CURRENT SHOW APPLICATION

05/22/2025 – I should have closed this application several weeks ago – we had SO MANY APPLICATIONS!!! Join us on November 8th and 9th at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington, to see a great mix of weird vendors old and new!

Applications took SO MUCH LONGER than I expected this year! The flood of applications all at once knocked everything out of whack, and I suddenly found myself having to narrow down some bazillion applications to just the 170 weirdest, most awesome ones. I had to deny SO MANY APPLICATIONS!!! It hurts SO BAD, because each and every application I KNOW is somebody’s dream! Somebody looking for validation that THEIR art, the thing THEY do, is somehow valid and appreciated… and here I come with my big old “You’re Not Worthy” Hammer to bust their dreams into a billion pieces.

I hated that feeling, back when I was a struggling artist applying to every show I could and looking for that validation. It would ruin my life for WEEKS. “Why don’t they think I’m good enough? I guess I’m not… the only people who like my art are friends and relatives who are just trying to be nice. I should just give up.”

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP!!! If you received a rejection from us and you’re feeling terrible, PLEASE feel free to reach out to me, Captain Slinky, at our official email address of csoddmall@gmail.com and I’ll give you as much personal feedback as I can about why you may have been rejected, plus advice/tips on how I feel you might be able to have a better chance next time?