Anthrocat is looking for participants to join the Pittsburgh's Saint Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 14th to represent #Anthrocon!

Parade details/rules: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ktU3kVH02dNkiYv54LoEuxcoLEgT_dBK/view?usp=drivesdk
RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLL7U647yVa7kKWMou2FjH-0rOZKfQeifJzIiR6LuQeJSIBQ/viewform

Questions? Email pr@anthrocon.org ✉️

Got artistic skills to show off at #Anthrocon? Our Artists Alley might be a great place to do just that! 😼🖌

Artists Alley lottery applications are currently open. Read up on the rules and process for 2026!

https://www.anthrocon.org/alley/

📸 Aisling

Attention panelists and event hosts! We will be closing our applications for #Anthrocon 2026 tomorrow evening; don't delay any longer if you want your chance at being considered for an event slot!

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/events-panels/

📸 Nightdragon

Pre-registration will pause between March 8-10 for the General hotel block opening happening on March 10 at 12pm Eastern Time. Pre-registration will resume March 11! #Anthrocon

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/

📸 Doktor

🤨 Advertising to our resident noodle
😌 Advertising in our conbook and con space

We've got opportunities for sharing your creative works or paid ads in our conbook and around the #Anthrocon space!

Ads: https://www.anthrocon.org/advertising/

Conbook: https://www.anthrocon.org/conbook-submissions/

📸 Nightdragon

Four months until cryptids, critters and curses of all kinds gather in the spoopy realm of #Anthrocon. There's so much to look forward to like the Artists Alley, dance events, Advertising and Conbook Submissions, River Cruises and more! 🙌

https://www.anthrocon.org/news/anthrocon-2026-four-months-to-go-so-much-to-do/

📸 Nightdragon

Reminders for #Anthrocon General hotel booking, starting tomorrow 12pm EDT:

🎟 Only paid pre-registered Attending and Sponsor attendees will be issued a unique booking link via the registration system and email notification
🏨 Only available rooms based on your criteria; if you don't see a hotel room, it may mean the hotel is sold out at this time
👥 A large number of people are booking; please be patient with the system and customer service
💳 A valid credit card is required to confirm a booking; however, no deposit is taken upon booking
🚨 Only Orchid Events can provide official hotel rooms (booked through Meetingmax), and they can only be booked online. If any other provider or website claims they have official rooms, it might be a scam.

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/hotel/

📸 Kaze

Many of our hotels are now sold out, including the "preferred" hotels such as the Westin, Courtyard and Drury. There is availability at other hotels serviced by our transportation. #Anthrocon

Cancellations may happen; check back later if you are looking for a different room!

🏨 A note from our housing provider: Orchid Events can only help extend reservation for shoulder nights (not main nights). If your reservation does not already include the peak nights (July 2-4), they may not be able to help extend your reservation.

⚠️ Please be vigilant about room offers or people "selling" rooms on social media or on other platforms. There is absolutely no guarantee these are real, and you are likely being scammed. You can only get a guaranteed room through Anthrocon's hotel block link.

Looking for special moments at #Anthrocon? What about awesome photo opportunities? 🤷‍♀️ Why not both? 🤷‍♂️

The answer: our Anthrocon River Cruises! With options each day and different kinds, it's a great way to enjoy Pittsburgh's beauty!

Info: https://www.anthrocon.org/anthrocon-river-cruises/

📸 Kaze

The #Anthrocon 2026 Art Show is now taking requests for space! 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨🖼️

Artists, please read over the info at
https://www.anthrocon.org/artshow/artist-info/ and follow the link at the end of the rules to fill out the form to submit your space request. Deadline is March 31.

📸 LionelLeupold

Gamers at #Anthrocon: our Video Gaming team is looking for your inputs on what you'd like to see us improve for 2026. Submit your feedback by April 4th through this survey!

📝 https://forms.gle/M63Mjhp9wRUEMkTq7

📸 Tobee

Submissions are open for the Anthrocon 2026 Con Book!

For this year's con book vibe, we're going old school zine. That means grunge, paste-up punk. Less slick, more sick! And full of your lived experiences, interests, and thoughts about and for the future. The deadline is MAY 1st and we can hardly wait to see what you send us! Please see https://www.anthrocon.org/conbook-submissions/ for submission guidelines.

Artists! We're looking for full-, half-, and quarter- page art, comics, coloring pages, and spot illustrations...especially spot illos! Give us your most gremlin little critters to chew on things in the margins! 😈

Writers! Last year was a little light on writing, and we'd like to fix that. We need more stories! And maybe poems. (Curses in the form of lymericks...yeah, that's cursed)

And how about articles? Yes, please! Cause we want to hear about what interests you. Recently, a lot of work was completed in digitally archiving as many conbooks as we could lay hands on and one had an article on how to make your own horse tail written by one of our OG Board members! (That archive includes last year's con book and will be made public soon, btw!)

And it goes without saying, but saying it anyway; it's gotta be 100% human created. No generative AI created works will be published.

We prefer that content be on-theme, but if it's not, it's still valid, we still wanna see it, and art submissions have a shot at showing up in the digital signage rotation!

We're LESS THAN THREE MONTHS from #Anthrocon 2026! Don't forget to grab your membership - and make sure all your cryptid friends do, too! 😈👽👹👻

Registration: https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/

📸 Doktor

Calling all cryptids and creatures: we want your help with #Anthrocon's Charity Bucket Brigade! Spread cheer and raise money for deserving critters!

Learn about J and J Farms Animal Sanctuary: https://www.anthrocon.org/charity/

Bucket brigade signup: https://forms.gle/jo7iE2UgKe7SHX2H7

📸 Aisling

REMINDER: today is the LAST DAY to submit for our 2026 conbook and advertisements!

This includes:
🎨 Artwork
📝 Writing (articles, short stories, etc)
💸 Advertisements (if it's your own business or organization, please)
🌘 On-theme is preferred, but all themes will be considered
❌🤖 Absolutely NO generative AI works; human or cryptid-made original work only.

https://www.anthrocon.org/conbook-submissions/ for submission guidelines

https://www.anthrocon.org/advertising/ for advertising guidelines

We're TWO MONTHS away from returning home to #Anthrocon 2026! Make sure you have your pre-registration to guarantee access for the whole weekend, and other limited tickets!

Registration: https://www.anthrocon.org/registration/

River Cruises: https://www.anthrocon.org/anthrocon-river-cruises/

📸 Tobee

Panelists who have applied will hear back soon (if not already) on the status of applications! If you haven't, reach out by email to events@anthrocon.org. Our full schedule will be available starting June.

In the meantime, some cryptid puppets might be appearing at a workshop at #Anthrocon...👀