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Title: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: AzT on September 13, 2017, 05:24:57 PM
https://twitter.com/Comic_Con/status/908105680112029696

#SDCC2018 Press application period is now OPEN! Visit https://comic-con.org/cci/press  for information & instructions to apply. Deadline 11/3/17

https://comic-con.org/cci/press

https://www.comic-con.org/cci/press-faq

Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angology on September 13, 2017, 05:56:23 PM
Thanks for posting and the calendar link!
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on September 15, 2017, 10:48:39 AM
I've submitted for our renewal.  And now we wait  ???

Please oh please convention gods let us know if we got it BEFORE general badge sales so I don't have to go through that stress.   :'(
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Transmute Jun on September 15, 2017, 12:04:58 PM
It does say that you will hear in 8-10 weeks, with an early November deadline, so it seems to me that they want to get it done by the end of the year.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on September 15, 2017, 12:48:59 PM
Is it still two years?

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on September 15, 2017, 02:12:35 PM
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Is it still two years?

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Yep, but it does say they COULD ask for information earlier. 

Seems like they are getting more strict this year.  Only 3 months back for articles.  No freelance options.  Etc.  I just found out that last year they asked a blog to reduce the number of reporters they were approved for, which I've never heard of happening before.  Ugghhh now I'm freaking out a bit.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on September 15, 2017, 11:16:31 PM
Mine says "Due" yet this year was my first year approved as press. That's why I'm curious if it is still two years or not.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: jimy on September 16, 2017, 10:15:23 AM
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It does say that you will hear in 8-10 weeks, with an early November deadline, so it seems to me that they want to get it done by the end of the year.

How much on track is this years timing compared with previous years? Just trying to gauge how likely it will be that pre-Reg will be back in November instead of delayed like it was last year.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on September 23, 2017, 01:28:23 PM
Emailed CCI about my account saying DUE for press when this year was my first year, and I thought a press badge was for a two year period, yet I've not heard back from them yet.

Do they have a phone number? Or do I just have to send a follow up email?

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: nana_nanabatman on September 27, 2017, 03:00:57 PM
In the verification materials of the Press Application for Digital Media, it asks for three bylined articles urls AND the Applicant Archive URL from the last 3 months. What do they mean by Applicant Archive? Is it the url for the website that shows all the articles you are the author?

http://form.jotform.us/ComicCon/SDCC2018Press

https://imgur.com/a/iTYSI
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: DRWHO42 on September 27, 2017, 03:01:51 PM
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In the verification materials of the Press Application for Digital Media, it asks for three bylined articles urls AND the Applicant Archive URL from the last 3 months. What do they mean by Applicant Archive? Is it the url for the website that shows all the articles you are the author?

http://form.jotform.us/ComicCon/SDCC2018Press

https://imgur.com/a/iTYSI
Yes.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on October 17, 2017, 01:49:07 PM
As a reminder, the press application deadline is in two and a half weeks! I got mine in on the second day but if anyone was waiting for something, the deadline is quickly approaching.  Good luck to everyone with verification due (or applying for the first time) this year!

On that note, I wonder when the first people will start to be informed if they've been approved?  I feel like pre-reg won't be until November. Hopefully we'll know sometime after that.  I hope we hear before open reg at the very least so we don't have to go through that sale unnecessarily. 
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Mel on October 17, 2017, 08:24:19 PM
Good luck to everyone! I know it's nerve wracking to wait for an answer and in my experience, the Press Department at CCI isn't responsive at all to emails. I think they are always swamped.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on October 18, 2017, 01:12:40 PM
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As a reminder, the press application deadline is in two and a half weeks! I got mine in on the second day but if anyone was waiting for something, the deadline is quickly approaching.  Good luck to everyone with verification due (or applying for the first time) this year!

On that note, I wonder when the first people will start to be informed if they've been approved?  I feel like pre-reg won't be until November. Hopefully we'll know sometime after that.  I hope we hear before open reg at the very least so we don't have to go through that sale unnecessarily.
I'd hope we hear before open reg as it said on the application 8-10 weeks.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on October 19, 2017, 04:19:41 PM
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I'd hope we hear before open reg as it said on the application 8-10 weeks.

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Yes fingers crossed. But is that 8-10 weeks from when we turn in the application? Or 8-10 weeks from when applications close? If the former, I should hear mid to late November.  If the latter... mid to late January?  Please please please be the former.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: gaeilstar on October 19, 2017, 06:18:47 PM
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Yes fingers crossed. But is that 8-10 weeks from when we turn in the application? Or 8-10 weeks from when applications close? If the former, I should hear mid to late November.  If the latter... mid to late January?  Please please please be the former.
Last time we were up for verification, it was like 8 weeks and 2 days from when we applied that we heard. It was RIGHT after the application window had closed. Hoping this year is a repeat!
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on October 19, 2017, 09:15:03 PM
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Last time we were up for verification, it was like 8 weeks and 2 days from when we applied that we heard. It was RIGHT after the application window had closed. Hoping this year is a repeat!

FIngers crossed!
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on October 19, 2017, 11:18:47 PM
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Yes fingers crossed. But is that 8-10 weeks from when we turn in the application? Or 8-10 weeks from when applications close? If the former, I should hear mid to late November.  If the latter... mid to late January?  Please please please be the former.
Hahahahaha! That was the exact same question I had thought of.
Let's hope it's the latter.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angology on November 15, 2017, 01:05:58 PM
https://twitter.com/Comic_Con/status/930883041844776960

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Journalists, Ink Slingers, and Reporters! Comic-Con 2018 press badge registration is NOW OPEN and will close June 8. Visit http://www.comic-con.org/cci/press  for more info. Take advantage of advance shipping by registering prior to May 14!

Calendar links added (and the old ones clarified-they read "registration" when it was really "application".
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on November 21, 2017, 10:43:16 AM
Week 11 since submitting my application...

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on November 23, 2017, 11:22:19 PM
Can't rush these things ;)

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on November 27, 2017, 03:42:06 PM
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Can't rush these things ;)

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Violet on November 27, 2017, 03:52:16 PM
[member=4434]Angel_[/member] I saw that you had replied and thought maybe it was because you had heard back. False alarm... :(

(I just realized my response may cause the same reaction by others on this thread waiting to hear back. Sorry! :()
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on November 27, 2017, 04:32:12 PM
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[member=4434]Angel_[/member] I saw that you had replied and thought maybe it was because you had heard back. False alarm... :(

(I just realized my response may cause the same reaction by others on this thread waiting to hear back. Sorry! :()

Oh god I'm so sorry.  After THIS one, I'll only post important information hahaha.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on November 27, 2017, 05:41:31 PM
Ok so I ACTUALLY have something relevant to say and not just a gif reaction. 

Open Reg is December 9th and the Member ID portals have been reopened.  I logged in and it says "verification due" and that I'm eligible for open reg.  To me that means it's still processing, but I wanted to check with you guys and see if you're seeing the same thing, or if yours states that you are eligible for press?  I hope I'm not denied  :'(
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Angel_ on December 01, 2017, 04:19:41 PM
Check your emails.  Alerts are going out.

My team has been approved!
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Violet on December 01, 2017, 04:41:56 PM
Congrats! You were probably the first to submit, which is why you're first to hear!  ;D Hopefully others start hearing soon.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: gaeilstar on December 01, 2017, 04:53:40 PM
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Congrats! You were probably the first to submit, which is why you're first to hear!  ;D Hopefully others start hearing soon.

And hopefully before open reg! 🤞
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on December 20, 2017, 12:49:55 PM
Still waiting to hear. Now in week 13.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Viper1701 on January 17, 2018, 04:36:07 AM
Hey Guys,

I was checking my account today and I just realized the press tab has disappeared from my account page.

Is it a sign my application was rejected?

I was DUE last year and I knew I wasn't going so I did not register. So I'm not sure, I had a Press tab when I sent my verification materials this year.

Any insights would be welcomed.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Breuls on January 17, 2018, 10:00:38 AM
Viper1701, you should be notified via e-mail when CCI makes the decision to approve or deny you. So I'd wait for that.

Me, I'm still waiting. I submitted on October 31 and haven't heard yet. I just looked up how long my wait was in my first year: I submitted on November 27, 2012 and was approved on April 10, 2013. And back then, they said that it would take 4-6 weeks. It turned out to be more like months instead of weeks, but at least I was approved after that.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Viper1701 on January 17, 2018, 10:24:37 AM
Interesting thanks.

Anybody out there ever got a rejection email?

A friend of mine was rejected once or so we think because he just never got a reply...
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: CWVegasPress on February 20, 2018, 11:03:07 AM
So I went and looked back at my Verification Materials delivery confirmation email and the link to my letter does not work.  I emailed pressreg with my concern that if I can't see it, neither can they.  I have heard nothing back.  Still concerned about the status of my Press Credentials.  Do the links to your letters work?
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Breuls on February 20, 2018, 11:07:24 AM
Hm. I just checked, and the Jotform link indeed does not work. But it's perfectly possible that it did work, shortly after submitting. That data might simply expire after a while, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it's also CCI's source to read the letter.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on February 20, 2018, 11:07:13 PM
You would hope that CCI took all the info they needed before it all expired.

Now heading towards week 30 since applying at the end of the first week it was open.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: darlenealderson on February 21, 2018, 12:17:47 PM
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Interesting thanks.

Anybody out there ever got a rejection email?

A friend of mine was rejected once or so we think because he just never got a reply...

I got a rejection email the first year I applied for Pro
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Imagery on March 21, 2018, 09:18:07 AM
After four months of not receiving any response re: my application, I emailed the press inquiries address provided on the website and got a confirmation email about a week later. I assumed after not hearing for so long I'd be receiving a rejection letter, but was very pleasantly surprised. This will be my first year attending as accredited press, though I was able to use my connections to get into a couple of offsite things last year.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Breuls on March 21, 2018, 10:33:29 AM
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After four months of not receiving any response re: my application, I emailed the press inquiries address provided on the website and got a confirmation email about a week later. I assumed after not hearing for so long I'd be receiving a rejection letter, but was very pleasantly surprised.
Same here. I received my approval on 3/8, which is after a little over four months. But I'm happy. :)
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This will be my first year attending as accredited press, though I was able to use my connections to get into a couple of offsite things last year.
Welcome to the club! :)
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: jamiesugah on March 22, 2018, 01:12:57 PM
Yes, the first time I went as press it also took about four months. I think I emailed them five or six times!

Congratulations on being approved! It's a lot of fun.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: Breuls on March 22, 2018, 02:06:03 PM
True, my first time took a long while too. I guess everyone and their mother is probably applying for these things, so there's a lot to process for CCI.
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: beadrbop on April 03, 2018, 11:13:25 AM
Congratulations to all who have been approved! Good luck tomorrow with Hotel apocalypse. This is the part I really dread..
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on April 03, 2018, 01:16:29 PM
Does anyone know how long it takes CCI to refund badge cost once press is approved?

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: DRWHO42 on April 03, 2018, 03:25:19 PM
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Does anyone know how long it takes CCI to refund badge cost once press is approved?

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I think it was a couple weeks
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on April 03, 2018, 11:14:22 PM
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I think it was a couple weeks
Thanks.
It's been over a month and no refund. I have emailed them so hopefully they respond soon.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: SamTurtledove on April 10, 2018, 02:12:42 AM
Reminder:  (From Member ID-Notices)

Verify shipping address for your Press badge in Member ID.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180410/ff2e54559b50c49135dd28bc0f2b875d.jpg)
Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: FBS on April 10, 2018, 04:59:24 AM
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Thanks.
It's been over a month and no refund. I have emailed them so hopefully they respond soon.

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Quick update: got a refund yesterday from CCI. Took about 5 working days.

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Title: Re: SDCC 2018 Press Registration
Post by: comicconfamily on April 10, 2018, 08:37:39 AM
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After four months of not receiving any response re: my application, I emailed the press inquiries address provided on the website and got a confirmation email about a week later. I assumed after not hearing for so long I'd be receiving a rejection letter, but was very pleasantly surprised. This will be my first year attending as accredited press, though I was able to use my connections to get into a couple of offsite things last year.

Congratulations! The first time we applied for press this same situation happened. No approval or rejection after months, we wrote them and within a week we were approved. I think some might fall through the cracks.