Phoenix Rising's programming comprises submissions by scholars, students, professionals, fans, and others with an interest in the Harry Potter series. This same diverse group makes up the audience for critical thought on the novels, films, related items and the overall phenomenon. To assist potential presenters with preparation for Exploratory Programming's Artists and Authors Night submission, we offered the following information about the elements in this event. Though the submissions period is over for Phoenix Rising, we are happy to provide the original information for reference.

Booths

Four interactive, participatory booths will be open during Artists and Authors Night during the evening of May 19, 2007. Booth staffers will be scheduled for a one hour shift, and may be joined by other staffers at the same time, depending upon the number of applications received and accepted. At the time of application, potential booth staffers should be prepared to show their skills in a booth area, as noted below.

Art Critique Booth: Art critique booth applicants will be asked to view a selection of pieces and comment on features such as perspective, proportions, and overall technique in a way that could be shared with the artist to help them improve their art.

Beta Booth: Beta booth applicants will be asked to read a short passage and make comments on features such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, and overall story considerations in a way that could be shared with the author of the passage to help them improve their writing.

Drabble Booth: Drabble booth applicants will be asked to upload a single file of up to 1,000 words demonstrating their ability to write drabbles or other very short works of fiction. (Traditionally, a "drabble" is 100 words.) Files may be formatted as .doc, .txt, .rtf, or .html.

Sketch Booth: Sketch booth applicants will be asked to upload up to three sample sketches that represent what they are able to draw in 15 minutes or less, and that might be drawn on the back of a name badge or on a small piece of paper (for example, a 3x4" card). Line art is welcome! Accepted file formats are .jpeg/.jpg, .png, and .gif.

Accepted booth staffers must be registered for Phoenix Rising no later than February 1, 2007. Phoenix Rising will provide necessary materials for staffing each of the booths.

Fanfiction Readings

Fanfiction authors, as individuals or collaborative groups, may submit to read fanfiction before an audience. Time blocks of either 25 or 50 minutes are available for reading and discussion. Authors might choose to read a single work, several short works, or excerpts from one or more pieces. Submitters should be prepared with a single file that includes all pieces or excerpts from which they wish to read; no substitutions to accepted material will be allowed. Files may be formatted as .doc, .txt, .rtf, or .html. Additionally, authors should have ready all titles and a summary of the piece(s) of up to 100 words.

Collaboratively written fanfiction may be submitted under a joint program book name even if only a single author will be in attendance. Accepted authors must be registered for Phoenix Rising no later than February 1, 2007, or name a registered proxy reader by that date.

Fanart Portfolio

Fanartists, as individuals or collaborative groups, may submit to show a collection of art before an audience. Time blocks of either 25 or 50 minutes are available for viewing and discussion. The portfolio submission should include all pieces that will be used for the showing; no substitutions to the accepted material will be allowed. Up to thirty pieces may be submitted as a portfolio, and artists may include up to 100 words of commentary about their submitted pieces. Accepted file formats are .jpeg/.jpg, .png, and .gif. It is understood that artists may submit pictures of 3-D works, or that they may reduce the size and/or quality of individual pieces in order to speed the uploading process.

At the time of submission, fanartists may choose to show their portfolio physically (for example, originals or printouts of digital work) or in a digital format. Collaborative fanart portfolios may be submitted under a joint program book name even if only a single artist will be in attendance. Those accepted for a portfolio showing must be registered for Phoenix Rising no later than February 1, 2007, or name a registered proxy presenter by that date.

Gallery

For information about Phoenix Rising's Gallery, which will be open all five days of the conference, please visit the Gallery page.

Again, all presenters except gallery artists must be registered and paid by February 1, 2007. Presenters who have not registered by that date will be removed from our programming schedule, and no registration or presentation space will be held for them. If you have questions not answered here, please feel free to e-mail programming@thephoenixrises.org.