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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 11

Othercon 2025 is now over!

Special thanks to everyone who attended, and to all of our volunteers. It was an amazing weekend! The server's member count peaked at 667 members, and we managed to raise $1085 USD for charity!

#othercon #alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 7

The server for Othercon 2025 is currently open and active! Come join in on the fun!

Please note that the last chance to join the server will be tomorrow night. An invite link is currently listed on our website

#alterhuman #othercon

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 3

Othercon's schedule for 2025 is now available!

othercon.zohobackstage.com/Othercon2025...

By default it is shown in EST, but can be changed near the top where it says "Date and time is shown in (UTC -05:00) America/New_York".
#alterhuman #othercon

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 30

The results are in, and the winner to be this year's server mascot is the olm!

Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 24

The 2025 mascot vote had long ended, but it ended with a tie! This poll won't be open for long (a day or two at most), so make sure to get your final vote in!

forms.gle/CWxTHYhk9K7K...
#othercon

Othercon Mascot Tie-breaker

Looks like 2025 had two winners, but there can only be one!

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 30

Attendees are now able to start queueing up for this year's server! Due to some new Discord features, joining is easy this year.

Just head over to www.othercon.org and click "join server" towards the bottom of the page. Attendees can expect access starting August 7th

#othercon #alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 24

The 2025 mascot vote had long ended, but it ended with a tie! This poll won't be open for long (a day or two at most), so make sure to get your final vote in!

forms.gle/CWxTHYhk9K7K...
#othercon

Othercon Mascot Tie-breaker

Looks like 2025 had two winners, but there can only be one!

forms.gle

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jun 17

It's not, no. That'd start sometime next early next month (July)

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jun 14

Staff: forms.gle/GPw18EmoHkgV...
Panelists: forms.gle/vUxq8dJaASCE...
Artists: forms.gle/924W64ieicUz...

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jun 14

We've been behind on sending out reminders this year. This led to some not knowing that forms were even open, or when they closed. To try and make up for this, all forms will remain open until the end of June.

We're especially looking for people with timezones outside the US!

#othercon #alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Mar 28

Fundraising for this year's convention has begun!
gofund.me/27eefbee

The goal is to raise enough to pay for the official site's webhosting this year

#othercon

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Mar 25

The 2025 mascot vote is here! This vote determines which weird and silly animal will be the server icon for the 2025 convention
forms.gle/ihcRYBxRX72S...

Poll closes March 30th
#alterhuman

2025 Mascot Voting

It's that time again! Every year we hold a vote for choosing the next year's server icon. The recurring theme is "weird animals", with prior examples being the saiga antelope and sea bunny nudibranc...

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Mar 24

Othercon 2025 artist and panelist submission forms are open. Deadline is June 1st, 2025 for both.

Artist Registration: forms.gle/VMrprcUtf1e2...
Panelist Registration: forms.gle/NVrGbmj53CYx...

#othercon #alterhuman

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Sep 22

Sent a DM!

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 12

Special thanks to everyone that participated in Othercon 2024, we had a great convention this year!

Our peak member count was 593 members, that's a lot, almost 40% more than last year! We were also able to raise a grand total of $605.93 USD for the charities! Congratulations gang!

#alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 9

All invites have been sent out, be sure to check your spam folders!

If you registered and didn't get an invite email, please contact [email protected]!

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Invites are being sent out in 2 waves this year. If you haven't gotten an email yet, then there is a high chance you are in wave 2. You are free to send in your registration again if you're afraid of being left out though.

Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Registration for Othercon 2024 closes soon! The form will officially close at 10pm EST (today, 8/8/2024).

forms.gle/iFLn77n2UzKB...

Remember: even if you previously made an account on othercon.org, you need to fill out the above form to get in!

#alterhuman

Othercon 2024 Attendee Registration

Due to last-minute server issues, registration for attendees is being handled via this form this year. All attendees, artists, and panelists should fill out this form, even if you made an account on ...

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you're interested in attending Othercon this year, today is the last day to sign up!

forms.gle/LG7s48sGnEeo...

Invites have not been sent out yet, but it's currently being worked on! They are still estimated to go out sometime later today.
#alterhuman

Othercon 2024 Attendee Registration

Due to last-minute server issues, registration for attendees is being handled via this form this year. All attendees, artists, and panelists should fill out this form, even if you made an account on ...

forms.gle

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Voting for this year's movie lineup is now open!

forms.gle/T8zhFmQPAqTz...

There will be 4 winning selections.

Othercon 2024 Movie Votes

Choosing movies to watch for the Othercon 2024 online convention.

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our website can be found here: www.othercon.org

Attendee registration's last day is the 8th, which is very soon, so be sure to register if you're interested in attending!

Othercon

www.othercon.org

Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Making a post introducing us for any newcomers!

We're Othercon, a 3-day virtual convention for alterhumans (therians, otherhearted, otherkin, a loooooong list!)

Registration is completely free, and open right now on our website! We're celebrating our 5th anniversary this year.
#alterhuman

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 31

The schedule for Othercon 2024 is now available!

othercon.zohobackstage.com/Othercon2024...

#alterhuman

Othercon 2024 - 5th Anniversary

Othercon is the first ever annual 3-day virtual convention for members of the Otherkin, Therian, and general Alterhuman/Nonhuman community.

othercon.zohobackstage.com

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 31

All acceptance emails for panelists and artists have been sent out! Please check your spam folders.

If you applied and did not get an email, please reach out to [email protected]. This means you applied with an invalid email, and we could not reach you

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Othercon 2025 @othercon.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you are an artist or panelist and haven't heard from us yet, we will try to reach out to you between today and tomorrow.