Comp Policy
ICON 36 Comp Policy (Revised for 2011)
ICON provides complimentary membership for industry professionals, and membership for one accompanying person at a reduced rate ($30 adult, $20 child). We anticipate that any professional who is granted complimentary membership will be willing to participate in programming; the intent of these memberships is to facilitate the interaction of pros and fans, for their mutual benefit.
If you wish to receive a complimentary membership, please contact both programmingdept@iowa-icon.com and reg@iowa-icon.com to confirm that you qualify well before the pre-registration deadline of October 7, 2011, so we can include you in our programming and have badge(s) available. No walk-in comps will be provided (unless you are Neil Gaiman. Maybe.).
“Industry professionals” are defined as follows:
–Authors/writers should meet the requirements for Active membership in the Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) (current membership is not required).
–Published authors who do not meet the above qualifications, but who would like to be considered for complimentary membership, may contact the address above with a brief summary of their publications and any professional writers’ society memberships.
–Professional artists, gaming pros, comic pros, actors, etc., will be considered on an individual basis and should contact the address above with a brief summary of their qualifications.
The following individuals are also provided with complimentary memberships, in recognition of their previous contributions to ICON:
–Rusty Hevelin
–One of the following six founders of ICON: Mark Moore, Gregory Frost, Dennis Lynch, Mike Miller, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman.
–Any current or previous Author, Artist, or Fan Guest of Honor at a previous ICON.