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Gopher and Art Corner sign up open!

We’re looking for gophers! Sign up for gophering duties now, or by
mid-June the latest! But you can already do it now!
http://2016.finncon.org/en/about/gophers/

We’re also looking for vendors for our art corner now! There is a very
limited number of tables available, so act quickly!
http://2016.finncon.org/en/about/art-corner/

Volunteer for Program

We are now happy to announce our official call for program participants!

Finncon’s theme this year is fairy tales but all program suggestions related to science fiction and fantasy are welcomed. Feel free to suggest presentations, panels, readings, workshops or anything else you can come up with.

To be a part of our program, please fill out the  program volunteer form.

Finncon’s Guest Scholar Raffaella Baccolini

The Guest Scholar of the Finncon 2016 Academic Track is Raffaella Baccolini who works as a Professor of English Literature at the University of Bologna. Professor Baccolini has published several papers on dystopian fiction and is a central figure in her field.

More information about professor Baccolini can be found on her introduction page.

Academic Track: Call for Papers

Call for Papers for the Academic Track at Finncon 2016

Fantastic Visions from Faerie to Dystopia
July 1–3, 2016, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

The deadline for the proposals is February 29, 2016.
For more information, see http://finfar.org/en/call-for-papers-for-the-academic-track-at-finncon-2016-fantastic-visions-from-faerie-to-dystopia-3/