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ArmadilloCon
| ArmadilloCon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Venue | Doubletree Hotel Austin |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Country | 
United States |
| First held | 1979 |
| Organizer | Fandom Association of Central Texas |
| Filing status | 501(c)(3) |
| Official Website | |
ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, Texas, USA. It is sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas. ArmadilloCon is known for its emphasis on literary science fiction. ArmadilloCon was traditionally held in mid-October during the weekend of the Texas-OU football game. Starting in 1998, it moved to a late-summer/early-fall weekend as hotel costs in October in Austin became prohibitive.
Traditions of ArmadilloCon
- Emphasis on literary sf
- Guests of Honor are up-and-coming writers and are frequently first-time GOHs
- Program item "Fannish Feud" has been held regularly since ArmadilloCon 4 in 1983. Frequent hosts of this event have been Pat Cadigan and Walter Jon Williams.
- Willie Siros has been a dealer every year, either as part of "Two Guys from Texas" or "Adventures in Crime & Space"
Past conventions
- ArmadilloCon 1 (Spring 1979)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: John Varley (author)
- Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
- Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
- Location: Villa Capri
- ArmadilloCon 2 (1980)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Harry O. Morris
- Toastmaster: Chad Oliver
- ArmadilloCon 3 (1981)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
- Fan Guest: Bob Wayne
- Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
- Location: Ramada Riverside
- ArmadilloCon 4 (1982)
- Chair: Ed Scarbrough
- Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger and George R. R. Martin
- Fan Guest: Joe Pumilia
- Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
- ArmadilloCon 5 (October 7-5, 1983)
- Chair: Ed Scarborough
- Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
- Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
- Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Location: Villa Capri Motor Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 6 (1984)
- Chair: Ed Scarborough
- Guest of Honor: John Sladek
- Fan Guests: James A. Corrick and Gay Miller Corrick
- Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
- Special Guest: Ellen Datlow
- ArmadilloCon 7 (1985)
- (relaxacon)
- ArmadilloCon 8 (1986)
- Chair: Robert Taylor
- Guest of Honor: William Gibson
- Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
- Fan Guest: Debbie Notkin
- Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
- ArmadilloCon 9 (1987)
- Chair: Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Guest of Honor: Bruce Sterling
- Artist Guest: J. R. Daniels
- Editor Guest: Beth Meacham
- Fan Guest: Mark Olson
- Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan
- ArmadilloCon 10 (October 1988)
- Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Karen Meschke
- Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
- Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
- Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
- Fan Guests: Jane Dennis and Scott Dennis
- Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 11 (1989)
- Chair: Karen Meschke
- Guest of Honor: Lewis Shiner
- Artist Guest: Don Ivan Punchatz
- Editor Guest: Pat LoBrutto
- Fan Guest: Mike Glyer
- Toastmaster: Connie Willis
- Special Guests: William Gibson and Tom Maddox (sponsored by MCC)
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 12 (October 12-14, 1990)
- Chair: Ed Graham
- Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
- Artist Guest: Jean Elizabeth Martin
- Editor Guest: Susan Allison
- Fan Guest: Debbie Hodgkinson
- Toastmaster: Melinda M. Snodgrass
- Special Guests: Vernor Vinge and Marc Stiegler (sponsored by MCC)
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 13 (1991)
- Chair: Casey Hamilton
- Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
- Artist Guest: Dell Harris
- Editor Guest: Amy Stout
- Fan Guest: Pat Mueller
- Toastmistress: Emma Bull
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 14 (October 9-11, 1992)
- Chairs: Lori Wolf and Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
- Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Al Jackson
- Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 15 (November 5-7, 1993)
- Chairs: Willie Siros and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones (novelist)
- Artist Guest: Harry O. Morris
- Editor Guest: John Douglas
- Toastmaster: Michael Bishop (author)
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 16 (October 7-9, 1994)
- Chairs: Ed Graham and Casey Hamilton
- Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
- Artist Guest: David A. Cherry
- Editor Guest: Gordon Van Gelder
- Fan Guest: Gregory Benford
- Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
- Special Guest: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 17 (October 6-8, 1995)
- Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Alexander Jablokov
- Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
- Editor Guest: John Silbersack
- Fan Guests: Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith
- Toastmaster: Terry Bisson
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 18 (October 11-13, 1996)
- Chair: Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Jonathan Lethem
- Artist Guest: Bob Eggleton
- Editor Guest: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Fan Guests: Spike Parsons and Tom Becker
- Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 19 (1997)
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
- Location: Hunt, Texas
- ArmadilloCon 20 (August 28-30, 1998)
- Chairs: A. T. Campbell, III and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: Bradley Denton
- Artist Guest: Mitchell Bentley
- Editor Guest: David G. Hartwell
- Fan Guest: Peggy Ranson
- Toastmaster: Steven Gould
- Special Guest: Peter F. Hamilton (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 21 (September 10-12, 1999)
- Chairs: Mona Gamboa and John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Sean Stewart
- Artist Guest: Wayne Barlowe
- Editor Guest: Shawna McCarthy
- Fan Guest: Harry Stubbs
- Toastmaster: William Browning Spencer
- Special Guest: Neil Gaiman (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 22 (August 18-20, 2000)
- Chairs: John Gibbons and Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
- Artist Guest: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz
- Editor Guest: Betsy Mitchell
- Fan Guest: Robert Taylor
- Toastmaster: Mary Doria Russell
- Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan[1] (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 23 (November 16-18, 2001)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: J. Gregory Keyes
- Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
- Editor Guest: Toni Weisskopf
- Fan Guest: Teddy Harvia
- Toastmaster: Walter Jon Williams
- Special Guest: Esther Friesner (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 24 (August 16-18, 2002)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
- Artist Guests: Frank Cho and Scott Kurtz
- Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
- Fan Guests: Kurt Baty and Scott Bobo
- Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
- Special Guest: Robin Hobb (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 25 (August 8-10, 2003)
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Kage Baker
- Fan Guest: Willie Siros
- Toastmaster: Aaron Allston
- Editor Guest: Anne Groell
- Artist Guest: John Picacio
- Special Guest: Vernor Vinge
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 26 (August 13-15, 2004)
- Chairs: Kimm Antell and Chuck Siros
- Guest of Honor: Sharon Shinn
- Fan Guest: Chaz "Hazel" Boston Baden
- Toastmaster: K. D. Wentworth
- Editor Guest: Stanley Schmidt
- Artist Guest: Charles Vess
- Mystery Guests of Honor: Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 27 (August 19-21, 2005)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
- Fan Guests: Jim & Laurie Mann
- Toastmaster: Charles de Lint
- Editor Guest: Jim Minz
- Artist Guest: Ctein
- Special Guest: Sean McMullen (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 28 (August 11-13, 2006)
- Chair: Kimm Antell
- Guest of Honor: Julie E. Czerneda
- Fan Guest: Grant Kruger
- Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
- Editor Guest: Diana Gill
- Artist Guest: Ellisa Mitchell
- Special Guest: James P. Hogan
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 29 (August 10-12, 2007)
- Chair: Renee Babcock
- Guest of Honor: Louise Marley
- Fan Guest: Patty Wells
- Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
- Editor Guest: Sharyn November
- Artist Guest: Gary Lippincott
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
Upcoming conventions
- ArmadilloCon 30 (August 15-17, 2008)
- Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
- Artist Guest: Dean Morrissey
- Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
- Toastmaster: Bill Crider
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