WANTED: Reformed desperados, card sharps & hired guns, charming schoolmarms & saloon gals with hearts of gold, time displaced inventors and space travelers stuck in alien recreations of the OK Corral. By popular demand, this year we are putting the West in MediaWest*Con 28, exploring the western panhandle of the SF/Media territories. So whether you are headed for the wide open spaces or the last roundup, practicing your quickdraw with Old Redeye, looking for the Next Big Thing or just the shiny side of the Final Frontier, we say...
MediaWest*Con is the definitive gathering of SF/Media fandom, held each Memorial Day Weekend in Lansing Michigan. MediaWest*Con is sponsored by T'Kuhtian Press as a celebration of the diversity of SF/Media fandom, run by fans, for fans, and is staffed entirely by volunteers. MediaWest*Con traditionally features the Art Show and Auction, Fanzine Reading Room. Fannish Videos, Masquerade, Dealers' Room, SF/Media Fan Fund, Fan Quality Awards, a Con Suite (AKA Hospitality Suite) and a Party Suite, and many, many panels on a wide variety of topics representing many areas of interest. Programming is determined by member input and participation; a form for suggesting topics will be included in a future Progress Report. Programming is intended for an adult audience; we do not censor adult themes in panel topics or in the Art Show. We have no official guests. The name MediaWest*Con is a service mark of MediaWest*Con.
PROGRAMMING | FAN Q | FAN FUND | FANNISH VIDEO | ART SHOW | MASQUERADE | DOOR DECORATION
Once again, MediaWest*Con 28 was held in Lansing, Michigan on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2008. As always, programming was determined by member input and participation.
Fandoms represented in MW*C 28 programming included: 24, 4400, Alias Smith & Jones, Jane Austen, Battlestar Galactica, Bones, Boston Legal, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Chuck, Arthur C Clarke, comics, CSI, Dead Zone, Doctor Who/Torchwood/Sara Jane Adventures, Eureka, Farscape, Firefly/Serenity, Forever Knight, Christine Freehan, Laurell K Hamilton, Harry Potter, Highlander, Indiana Jones, Jericho, Journeyman, LOTR, S Kenyon, Knight Rider, Life, LiveJournal, Magnificent 7, Medium, Miss Marple, MMORPG, Moonlight, Muppets, NASA/space, NCIS, New Amsterdam, Andre Norton, Pirates of the Caribbean, Professionals, Psych, JD Robb, Sentinel, Smallville, Maria Van Schneider, Star Trek Enterprise, Stargate Atlantis, Starsky & Hutch, Star Wars, Supernatural, Terminator, Traveler, UNCLE, Wikis, X-Files, Xena, and more.
Click here for 2008 Fan Q winners and info on the Fan Quality Awards.
The 2008 Fan Fund recipient is Barbara Drake.
Click here for more info. Support the Fan Fund!
Click here for Fannish Video Competition info.
By Popular Vote
Best In Show: Van Wolfsing -- The Teddy
Lady
Best SF: The 10 -- Cat's Meow
Best Fantasy: Cardinals -- Heather
Bruton
Best 3-D: Shadow Riders -- 3-DBudd
Best Critter: Van Wolfsing -- The Teddy
Lady
Best Needlework: Revenge of the Fandom Quilt
-- Seth Cutts & Gail Felipe
Best Glass: Torchwood -- Laura Wootan
Best Cartoon: House Call -- Leah
Rosenthal
Best Portrait: Dirty -- Karen River
Best Jewelry: Fallen Comrade -- Siouxie
Sherman
Best Investigator: Dr. Mallard, I Presume
-- Kate Nuernberg
Best Horror: Mick at Night -- Kate
Nuernberg
2 Cute 2 Live: Yin-Yang -- Karen River
Sickest Cartoon: And They Call It Puppy Love
-- Leah Rosenthal
Nominated in Most Categories: Van Wolfsing
-- The Teddy Lady
Fandoms represented in Revenge of the Fandom Quilt:
Tin Man, Firefly, Eureka, Dirty Jobs, Golden Compass, Kill
Bill, Pushing Daisies, Rat Patrol, Torchwood
Identified fandoms in Revenge of the Fandom
Quilt:
1st: Elspeth Tracy Johnson
2nd: Harimad
3rd: Dawn Hazelwood
Judges: Seth Bonder, Sophia Kelly Shultz, Mark Cogan
Photos by Bill Dyer
Best Young Fan: Torchwood Who? Samantha Powell, Kelly Lowrey, Victoria Gold, Nola Thompson |  Best In Show For Detail: Gwynnyd Carole Lynn |
 Renaissance Babe Award: Lodie Nicole |  Deja Vu All Over Again: Indiana Jones Kelly Dwyer, Karl, Paula, Lance |
 Best Characterization of Someone I Don't Want to Meet in a Dark Alley: Section 6 Dispatch Davis Cross |  Not Ready for Youtube Players Award: Hogwarts Past & Present Julie Garner, Ashley Harp |
 Most Stoned Performance: Dancing With The Stars Mike Arquila, Christine Krebs |  Most In Need of a GPS/Best Unintentional Sight Gag/Audience Choice Award: Randolph the Red Peter Cooper |
Audience Choice Audience Winner: David Ari Sandler
 Best Presentation: 476 He's Back! -- Dueling Archeologists |  Best 3-D: 570 We Get No Kick From Champagne |
 Best Use of Props: 255 Cardiff Tourist Office |  Best Graphic Design: 514 The Doctor's Library |
 Best Use of Con Theme: 373 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys |  Best Slash: 316 Love Songs |
 Best Interactive: 441 Name That Starsky & Hutch Episode |  Best Single Fandom: 333 Dummies Guide to Whump |
 Best Humour: 323 What's Really In The Trunk of the Impala | |
This official MediaWest*Con page was updated March 15, 2009