	Tafadhali 	Stranger Things (2016)
Nameless Bodies, Unremembered Rooms 	stardust_rain 	Star Wars: Andor (2022)
IKARI: The Last Thing That I Do 	LEONHART 	The End of Evangelion (1997)
Feasting and Dancing 	seekingferret 	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) & Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Premieres
CON.TXT Show Intro by Corbae 	Spring Rain by Aaron Ximm 	
Fixerupper by Rhea314 	Fixerupper by Tayla Parx 	Beyond Evil (2021)
War of Hearts by AurumCalendula 	War of Hearts by Ruelle 	Nv Er Hong (2023)
Fashion by lolathexxiii 	Fashion by David Bowie 	Till the End of the Moon (2023)
Who the Hell is Edgar? by Aaronantium	Who the Hell Is Edgar? by Teya and Salena 	Mob Psycho 100 (2016), Multifandom (1000) & Red Dwarf (1988)
Invisible Thread by Diana Williams 	Invisible Thread by Matt Gould & Griffin Matthews	Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020) & Cherry Magic! Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!: The Movie (2022)
The Brave by nu_breed 	The Brave by Shapeshifter 	My Country: The New Age (2019)
The City by Vielmouse 	The City by The 1975 	The Sentinel (1996)
mirror in the sky by BeatriceEagle 	Landslide by Robyn Sherwell 	12 Monkeys (2015), Doctor Who (2005), Farscape (1999), Looper (2012), Predestination (2015), Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) & Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Fast Car by sandalwoodbox 	Fast Car by Tracy Chapman 	Little Women (2022)
Dancing in the Dark by starlady 	Dancing in the Dark by Lucy Dacus 	Ms. Marvel (2022)
Nearly New
Title 	Vidder 	Fandom
CON.TXT Show Intro 	Corbae 	
seven 	BeatriceEagle 	Psych (2006)
Stray Italian Greyhound 	sandalwoodbox 	Dear Missy (2020)
Aint Misbehavin 	Rhea314 	Chicago Typewriter (2017)
Small Talks 	marah sarie 	Miss Sherlock (2018)
You and Me 	starlady 	Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Totally Fucked 	Diana Williams	Loki (2021)
Youre So Vain 	Cassie Ingaben	From Eroica with Love (1976)
Youre Really Pretty, Girl 	Allekha 	Hikari no Densetsu (1986)
Thoughts (Both Cassandra And Duncan Versions)	Vielmouse 	Highlander: The Series (1992)
Blank Page 	nu_breed 	Mad Dog (2017)
Velodrome 	Rhea314 	Little Women (2022)
Dead Of Night 	AurumCalendula	The Vampires (2022)
Monster 	AurumCalendula	Killjoys (2015)
Where Is the World Going? 	Dee Laundry 	BPM: Beats per Minute (2017)
Crowded Table 	sandalwoodbox 	Papa Daddy (2021)
Let's Get Animated
Title 	Vidder 	Fandom
CON.TXT Show Intro 	Corbae 	
Blank Space 	Tigrin 	Death Note (2006)
Mr. Suave 	MomtoCutiePia 	Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (2016)
Witching Hour 	2009JoRose, AnneLabyrinth, CasualLove, FableSecrets, Just Me, PeanutbutterjellyXx, UnstableObsessions, WCRfan126 & xDivineMemoriesx	Disney Movies (1950) & Multifandom (1000)
Spectrum 	Nekokitkat 	Multifandom (1000)
Monarch 	Iren S.S. 	Mononoke (2007)
Lily Blossom 	alchemyminiAMV 	Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)
You Can (Not?) Alone	LopezAMV 	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009), ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) & ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版：Q | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
Sanctuary 	Bleedgirl & TheNamelessDoll 	My Neighbor Totoro (1988), もののけ姫 | Princess Mononoke (1997), コクリコ坂から | From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), ハウルの動く城 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004), 借りぐらしのアリエッティ | The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), 千と千尋の神隠し | Spirited Away (2001), 崖の上のポニョ | Ponyo (2008) & 魔女の宅急便 | Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Oh No! 	Periru3 	Yuri!!! On Ice (2016)
Youth 	Lyrical Beauty Productions 	Revolutionary Girl Utena (1990)
Technicolor Dreamer 	Kireblue 	Little Witch Academia (2017)
Magic Eye 	ShinAMV 	Steins;Gate (2011)
Infinity 	FableSecrets, TheNight130, WCRfan126 & xDivineMemoriesx 	Disney Movies (1950)
JaAM 	Vivifx 	Multifandom (1000)
I'm Walking Into Spiderwebs
Title 	Vidder 	Fandom
CON.TXT Show Intro 	Corbae 	
Where Did You Sleep Last Night	ohvienna 	Yellowjackets (2021
I’m (Not) Myself 	SasukeChanx 	Perfect Blue (1997)
Dilaudid 	LithiumDoll 	Hannibal (2013)
Control 	vanderwaalx 	Carrie (2013)
i can feel you 	winterevanesce 	The Exorcist (2017)
girl anachronism 	firstaudrina 	Interview with the Vampire (2022)
Bird Song 	aguntoaknifefight	Crimson Peak (2015)
Empty Hands 	Shainira 	Haunting of Hill House (2019)
Sunshine Part 1 	kiki_miserychic 	Westworld (2016)
For Emily 	hollywoodgrrl 	The Handmaiden's Tale (2016)
Black Magic Woman 	17KSS 	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Community Gardens 	atlasofgalaxies 	The Magnus Archives (2016)
Millions 	silverelver 	Severance (2022)
Wonderwall 	Henriikka 	Fear Street (movies) (2021)
Undefeated 	Apprentiss 	Prey (2022)
Blinding Lights 	L3V1 4CK3RM4N 	Stranger Things (2016)
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