Dear Necon Campers (past, present, and future),
If this message seems vaguely familiar, quite frankly, it should. Christopher Golden wrote most of this copy a few years ago to solicit materials for the Necon Goody Bags, and it worked so well that we’ve pretty much just updated the dates and recycled it ever since!
Once upon a time, it was enough for us to contact the publishers, tell them about Necon, and ask them if they had any books they wanted to donate. That hasn’t worked in a very long time. For the past few years, we’ve written a little note like this one and every Necon Camper has reaped the rewards.
If you’re a publisher and you’d like to donate books, magazines, or promotional merchandise, that would be fantastic. If you’re an author or editor and would like to try to persuade your publisher to do the same, that’s wonderful as well.
Authors, if you’ve got that box of spare copies sitting around, send ’em along.
Remember, even though we cap attendance at 200, that doesn’t mean you need to have 200 copies to donate. The goody bags are always mix and match.
The official deadline for us to receive Goody Bag donations is (appropriately enough!) Friday, July 13th, 2018. Although let’s face it, that’s a soft deadline; if you write us in advance and ask to send your donations after the 13th, we’ll be more than happy to accommodate you. Please ship any materials you’d like to donate, including (but not limited to) books, bookmarks, magazines, and merchandise to —
Necon 38
ATTN: Goody Bags
365 Columbus Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02861
Thanks and see you in July!
Sara Booth
Chairperson, Necon 38