The friends and volunteers here at Cleveland ConCoction's 2020 Convention (aka ConCoction 7) wish to welcome Author Guest Melissa Scott! 

Melissa is a several time award winning Author (John W Campbell, Lambda, and Spectrum) for her works in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Alternative History, who studied at History at Harvard and earned her PhD from Brandeis University.
She has written more than thirty original novels and has written tie-ins for Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1, and Stargate Atlantis. 

Be sure to read more about her on Here on our website, and visit her panels and readings at Cleveland ConCoction 2020. 



Cleveland ConCoction - By the Fans, For the Fans
Your Fandom Escape by the Lake

As September draws to a close we are inching ever closer to Cleveland ConCoction's 2020 Convention.  

Which means - so. many. AUTHORS & BOOKS!!! 

In the next 2-3 weeks email invitations to past attending authors will be going out for invite back to ConCoction in March. 

If you are a published or self-published author and are interested in attending ConCoction and presenting, please be sure to send our Authors Alley an email to authors@clevelandconcoction.org 


Cleveland ConCoction - By the Fans, For the Fans
Your Fandom Escape by the Lake

We plan to create an anthology of short stories written by our members for Cleveland ConCoction 2020, so we are looking for submissions of short stories and original black and white cover art.  

​You do not need to be published---we encourage anyone to submit!
 

For short stories:

• 8,000 word max limit, per story
• Up to 2 entries per person
• Max of 10-15 stories to make it to print
• Work must be original and not previously published
• Should avoid gratuitous sex or violence (PG-13/Young Adult)

 

For cover art

• Black and white or gray-scale cover art
• Up to 2 entries per person
• winner determined by popular vote

 
Please submit by November 30th, to authors@clevelandconcoction.org

The Volunteers of Cleveland ConCoction 2019 would like to thank The Bookshop in Lakewood for their continued support of Your local convention, it's members, as well as our 2019 Guest Author. 

The Bookshop in Lakewood has been a 3-5 year supporter of the convention, as well as several of our game day food drive events over the years. 

Be sure to say hello to them in Authors Alley this year, or visit their storefront in Lakewood. 

The Bookshop in Lakewood 
15014 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107 
216-221-5222 
Facebook:  The Bookshop in Lakewood 

The Volunteers of ConCoction 2019 are pleased to welcome Guest Author Scott Sigler! 

The author of The Generations Trilogy, the Infected Trilogy, and the world's first podcast-only novel Earthcore, as well as many other novels and short stories, he's also a Parsec award winning author. 

He'll be attending and presenting in March 2019 at Cleveland ConCoction's 2019 Convention.
To learn more about Scott, check out his guest page HERE. 

ConCoction's Author's Alley welcomes first time attending author, Patricia Miller.

​Hailing from Sugarcreek, Ohio, Patricia is expecting the launch of the sequel to "Joshua: Life After Theos" to release to print in 2019. 

You can meet her at ConCoction 2019 and read more about her on our website.
Attending Author Bio: Patricia Miller

We plan to create an anthology of short stories written by our members for Cleveland ConCoction 2019, so we are looking for submissions of short stories and original black and white cover art.  

For short stories:

• 8,000 word max limit, per story
• Max of 10-15 stories to make it to print
• Work must be original and not previously published
• Should avoid gratuitous sex or violence (PG-13/Young Adult)

For cover art

• Black and white or gray-scale cover art
• Winner determined by popular vote
• General audience appropriate

Deadline: December 30th, 2018

Melissa S. 
Authors Alley Lead 

Email to: authors@clevelandconcoction.org

Have you checked out all the fantastic Guests we will have at ConCoction 2018?!?! 

Also, have you seen all the fantastic presenting authors that will be in attendance and speaking at the convention this year?
 
Be sure to check the Authors Alley page of our website to learn more!  

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The online convention schedule is available on our website through a link on the Programming Page

Josef Matulich is a writer, special effects artist and costumer who once, long ago, was shanghaied into being a Landsknecht commandant. In his copious free time, he operates a vintage and costume store with his wife Kit and son Aidan. They all live in a suburb of Columbus Ohio infested with deer, hawks, and foxes, none of which seem to be reanimated.

​He has written novels, flash fiction, plays and screenplays. One horror/comedy screenplay has been in Pre-Production Hell for years. The final volume of his Arcanum Faire trilogy, The Ren Faire at the End of the World, was just published by Post Mortem Press  

​Cleveland ConCoction  -  Authors Alley 2018

Weston Kincade writes fantasy, paranormal, and horror novels that stretch the boundaries of imagination, and often genres. His current series include the A Life of Death trilogy and the Priors. Weston's short stories have been published in Alucard Press' "50 Shades of Slay," Kevin J. Kennedy's bestselling "Christmas Horror" and "Easter Horror," and other anthologies. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and helps invest in future writers while teaching. In his spare time Weston enjoys spending time with his wife and Maine Coon cat Hermes, who talks so much he must speak for the Gods.

​Cleveland ConCoction  -  Authors Alley 2018