Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce that Melissa Scott will be joining us as our Author Guest of Honor for this years 2024 Convention!!  

Melissa Scott has published more than thirty original novels and a handful of short stories, most with queer themes and characters, as well as authorized tie-in work for Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Wars Rebels, and the first season of Rooster Teeth’s anime series gen:LOCK. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1986, and won Lambda Literary Awards for Trouble and Her Friends, Shadow Man, Point of Dreams, (with long-time partner and collaborator, the late Lisa A. Barnett), and Death By Silver, written with Amy Griswold. She has also been shortlisted for the Otherwise (Tiptree) Award. She won Spectrum Awards for Death By Silver, Fairs’ Point, Shadow Man and for the short story “The Rocky Side of the Sky.”

For more on Melissa Scott visit her page here



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Now that the Cleveland ConCoction 2023 Convention has ended, we've updated the ConCoction Discord server for future growth and fun! As we are a volunteer-run Community based organization we are going to use this server for continued communication with the Community toward:

• 2023 Summer Picnic
• Future Game Day Events
• Online Events (games, watch parties, etc.)
• Cleveland ConCoction's 2024 Convention
• ConCoction at other Cleveland area events
• ConCoction at other Convention events

...and possibly even more fun in the future!

Join us online and let us know how you like the new look.




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Looking to attend Cleveland ConCoction's 2023 Membership driven, All-Volunteer Run Convention?  

Don't forget to check out registration page 


We are now in the final week of 2023 Membership Pre-Registraion and a weekend badged membership is now $40 through to Friday, March 10th.  

Mail-in options and group rate mail-in options are also still available - they MUST be postmarked no later than Friday, March 10th or received by March 13th if in person. 


2023 Membership Registration 


We also have more events we are looking forward to in the year to come as well - so grab your membership now and keep checking our Website, Discord Community or Socials for updates. 

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Cleveland ConCoction Discord

In an effort to be in better contact with our extended ConCoction community, reach out to new and current volunteers, as well as communicate with other fandom and convention groups, we have created a Cleveland ConCoction Discord server. 

This will be open to all of the membership, and not just during convention hours, but year-round.

Discord Server link:  https://discord.gg/RDm9N8qF​




MailChimp Email Service

MailChimp has updated their plans and rules of service and has made that a less viable option for our group cost wise. 

We are currently exploring other options, but may have to go back to standard email list mailings or a list serve option.  Once we have more information here, we will inform the Membership. 

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Are you near or plan to be in the Akron area this weekend? 

Are you planning to attend OddMall: Expedition Elsewhere?  

Would you like to get your questions answered and get pre-registered for ConCoction's 2023 Convention?

Then come on out to Oddmall this weekend at R. Shea Brewing Company, 540 S. Main Street, Suite 214.

We'll be onsite, and ConCoction Membership prereg will be $35.00 this weekend for the 3 day convention registration, and will go up after that.

So come on out, check out all the fantastic artists, vendors, performers, and sign up with us! Don't miss the opportunity.


Oddmall:  Expedition Elsewhere  

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Each year the amazing Cleveland ConCoction team of Volunteers works their hardest to do right by friends, family, and fans that come together for our event in Northeast, Ohio. We strive to create a community and a place for all of us to gather, be ourselves and make memories with those who matter to you most. 


We have been closely monitoring the situation around the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ohio, and after seemingly endless hours of conversation internally, as well as consultation with the hotel management and local government officials, we have decided that we must cancel next weekend’s Cleveland ConCoction 2020 Convention (Cleveland ConCoction 7).  

We did absolutely everything that we could to run the event as planned, but ultimately, we are following the guidance of the local public health officials indicating that “mass gatherings” should now be avoided. While this was a heart-wrenching decision, the ongoing public health emergency simply makes it impossible for the event to go forward as planned. Neither are we able to postpone or reschedule for later in the year. Have no fear, however, as we will certainly be back in 2021!


Our hearts go out to the entire Cleveland ConCoction Community, and everyone impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Our team was incredibly excited to see you at ConCoction next week, however, you all (presenters, fans, artists, vendors, game masters, and more) are what makes our community so very special - after all we are “By the Fans, for the Fans”, and your happiness, health and safety are our first priority. 


We know that this decision will greatly impact many of our individual creators, small businesses and service workers. To those whose careers depend on events like Cleveland ConCoction - we will do everything that we can over the coming days and weeks to highlight your work and we ask that our entire community support you as we realize your personal livelihoods will likely be impacted by our event and others.  


To all of our members – we will be contacting pre-registered members regarding refunds, roll overs, and pre-registration for 2021. We appreciate your patience and understanding. All reservations under the hotel block will be automatically cancelled.  There will be no need to contact The Bertram in order to cancel your reservations for this event.


Cleveland ConCoction is resolutely determined to return in 2021 and we are working closely with The Bertram Inn and Conference Center in Aurora. As soon as possible we will open early pre-registration online as there will not be the possibility of a Sunday onsite membership pre-registration this year. 

We sincerely appreciate all the messages that we have received over the course of the past week. Your questions, comments and feedback and support were valuable in helping us to come to this decision.

​Stay tuned to our website and social media on Facebook and Twitter for additional information about when we will next see you all in 2021!





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We just wanted to to say a small thank you to Everyone that chose to donate to Cleveland ConCoction through Amazon Smile in the 4Q of 2019.

Through those efforts we raised $13.33 towards ConCoction's events and community efforts. Combined with the prior quarters, we raised just over $32 for the year of 2019 through smile.amazon.com. 
It might not seem like much, but every little bit helps an all volunteer run organization like ours.

If you would like to donate to us in the future in this way, please choose our group through Amazon's search functions. 

If you'd like to donate to us directly you can use the PayPal donate button on the front page of our website.
If you'd like to become a sponsor, send us an email to [email protected] & [email protected]. 




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It's now the end of 2019, and 2020 is fast approaching. 

We wanted to make sure you knew about several upcoming events and deadlines so that you can mark them on your calendars: 

December 2019 

• 17th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games 
• 27th - Programming Signup Ends 

January 2020 

• 11th - Volunteers Holiday Party 
• 14th - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River 
• ​15th - GM Signups Close for Program Print
• 30th - Program Book deadline (All Depts & Ads) 
• 30th - Custom Ribbon order deadline 

February 2020

• 11th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games
• 15th - ALL GM Signups Close 
• 16th - Player Signups Open 
• 21st - 2020 Membership Registration Ends 
• 23rd - All Swag Bag Items Due 

March 2020 

• 10th - (Tentative) Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit 
• 20-22 - Cleveland ConCoction (ConCoction 7)

April 2020 

• 21st - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River

For more details see: 

• Calendar of Events
• Facebook Group Events

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The Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020 are pleased to welcome Guest Artist Lar DeSouza. 

Well known for his work with Blind Ferret webcomics with ongoing projects like 2008 Shuster Award winner "Looking for Group" and "Least I Could Do", Lar is always drawing.
​Lar has also been the recipient of the Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement in Canadian Science Fiction among other awards for his work in caricature and cartoon artwork. 

To learn more about Lar DeSouza, his work and projects, visit his page on our site and come see him in in our Art Show at ConCoction 7. 


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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and many of us will be spending time with family and friends, celebrating the things we are grateful for including good harvest, good community, and a good start to the holidays. 

We'll be at Starbase Indy spending second Thanksgiving with some of our Geek Family, spreading the message of what ConCoction is, what ConCoction 2020 will be, and letting them know how awesome they are and we are. 

We will also be doing some recorded and live video for them to help promote both conventions, as Starbase Indy is also an all Fan Run Community event. 

Interested in traveling to a new place this weekend? 
Come visit us on the Starbase! 
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