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/
3—5 December 2004
SMOFCON 22 (SF convention-runners conference) at Wyndham Washington Hotel, Washington DC. Registration: $50. Info: SMOFcon 22, c/o Bob MacIntosh, 7113 Wayne Dr., Annandale VA 22003-1734; www.wsfa.org/smofcon.htm.
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.
10—12 December 2004
PHILCON 2004 (Philadelphia area SF conference) at Marriott Hotel Center City, Philadelphia, PA. Principal Speaker: Brian W. Aldiss. Artist Guest of Honor: Joe DeVito. Special Guests: Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Jolly R. Blackburn & Brian Jelke, Tom Purdom. Registration: $40 in advance, more at the door. Info: Philcon, Box 3, Oreland PA 19075; info@philcon.org; www.philcon.org.
25 December 2004
(High Arctic SF conference) at The Ninety North Motel. Guest of Honor: Christopher Kringle; Artist Guest of Honor: John Frost. Registration: free, but limited to good little boys and girls. Info: www.santaclaus.int.
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.
