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| − | '''I-CON''' | + | '''I-CON''' was a three-day festival started in 1982 and designed to encourage literacy, creativity and interest in science and technology through [[science fiction]] and its related genres. The name is short for "Island Convention." It has given out the [[I-CON Sam Moskowitz Award]], the [[Raymond Z. Gallun Award]], and the [[Iconosphere Award]]. |
| − | It | + | It was run by [[ICON Science Fiction]]. The convention was not held from 2013 to 2016 due to funding difficulties, and although it was revived in 2017, it was not held in 2018 or 2019, and as of 2018, the group's website no longer existed. |
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[[I-Con XXVI]] ||March 23-25, 2007 ||[[Liz Williams]] | [[I-Con XXVI]] ||March 23-25, 2007 ||[[Liz Williams]] | ||
[[I-Con XXVII]] ||April 4-6, 2008 ||[[Charlaine Harris]] | [[I-Con XXVII]] ||April 4-6, 2008 ||[[Charlaine Harris]] | ||
| − | [[I-Con XXVIII]] || | + | [[I-Con XXVIII]] || <s>April 3-5, 2009)</s><br>Cancelled || [[Jack McDevitt]] |
[[I-Con XXIX]] ||March 26-28, 2010 ||[[Robert J. Sawyer]] | [[I-Con XXIX]] ||March 26-28, 2010 ||[[Robert J. Sawyer]] | ||
[[I-Con XXX]] ||April 15-17, 2011 ||[[Joe R. Lansdale]] | [[I-Con XXX]] ||April 15-17, 2011 ||[[Joe R. Lansdale]] | ||
[[I-Con XXXI]] ||March 30-April 1, 2012 ||[[David Weber]] | [[I-Con XXXI]] ||March 30-April 1, 2012 ||[[David Weber]] | ||
| − | + | || 2013<br>2014<br>2015<br>2016<br> || Not held due to funding difficulties | |
| − | [[I-Con 32]] ||March 17-19, 2017 ||[[Cory Doctorow]] | + | [[I-Con 32]] ||March 17-19, 2017 ||[[Cory Doctorow]] |
</tab> | </tab> | ||
| − | {{convention | website=http://blog.iconsf.org/ | start=1982}} | + | {{convention | website=http://blog.iconsf.org/ | start=1982 | end=2017}} |
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 13 June 2020
(There are many "Icons" -- Here's a disambiguation page for them.)
I-CON was a three-day festival started in 1982 and designed to encourage literacy, creativity and interest in science and technology through science fiction and its related genres. The name is short for "Island Convention." It has given out the I-CON Sam Moskowitz Award, the Raymond Z. Gallun Award, and the Iconosphere Award.
It was run by ICON Science Fiction. The convention was not held from 2013 to 2016 due to funding difficulties, and although it was revived in 2017, it was not held in 2018 or 2019, and as of 2018, the group's website no longer existed.
| Convention | Dates | GoHs |
|---|---|---|
| I-Con I | March 12-14, 1982 | Jim Frenkel |
| I-Con II | May 6-8, 1983 | Isaac Asimov, Janet Jeppson |
| I-Con III | March 30-April 1, 1984 | Hal Clement |
| I-Con IV | March 29-31, 1985 | Larry Niven |
| I-Con V | April 4-6, 1986 | Jack Williamson |
| I-Con VI | March 27-29, 1987 | David Brin |
| I-Con VII | April 15-17, 1988 | Poul Anderson |
| I-Con VIII | March 31-April 2, 1989 | Fred Pohl |
| I-Con IX | March 30-April 1, 1990 | C. J. Cherryh |
| I-Con X | April 19-21, 1991 | Dan Simmons |
| I-Con XI | April 3-5, 1992 | Roger Zelazny |
| I-Con XII | April 16-18, 1993 | Lucius Shepard |
| I-Con XIII | April 15-17, 1994 | Harlan Ellison |
| I-Con XIV | March 31 - April 2, 1995 | Nancy Kress |
| I-Con XV | April 12-14, 1996 | George Alec Effinger |
| I-Con XVI | April 4-6, 1997 | Joe Haldeman |
| I-Con XVII | March 27-29, 1998 | Norman Spinrad |
| I-Con XVIII | April 9-11, 1999 | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| I-Con XIX | March 31 - April 2, 2000 | Joe R. Lansdale |
| I-Con XX | March 30 - April 1, 2001 | Timothy Zahn |
| I-Con XXI | April 19-21, 2002 | F. Paul Wilson |
| I-Con XXII | March 28-30, 2003 | Barry Malzberg |
| I-Con XXIII | March 26-28, 2004 | Connie Willis |
| I-Con XXIV | April 8-10, 2005 | Ben Bova |
| I-Con XXV | March 24-26, 2006 | Terry Brooks |
| I-Con XXVI | March 23-25, 2007 | Liz Williams |
| I-Con XXVII | April 4-6, 2008 | Charlaine Harris |
| I-Con XXVIII | Cancelled |
Jack McDevitt |
| I-Con XXIX | March 26-28, 2010 | Robert J. Sawyer |
| I-Con XXX | April 15-17, 2011 | Joe R. Lansdale |
| I-Con XXXI | March 30-April 1, 2012 | David Weber |
| 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
Not held due to funding difficulties | |
| I-Con 32 | March 17-19, 2017 | Cory Doctorow |
| Convention | |
| Website | 1982—2017 |
| This is a convention page. Please extend it by adding information about the convention, including dates, GoHs, convention chairman, locale, sponsoring organization, external links to convention pages, awards given, the program, notable events, anecdotes, pictures, scans of publications, pictures of T-shirts, con reports, etc. |
