Space Opera Fans discussion

This folder is where community members can share informational notices about upcoming science fiction conventions, dates, locations, and then do things like find other community members who are going, arrange meetups, carpool, discuss what panels they might like to attend/sit on at that convention, where to buy/make a cheap costume, who else is going, general gossip about that convention, etc.

The preferred format is for the community member who wishes to post a discussion of that convention to open a brand new thread dedicated to that convention under this 'Upcoming Sci-Fi Conventions' folder. Any community member can post an announcement to a conference so long as it has an active science fiction component. If you would like me to add or update an active conference to this master-list drop a notice in this thread (along with the link to your thread) and I'll add that link to this list.

I have tried very hard to include fan-run and literary society run conventions that promote the artistic and fan-centric side of Science Fiction fandom, while excluding the big, commercial for-profit conventions that target the fan-run conventions with bogus 'licensing' legal suits. If you see a convention on this list that are jerks and should be blacklisted, drop a message in the thread below and I will delete it! At the time this was posted, all of these conventions were all verified as active.

If there is an active thread, the link leads there so you can coordinate with other community members. If not, it just goes to the con's main webpage.

January:
ARISIA - Boston, MA - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Chattacon - Chattanooga, TN - http://www.chattacon.org
ConFusion - Ann Arbor, MI - http://confusionsf.org/
MarsCon - Williamsburg, VA - http://www.marscon.net/

February:
BOSKONE - Boston, MA - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
CapriCon - Wheeling, IL - http://capricon.org/capricon35/
ConDFW - Addison, TX - http://www.condfw.org/
Gallifrey One - Los Angeles, CA - http://www.gallifreyone.com/
MystiCon - Roanoake, VA - http://mysticon-va.com/

March:
AllCon - Dallas, TX - http://www.all-con.org/
ConBust - Northampton, MA (Smith College) - http://sophia.smith.edu/conbust/
CoastCon - Biloxi, MS - http://coastcon.org/
MarsCon - Bloomington, MN - http://marscon.org/2015/index.php
MidSouthCon - Memphis, TN - http://www.midsouthcon.org/



April:
AggieCon - College Station, TX - http://cephvar.tamu.edu/aggiecon
Conclave2 - Auckland, New Zealand - http://conclave2.aucontraire.org.nz/
ConGlomeration - Louisville, KY - http://www.conglomeration.info/
EdAstra - Toronto, Ontario - http://www.ad-astra.org/
RavenCon - Richmond, VA - http://www.ravencon.com/
Swancon - Perth, Australia - https://2015.swancon.com.au
TrekTraxAtlanta - Atlanta, GA - http://www.trektrax.org/
Wales ComicCon - N. Wales, England - http://www.walescomiccon.com/
WillyCon - Wayne, NE - http://wildcat.wsc.edu/clubs/willycon/


May:
BaltiCon - Baltimore, MD - http://www.balticon.org/
BayCon - Santa Clara, CA - http://www.baycon.org/2014/
Boréal - Quebec, Canada - http://www.congresboreal.ca/fr/2014/A...
ConCarolinas - Charlotte, NC - http://www.concarolinas.org/
ConQuestT - Kansas City, MO - http://www.conquestkc.org/
DemiCon - Des Moines, IA - http://www.demicon.org/25/index.html
EerieCon - Niagra Falls, NY - http://www.eeriecon.org/
GaylaxiCon @ OutlantaCon (LGBT) - Atlanta, GA - http://www.outlantacon.org/
LepreCon - Phoenix, AZ - http://www.leprecon.org/lep40/
Marcon - Columbus, OH - http://marcon.org/wordpress/
MediaWest*Con - Lansing, MI - http://www.mediawestcon.org/
MobiCon - Mobile, AL - http://www.mobicon.org/
Nebula Awards 2014 - San Jose, CA - http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/neb...
PenguiCon - Southfield, MI - http://2014.penguicon.org/
SciFi On The Rock - St. Johns, Newfoundland - http://www.scifiontherock.com/
TimeGate - Atlanta, GA - http://www.timegatecon.org/index.htm
WisCon - Madison, WI - http://www.wiscon.info/

June:
ApolloCon - Houston, TX - http://www.apollocon.org/
BotCon - Pasadena, CA - http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2014/
Continuum - Melbourne, Australia - http://continuum.org.au/c11/
DucKon - Wheeling, IL - http://www.duckon.org
Florida Supercon - Miami, FL - http://floridasupercon.com/
HyperiCon - Nashville, TN - http://hypericon.firechildren.net/
LibertyCon - Chattanooga, TN - http://www.libertycon.org/
Origins Game Fair - Columbus, OH - http://originsgamefair.com/
SciFiValleyCon - Altoona, PA - http://scifivalleycon.com/
SoonerCon - Midwest City, OK - http://www.soonercon.com/


July:
ArmadilloCon - Austin, TX - http://www.armadillocon.org/
Confluence - Pittsburg, PA - http://www.confluence-sff.org/
ConVergence - Bloomington, MN - http://www.convergence-con.org/
DetCon1 - Detroit, MI - http://detcon1.org/
Diversicon - Saint Paul, MN - http://www.diversicon.org/
G-Fest XXI - Chicago, IL - http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfest_xxi/g...
InConJunction - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.inconjunction.org/
ReaderCon - Burlington, MA - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Starfleet International Conference - Rockford, IL - http://portal.sfi.org/
WesterCon - Salt Lake City, UT - http://westercon67.org/

August:
Bubicon - Albuquerque, NM - http://bubonicon.com/
DragonCon - Atlanta, GA - http://www.dragoncon.org/
GeekCon - Madison, WI - http://www.geekkon.net/
GenCon (gaming) - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.gencon.com/
SpoCon - Spokane, WA - http://www.spocon.org/
WorldCon @ LonCon - London, England - http://www.loncon3.org/

September:

Sci-Coon - Tampa, FL - http://www.scicontampa.com/

October:
Archon - Collinsville, IL - http://www.archonstl.org/38/
Can-Con - Ottawa, Canada - http://www.can-con.org/
Capclave - Washington, DC - http://www.capclave.org/capclave/capc...
ConFlux - Canberra, Australia - http://conflux.org.au/
ConStellation - Huntsville, AL - http://www.con-stellation.org/
FenCon - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - http://www.fencon.org/
MileHiCon - Denver, CO - http://www.milehicon.org/Default.aspx
Necronomicon - Tampa, FL - http://www.stonehill.org/necmain.htm
VCon - Vancouver, Canada - http://www.vcon.ca/

November:
Comikaze Expo - Los Angeles, CA - http://comikazeexpo.com/
HalCon - Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://hal-con.com/
ICON - Cedar Rapids, IA - http://www.iowa-icon.com/
NovaCon - Nottingham, England - http://hal-con.com/
OryCon - Portland, OR - http://36.orycon.org/
SF Contrario - Toronto, Ontario - http://sfcontario.ca/
Starbase Indy - Indianapolis, IN - http://www.starbaseindy.com/
TusCon - Tuscon, AZ - http://www.tusconscificon.com/
WindyCon - Lombard, IL - http://www.windycon.org/

December:


Did I miss a conference? Drop a note in the thread below and I will scrounge up the link and add it to this masterlist.

This one has already passed, but it'll come around next February: http://www.condfw.org/

This one is just next weekend:
http://cephvar.tamu.edu/aggiecon

And this is the local Austin con that has thrice swelled to become a WorldCon:
http://www.armadillocon.org/

I also go to ApolloCon and FenCon, which you have already listed.

ConDFW, AggieCon, and ArmadilloCon just added to the list! If you want to open up a dedicated thread to the ones coming up, be my guest! Any other Space Opera Fans from Texas?

There is also Sci-Con in September in Tampa, FL (http://www.scicontampa.com/).

Also, there is the Florida Supercon that usually runs in June-ish (http://floridasupercon.com/). Its not just sci-fi but its the closet one to me so I figured I'd mention it.

Alicja wrote: "There is also Sci-Con in September in Tampa, FL (http://www.scicontampa.com/).

Also, there is the Florida Supercon that usually runs in June-ish (http://floridasupercon.com/). Its not just sci-fi ..."

Just added Sci-Con and Florida Supercon to the list! Thanks!

Anna wrote: "ConDFW, AggieCon, and ArmadilloCon just added to the list! If you want to open up a dedicated thread to the ones coming up, be my guest! Any other Space Opera Fans from Texas?"

Umm... that would be me. Houston, one each.

@Gibson - if you'll be going to one or both of these cons, feel free to open up a thread announcing the dates and maybe a little about the con from a personal perspective if you've been there before. Once you do, I'll put a link to your thread in the master-list above.

Anna wrote: "@Gibson - if you'll be going to one or both of these cons, feel free to open up a thread announcing the dates and maybe a little about the con from a personal perspective if you've been there before. Once you do, I'll put a link to your thread in the master-list above."

Will do... I doubt I can get my "stuff" together in time for FenCon in October, but I'm gonna try to make it to AllCon, ConDFW, AggieCon, ArmadilloCon and ApolloCon next year. I've attended ApolloCon twice (2012 & 2014), so I already have some established contacts with that one.

@Gibson - these threads don't have to be 'official' things. Just 'Hi ... I'm going to this Con on this date ... is anybody else going? Maybe we can meet up at one of the gaming sessions?'

There are two in Columbus, OH that need to be added. MarCon in March and Origins (more gaming, but has had a sci-fi focus) in June.

T.D. wrote: "There are two in Columbus, OH that need to be added. MarCon in March and Origins (more gaming, but has had a sci-fi focus) in June."

Just added them, thanks!

Hmmm. Looks like they moved MarCon to May this year. It's gotten bigger.

T.D. wrote: "Hmmm. Looks like they moved MarCon to May this year. It's gotten bigger."

Just swapped it to May. Thanks!

I'll add the Australian cons, if you like.

In April: Swancon (https://2015.swancon.com.au)
In June: Continuum (http://continuum.org.au/c11/)
In October: Conflux (website TBA - they still have last year's up)

Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR. Sept 19 & 20.

LibertyCon in Chattanooga, TN June 26-28, 2015.

(http://www.libertycon.org/)

David Weber is GOH's this year.

Don't forget Mysticon in Roanoke, VA February 27 through March 1. We have Sean Maher as Media GoH and Peter David as Author GoH!

Just added the three Australian cons, LibertyCon and Mysticon, as well as a little con in Northampton I'm going to in March, ConBust.

I did -not- add the Rose City Comic Con, Sarah, because after researching it I discovered it's one of those big commercial conventions. I only list the fan-run conventions because the commercial ones nickel and dime you for every single thing above the already inflated admission price (not to mention they have mega marketing budgets and don't need any more help from ME). I'm sure it's awesome, but it's not a fan-run con.

July 31st to August 2nd (I think the dates fluctuate to stay on the last weekend of July) is Tampa Bay Comic-Con.

Necronomicon ran by Stonehill runs in October every year in Tampa.
http://stonehill.org/necmain.htm

My hands down favorite con is MidSouthCon in Memphis, TN. Midsouth Con happens every March There are several tracks including a Writer one!

Thanks guys!

@Jonathan - I added Necronomicon to the list, but not Tampa Bay Comic-Con. This list is to feature NONPROFIT, FAN-RUN conventions staffed mostly by volunteers which focus on the literary or 'fan' aspects of fandom and not the big for-profit commercial conventions. The Tampa Bay event is the latter, unfortunately. Doesn't mean it's not great, but not right for this list.

@Lisa - I added MidSouthCon. Thanks!

Hi Anna! I've lost touch with them over the years, but I believe that ConStellation is back on for this year (XXXIII: Coma Berenices);
http://www.con-stellation.org/constel...
16-18 October 2015, Huntsville, Alabama. Thanks!

Link wrote: "Hi Anna! I've lost touch with them over the years, but I believe that ConStellation is back on for this year (XXXIII: Coma Berenices);
http://www.con-stellation.org/constel......"

Added it for October - Thanks!