International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts is a very academic convention held annually, nearly always in Florida, which, in its early days, was also known as Swanncon after Thomas Burnett Swann, whose mother provided operating funds. While each convention has its own Guests of Honor, Brian Aldiss was a "Perennial Special Guest" until his death in 2017. (Note that they have a "GoH" and then several Guests of various flavors which their website indicates are not GoHs.)

Sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.

Website.

Convention Dates GoHs, Notes
ICFA 1 March 1980 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eric S. Rabkin
ICFA 2 1981 John Barth, Brian W. Aldiss
ICFA 3 March 10-13, 1982 Tom Stoppard. Richard Ellman
ICFA 4 March 24-27, 1983 Harlan Ellison, Damon Knight
ICFA 5 March 22-25, 1984 Stephen King, Leslie Fiedler
ICFA 6 March 13-16, 1985 Gahan Wilson
ICFA 7 1986 Brian W. Aldiss, C. N. Manlove
ICFA 8 1987 Stephen R. Donaldson, Brian Stableford
ICFA 9 March 16-20, 1988 Peter S. Beagle, Kathryn Hume
ICFA 10 1989 Doris Lessing, C. N. Manlove
ICFA 11 March 21-25, 1990 Jane Yolen, H. Bruce Franklin, Clayton Eshleman
ICFA 12 March 15-17, 1991 Gene Wolfe, Brian Attebery
ICFA 13 March 25-29, 1992 Philip José Farmer, Jack Zipes
ICFA 14 March 17-21, 1993 Ursula K. Le Guin, Sir Devendra P. Varma
ICFA 15 March 16-20, 1994 Roger Zelazny, James Flannery
ICFA 16 March 22-26, 1995 Joe Haldeman, Peter Hunt
ICFA 17 March 20-24, 1996 Greg Bear, Tom Shippey
ICFA 18 March 19-23, 1997 Dan Simmons, N. Katherine Hayles
ICFA 1998 March 18-21, 1998 Peter Straub, Gary K. Wolfe
ICFA 20 March 17-21, 1999 Brian W. Aldiss, John Clute
ICFA 21 March 22-26, 2000 Octavia Butler, Nina Auerbach
ICFA 22 March 21-25, 2001 John Crowley, Brooks Landon
ICFA 23 March 1-3, 2002 Joan Aiken, Roderick McGillis
ICFA 24 March 19-23, 2003 Charles de Lint, S. T. Joshi
ICFA 25 March 24-28, 2004 Daína Chaviano, Marcial Souto
ICFA 26 March 16-20, 2005 Rudy Rucker, Damien Broderick
ICFA 27 March 15-19, 2006 Charles Vess, M. Thomas Inge
ICFA 28 March 14-18, 2007 Geoff Ryman, Jane Donawerth
ICFA 29 March 19-23, 2008 Vernor Vinge, Greer Gilman, Roger Luckhurst
ICFA 30 March 18-22, 2009 Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Charles Wilson, Maria Nikolajeva
ICFA 31 March 17-21, 2010 Nalo Hopkinson, Laurence Yep, Takayuki Tatsumi
ICFA 32 March 16-20, 2011 Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, Andrea Hairston
ICFA 33 March 21-25, 2012 China Miéville, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen]
ICFA 34 March 20-24, 2013 Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Constance Penley
ICFA 35 March 18-23, 2014 Nnedi Okorafor, Ian McDonald, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.
ICFA 36 March 18-22, 2015 James Morrow, Joan Slonczewski, Colin Milburn
ICFA 37 March 16-20, 2016 Terri Windling, Holly Black, Cristina Bacchilega
ICFA 38 March 22-26, 2017 Steven Erikson, N. K. Jemisin, Edward James
ICFA 39 March 14-18, 2018 John Kessel, Nike Sulway, Fred Botting
ICFA 40 March 13-16, 2019 G. Willow Wilson, Mark Bould
ICFA 41 March 18-21, 2020 Canceled due to Covid-19.
ICFA 42 March 17–20, 2021 (online) Jeff VanderMeer, Stacy Alaimo
ICFA 43 March 16–19, 2022 Rebecca Roanhorse, Farah Mendlesohn
ICFA 44 March 15–18, 2023 Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Isiah Lavender III. Theme: Afrofuturism.
ICFA 45 March 13–16, 2024 Mary Turzillo, C. E. Murphy, Woppa Diallo, Mame Bougouma Diene


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