Armadillo Con - Past Conventions

Past Conventions

• ArmadilloCon 1 (Spring 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)
  • 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 7-9, 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 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 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 (October 13-15, 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 (October 11-13, 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: Allan 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 (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

• ArmadilloCon 30 (August 15–17, 2008)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Chairs: Elizabeth Burton and Dan Tolliver
  • Guest of Honor: Rachel Caine
  • Artist Guest: 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)
  • 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)
  • Chair: Sara Felix
  • Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop
  • Fan Guest: Bill Parker
  • Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky
  • Special Guest: Chloe Neill
  • Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin