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
28—31 October 2004
WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2004 (Fantasy-oriented convention) at Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, AZ. Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones. Artist Guest of Honor: Janny Wurts. Editor Guest of Honor: Ellen Datlow. Publisher Guest of Honor: Betty Ballantine. Registration: $160. Info: WFC2004, c/o Leprecon Inc., Box 26665, Tempe AZ 85285-6665; (480) 945-6890; (480)941-3438 (fax); wfc2004@leprecon.org or mwillmoth@compuserve.com; www.worldfantasy2004.org
5—7 November 2004
ORYCON 26 (Oregon SF conference) at Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River, Portland, OR. Guest of Honor: Jerry Oltion. Artist Guest of Honor: Mark Roland. Editor Guest of Honor: Jennifer Heddle. Registration: $45 until 20 October 2004, $50 at door. Info: OryCon 26, Box 5464, Portland OR 97228-5464; melcontent@comcast.net; www.orycon.org/orycon26/
26—28 November 2004
DARKOVER GRAND COUNCIL MEETING 27 (Fantasy conference with emphasis on works of Marion Zimmer Bradley) at Holiday Inn Timonium, Timonium, MD. Guest of Honor: Tamora Pierce; Special Guest: Katherine Kurtz. Musical Guest of Honor: Clam Chowder. Registration: $45 (checks to Armida Council). Info: Armida Council, Box 7203, Silver Spring MD 20907; (202) 726-4396; jaelle@radix.net; www. darkovercon.com
26—29 November 2004
LOSCON 31: ESCAPE TO LA (Southern California SF conference) at LAX Marriott, Los Angeles, CA. Guest of Honor: Tim Powers. Fan Guests of Honor: James Stanley Daugherty, Kathryn Daugherty. Info: info@lasfs.org; www.loscon.org/ loscon31/
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.
4—8 August 2005
INTERACTION (63rd World Science Fiction Convention) at Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Moat House & City Inn Hotels, Glasgow, Scotland. Guests of Honor: Robert Sheckley, Jane Yolen, Greg Pickersgill, Lars-Olov Strandberg. Registration until 31 July 2004: Attending USD170/GBP 95/EUR 145, Supporting USD45/GBP 30/EUR 45. 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: Interaction, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 3HQ, U.K. or Interaction, P.O. Box 58009, Louisville, KY 40268-0009; info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk; www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk.
