Convention |
Date |
Venue |
Location |
GoHs, Notes
|
Minicon 1 |
January 6, 1968 |
University of Minnesota's Coffman Union, Men's Lounge |
Minneapolis, MN |
Gordon Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak
|
Minicon 2 |
April 4-6, 1969 |
Andrews Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Gordon Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak
|
Minicon 3 |
April 3-5, 1970 |
Dyckman Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Poul Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Clifford Simak
|
Minicon 4 |
June 17-19, 1971 |
Curtis Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Lin Carter
|
Minicon 5 |
October 15-17 1971 |
Andrews Hotel |
Minneapolis. |
none
|
Minicon 6 |
April 7-9, 1972 |
Hyatt Lodge |
Minneapolis |
Ruth Berman
|
Minicon 7 |
April 20-22 1973 |
Hyatt Lodge |
Minneapolis |
Larry Niven, Rusty Hevelin
|
Minicon 8 |
April 12-14, 1974 |
Dyckman Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Kelly Freas, Bob Tucker
|
Minicon 9 |
October 11-13, 1974 |
Minneapolis Public Library and Dyckman Hotel |
Minneapolis, MN |
Judy-Lynn del Rey, Lester del Rey
|
Minicon 10 |
April 18-20, 1975 |
Holiday Inn |
Minneapolis |
Poul Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Redd Boggs
|
Minicon 11 |
April 16-18, 1976 |
Leamington Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, Leigh Couch, Norb Couch
|
Minicon 12 |
April 8-10, 1977 |
Leamington Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Ben Bova, Buck Coulson, Juanita Coulson
|
Minicon 13 |
March 24-26, 1978 |
Leamington Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Samuel R. Delany, Spider Robinson, Bob Tucker
|
Minicon 15 |
April 13-15, 1979 |
Minneapolis Radisson |
Minneapolis |
Theodore Sturgeon, Tom Digby, Rick Sternbach
|
Minicon 16 |
April 4-6, 1980 |
Minneapolis Radisson |
Minneapolis |
C. J. Cherryh, Jon Singer, Ken Fletcher, Nate Bucklin, Wilson "Bob" Tucker
|
Minicon 17 |
April 17-19, 1981 |
Minneapolis Radisson |
Minneapolis |
Jack Vance, Jerry Boyajian, Reed Waller, Kathy Marschall
|
Minicon 14 |
April 9–11, 1982 |
St. Paul Radisson |
Minneapolis |
John Varley, Clifford Simak, Spider Robinson
|
Minicon 19 |
April 1-3, 1983 |
St. Paul Radisson |
Minneapolis |
Larry Niven, Pamela Dean, David Dyer-Bennet, Dave Sim, Spider John Koerner, Steven K. Zoltan Brust, Nostradamus
|
Minicon 18 |
April 20-23, 1984 |
Leamington Hotel |
Minneapolis |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Dave Wixon, Steve Hickman, Somtow Sucharitkul, Rusty Hevelin, Bob Tucker
|
Minicon 20 |
April 5-7, 1985 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
James P. Hogan, Permanent Floating Riot Club, The White Women, Stu Shiffman
|
Minicon 21 |
March 28-30, 1986 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, Denny Lien, Ken Fletcher, Anne Passovoy
|
Minicon 22 |
April 17-19, 1987 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
David Brin, Fred Haskell, Erin McKee, and Jerry Stearns
|
Minicon 23 |
April 1-3, 1988 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Eleanor Arnason, Eric Heideman, Frederik Pohl, Crystal Marvig, Richard Feynman
|
Minicon 24 |
March 24-26, 1989 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Harry Harrison, George "Lan" Laskowski, Fritz Leiber, Barry Longyear
|
Minicon 25 |
April 13-15, 1990 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Jane Yolen, Kim Stanley Robinson, Patrick Price, Teddy Harvia, Dave Romm, Earl Joseph
|
Minicon 26 |
March 29-31, 1991 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
George Alec Effinger, David Cherry, Al Kuhfeld, Suzanne V. Tompkins, Jerry Kaufman, Jon Singer
|
Minicon 27 |
April 17-19, 1992 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Lois McMaster Bujold, Ctein, Dave Van Ronk
|
Minicon 28 |
April 9-11, 1993 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Susan Allison, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Kathy Mar, Don Fitch, John M. Ford
|
Minicon 29 |
April 1-3, 1994 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Tom Doherty, Jack Williamson, Rusty Hevelin, Phil Foglio
|
Minicon 30 |
April 14 - 16, 1995 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Vernor Vinge, Robert Forward, Jody Lee, Glen Cook, the residents of the Bhigg House
|
Minicon 31 |
April 5 - 7, 1996 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Suzette Haden Elgin, Joe Siclari, Edie Stern, David Ossman, Ed Emshwiller
|
Minicon 32 |
March 28 - 30, 1997 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Algis Budrys, C. J. Cherryh, Tom Doherty, Tom Lopez, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Michael Swanwick
|
Minicon 33 |
April 10 - 12, 1998 |
Radisson South |
Bloomington, MN |
Gardner Dozois, Dave Langford, Phil Proctor, John M. Ford
|
Minicon 34 |
April 2 - 4, 1999 |
Minneapolis Hilton & Towers |
Minneapolis, MN |
Octavia E. Butler, Mark Olson, Priscilla Olson, David Nee
|
Minicon 35 |
April 21 - 23, 2000 |
Hilton Minneapolis & Towers |
Minneapolis, MN |
Maureen F. McHugh, Lenny Bailes, John Berkey
|
Minicon 36 |
April 13 - 15, 2001 |
Hilton Minneapolis & Towers |
Minneapolis, MN |
Ken MacLeod, Jo Walton, Leslie Fish
|
Minicon 37 |
March 29 - 31, 2002 |
Hilton Minneapolis |
Minneapolis, MN |
Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Arthur Hlavaty, Rick Berry
|
Minicon 38 |
April 18 - 20, 2003 |
Millennium Hotel Minneapolis |
Minneapolis, MN |
Robert J. Sawyer, Carolyn Clink, Sue Mason, Steve Macdonald
|
Minicon 39 |
April 9 - 11, 2004 |
Millennium Hotel Minneapolis |
Minneapolis, MN |
Walter Jon Williams, Sharyn November, Deb Geisler
|
Minicon 40 |
March 25 - 27, 2005 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel (formerly known as the Radisson South) |
Bloomington, MN |
Terry Pratchett, Fastner and Larson, Jim Young
|
Minicon 41 |
April 14 - 16, 2006 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel |
Bloomington, MN |
Harlan Ellison, John Picacio, Doug Friauf
|
Minicon 42 |
April 6 - 8, 2007 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel |
Bloomington, MN |
Charles de Lint and Charles Vess
|
Minicon 43 |
March 21 - 23, 2008 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel |
Bloomington, MN |
Alastair Reynolds, Nate Bucklin, Shawna McCarthy, Wayne Barlowe
|
Minicon 44 |
April 10 - 12, 2009 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel |
Bloomington, MN |
Karl Schroeder, Stephan Martinière, Seth Shostak
|
Minicon 45 |
April 2 - 4, 2010 |
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel |
Bloomington, MN |
Brandon Sanderson and Dan Dos Santos, Moshe Feder
|
Minicon 46 |
April 22 - 24, 2011 |
Bloomington Sheraton South |
Bloomington, MN |
Charles Stross, John Scalzi, Chas Somdahl
|
Minicon 47 |
April 6-8, 2012 |
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South (same place as previous year) |
Bloomington, MN |
Ted Chiang, Chris Garcia, Frank Wu, Brianna Spacekat Wu
|
Minicon 48 |
March 29-31, 2013 |
DoubleTree Hotel Bloomington |
Bloomington, MN |
Julie Czerneda, Richard Tatge
|
Minicon 49 |
April 17-20, 2014 |
DoubleTree Hotel Bloomington |
Bloomington, MN |
Catherynne Valente, Janny Wurts, Don Maitz
|
Minicon 50 |
April 2-5, 2015 |
DoubleTree Bloomington |
Bloomington, MN |
Jane Yolen, Larry Niven, Brandon Sanderson, Tom Doherty, Michael Whelan, Adam Stemple
|
Minicon 51 |
March 25-27, 2016 |
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South |
Bloomington, MN |
Seanan McGuire, Sarah Butcher Burrier, Lojo Russo
|
Minicon 52 |
April 14-16, 2017 |
DoubleTree Hotel Bloomington |
Bloomington, MN |
Jim C. Hines, Guy Consolmagno, Mark Oshiro
|
Minicon 53 |
March 30 - April 1, 2018 |
DoubleTree St. Louis Park |
St. Louis Park, MN |
Rachel Swirsky, Lyda Morehouse, Jon Arfstrom
|
Minicon 54 |
April 19-21, 2019 |
DoubleTree St. Louis Park |
St. Louis Park, MN |
Naomi Kritzer, Dave DeVries
|
Minicon 55 |
April 10-12, 2020 April 2-4, 2021 April 15-17, 2022 |
DoubleTree St. Louis Park |
St. Louis Park, MN |
Jo Walton, Elise Matthesen. Postponed due to Covid-19
|
Minicon 56 |
April 7-9, 2023 |
DoubleTree St. Louis Park |
St. Louis Park, MN |
Martha Wells, Sara Felix, Greg Ketter
|
Minicon 57 |
March 29-21, 2024 |
DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis - Park Place |
St. Louis Park, MN |
Ursula Vernon, Jeremy Brett, Tim Griffin
|