The in-person conference was cancelled due to covid 19 and two separate weekends were held for the music concerts and the literary events.
Virtual C’monfluence Music Con: July 23-25, 2020
Virtual C’monfluence Literary Conference: Oct 2-4, 2020
Panels & presentations from the Oct 2020 virtual conference can be found on our YouTube channel
Featured Music Guest: Tim Griffin (July 2020)
Tim Griffin is an award-winning teacher, musician, and storyteller with four albums out and more on the way. When he’s not filking he runs an educational nonprofit called GriffinEd, using geeky music to teach science, math, history, and other stuff to grades K-8th online for free. Laugh, sing along, and learn (really!) about bugs, boogers, and particle physics at www.GriffinEd.org.
Guest of Honor: Martha Wells (Oct 2020)
Martha Wells has been an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includes The Books of the Raksura series, the Ile-Rien series, The Murderbot Diaries series, and other fantasy novels, most recently Witch King (Tordotcom, 2023). She has also written media tie-in fiction for Star Wars, Stargate: Atlantis, and Magic: the Gathering, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and a Dragon Award, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot, the USA Today Bestseller List, the Sunday Times Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List. She is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and her books have been published in twenty-five languages.
Visit her on her website
Writing workshops with Cat Rambo & David D. Levine
2020 Photo Gallery
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Literary Program Participants:
Martha Wells
Robert Angell
Alan Bailey
Bo Balder
Tobias Buckell
Gail Carriger
Neil Clarke
“P. Djeli Phenderson” Clark
Brenda Clough
Wenmimareba Klobah Collins
Julie Czerneda
Alliette de Bodard
Andy Duncan
Andy Duncan
Scott Edelman
A. T. (Aliza) Greenblatt
Joe and Gay Haldeman
Alan Irvine
Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Herb Kauderer
Geoffrey A. Landis
Mary Soon Lee
David Levine
Catherine Lundoff
Jane Noel
Scot Noel
Tochi Onyebuchi
Tamora Pierce
Sarah Pinsker
Cat Rambo
Rebecca Roanhorse
Lawrence M. Schoen
Steven Silver
Christina Sng
Bud Sparhawk
Wen Spencer
Rachel Swirsky
J. Thorne
Marie Lillian Vibbert
Michelle Sagara West
C’monfluence the Novelization featured mostly literary programming, but there was also online filking all three nights and a live concert by Madison “Metricula” Roberts from 6 to 6:50 p.m. on Sat. Oct. 3.
Special music guest: Madison Metricula Roberts [Concert]
Concert Schedule for July 2020
This was the schedule for C’monfluence the Musical, conducted entirely on Zoom in July, shown in Eastern time:
Friday July 24
12 to 4 p.m.: Open filk (song circles)
4 to 5 p.m.: Discussion of the Brainstorming Poll for the 2020 Pegasus Awards led by Randy Hoffman
5 to 6 p.m.: Song Mad Libs by Randy Hoffman
6 to 6:30 p.m.: Live concert by Alyssa Yeager
6:30 to 7 p.m.: Prerecorded concert by Crab Sound
7 to 8 p.m.: Live concert by Bill and Brenda Sutton
8 to 9 p.m. Live concert by Tim Griffin
9 p.m. to ??? a.m.: Open filk
Saturday July 25
12 to 1 p.m.: Live concert by Sara Henya
1 to 1:30 p.m.: Videos and readings by Josefin Berger
1:30 to 2 p.m.: Live concert by Ryako
2 to 3 p.m.: Live concert by ilyAIMY
3 to 4 p.m.: Live concert by Captain of The Lost Waves
4 to 4:30 p.m.: Live concert by Tonks and the Aurors
4:30 to 5:00 p.m.: Live or prerecorded concert by Shayna Adler
5:00 to 7 p.m.: Dinner break (open filk)
7 to 8 p.m.: Live concert by Marc with a C
8 to 9 p.m.: Live concert by Summer Loraine Russell
9 p.m. to ??? a.m.: Open filking
Sunday July 26
12 to 1 p.m. Live concert by Sticky Biscuits
1 to 2 p.m.: Live concert by Blanche Rowen and Mike Gulston
2 to 3 p.m.: [Original artist and last-minute replacement both canceled]
3 to 4 p.m.: Live concert by C. D. Woodbury
4 to 5 p.m.: Prerecorded concert excerpts by KIVA
5 to 5:45 p.m.: Live concert by Sarah Donner
5:45 to ??? p.m. or a.m.: Open filk
Zoom links were distributed over email, but this turned into a logistical nightmare. Many people didn’t receive the emails in a timely manner or at all and were unable to connect.