Event Schedule

Lavender Con Programming will take place both days from 10:30am - 6:00pm

Registration Desk Opens to attendees at 10:00am both days. 


SATURDAY AUTHOR PANELS


Own Voices and the Power of Writing from Your Own Life (11:00AM - 12:00PM)
Frederick Smith (MODERATOR)
Andy Barrow - Venessa Vida Kelley - Benny Peterson


Young Love is Love: A Discussion of Queer YA Romance (11:00AM - 12:00PM)
Brian Zepka (MODERATOR)
Steven Gellman - Karis Rogerson - Morgan Lee Miller 


Queering the Narrative: From Classic Story to Queer Original (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
PH Low (MODERATOR)
Sarah G. Levine - Cindy Pham - Samantha Ryan


I'm in Love with the Monster (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
Dani Finn (MODERATOR)
Imogen Pyre - Autumn Wolff - Kristen Vale


Let's Go On an Adventure: Building Engaging Plots (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
Bethany Tap (MODERATOR)
CL Montblanc - Wren L. Rivers - Kree Sullivan


Love Me Sapphically: Exploring Sapphic Love in Fiction (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
Susie Dumond (MODERATOR)
ER Hawthorne - Annemarie Monahan - SE Smyth


When Queers Survive: Dystopia, Apocalypse, and Hostile Worlds (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
Jason Bartles (MODERATOR)
Avrah C. Baren - Kristin Keppler - Izzy Wasserstein


Building Fantastic Worlds (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
Jo Miles (MODERATOR)
Sharang Biswas - AD Reece - VB Ruth 



Unpacking Fascism and Patriarchy Through Fiction (4:00PM - 5:00PM)
Reuben 'Tihi' Hayslett (MODERATOR)
Sierra Barnes - Jason Bartles - PH Low


Horror Queers (4:00PM - 5:00PM)
Vivian Moira Valentine (MODERATOR)
Julie Lew - AZ Rozkillis - Andromeda Ruins


The Journey of Self-Publishing (4:00PM - 5:00PM)
Ryan D. Gebhart (MODERATOR)
LM Bennett - KD Casey - Olive J. Kelley

SATURDAY AUTHOR SIGNING BLOCKS

SIGNING BLOCK 1: (10:30AM - 12:30PM)
Avrah C. Baren - Sierra Barnes - Jason Bartles
CJ Ellison - Ryan D. Gebhart - Reuben 'Tihi' Hayslett
Olive J. Kelley - Julie Lew - Ria Parisi
AD Reece - AZ Rozkillis - Andromeda Ruins
Vivian Moira Valentine - Izzy Wasserstein


SIGNING BLOCK 2: (1:30PM - 3:30PM)
Andy Barrow - LM Bennett - KD Casey
Katie Duggan - Steven Gellman - Bradley James 
 Thien-Kim Lam - Sarah G. Levine -  PH Low
Morgan Lee Miller - Benny Peterson - Wren L. Rivers
Karis Rogerson - Emily B. Rose - Tagan Shepard
Dallas Smith - Frederick Smith - Brian Zepka


SIGNING BLOCK 3: (4:00PM - 6:00PM)
Sharang Biswas - Susie Dumond - Dani Finn
ER Hawthorne - Venessa Vida Kelley - Kristin Keppler
Jo Miles - Annemarie Monahan - CL Montblanc
Cindy Pham - Imogen Pyre - VB Ruth
Samantha Ryan - SE Smyth - Kree Sullivan
Bethany Tap - Kristen Vale - Autumn Wolff


SUNDAY AUTHOR PANELS

The B Isn't Silent: Bi and Pan Representation in Fiction (11:00AM - 12:00PM)
Katie Duggan (MODERATOR)
Karis Rogerson -Emily B. Rose -Dallas Smith 


Queering Sci-Fi (11:00AM - 12:00PM)
Jo Miles (MODERATOR)
Sharang Biswas - Reuben 'Tihi' Hayslett - VB Ruth


Beyond Heated Rivalry: Where MM Storytelling Can Go (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
Andy Barrow (Moderator)
KD Casey - Frederick Smith - Brian Zepka


All About the Tropes: The Good, the Bad, the Miscommunication (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
Katie Duggan (MODERATOR)
Thien-Kim Lam - Sarah G. Levine - Kristin Keppler


The Power of Short Fiction: Queer Anthologies (12:15PM - 1:15PM)
Avrah C. Baren (MODERATOR)
CJ Ellison - Olive J. Kelley - Andromeda Ruins

Swords and Sapphics: A Discussion of Sapphic Speculative Fiction (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
Cindy Pham (MODERATOR)
Dani Finn - Julie Lew - Bethany Tap


Healing from Grief Through Fiction (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
Izzy Wasserstein (MODERATOR)
CJ Ellison - Bradley James - Samantha Ryan


Stabby Times: A Discussion of Queer Thrillers (2:30PM - 3:30PM)
SE Smyth (MODERATOR)
ER Hawthorne - CL Montblanc - Beth Strauss 

Queering Romantasy (4:00PM - 5:00PM)
Ria Parisi (MODERATOR)
Venessa Vida Kelley - Imogen Pyre - Autumn Wolff


Laugh It Out: The Fun of Queer Rom Coms (4:00PM - 5:00PM)
Tagan Shepard (MODERATOR)
Susie Dumond - Thien-Kim Lam - Kristen Vale

SUNDAY AUTHOR SIGNING BLOCKS


SIGNING BLOCK 1: (10:30AM - 12:30PM)
Sierra Barnes - Jason Bartles - Susie Dumond
Dani Finn - Ryan D. Gebhart - Venessa Vida Kelley
Thien-Kim Lam - Sarah G. Levine - Morgan Lee Miller
Ria Parisi - Imogen Pyre - AZ Rozkillis
Kree Sullivan - Tagan Shepard - Kristen Vale
Autumn Wolff


SIGNING BLOCK 2: (1:30PM - 3:30PM)
LM Bennett - Sharang Biswas - Katie Duggan
CJ Ellison - Steven Gellman - Reuben 'Tihi' Hayslett
Olive J. Kelley - Kristin Keppler - PH Low
Jo Miles - Annemarie Monahan - AD Reece
Wren L. Rivers - Karis Rogerson - Emily B. Rose
VB Ruth - Dallas Smith - Beth Strauss
Vivian Moira Valentine


SIGNING BLOCK 3: (4:00PM - 6:00PM)
Avrah C. Baren - Andy Barrow - KD Casey
ER Hawthorne - Bradley James  - Julie Lew
CL Montblanc - Cindy Pham - Andromeda Ruins
Samantha Ryan - Frederick Smith - SE Smyth
Beth Strauss - Bethany Tap - Izzy Wasserstein
Brian Zepka