2012 Darrell Award Winners!
2012 Darrell Awards Winners
The 2012 Darrell Awards Jury is pleased to announce the Winners and First Runners Up for Best Midsouth Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (SF/F/H) work in the following categories:
Best Midsouth Young Adult SF/F/H Work:
- Starlighter by Bryan Davis - Winner
- All the Paths of Shadowby Frank Tuttle - First Runner Up
Best Midsouth SF/F/H Short Story:
- Of Heroes and Airships by Victor Lorthos in Dreams of Steam II - Winner
- The Adjudication of Hetty Green
Best Midsouth SF/F/H Novella:
- Path of an Arrow by Aaron Christopher Drown - Winner and
- High Kings by H. David Blalock - First Runner Up
Best Midsouth SF/F/H Novel:
- Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs - Winner
- Deadline by Seanan McGuire - First Runner Up
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Additionally, Seanan McGuire was inducted into the Coger Memorial Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to all the winners. For more information on the Darrell Awards and how to nominate works for 2013, please see their website at http://darrellawards.wordpress.com.
Volunteer Opportunity for MidSouthCon!
Do you volunteer for MidSouthCon and want to earn extra hours toward awards and even a free membership to MidSouthCon 31 without reducting the amount of time you have available to do things during the convention? Well, a great way to do it is to help with load in and load out! The work you do helping us set up and tear down counts!
For those interested, Load In starts at 10:00am on THURSDAY 3/22/2012 at the CubeSmart at 6390 Winchester (click the link for a map) across the street from the old Barnes & Noble just west of Kirby, with the goal to be at the hotel unloading between 11am and noon. If you are planning to help with load in, please let our Volunteer Coordinator know by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and hit the "Volunteer Sign-Up" link on the left to sign up as a volunteer.
Online Registration is now closed
Online registration for this year's convention is now closed. Feel free join us at the hotel and our helpful staff will be happy to process your information and payment. At-the-door registration is $45 for the entire weekend. ConSuite Giveaway is $8 and Saturday evening Banquet tickets are $20. We look forward to seeing you there!
MidSouthCon 30 Program and Gaming Schedules!
Here is the MidSouthCon 30 programming schedule! It is in PDF format and will require Adobe Acrobat Reader
For Gamers:
We are pleased to announce our gaming schedule for MidSouthCon 30. We have it available for you in several different flavors:
In PDF format:
Click Here for the schedule sorted by Game Type
Click Here for the schedule sorted by Date/Time
Click Here for the schedule sorted by Game Name
And for those of you who like to slice 'n' dice your schedule your own way, here is a Microsoft Excel version of all three
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