ConGregate 11: Full Schedule

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10:00am EDT

Value of a Critique Group

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

Getting feedback is a crucial part of producing consumable writing and improving your craft, but how do you do it? Join us as we discuss the obvious and unexpected values of getting and giving critique, how to find or form a solid critique group, and how to interact with feedback good and bad.

requests: Angela Giddings, Kevin Davis, bill Tracy

Speakers

Molly Ann McDonough

Science Guest

Molly Ann McDonough is an author, poet, and multidisciplinary engineer with short stories featured in science fiction and fantasy anthologies. Jumpmaster Press has scheduled her debut fantasy novel, A World Apart, for release in 2026. When Molly isn’t reading, writing, or coding... Read More →

Michael G. Williams

Online Media Guest

Michael G. Williams writes queer-themed horror and science fiction celebrating the monstrous and the macabre. His books include the award-winning vampire series The Withrow Chronicles (Laine Cunningham Award); the thrilling urban fantasy time travel series Servant Sovereign; the sci-fi... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

Literary/Writing

11:30am EDT

Summer of '75 - Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy in Film and TV

Sunday July 13, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

We've already highlighted JAWS and Rocky Horror but let's talk about the other movies and TV Shows of 1975 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tommy, Escape to Witch Mountain, Wonder Woman (Pilot Movie), Alice Cooper: The Nightmare, and Rollerball.

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Speakers

Carol Cowles

Online Media Guest

Carol has long been a fixture of Geek Culture in Charlotte, NC. She has served for several years as the Programming Director for ConCarolinas and worked the Carolina and Arizona Renaissance Festivals for 15 years. She also podcasts – she is Carol the Cat on Guardians of the Geekery... Read More →

Sammie Cassell

Film Guest

Sammie Cassell is a NC based actor, producer and comedian. He has been seen in Halloween Kills, Eyes of Tammy Faye, Please Don’t Destroy, Righteous Gemstones and many local films. He does Improv comedy out of the Idiot Box Comedy Club in Greensboro NC and is a performer with the... Read More →

Bill Mulligan

Film Guest

Bill Mulligan is a podcaster, author, and indie filmmaker with a passion for horror and storytelling. With years of experience in independent cinema, he has contributed to numerous film projects as a writer, director, and special effects artist, such as 400 Ways To Kill A Vampire... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

Film/TV/Media Arts

1:00pm EDT

My First Costume - Getting Started in the Magic of Building Your Own Costumes

Sunday July 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

Everyone had to start somewhere. Join our panelists as they talk about thier first costume, the trials and tribulations thereof, and where it led them. What made them decide to create a costume? What genre did it come from? What challenges did they face in creating that first costume and how did they overcome them?

Speakers

Tinker Tank

Costuming Guest

Miriam, also known as Tink, is a UNC Chapel Hill graduate with a degree in Studio Art. Though art has been a life-long passion, her introduction to costuming and leather work was through her post collegiate pursuit of replicating the outfit of her childhood hero -- Xena. She has... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)

Costuming/Cosplay