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Arisia 2013 - January 18-21, 2013 Westin Boston Waterfront Guests of Honor: Steven Barnes & Tanarive Due, Roger Dean, Emerald Rose First World Conference on 'Science Fiction Studies' in India - February 1-2, 2013 Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune, India Deadline to register: 17 January 2013 Contact ymceng@gmail.com or bvduengdept@gmail.com for details Foolscap 15 - February 1-3, 2013 Redmond Marriott Town Center, Redmond, WA Guests of Honor: Nancy Pearl and Michel Gagné A small weekend conference where readers, writers, visual artists, and other people who love science fiction and fantasy meet, learn, talk to each other, and have a great time together Capricon 33 - Feb 7-10, 2013 Westin Chicago, North Shore, Wheeling IL Guests: Daniel H. Wilson, Karen Ann Hollingsworth, Helen Montgomery Theme: Articial Intelligence Boskone 50 - Feb 15-17, 2013 Westin Waterfront, Boston MA Guests: Vernor Vinge, Lisa Snellings, John Hertz, Heather Dale Picocon 30 - Feb 16-17, 2013 Imperial College Union, South Kensington, London, UK Guests: Peter F. Hamilton, Stephanie Swainston, Richard Morgan, Kate Griffin FOGcon - March 8 - 10, 2013 Marriott, Walnut Creek CA Honored Guests: Terry Bisson, Susan R. Matthews, and the late Anthony Boucher Theme: Law, Order, and Crime Lunacon 2013 - March 15-17, 2013 Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY Guests: Michael F. Flynn, William O'Connor, Leslie Fish International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts - March 20-24, 2013 Airport Marriott Hotel, Orlando, Florida Guests of Honor: Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Constance Penly, Brian Aldiss This year's theme: Fantastic Adaptations, Transformations, and Audiences Marcon 48 - March 29-31, 2013 Columbus OH Grandmaster: Joe Haldeman Minicon 48 - March 29-31, 2013 DoubleTree, Bloomington, MN Guests of Honor: Julie Czerneda, Richard Tatge RavenCon 2013 - April 5-7, 2013 Holiday Inn Select Koger Center, Richmond, VA Writer Guests of Honor: Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta Artist Guest of Honor: Jennie Breeden RavenCon features six full tracks (over 150 hours!) of programming. More than 80 writers, editors, artists, fans, scientists, musicians and costumers will be available for discussions, panels, readings and signings. There’s also anime, concerts, parties, workshops and our famous Gaming Room that never closes. 2013 Eaton Science Fiction Conference - April 11-14, 2013 Riverside Marriott Hotel, Riverside, CA Co-sponsored with the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention - April 12-14, 2013 Celebrating 90 years of science fiction and fantasy magazines Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard IL Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2 - May 17-19, 2013 Bartle Hall Grand Ballroom, Kansas City, MO Guests: Peter de Seve, Tara McPherson, Charles Vess, Michael Whelan, Terryl Whitlatch A three-day celebration of the art and artists that bring to life the fantastic worlds of our favorite science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, movies, and comics ConQuest 44 - May 24-26, 2013 Holiday Inn CoCo Key Water Resort, Kansas City, MO Guests: Patrick Rothfuss, Chris Garcia, Patricia C. Wrede, John Picacio, Teresa Nielsen Hayden Kansas City's literary science fiction & fantasy convention! Panels, art show, masquerade, cosplay, gaming, writer's workshop, and more! Held annually on Memorial Day Weekend. Sponsored by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (KaCSFFS). BayCon - May 24-27, 2013 Santa Clara Hyatt and Convention Center- Santa Clara, CA Author Guest of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold, Toastmaster: Veronica Belmont, Fans GoHs: Chris and John O'Halloran Balticon - May 24-27, 2013 The Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention Hunt Valley Inn, Hunt Valley MD (just north of Baltimore) Guests: Joe Haldeman, Rich Sternbach, Nnedi Okorafor, Ada Palmer MisCon 27 - May 24-27, 2013 Ruby's Inn and Convention Center, Missoula, MT Guests: Jim and Shannon K. Butcher MisCon promotes literacy, cinema, and the arts with a science fiction/fantasy theme, in a family-friendly environment. Ancient City Con 7 - June 21-23, 2013 Jacksonville, FL Westercon 66 - July 4-7, 2013 Hilton Arden West, Sacramento, CA Author Guests of Honor: Nicola Griffith, Kelley Eskridge; Artist GOH: Eric Shanower; Fan GOH - Radio Free Skaro ( Warren Frey, Steven Schpansky, Chris Burgess) Small Press Special Guest: David Maxine Long-standing, roaming, West Coast fan-run Science Fantasy convention. 2013 is the year of Reboot - Westercon should be awesome! Help us find the identity of Agent 66! InConJunction XXXIII - July 5-7, 2013 Marriott East,Indianapolis, IN Guest of Honor: Cherie Priest Readercon 24 - July 11-14, 2013 Burlington, MA Guests of Honor: Maureen F. McHugh, Patricia A. McKillip Koicon - July 20-21, 2013 Aster Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan The 52nd Japan Science Fiction Convention PulpFest 2013 - July 25-28, 2013 Hyatt Regency Columbus, Columbus, Ohio Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Doc Savage and the pulp heroes of 1933, plus the centennial of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu Diversicon 21 - August 2-4, 2013 Best Western, Bandana Square, St. Paul MN Guest of Honor: Jack McDevitt A multicultural, multimedia speculative fiction convention held each August in the Twin Cities. Harbour Con-Fusion - August 2-4, 2013 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Harbour Con-Fusion Inc. is a non profit organization geared at improving the SF/F/H/steampunk/anime community, while also helping the livelihood of charitable organizations. NecronomiCon - August 23-25, 2013 Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI Guests: S. T. Joshi, Robert M. Price, Wilum H. Pugmire, Laird Barron, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Paul Komoda We seek to pay proper homage to The Old Gentleman of Providence and his literary offspring, including numerous activities to highlight the town HPL loved and called home LoneStarCon 3 - August 29 - Sept 2, 2013 The 71st World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas Guests of Honor: Ellen Datlow, James Gunn, Willie Siros, Norman Spinrad, Darrell K. Sweet Toastmaster: Paul Cornell Other confirmed guests: Elizabeth Bear, Ben Bova, Alastair Reynolds, Joe Haldeman, Robert J. Sawyer, Nancy Kress,  Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre - September 13-15, 2013 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Special Guest Robert J. Sawyer, in whose honor, for the donation of his papers to the university, the conference is being held Other guests John Robert Colombo, Julie E. Czerneda, David G. Hartwell, Élisabeth Vonarburg, Robert Charles Wilson, Chris Szego Archon 37 - October 4-6, 2013 Collinsville Gateway Center; St. Louis, MO metro area Guests of Honor: David Weber, Donato Giancola, Lee Martindale, Jan Dimasi, Vic Milan Science Fiction, Fantasy, fun, literature, art, gaming, filk and just having a good time FenCon IX - October 4-6, 2013 Crowne Plaza Hotel North Dallas/Addison - Dallas, TX Guest of Honor: Cory Doctorow Other guests of honor: Heather Dale, Larry Niven, Charles Vess, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amber Benson, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden; toastmaster: John Ringo Capclave - October 11-13, 2013 Gaithersburg, MD Author Guest of Honor: George R. R. Martin Editor Guest of Honor: Sharyn November World Fantasy Convention 2013 - October 31 - November 3, 2013 Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, Brighton, England Guests of Honor: Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson TusCon 40 - November 8-10, 2013 Hotel CityCenter Tucson in Tucson, AZ Guests of Honor: Juliet Blackwell, Jessica Feinberg; toastmaster: Ed Bryant Loncon 3 - August 14 - 18, 2014 The 72nd World Science Fiction Convention International Conference Centre, ExCeL, London Docklands Guests of Honor: Iain M Banks, John Clute, Chris Foss, Malcolm Edwards, Jeanne Gomoll, Robin Hobb, Bryant Talbot World Fantasy Convention 2014 - November 6 - 9, 2014 Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia Guests of Honor: Guy Gavriel Kay, Les Edwards, Stuart David Schiff, Lail Finlay, Jane Yolen

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