Join DucKon 2011 in Schaumberg, IL from June 17 to June 19!

June 1, 2011 - PRLog -- DucKon is an annual convention just outside of Chicago. It has the unique honor of being host to the Golden Duck Awards, which are meant to encourage science fiction writing aimed at children and are awarded at WorldCon annually. To learn more about the Golden Duck awards and how potential writers can qualify, visit

http://www.goldenduck.org/

Want to be a part of this great project? Then come to:
Hyatt Regency Woodfield Schaumburg
1800 E. Golf Road,
Schaumburg, IL 60173

From:
June 17-19, 2011

Who will be there? The Guests of Honor are as follows:
Literary: Tamora Pierce, author of Young Adult Fantasy
    [http://www.tamora-pierce.com/]
Artist: Ursula Vernon, author/artist of the 'Dragonbreath' series
    [http://ursulavernon.com/]
Filk: Gary "MoFilker" Hanak
    [http://www.mofilker.com/]
Filk Fund Guests: Nate and Louie Bucklin
Fan: William and Trudi Puda
Writer: Shirley Damsgaard, author of the 'Ophelia and Abby Mystery Series'
    [http://www.shirleydamsgaard.com/]
Science: "The Last Shuttle Team", which was created to preserve the lessons learned over the last 50 years of NASA's endeavors at space travel
    [http://thelastshuttle.com/index.aspx]

Additional guests:
Stephen Zimmer of Seventh Star Press
H. David Blalock of Sam's Dot Publishing

To learn more and make reservations, go to http://www.duckon.org/!

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