List of past Minicons

This list of past Minicons is in chronological order (which is not the same as numerical order). Location, dates, and guests of honor are noted when known.

Minicon 1

Year: 1968
Location: Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota
Guests of Honor: Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak

Minicon 2

Year: 1969
Location: Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guests of Honor: Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak

Minicon 3

Year: 1970
Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guests of Honor: Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Clifford Simak

Minicon 4

Year: 1971
Location: Curtis Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guest of Honor: Lin Carter

Minicon 5

Year: 1971
Location: Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guest of Honor: Volsted Gridban was listed, but it did not refer to one of the authors who had used that pseudonym being the guest; there was no guest of honor at this Minicon.

Minicon 6

Year: 1972
Location: Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN
Theme: The Stereo-opticon
Guest of Honor: Ruth Berman

Minicon 7

Year: 1973
Location: Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN
Guests of Honor: Larry Niven (pro), Rusty Hevelin (fan)

Minicon 8

Year: 1974
Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guests of Honor: Kelly Freas (pro), Bob Tucker (fan)

Minicon 9

Year: 1974
Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
Guests of Honor: Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey

Minicon 10

Year: 1975
Location: Holiday Inn
Guests of Honor: Poul Anderson (pro), Gordon Dickson (fan), Lester del Rey (toastmaster)

Minicon 11

Year: 1976
Location: Leamington Hotel
Guests of Honor: Edmond Hamilton (pro), Leigh Brackett (pro), Leigh and Norb Couch (fans), Jackie Franke and Rusty Hevelin (toastmasters)

Minicon 12

Year: 1977
Location: Leamington Hotel
Guests of Honor: Ben Bova (pro), Buck Coulson and Juanita Coulson (fans), Joe Haldeman (toastmaster)

Minicon 13

Year: 1978
Location: Leamington Hotel
Theme: Nothing is as it seems.
Guests of Honor: Samuel R. Delany (pro), Spider Robinson (fan), Bob Tucker (artist), Krissy (toastmaster)

Minicon 15

Year: 1979
Location: Minneapolis Radisson
Guests of Honor: Theodore Sturgeon (pro), Tom Digby (fan), Rick Sternbach (artist), Robert E. Vardeman (toastmaster)

Minicon 16

Year: 1980
Location: Minneapolis Radisson
Guests of Honor: C. J. Cherryh (pro), Jon Singer (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Nate Bucklin (musician), Bob Tucker (toastmaster)

Minicon 17

Year: 1981
Location: Minneapolis Radisson
Guests of Honor: Jack Vance (pro), Jerry Boyajian (fan), Reed Waller (musician), Kathy Marschall (artist)

Minicon 14

Year: 1982
Location: Saint Paul Radisson
Theme: Forward, Into the Past
Guests of Honor: John Varley (pro), Clifford D. Simak (fan), Spider Robinson (musician)

Minicon 19

Year: 1983
Location: Saint Paul Radisson
Theme: Backward, Into the Future
Guests of Honor: Larry Niven (pro), Pamela Dean and David Dyer-Bennet (fans), Dave Sim (artist), Spider John Koerner (music), Steven Brust (toastmaster), Nostradamus (proxy)

Minicon 18

Year: 1984
Location: Leamington Hotel
Theme: We know what we're doing and you don't. Trust us.
Guests of Honor: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (pro), Dave Wixon (fan), Stephen Hickman (artist), S.P. Somtow (musician), Rusty Hevelin (toastmaster), Bob Tucker ("smooth")

Minicon 20

Year: 1985
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Guests of Honor: James P. Hogan (pro), The Permanent Floating Riot Club (fan group), The White Women (musicians), Stu Shiffman (artist), Jerry Stearns and Kara Dalkey (toastmasters)

Minicon 21

Year: 1986
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Now we're just immoral and fattening
Guests of Honor: Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm (pro), Denny Lien (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Anne Passovoy (musician), Diane Duane (toastmaster)
Honored guests: Phyllis Eisenstein, Terri Windling, John M. Ford, P. C. Hodgell

Minicon 22

Year: 1987
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Still Crazy After All These Years
Guests of Honor: David Brin (pro), Fred Haskell (fan), Erin McKee (artist), Jerry Stearns (music), Robert Bloch (toastmaster)
Honored guests: Diane Duane, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner

Minicon 23

Year: 1988
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Spring Forward, Fall Over
Guests of Honor: Eleanor Arnason (author), Eric Heideman (fan), Frederik Pohl (editor), Crystal Marvig (artist), Richard Feynman (science, posthumous)
Honored guests: Jane Yolen, David Hartwell, Algis Budrys

Minicon 24

Year: 1989
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Zen and the Art of Fan Maintenance
Guests of Honor: Harry Harrison, George "Lan" Laskowski, Fritz Leiber, Barry B. Longyear
Honored guests: Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, P. C. Hodgell, Larry Niven, John Sladek

Minicon 25

Year: 1990
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: The Silver Edition
Guests of Honor: Jane Yolen, Kim Stanley Robinson (author), Patrick Price ("arthur"), David Thayer a.k.a. Teddy Harvia (artist), DavE Romm (fan), Earl Joseph (science)
Honored guests: Dave Clement, P. C. Hodgell, Dr. Joseph Romm, Art Widner

Minicon 26

Year: 1991
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Think of it as Evolution in Action
Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger (author), David Cherry (artist), Al Kuhfeld, Ph.D. (science), Suzanne V. Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman (fans), Jon Singer (lunch)

Minicon 27

Year: 1992
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Don't Ever Be A Dodo
Guests of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold (author), Ctein (artist), Dave Van Ronk (music)

Minicon 28

Year: 1993
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota^[1]
Theme: Suite, Savage Minicon
Guests of Honor: Susan Allison (editor), Diane Duane (author), Peter Morwood (author), Kathy Mar (music), Don Fitch (bless his sweet heart), John M. Ford (interesting person)

Minicon 29

Year: 1994
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: It seemed like a good idea at the time
Guests of Honor: Tom Doherty (publisher), Jack Williamson (author), Rusty Hevelin (fan), Phil Foglio (artist)

Minicon 30

Year: 1995
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Would you like fries with that?
Guests of Honor: Vernor Vinge (author), Robert L. Forward (science), Jody Lee (artist), The Bhigg House (fan group)
Honored guest: Glen Cook

Minicon 31

Date: April 5–7, 1996
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!
Guests of Honor: Suzette Haden Elgin (author), Ed Emshwiller (artist, posthumous), Joe Siclari & Edie Stern (fans), David Ossman (audio)

Minicon 32

Date: March 28–30, 1997
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Guests of Honor: Algis Budrys (author), C. J. Cherryh (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Tom Lopez (audio), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (fan), Teresa Nielsen Hayden (fan), Michael Swanwick

Minicon 33

Date: April 10–12, 1998
Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Heisenberg Probably Slept Here
Guests of Honor: Gardner Dozois (publishing), David Langford (fan), John M. Ford (toastmaster)

Minicon 34

Date: April 2–4, 1999
Location: Minneapolis Hilton & Towers Hotel
Guests of Honor: Octavia E. Butler (author), Mark & Priscilla Olson (fans), David Nee (bookseller)

Minicon 35

Date: April 21–23, 2000
Location: Hilton Minneapolis & Towers
Guests of Honor: Maureen F. McHugh (author), John Berkey (artist), Lenny Bailes (fan)

Minicon 36

Date: April 13–15, 2001
Location: Hilton Minneapolis & Towers
Guests of Honor: Ken MacLeod (author), Jo Walton (fan), Leslie Fish (musician)

Minicon 37

Date: March 29–31, 2002
Location: Hilton Minneapolis
Guests of Honor: Emma Bull (author), Will Shetterly (author), Arthur Hlavaty (fan), Rick Berry (artist)

Minicon 38

Date: April 18–20, 2003
Location: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Robert J. Sawyer (author), Carolyn Clink (poet), Sue Mason (fan), Steve Macdonald (musician)

Minicon 39

Date: April 9–11, 2004
Location: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Walter Jon Williams (author), Sharyn November (editor), Deb Geisler (fan)

Minicon 40

Date: March 25–27, 2005
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: Minicon Fortean
Guests of Honor: Terry Pratchett (author), Fastner & Larson (artists), James Young (fan)

Minicon 41

Date: April 14–16, 2006
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: XLi, Robot
Guests of Honor: Harlan Ellison (author), John Picacio (artist), Doug Friauf (fan)

Minicon 42

Date: April 6–8, 2007
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "And the question was..." (in reference to the number 42)
Guests of Honor: Charles de Lint (author), Charles Vess (artist)

Minicon 43

Date: March 21–23, 2008
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "Digging up the Future"
Guests of Honor: Alastair Reynolds (author), Wayne Barlowe (artist, in absentia), Shawna McCarthy (editor), Nate Bucklin (fan)

Minicon 44

Date: April 10–12, 2009
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Karl Schroeder (author), Stephan Martinere (artist, in absentia), Seth Shostak (scientist)

Minicon 45

Date: April 2–4, 2010
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Brandon Sanderson (author), Daniel Dos Santos (artist)
Special Guests: Moshe Feder (editor)

Minicon 46

Date: April 22–24, 2011
Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "Not yet dead from the neck up"
Guests of Honor: Charles Stross, (author in absentia), John Scalzi, (author), Chas Somdahl, (musician)

Minicon 47

Date: April 6–8, 2012
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Hotel rebranded)
Theme: "The minions are coming..."
Guests of Honor: Ted Chiang (author), Christopher J Garcia (fanzine), Frank Wu (artist),
Special Guest: Brianna "Spacekat" Wu (game developer)

Minicon 48

Date: March 29-31, 2013
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "The Game of Life"
Guests of Honor: Julie Czerneda (author), Richard Tatge (fan)

Minicon 49

Date: April 17–20, 2014
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "Pirates and Airships"
Guests of Honor: Catherynne Valente (author), Janny Wurts (author), Don Maitz (artist)

Minicon 50

Date: April 2–5, 2015
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Theme: "The Gold Edition"
Guests of Honor: Jane Yolen (author), Larry Niven author, Brandon Sanderson (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Adam Stemple (musician), Michael Whelan (artist)

Minicon 51

Date: March 25-27, 2016
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Seanan McGuire (author), Sara Butcher Burrier (artist)

Minicon 52

Date: April 14–16, 2017
Location: DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Guests of Honor: Brother Guy Consolmagno (scientist)
Special Guests: Moshe Feder (editor)

References

↑ Aiken, Wayne (March 1993). "Upcoming Conventions". Holy Temple of Mass Consumption (16).

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