SUBMISSIONS OPEN: 2/26/2020
NEW EXTENDED PEL DEADLINE: 5/13/2020

Please contact the Events Manager, Jody Sherrill, at events@historicon.org, if you have questions or need assistance.

Do NOT use the Event Submission form to submit Tournaments. Please contact our Tournament Manager at tournaments@historicon.org.

Step by Step Instructions are available here:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!

You must have an account in the system and be signed in to submit an event. Please submit a Contact Us form if you need assistance with your account, username or password.

You may not submit games for another individual under your account.

All GMs must have an account in the system with full and proper contact information.

Any violation of this policy may result in rejection of event submission.

In order to submit a game as a member and qualify for a free GM badge, your membership must be unexpired and valid through the end of the convention.  To check your expiration date Under My Profile click Membership Info. If you are within 90 days of expiring you will see "renew" in red next to Membership Info.

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF YOUR ACCOUNT SIGN IN - DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT USE THE CONTACT US FORM (link above MY PROFILE) AND REQUEST ASSISTANCE IT MAY TAKE OUR VOLUNTEERS 24-48 HOURS TO REPLY DEPENDING ON VOLUME OF REQUESTS. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. SUBMITTING MULTIPLE REQUESTS MAY DELAY A RESPONSE

Game Master Policy

A primary GM will automatically receive free admission if they meet the following requirements

1. Must have a valid HMGS membership through the end of the convention.
2. Must have submitted games that meet the Service Hours requirement (Number of Players x playing hours => 20). Typical games have 6+ players lasting 4+ hours. (Multiple events run by the same GM will be totaled)
3. Must submit the event for inclusion in the Preliminary Events List by the PEL deadline.

ADDITIONALLY, starting in 2020:

Historicon recognizes the amount of money and time GMs commit when preparing and running events for our show. So, new for GMs this year, as a way of showing our appreciation for all your hard work, we’re initiating additional compensation for our GMs. In addition to the free GM admission policy, we’ll be awarding vouchers to GMs based on their time spent running events at the show. In line with volunteer compensation (which increases for every 5 hours of volunteering time), GMs will now receive a voucher for every 5 hours of additional game time (game time not player hours) after their badge has been earned. This is a start of efforts that come from our desire to better compensate our hard-working GMs.

As an example, a GM who runs a single 4-hour event for 6 players (24 hours of event credit) will receive their free badge but no additional compensation. Every additional five hours spent running games will earn GMs a voucher. Additionally, one hour will be added for each setup and teardown. So a GM who runs that same event three time will receive their free GM badge (24 hours of event credit) for their first event and a voucher for their time running the additional two events (4+4 hours plus 1 hour because he only had to set up and tear down the event once for a total of 9 hours) at the show. If they ran it four times they'd receive their free GM badge (24 hours of event credit) for their first event and two vouchers for their time running the additional three events (4+4+4 hours plus 1 hour because he only had to set up and tear down the event once for a total of 13 hours) at the show. Any leftover hours are lost.

Vouchers (currently valued at $12) can be used for food or in the exhibit hall. We’ll be reviewing this program after the show and making possible revisions as necessary. This is a starting point as part of our desire to better compensate our hard working GMs. Thank you for all your hard work.

PLEASE NOTE: Convention Management reserves the right to refuse any game or admission. 

"Free" GM Badge

(note your badge will not be available until online registration opens)