Latest Alley News

Here's the last pieces of information that you all need before Otakon:

First, there will be a booth off to the side of Registration (by the Special Needs booth) for Artists to pick up their badge and ribbon. You will wait in the line outside, and when you get to the top of the stairs at the Pratt St Lobby get in line at the side bank of booths. If you get lost or don't remember where you need to go, ask someone from SpecOps who is working the line. You can not skip the line outside.

Secondly, The Alley will be open from 5pm till 9pm on Thursday for early set up. We will also be open from 9a till 1p on Friday for more setup time. You need to be out within an hour of closing, and by 4:00 on Sunday.

Finally, the person who registered for the table MUST check in before any assistants/helpers/additional artists sharing the space/etc can get their ribbon. There will be NO exceptions to this, so please plan your arrivals accordingly.

Older Alley News

The Artist Alley map has been uploaded to the site with the table placements for everyone who has a table. You will notice a few empty tables, those will be offered to the people on the waiting list in the next few days. If you are on the waiting list and don't get an email right away don't worry. I'll offer the tables to the people at the top of the list and work my way down if they don't want them.

There will be information coming soon about how to buy electricity and check in procedures.

Here's two important dates for everyone to keep in mind. First, the last day to add or remove anyone from your AA table registration will be Wednesday, May 19th. After that I will not be accepting any changes and the registrations will be set. Secondly, the last day to cancel your table and have your money refunded will be Tuesday, June 1st. You can still cancel at any point after that, but starting on 6/2 you will not receive a refund.

I'm still working on table placements (and trying my best to work in all your placement requests). Once I'm finished with them I'll update the map on the public side of the website and you'll be able to see where you're sitting. Once I release the placements I WILL NOT be moving people around except in cases where there is no possible way that you can function at your current location (e.g. you're in a wheel chair and I have you in the middle of an island). There will be another announcement when the placements are finished.

Waiting List Now Available

The waiting list for Otakon 2010's Alley has been compiled. If you would like to know where you are on the waiting list, please email artist-alley@otakorp.org with your first and last name and studio name (if you gave one). Please remember that there are 150 people on the waiting list, so it may take a little while to answer all the emails. Please be patient with us.

We are not adding anyone else to the waiting list at this time, since it is already 150 people long.

Confirmation emails have been sent out to all registrants who have been accepted. If you registered in time to get a table, your email will include a link to the 2nd part of the registration process. This form will ask you for more detailed information, and allow you to pay for your table(s). New for this year, you will be able to pay online using a credit or debit card. Mail in payment is also an option, and like previous years a money order or cashier's check is required for this payment option. No personal checks will be accepted.

Please think about who will be helping you or sharing your table before you submit your 2nd registration form. I realize that plans fall through and situations change so I will take changes to that form for a little while, but I would really prefer that you have a good idea of who else will be at your table before you submit your registration and payment. You will have three weeks to submit the payment form - that should be enough time to decide who will be at your table.

All payment forms MUST be submitted by March 20th. If you chose to pay by money order, your payment must be in my hands by March 27th. Failure to meet either of these deadlines will result in losing your table.

All questions should be submitted to Artist Alley on the Contact Us page.

Matt Balaban
Department Head - The Alley at Otakon