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Life, the Universe & Everything

Feb 19th, 2009-Feb 21st, 2009 • Wilkinson Student Center, Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

fantasy, literary, science fiction, technology,

Academic symposium on science fiction and fantasy writing, world-building, literature and art. Guests include Tracy and Laura Hickman. Workshops, panels, presentations, papers and a half-day educators’ conference on using fantasy and science fiction in the K-12 classroom. Free of charge!

(http://ltue.org/)

Wicked Faire

Feb 20th, 2009-Feb 22nd, 2009 • The Marriott of Hanover

Whippany, NJ 07891

cosplay, fantasy, film, larp, literary, lovecraft, renaissance, roleplaying game, science fiction, steampunk, video game, zombies,

The Wicked Winter Renaissance Faire is a huge all-indoor festival which houses a pocket universe of Renfaire entertainments and pleasures, and adds all manner of joys. This year’s theme is the Wicked Chocolate Factory. It’s immersive as a Renaissance Faire, warm and smart as a convention, and massively full of entertainment like a festival! This is a not-for-kids event, for ages 16 and up (with an 18+ area.)

(http://www.wickedfaire.com)

Potlatch 18

Feb 27th, 2009-Mar 1st, 2009 • Domain Hotel

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

fantasy, science fiction, technology,

Books of Honor: Always Coming Home by Ursula Le Guin and Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford

(http://www.potlatch-sf.org/)

Megacon

Feb 27th, 2009-Mar 1st, 2009 • Orange County Convention Center

Orlando, FL 32819

anime, comics, cosplay, fantasy, media,

A comic book, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Anime, Gaming and Multi-Media Event! Meet your favorite comic book creator, hundreds of autograph opportunities, panel discussions, costume contests, musical appearances, and much more.

(http://megaconvention.com/)

SheVaCon

Feb 27th, 2009-Mar 1st, 2009 • Holiday Inn Tanglewood

Roanoke, VA 24014

anime, art, comics, cosplay, fan, fantasy, filk, film, larp, literary, media, roleplaying game, science fiction, star trek, steampunk,

Artist GOH: Jim Coornery; Writer GOH: Larry Niven; Media GOH: Jeremy Bulloch; Master Of Ceremonies: Spat; Fan GOH: Carla Brindle; Art room, game room, dealers room, Fan groups, workshops panels, Masquerade/cosplay etc.

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

MidSouthCon 27

Mar 20th, 2009-Mar 22nd, 2009 • Whispering Woods Conference Center

Olive Branch, MS 38654

anime, fantasy, filk, film, literary, roleplaying game, science fiction, technology, video game,

Author Guest of Honor: Mike Resnick; Artist Guest of Honor: Vincent Di Fate; Gaming Guest of Honor: Kinzer and Co, featuring Jolly Blackburn and Mark Plemmons; Science Guest of Honor: Stanton Friedman

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

Lunacon

Mar 20th, 2009-Mar 22nd, 2009 • Hilton Rye Town

Port Chester, NY 10573

fan, fantasy, filk, literary, science fiction,

Writer Guest of Honor: Dave Freer, Artist Guest of Honor: Larry Dixon, Special Guest: Mercedes Lackey, Toastmaster: Eric Flint, Fan Guest of Honor: Leigh Grossman

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

FilKONtario

Apr 3rd, 2009-Apr 5th, 2009 • Delta Hotel Toronto Airport West

Mississauga, ON L4W 2L2

fan, fantasy, filk, science, science fiction,

FilKONtario is the annual filk convention in Toronto (okay, Mississauga) Canada, and we hold the Filk Hall of Fame yearly inductions. Toronto also has a lively filk crowd who meet monthly to sing and play! GoH: Heather Dale, Filk Waif: Urban Tapestry, Special Writer Guest: Robert J. Sawyer.

(http://www.filkontario.ca/)

AccioCon

Apr 3rd, 2009-Apr 5th, 2009 • Holiday Inn International

Orlando, FL 32819

cosplay, fantasy, film, larp, literary, media,

A Twilight and Harry Potter convention with guests like Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene and Edi Gathegi.

(http://www.acciocon.com/)

Sakura-Con

Apr 10th, 2009-Apr 12th, 2009 • Washington State Convention and Trade Center

Seattle, WA 98101

anime, art, comics, cosplay, fantasy, filk, film, manga, roleplaying game, technology, video game,

Presented by the Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association, Sakura-Con is the oldest and most well attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest. With 14,000 attendees and 27 guests in 2008, some of our 2009 guests include: Musical Artists - Swedish Bubblegum Dance group Smile.dk, JRock band Girugamesh, Asian Dance Rock band The Slants, and a US Premier of Hangry & Angry; vice-president, co-founder and co-owner of New Generation Pictures, Inc. - Jonathan Klein; FUNimation leading voice actor of Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist - Aaron Dismuke; director, writer, and voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment - Leah Clark. Please join us for Sakura-Con 2009 as we celebrate our 12th amazing year. All the excellent programming you’ve come to expect will be back in abundance. Anime theaters, gaming, cosplay, cultural panels, dances, concerts, art contests, AMV’s, industry guests, over 100,000 square feet of exhibits hall, guests of honor and more!

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

RavenCon

Apr 24th, 2009-Apr 26th, 2009 • Crowne Plaza West,

Richmond, VA 23230

fantasy, science fiction,

Science Fiction & Fantasy return to Richmond with RavenCon 2009, a weekend celebrating the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. (And as we’re playing the Edgar Allan Poe angle, we’re Mystery friendly, too!) Join our guests for panel discussions and workshops that can only happen at RavenCon! Writer GOH-Jack McDevitt

(http://ravencon.com/)

Penguicon 7.0

May 1st, 2009-May 3rd, 2009 • Crowne Plaza

Romulus, MI 48174

anime, comics, fan, fantasy, film, literary, media, roleplaying game, science, science fiction, technology, video game,

Spider Robinson, Wil Wheaton, Rasmus Lerdorf, Jane McGonigal, CandyFab, John “maddog” Hall, Steve Eley, giant singing tesla coils. More than 1,000 geeks who gather annually in southeast Michigan to celebrate science fiction and fantasy, free and open source software, and other geek interests. A party in a hotel all weekend bursting with creativity and intelligence— and free beer! Packed with scheduled content crossing disciplines, full of celebrities and experts, opening the source of everything by teaching you HOWTO. Encouraging you, the attendees, to teach us what you know. A half-dozen conventions combined. Concerts, anime, costuming, games, LAN party, comics, podcasts, and one of the most renowned hopitality suites in America. Mix and match a weekend that’s just for you!

(http://penguicon.org)

CONduit 19

May 22nd, 2009-May 24th, 2009 • Radisson Hotel downtown Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

anime, fantasy, filk, film, horror, literary, lovecraft, media, roleplaying game, science fiction,

Guests include Eric Flint (author/editor) and Howard Tayler (author/artist). Panels, presentations, workshops, art show, dealers’ room, masquerade, filking, ice cream social, Iron Costumer, more! Salt Lake’s largest science fiction convention!

(http://conduit.sfcon.org/)

OASIS

May 22nd, 2009-May 24th, 2009 • Sheraton Orlando Downtown

Orlando, FL 32804

fan, fantasy, filk, literary, roleplaying game, science fiction,

Writer Guest of Honor - Peter David; Special Guest Writer - John Ringo; Editor Guest of Honor - Toni Weisskopf; Artist Guest of Honor - Johnny Atomic;

(http://www.oasfis.org/oasis)

Bay Con

May 22nd, 2009-May 25th, 2009 • The Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara

Santa Clara, CA 95054

fantasy, filk, larp, literary, roleplaying game, science, science fiction, space western,

One of the five largest regional annual science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States. BayCon has been a sf staple in Northern CA annually since 1982. Emphasis on writing and art, but you can also enjoy costuming, hard science, music, gaming, etc. Did someone say boffer wars?

(http://baycon.org/2009)

4th Street Fantasy

Jun 19th, 2009-Jun 21st, 2009 • TBA

Minneapolis, MN 55406

fantasy, literary, science fiction,

We’re very pleased to announce that there will be another Fourth Street Fantasy Convention and that Cory Doctorow has agreed to be our guest of honor for Fourth Street in 2009!

(http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/)

Readercon 20

Jul 9th, 2009-Jul 12th, 2009 • Burlington Marriot

Burlington, MA 01803

fantasy, literary, science fiction,

Readercon is, depending on your point of view, either an annual literary conference (except it’s infinitely more fun than that) or an annual science fiction convention (except we’ve stripped away virtually everything except talking about and buying books). Readercon is the only small convention regularly attended by such giants of literary sf as Samuel R. Delany, John Crowley, Barry N. Malzberg, and Jonathan Lethem.

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

Confluence

Jul 24th, 2009-Jul 26th, 2009 • Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport

Coraopolis, PA 15108

fantasy, filk, literary, science, science fiction,

Guest of Honor: John Scalzi; Featured Filk Guest: More Difficulties; With additional guests yet to be announced!

(http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/)

Worldcon 67 / Anticipation

Aug 6th, 2009-Aug 10th, 2009 • Delta Centre-Ville

Montreal, QC H4A 3P4

fantasy, science fiction,

Neil Gaiman - Guest of Honour; Elisabeth Vonarburg - Invitée d’honneur; Taral Wayne - Fan Guest of Honour; David Hartwell - Editor Guest of Honour; Tom Doherty - Publisher Guest of Honour; Julie Czerneda - Master of Ceremonies

(http://www.anticipationsf.ca/)

Foolscap

Sep 25th, 2009-Sep 27th, 2009 • Marriott Redmond Town Center

Redmond, WA 98052

comics, fantasy, literary, science, science fiction,

A science fiction conference celebrating flat stuff (art, books, comic books) and funny hats. Our 2009 Guests of Honor are writer Peter David and artist Jeff Sturgeon. We will also welcome back our Librarian-in-Residence Kristen Edwards. We expect to have at least one guest science or engineering speaker from the University of Washington.

(http://foolscap.org/)

Capclave

Oct 16th, 2009-Oct 18th, 2009 • Hilton Washington DC/Rockville & Executive Meeting Center

Rockville, MD 20852

fantasy, filk, literary, science fiction,

Author Guest of Honor - Harry Turtledove; Editor Guest of Honor - Sheila Williams. Capclave is a literary science fiction convention produced by the Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association WSFA). Capclave provides a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in which to attend readings, panels, kaffeeklatches, science lectures, filking and workshops. We typically have a workshops for writing, reviewing, getting an agent, contracts and podcasting. We also have a dealers room and a hospitality suite.

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

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