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ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, Texas, USA, since 1979.[1][2] As the second longest running science fiction convention in Texas, it is sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas and is known for its emphasis on literary science fiction.[3] ArmadilloCon was originally held in mid-October during the weekend of the Texas-OU football game, but moved to a late-summer/early-fall weekend in 1998.
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Traditions of ArmadilloCon
ArmadilloCon generally focuses on literary science-fiction, with guests of honor typically being up-and-coming writers. Unique programming includes a "Fannish Feud" which has been held regularly since ArmadilloCon 4 in 1982, and has been hosted by a variety of people, including Pat Cadigan, Walter Jon Williams, and Professor Griffin. The convention typically includes a large number of readings, and for some years ended with a story reading by Howard Waldrop.
A key element of the convention is the ArmadilloCon Writers' Workshop. The workshop was started in 1998,[4] instigated by Chairs A.T. Campbell III and Lori Wolf. The workshop is held during the day on the Friday of the convention, with a Writers' Track of sessions available during the rest of the weekend.
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Past conventions
- ArmadilloCon 1 (May 11–13, 1979)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: John Varley
- Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
- Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
- Location: Villa Capri
- ArmadilloCon 2 (October 3–5, 1980)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Harry O. Morris
- Toastmaster: Chad Oliver
- ArmadilloCon 3 (October 1981)[5]
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
- Fan Guest: Bob Wayne
- Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
- Location: Ramada Riverside
- ArmadilloCon 4 (October 1–3, 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 7–9, 1983)[6]
- Chair: Ed Scarborough
- Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
- Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
- Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Location: Villa Capri Motor Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 6 (October 5–7, 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 after the third occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 1", was held in Austin.
- ArmadilloCon 8 (October 10–12, 1986)
- Chair: Robert Taylor
- Guest of Honor: William Gibson
- Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
- Fan Guest: Debbie Notkin
- Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
- ArmadilloCon 9 (October 9–11, 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 7–9, 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 (October 13–15, 1989)[7]
- 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)[8][9]
- Chair: Ed Graham
- Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
- Artist Guest: Jean Elizabeth Martin (JEM)
- 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 (October 11–13, 1991)[10]
- Chair: Casey Hamilton
- Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
- Artist Guest: Dell Harris
- Editor Guest: Amy Stout
- Fan Guest: Pat Mueller (Pat Virzi)
- Toastmistress: Emma Bull
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 14 (October 9–11, 1992)[11][12]
- Chairs: Lori Wolf and Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
- Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Allan Jackson
- Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 15 (November 5–7, 1993)[13]
- 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)[14]
- 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)[15]
- 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)
- Relaxacon after the 55th World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 2", was held in San Antonio.
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
- Location: Hunt, Texas
- ArmadilloCon 20 (August 28–30, 1998)[16]
- 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, Inc.)
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 21 (September 10–12, 1999)[17]
- 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, Inc.)
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- 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 (sponsored by ALAMO, Inc.)
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- 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, Inc.)
- 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, Inc.)
- Location:Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 25 (August 8–10, 2003)[18][19]
- 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, Inc.)
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 27 (August 19–21, 2005)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
- Fan Guests: Jim Mann & Laurie Mann
- Toastmaster: Charles de Lint
- Editor Guest: Jim Minz
- Artist Guest: Ctein
- Special Guest: Sean McMullen (sponsored by ALAMO, Inc.)
- 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
- ArmadilloCon 30 (August 15–17, 2008)[1][3]
- Chairs: Kurt Baty and Chuck Siros
- Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
- Artist Guest: David Lee Anderson
- Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
- Toastmaster: Bill Crider
- Editor Guest: Sheila Williams
- Special Guests: Gay Haldeman and Joe Haldeman
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 31 (August 14–16, 2009)[20][21]
- Chair: Kimm Antell
- Guest of Honor: Scott Lynch
- Artist Guest:
Stephan Martinière(cancelled) - Editor Guest: Chris Roberson
- Fan Guest: Karen Meschke
- Toastmaster: Scott A. Cupp
- Special Guest: Joan D. Vinge
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 32 (August 27–29, 2010)[22][23][24][25][26]
- Chairs: Elizabeth Burton and Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Rachel Caine
- Artist Guest: R. Cat Conrad
- Editor Guest: Anne Sowards
- Fan Guest: Elspeth Bloodgood
- Toastmaster: Nancy Kress
- Urban Fantasy Special Guest: Ilona Andrews
- Steampunk Special Guest: Michael Bishop
- Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 33 (August 26–28, 2011)[27][28]
- Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Paolo Bacigalupi
- Artist Guest: Vincent Villafranca
- Editor Guest: Lou Anders
- Fan Guest: Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Toastmaster: Mark Finn
- Special Guests: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
- Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 34 (July 27–29, 2012)[29]
- Chair: Sara Felix
- Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop
- Fan Guest: Bill Parker
- Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky
- Special Guest: Chloe Neill
- Artist Guest: Julie Dillon
- Toastmaster: A. Lee Martinez
- Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 35 / GlyptoCon 3 (October 25–27, 2013)
- Relaxacon after the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 3", was held in San Antonio.
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
- ArmadilloCon 36 (July 25–27, 2014)
- Chair: Kimm Antell
- Guest of Honor: Ted Chiang
- Fan Guest: Michael Walsh
- Editor Guest: Jacob Weisman
- Artist Guest: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
- Science Guest: Sigrid Close
- Special Guest: Ian McDonald
- Toastmaster: Mario Acevedo
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 37 (July 24–26, 2015)
- Chairs: Jennifer Juday & Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Ken Liu
- Special Guest: James Morrow
- Fan Guest: John DeNardo (SF Signal)
- Editor Guest: L. Timmel Duchamp
- Artist Guest: Rocky Kelley
- Toastmaster: Stina Leicht
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 38 (July 29–31, 2016)
- Chair: Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Wesley Chu
- Fan Guest: Ken Keller
- Editor Guest: Joe Monti
- Artist Guest: Christina Hess
- Special Guest: Dominick Saponaro
- Toastmaster: Joe McKinney (author)
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 39 (August 4–6, 2017)[30]
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Nisi Shawl
- Special Guest: Tamora Pierce
- Artist Guest Mark A. Nelson
- Fan Guest: A.T. Campbell, III
- Toastmaster: Don Webb
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 40 (August 3–5, 2018)
- Chair: Jennifer Juday
- Guest of Honor: Deji Bryce Olukotun
- Special Guest: Holly Black
- Special Guest: Robert J. Sawyer
- Artist Guest: Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
- Fan Guest: Craig W. Chrissinger
- Toastmaster: Aaron de Orive
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 41 (August 2–4, 2019)
- Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Rebecca Roanhorse
- Toastmaster: Marshall Ryan Maresca
- Fan Guest: Dan Tolliver
- Editor Guest: Patrice Caldwell
- Science Guest: Moriba K. Jah, Ph.D.
- Special Guest: Martha Wells
- Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 42 (August 28–30, 2020)
- Small virtual replacement for in-person event, due to COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2
- Chair: Jennifer Juday
- Special Guest: Tobias S. Buckell
- Featured Writer: Cadwell Turnbull
- Featured Writer: Libia Brenda
- Artist Guest: Priscilla Kim
- Fan Guests: Clif & Margaret Davis
- Location: Virtual
- ArmadilloCon 43 (October 15–17, 2021)
- Chair: Jonathan Miles
- Guest of Honor: Nicky Drayden
- Special Guest: David Liss
- Special Guest: Marshall Ryan Maresca
- Artist Guest: Gary Villarreal
- ArmadilloCon 44 (August 5–7, 2022)
- Chair: Jennifer Juday
- Writer Guest: Darcie Little Badger
- Special Guest: Fonda Lee
- Special Guest: Ellen Klages
- Toastmaster: Cass Morris
- Artist Guest: Lauren Raye Snow
- Location: Austin Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 45 (August 4-6, 2023)
- Chair: Jennifer Juday
- Writer Guest: Sequoia Nagamatsu
- Special Guest: Cory Doctorow
- Special Guest: Gabino Iglesias
- Toastmaster: Tonia Ransom
- Artist Guest: Gonzalo Alvarez
- Editor Guest: Rick Klaw
- Fan Guest: Charles Siros
- Location: Austin Southpark Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 46 (September 6-8, 2024)
- Chair: Jennifer Juday
- Writer Guest: Andrea Stewart
- Special Guest: Delilah S. Dawson
- Special Guest: Austin Grossman
- Editor Guest: Arthur A. Levine
- Artist Guests: The Shiflett Brothers
- Toastmaster: D.L. Young
- Location: Austin Southpark Hotel
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Upcoming conventions
- ArmadilloCon 47 (September 12-14, 2025)
- Chair: Jonathan Miles
- Writer Guest: Samantha Mills (author)
- Special Guest: P. Djèlí Clark
- Artist Guest: Sara Felix
- Toastmaster: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
- Location: Austin Southpark Hotel
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