OryCon

A regional convention held in Portland, OR, usually in November, sponsored by OSFCI since 1978. On November 3, 2022, it was announced that it would go on hiatus after Orycon 42; however, after the virtual Or-E-Con 2 in 2022, they went back to in-person cons with Orycon 43 in 2023. In December 2024, they announced that OryCon 45 (scheduled for 2025) "will be the final OryCon-branded convention supported by OSFCI."

(The committee who organized the first Orycon was unaware of the previous year's (failed) Orcon to have been held in Eugene, OR.)

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Convention	Date	GoHs	Venue
OryCon 0	November 11, 1978	(No GoHs)	Portland State University
OryCon 1	November 9-11, 1979	John Varley, Richard Geis	Lloyd Center Sheraton
OryCon '80	November 14-16, 1980	Fritz Leiber, Elton Elliott	Portland Hilton
OryCon '81	October 30-November 1, 1981	Frederik Pohl, Kennedy Poyser	Portland Hilton
OryCon '82	November 12-14, 1982	Robert Silverberg, Jeff Frane	Portland Hilton
OryCon V	November 11-13, 1983	Octavia Butler, Bob Tucker	Portland Hilton
OryCon '84	November 9-11, 1984	Reginald Bretnor	Portland Cosmopolitan Hotel
OryCon '85	November 8-10, 1985	Somtow Sucharitkul, Bill Rotsler, Jon Singer	Portland Hilton
OryCon '86	November 7-9, 1986	Edward Bryant, Jessica Amanda Salmonson	Red Lion/Lloyd Center
OryCon '87	November 13-15, 1987	Tim Powers, Ben Yalow	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 10	November 11-13, 1988	Lucius Shepard, John Varley, Connie Willis, Mona Clee	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 11	November 10-12, 1989	Michael Bishop, David Langford November	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 12	November 9-11, 1990	Howard Waldrop, K. W. Jeter	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 13	November 8-10, 1991	Emma Bull, Will Shetterly	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 14	November 20-22, 1992	Esther Friesner, James Warhola, Steve Forty	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 15	November 12-14, 1993	Terry Pratchett Pro), Mark Ferrari, Robert Lionel Fanthorpe November	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 16	November 11-13, 1994	Tappan King, Beth Meacham, Real Musgrave, Pat Cadigan, Michael Longcor	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 17	November 10-12, 1995	Joel Rosenberg, Heather Hudson, Dameon Willich, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith November	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 18	November 8-10, 1996	Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Patricia Davis, Gardner Dozois	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 19	November 7-9, 1997	Steven Barnes, Patrick, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Frank Lurz	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 20	November 13-15, 1998	Lois McMaster Bujold, Ellen Asher, David Langford, Howard Waldrop, Kathe Koja, Alan Clark, Robert Lionel Fanthorpe	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 21	November 12-14, 1999	Néné Thomas, Warren Lapine, Angela Kessler, Nicola Griffith, Charles Sheffield, Bill Bowers	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 22	November 17-19, 2000	Kara Dalkey, John Barnes, Gordon Van Gelder, Robert Forward, Gail Butler, Larry Warner	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 23	November 9-11, 2001	Melanie Rawn, Laura Anne Gilman, Real Musgrave, Steve Macdonald	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 24	November 22-24, 2002	Susan R. Matthews, Lee Seed, Martin H. Greenberg	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 25	November 14-16, 2003	Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ken Goddard, Toni Weisskopf, Martin Greenberg, Gail Butler, Uffington Horse	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 26	November 5-7, 2004	Jerry Oltion, Jennifer Heddle, Mark Roland	Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
OryCon 27	November 4-6, 2005	Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Paul Guinan, Tom Smith, Rebecca Moesta, Anina Bennett November	Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
OryCon 28	November 17-19, 2006	Cory Doctorow, Ellen Datlow, Vincent Di Fate	Portland Marriott Waterfront
OryCon 29	November 17-19, 2007	Robert Charles Wilson, Liz Scheier, Molly Harrison, Peter S. Beagle, Jonas Saunders	Portland Marriott Waterfront
OryCon 30	November 21-23, 2008	Harry Turtledove, Ginjer Buchanan, Jeff Fennel, Tricky Pixie, Cecilia Eng	Portland Marriott Waterfront
OryCon 31	November 27-29, 2009	Patricia Briggs, Lou Anders, Lubov, Jeff Hitchin, Chris Lester November	Portland Doubletree
OryCon 32	November 12-14, 2010	P. N. Elrod, Sharyn November, Chad Savage, Seanan McGuire	Portland Doubletree
OryCon 33	November 11-13, 2011	E. E. Knight, Scott Allie, Jim Pavelec	Portland Doubletree
OryCon 34	November 2-4, 2012	Mike Shepherd, Jess Hartley, Vance Kovacs, Michael Longcor	Portland Doubletree
OryCon 35	November 8-10, 2013	Anne Bishop, Larry Elmore, Jay Lake, Liz Gorinsky, Matt Vancil, Debs and Errol	Portland Doubletree
OryCon 36	November 7-9, 2014	William F. Nolan, Mark Roland, Vixy, Tony, Jason Andrew, Jesse Lagers, Jay Lake	Lloyd Center Doubletree
OryCon 37	November 20-22, 2015	Alan M. Clark, Tanya Huff, Ryan Wells, Jason V. Brock, PDX Broadsides	Waterfront Portland Marriott
OryCon 38	November 18-20, 2016	David Weber, David Mattingly, Diana Gill, Mark Osier, Leslie Hudson	Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
OryCon 39	November 17-18, 2017	Timothy Zahn, Briana Lawrence, Jessica Walsh, David Boop, Sarah Clemens	Red Lion Hotel – Jantzen Beach
OryCon 40	November 9-11, 2018		Red Lion Hotel – Jantzen Beach
OryCon 41	November 8-10, 2019	Rob Carlos, Susan Chang, C. J. Cherryh, Fonda Lee, Dragon Dronet, Mika McKinnon, Cecilia Eng	Red Lion Hotel – Jantzen Beach
OR-eCon	November 12-14, 2020 (virtual)		Online
OryCon 42	November 12-14, 2020 November 13-15 2021	Phil, Kaja Foglio, Toni Weisskopf, A. Lee Martinez, Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff	Red Lion Hotel – Jantzen Beach
Or-E-Con 2	November 4-6, 2022 (virtual)	David Levine, David Ivan Smith, Lawrence Dean, Lindsey Robbins	online
Orycon 43	November 10–12, 2023	Janny Wurts, Don Malitz, Chuck Lukacs, Jennifer Brozek, Christopher Sebela, Steve Lieber, the Faithful Sidekicks	Holiday Inn Portland – Columbia Riverfront
OryCon 44	October 18-20, 2024	David D Levine, Jennie Breeden, Vincent Price, Victoria Price

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