2—6 September 2004
NOREASCON 4 (62ndWorld Science Fiction Convention) at Sheraton Boston, Marriott, and Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. Guests of Honor: William Tenn, Terry Pratchett, Jack Speer, and Peter Weston. Registration until 31 July 2004: Attending USD180, Supporting USD35, Child USD105. This is the SF universe’s annual get-together. Professionals and readers from all over the world will be in attendance. Talks, panels, films, fancy dress competition–the works. Info: Noreascon 4, Post Office Box 1010, Framingham, MA 01701. FAX: (617) 776-3243; info@noreascon. org; www.noreascon4.org
10—12 September 2004
COPPERCON 24 (Arizona literary-oriented SF conference) at Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ. Guest of Honor: Alan Dean Foster. Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Lockwood. Local Author Guest of Honor: Catherine Wells. Music Guest: Leslie Fish. Registration: $35 until 27 August 2004, $40 at door. Info: CopperCon 24, Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082; (602) 973-2341; cu24@coppercon.org; www.coppercon.org.
17—19 September 2004
FOOLSCAP VI (Washington state SF conference) at Bellevue Hilton, Bellevue, WA. Guest of Honor: George R.R. Martin. Info: Foolscap, Box 2461, Seattle WA 98111-2461; (206) 938-2452; chair@ foolscap.org; www.foolscap.org.
24—26 September 2004
FENCON (Dallas area SF conference) at Holiday Inn Select North Dallas, Dallas, TX. Guest of Honor: Larry Niven. Filk Guest of Honor: Michael Longcor. Fen Guest of Honor: Jim Murray. TM: Elizabeth Moon. Registration: $25 until 30 June 2004, $35 at door. Info: FenCon, Box 560576, The Colony, TX 75056-0576; info@fencon.org; www.fencon.org.
30 September—3 October 2004
ARCHON 28 (Illinois area SF conference) at Collinsville IL Gateway Center/Holiday Inn, Collinsville, IL. Guest of Honor: Alan Dean Foster. Artist Guest of Honor: Vincent DiFate. Gaming Guest of Honor: Shane Hensley. Costuming Guest of Honor: Jacqueline Ward. Fan Guest of Honor: Mike Glyer. TM: Ben Bova. Registration: $40 until 31 August 2004, $45 thereafter. Info: Archon 28, Box 8387, St. Louis MO 63132-8387; (636) 326-3026; archon_hotline@archonstl.org; www.archonstl.org/28.
1—3 October 2004
ARCANA 34 (Twins Cities SF conference) at Holiday Inn Express-Bandana Square, St. Paul, MN. Guest of Honor: Tim Powers. Registration: $35 at door. Info: Arcana 34, Box 8036, Lake St. Station, Minneapolis MN 55408; (612) 721—5959; rekal@prodigy.net; http:// pages.prodigy.net/rekal/index/html.
1—3 October 2004
CONTEXT 17 (Columbus area SF conference) at The Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus, OH. Guest of Honor: Connie Willis. Info: Context, Box 163391, Columbus OH 43216; (614) 889—0436; (614) 889—1930 (fax); contextsf@yahoo.com; www.contextcon.com/contexthome.htm.
8—10 October 2004
ALBACON 2004 (Albany area SF conference) at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, NY. Guest of Honor: David Drake. Registration: $50 at door. Info: Albacon 2004, Box 2085, Albany NY 12220-0085; chair@albacon.org; www.albacon.org
15—17 October 2004
CAPCLAVE 2004 (DC area SF conference) at Tysons Corner Marriott, Vienna, VA. Guest of Honor: Nick Pollotta. Artist Guest of Honor: Butch Honeck. Fan Guest of Honor: Dennis McCunney. Registration: $35 in advance. Info: Capclave 2004 Registration, c/o Lee Gilliland, 4030 8th St. South, Arlington VA 22204; leeandalexis@hotmail.com; www.wsfa.org/capc04/
15—17 October 2004
CONS*STELLATION XXIII: DELPHINUS (Alabama SF conference) at Holiday Inn Express, Huntsville, AL. Registration: $30. Info: Con*Stellation, Box 4857, Huntsville AL 35815-4857; constell@con-stellation.org; www.con-stellation.org
15—17 October 2004
VEGACON (Nevada SF conference) at Plaza, downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Guest of Honor: Steven Brust. Filk Guest of Honor: Kathy Mar. Registration: $35 until 1 October 2004, $45 at door. Info: VSFA, 2800 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 11, Las Vegas NV 89109; info@vegacon.com; www.vegacon.com
22—24 October 2004
MILEHICON 36 (Denver area SF conference) at Marriott Southeast, Denver, CO. Guests of Honor: Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Moon, Fred Saberhagen. Artist Guest of Honor: Bob Eggleton. TM: Robert Vardeman. Registration: $32 until 10 October 2004, $35 at door. Info: MileHiCon 36, Box 101322, Denver CO 80250-1322; (303) 657—5912; lindanel@ix.netcom.com; www.milehicon.org
22—24 October 2004
VALLEYCON 30 (North Dakota SF conference) at Fargo, ND. Guests of Honor: Terry Brooks, Ben Bova, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell. Info: ValleyCon, Box 7202, Fargo ND 58106; conchairs@valleycon.com; www.valleycon.com
5—7 December 2004
SMOFCON 21 (Conference for people who run SF conferences) at Embassy Suites, Rosemont, IL. Registration: $45. Info: SMOFcon 21, 707 Sapling Lane, Deerfield, IL 60015-3969, info@midfan.org, www.midfan.org/Smofcon. html.
