Red Rose (slash con)

Red Rose Convention was a slash multimedia fan-run convention held in the UK from 1998 to 2002. 
It was hosted and organized by Red Rose Press.
Attendance numbered around 50. 
It billed itself as "an unashamed multi-media 'slash' convention, two days taken out of Real Life to talk about slash without let or hindrance."
==Fiction Created for This Con==
Most cons generated a con zine which contained fanworks created especially for/distributed at the con. "Red Rose" did not have a separate con zine, but instead included fiction in the program book.
While this convention is very much associated with the zine, Red Rose, that zine was not an official con zine, something that can be confusing.
==1998: The First Con==
The 1998 con was held July 24-26th at Telford Moat House, Stropshire, England.
A flyer is here; archive link.
The chair person was Ruth Saunders. The guest of honor was M. Fae Glasgow.
This con had a drabble contest, a caption contest, and a raffle. 
From a flyer: 
===1998: Program Book Contents===
* Chairman's Introduction by Ruth Saunders (description of the con, rules) (2)
* The Team (chair: Ruth Saunders; technical: Clare Goodall; other stuff: Gloria Lancaster -- short self-descritpions) (3)
* Our Guest (short self-description by M. Fae Glasgow) (3)
* What's happening in the Main Room? (4)
* What's Happening in the Video Room? (5)
* 40 Ways...To Be A Slash Hero (tongue-in-cheek list of tropes) (6)
* Competition Time! (Raffle, Caption Contest, Drabble Contest, Funniest T-Shirt Contest) (8)
* It's Raining Men (Halleluja!) ... by Lindsey Shelton ("In the past eighteen months I have become a dedicated fan of the slash genre. I blame this on two friends (Hi Eileen and Clare) who nurtured my casual interest into a blooming obsession! Slash is taking over my life; both as a reader of fanfiction and a writer of it. My small collection of zines is growing, although it isn't ready yet to compete with either of their impressive libraries of erotica. During this learning experience I have begun to have firm favourites regarding pairing which I've decided to inflict on you. I suppose it will give you some idea of which fandoms I prefer and something to argue about. So in REVERSE order, here are my top ten gorgeous couples.") (9)
** Garak/Bashir
** Duncan/Methos
** Kirk/Spock (TOS)
** Bodie/Doyle
** Picard/Q
** Han/Luke
** Avon/Blake
** Mulder/Krycek
** McQueen/Hawkes
** Mulder/Skinner
* a short flyer for the zine, The Song of Sounds
* The Fiction Zone... (four fics, see 1998: Program Book Fiction) (12)
* The Wave Theory of Slash, a reprint of Lezlie Shell's seminal essay (34)
===1998: Programming===
From the program book: 
Some programming:
* Just a Minute (The Radio 4 Panel Game, with a slash twist)
* Fire and Ice (The astrological implications of the Blake/Avon relationship)
* Guest Talk: M. Fae Glasgow (The Person Behind the Porn)
* The Deliberately Provocative Panel: It's Porn, Admit It! (What does a fandom need? Apart from the obvious?)
* Quiz (Clever Cogs or Brain Donors -- all should score a few points!)
* Net vs Print (We can't ignore it, it's here to stay. Has net fic changed the face of fandom forever? And yes, we ask The Question: Netfic - crap or what?)
* Build Your Own Fandom ("What does a fandom need? Apart from the obvious...")
* Does Your Mother Know Where You Are? (Have you told porkies about slash, do you fib about fandom? Do the kids think you've popped out for a pint of semi skimmed and a sliced loaf?)
* Kinks and Anti-Kinks (What floats our boat -- what hurls our cookies? And what about the elusive Dopple-Kink -- we should love it, we think we will love it, but when we read it in a story -- argh)
===1998: Program Book Fiction===
The program book contains four "snippets" written for this con.
* Damn Fool Questions by Gloria Lancaster (Mulder/Skinner: a missing scene from the episode, "Redux II") (The X-Files) (12)
* Torrid by M. Fae Glasgow (Mulder/Krycek: "a little something for the weekend from our guest of honor") (The X-Files) (15)
* Happy Birthday by Gloria Lancaster (Mulder/Skinner): "the title says it all") (The X-Files) (19)
* Tea for Two by Gloria Lancaster (Wield/original character: "all MFae's fault for encouraging me to read the D&P novels!") (Dalziel and Pascoe) (21)
===1998: Con Reports===
==2000: The Second Con==
==2002: The Third Con==
The guest of honor was likely Torch.
It took place July 26-28, 2002. An earlier flyer shows it was planned at one point for August 2-4. 
 
Another flyer: 
===2002: The Program Book Contents===
It contains 115 pages.
* Welcome (2)
* Red Rose Competitions (3)
* Red Rose Facilities (4)
* Fiction (nine stories, one cartoon, one meta, see 2002: Program Book Fiction) (5)
* Advert (107)
* Slash Crossword (108)
* Answers (110)
===2002: Programming===
Friday
*2.00pm Registration desk opens - Hello!!!
*4.00pm Tea
*5.00pm Panel: The first slash story wot I wrote - ‘Fes up to those early horrors!
*7.00pm Dinner
*9.00pm Opening ceremony - And a little ice breaker to get to know each other.
*9.30pm Game: Just a minute
*10.30pm Panel: Ugly Bastards - Why do we write slash about the ugly ones?
Saturday
*8.00am Breakfast
*9.30am Panel: Warnings - Should we add them, do we need them?
*10.30am Tea and Guest Talk (Torch)
*11.30am Panel: Cultural Differences - American shows, English slashers etc.
*11.30am In Video Room: Song Vid workshop
*12.30pm Lunch 
*1.30pm Panel: OTT or OTP, OK or N/A - Over the top or one true pairing?
*2.30pm Panel: Copyright - Pertinent stuff for us all.
*2.30pm In Video Room: Fandom showcases (k/S and Oz)
*3.30pm Tea and Auction - Bag that bargain!
*5.00pm Panel: Bad Fic! No Biscuit! - why do we write deliberately bad fic?
*6.00pm Panel: Where to draw the line? - Is there anything we shouldn’t write?
*7.30pm Dinner –Please dress up a little, no jeans and T’s unless you must!
*9.00pm Panel: Name your cliché – Not another one where...
*10.00pm Game: Slash Pictionary
Sunday
*8.00am Breakfast
*10.00am Guest Talk (Torch)
*11.00am Slash Masters of the Universe - Fandoms do battle!
*12.30pm Lunch (plus a little bribery and corruption)
*1.30pm Slash Masters of the Universe: Final 
*2.00pm Closing ceremony
*2.30pm Game: Slashy consequences
*3.30pm Panel: Brainless Blonde or scary stalker - acceptable fannish behaviour?
*4.30pm Close - Goodbye...
===2002: Program Book Fiction===
* Sleeping in the Rain, fiction by Gloria Lancaster (X-Files) (5)
* Celebration by Elise Madrid (Star Trek: TOS) (11)
* The Detention by Lexin (Harry Potter) (15)
* Wild Ride by Lucy Lastic (Sentinel) (19)
* He Said it That Knew it Best by Lexin (Harry Potter) (31)
* Mein Sehr Geehrter Herr by Cassie lngaben (Eroica) (55)
* Prodding Avon by Julia Stamtord and Predatrix (Blakes 7) (74)
* Reward by Gloria Lancaster (Sentinel) (83)
* The Beginner's Guide to Blakes 7 Slash by Manna (85)
* Shadow by Deanna Gray (Star Trek: TOS) (88)
* Strip Cartoons by Cassie Ingaben (Eroica) (105)
===2002: Con Reports===
==References==
Category:Slash Conventions
Category:1998 Conventions
Category:2000 Conventions 
Category:2002 Conventions
Category:Conventions in United Kingdom