Panels

9/20/19
Here is the 2021 Panel list. Changes may occur before the convention.

You can download and read a PDF version of the 2021 Program book at: Necronomicon 2021 Program Book

Here is the recently finished list of the Panels at Necronomicon this year. This is subject to change, but should be 95% correct. Please check on the Grid Schedule at the Convention for the most current version. -->

FRIDAY   ROOM Panel Name & Description Host & Panelists
02:00 PM
Salon A Cthulhu Academy Crochet/Knitting Intro: Learn the basics or get help with problems.
04:00 PM
Salon A Ghastly Ghosts: Why the other world of ghosts fascinates us in fiction and real life. Stark, Ire, Alatorre, Blackburn, Host: Ludwigsen
Salon F Writing action scenes in fiction: how to show your reader what’s happening in fights, car chases, etc. Byers, Corwyn, Ballantine, T. Morris, Host: Hatfield
05:00 PM
Salon A Casual Cosplay (workshop): Learn how to cosplay at work, Disneybound, and create casual versions of your characters. Stubkjaer, Macheski, Sears, Host: A. Morris
Salon G Writing for Movies: the basics of script writing. Westerfield, Byers, Green, Song, Host: Basel
06:00 PM
Salon A Board Game Jam: Intro Panel: "1st Annual Necronomicon Board Game Jam: An Iron Chef-Styled board game creation competition. Materials provided." RESO
Salon G Getting Back to In-person Fandom (discussion): Chatting about the good and bad of getting back to live conventions. Sears, Iriarte, Sanmiguel, Host: Macheski
Salon F Creature Feature Film Festival
07:00 PM
Salon A What’s Next for the Doctor Sears, Song, Harben, Host: Basel
Salon G Dealing with Dated Science Fiction: do we ditch everything that’s old or do we look at it in historical perspective? Hatfield, K.F. Morris, Stark, Host: Dyen-Shapiro
08:00 PM
Salon A You Shouldn’t be a Writer If: what it takes to live the writing life and why it’s not for everyone. Wilber, Alatorre, Ludwigsen, Host: Iriarte
Salon G Choice: Revolution or Apocalypse: Is the only way to save the planet to overthrow the wealthy who are using it up for their gain. Byers, Green, Host: Dyen-Shapiro
09:00 PM
Salon A How to be a Bad Writer: What not to do if you want to write well. Ludwigsen, Alatorre, Green, Host: Ire
Salon G Pitching Your Movie at Cannes: How you get your film noticed. Hatfield, Song, Host: Westerfield
10:00 PM
Salon A Writing the Naughty Bits: You know what this means. Ire, Macheski, Host: Schechter
Salon G Marvelous Marvel on Disney+: Looking at what’s good, what’s great, and what we’re not sure about yet. Byers, K. Daniels, Sanmiguel, Host: Sears
Atrium Ygor Party
Salon F Cutting Room Floor: Riffing on Batman and Robin Host: Bruns


SATURDAY   ROOM Panel Name & Description Host & Panelists
10:00 AM
Salon A Discover Your Superpowers with Yushido Adventures: outdoor adventure company for fannish interests. Host: McGee
Salon G Cthulhu Academy: Cthulhu Lanterns
Salon F Writing in the Steampunk Style: the conventions of steampunk fiction that you need to know. Ballantine, T. Morris, Blackburn, Host: Bruns
11:00 AM
Salon A Ask the Science Guys:Got science questions? You can get answers here. K. F. Morris, K.D. Morris, Mitchell, Dyen-Shapiro, Host: MacDougal
Salon G Cthulhu Academy: Bottle Head Planters
Salon F Writing Series Fiction: How to plot a multi-book story and how to keep it interesting. Sabin, Ballantine, T. Morris, Host: Wilber
12:00 PM
Salon A Light saber Spinning for the Tragically Uncoordinated: Workshop for those who think they are too clumsy to be Jedis. Host: S. Daniels
Salon G Cthulhu Academy: Yarn Doll or Octopus
Salon F Norse Mythology in Fiction: Using the mythos that guided everyday life for the Vikings to help tell your story. Byers, Ludwigsen, Host: A. Morris
01:00 PM
Salon A Selling Your Art Online: The ways you can get noticed and what not to do. Heckenbach, Shea, Pettet, Host: Sears
Salon G Cthulhu Academy: Goddess Figurine (sculpting)
Salon F Steampunk Science: How writers take modern day science and put it into the Victorian age. Blackburn, Ballantine, T. Morris, Host: Schechter
02:00 PM
Salon A Harry Potter: non Hogwarts Wizarding Schools: Learn about the other wizarding schools in the HP world. S. Moore, J. Moore, Host: Sears
02:00 PM
Salon F Trivia: Master Challenge Jones, Dryer, Bruns & (Zahn)
03:00 PM
Salon A STEM in Art: How science, tech, engineering and math figure into the work artists create. Macheski, Heckenbach, Iriarte, Host: Monti
Salon G Outer Rim Guilds: Learn about this local group that helps you live a Star Wars life in your spare time. Lightsaber battle demo. Host: Outer Rim Guilds
04:00 PM
Salon A How Science and True Crime Connect: How science helps detectives solve real life mysteries. Alatorre, Dyen-Shapiro, Gage, Wilber , Host: Ludwigsen
05:00 PM
Salon A Making Your Magic Work: How to create the rules for the magic in your fictional world. Byers, Ire, Sabin, Corwyn, Host: Shea
Salon G Turning UFOs into IFOs: “Space detectives” discover what that thing you saw in the sky was. Mitchell, Wysocki, MacDougal, Host: Diederich
Salon F Escape the Clouds Concert: Music for the steampunk fan in all of us. Escape the Clouds
06:00 PM
Salon A Whose Line is it Anyway: game show Host: Dryer
Salon G How to Cosplay Star Wars (Outer Rim Guilds) Host: Outer Rim Guilds
07:00 PM
Salon A Creating Alien Worlds/Characters: Creating worlds that amaze us and characters that are not just people in rubber suits. Wilber, Song, Shea, Sabin, Host: Sears
Salon G When to Argue with an Editor: When you need to stick up for your story and when you make the changes. Iriarte, Byers, Pettet, Host: Green
Salon F Necronomicon’s Got Talent and Cosplay: fan cabaret and cosplay show. Hosts: A. Morris, K.D. Morris
08:00 PM
Salon A How SF Can Improve the Image of Science: How the stories we tell can create a love of science in readers and watchers. Mitchell, K.F. Morris, Dyen-Shapiro, Host: Wysocki
Outside Sky Watching with Tanja (telescopes) weather and safety permitting Host: Diederich
09:00 PM
Salon A Cosplay is for Every Body: How you can cosplay no matter your body type or ability. Gage, Sears, Stubkjaer, Host: A. Morris
Salon F Bondage Uncovered (comics): A brief history of the American comic book bondage cover. Host: Akselsen
Salon G Trivia Trick or Treat: the lighter trivia match. Jones, Dryer, Sanmiguel, Song, Host: Bruns
10:00 PM
Salon A Government Declassified: the things you didn’t know existed. Host: Green
Salon G Shipping, Slash, OTPs & More (fan fiction): group discussion Host Hicks
Salon F Divine Madness Players
11:00 PM
Salon G What I Watched/Read During Lockdown: how we filled all that spare time. Sanmiguel, Byers, Gage, Host: Basel


SUNDAY   ROOM Panel Name & Description Host & Panelists
10:00 AM
Salon A New Writers: It’s a Hard knock Life: surviving the difficulty in getting published and gaining an audience. Shea, Heckenbach, Host: Ire
Salon G Cosplaying in the Doctor Who-verse: tips for creating Who-verse costuming with your own spin. Song, A. Morris, Sears
Salon F Self Pub, Patreon, YouTube & Podcasts: new alternatives to traditional publishing, film & broadcasting Ballantine, T. Morris, Basel, Pettet, Host: Bruns
11:00 AM
Salon A Hero/Heroine’s Journey: is the journey different based on gender? Stark, Hatfield, Pettet, Host: Macheski
Salon G Who Doesn’t Love a Mystery: the genre that spans all forms of fiction. Alatorre, Wilber, Host: Schechter
Salon F Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me: game show Byers, Song, Sears, Ludwigsen, Host: Bruns
12:00 PM
Salon A Board Game Jam: Outro Panel: 1st Annual Necronomicon Board Game Jam Grand Finale: Join us as Expert Judges determine this year's Champion RESO
Salon G Social Media and SF: How has social media impacted SF? Author and fan discussion. Hatfield, Gage, Sanmiguel, Host: Wilber
Salon F Jeff and Ed Mars Show Mitchell, Wysocki
01:00 PM
Salon A The Lighter Side of the Pandemic: dark humor panel Gage, Byers, Dyen-Shapiro, Host: Ludwigsen
Salon G Privatizing Space: the difference between government based and privately backed space exploration. Wysocki, Mitchell, Diederich, Host: Green
02:00 PM
Post 4PM The Whole Convention is shutting down Go home. See you next year! Thanks from Stone Hill



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