Swancon

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Swancon is a regional convention held in Perth, Western Australia, since 1976. Swancon was started by Grant Stone and Tony Peacey, two fans from W.A. who met at Aussiecon in 1975, with some help from Clifford R. Wind, an American fan then briefly living in Australia.

The Western Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards, known as the Tin Duck Awards, are regularly presented at Swancon. The Marge Hughes Award and Mikey Award have tended to be awarded also. The rarer Silver Swan Award has only been presented upon special occasions.

Fans who have attended lots of Swancons have been presented with 20 Year Badges, 33 Year Badges, and 42 Year Badges.

Swancon is now held under the auspices of the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF).

• Website.
• Swancon history at Australian SF Information site.
• Swancon LiveJournal.

See also Swancon the CCG, and the lyrics by Craig Hilton of "The Billy Joel Hit Single of Swancon 18 (and Every Other Swancon in Existence)".

Dead Guests of Honour

Swancon Twenty3, held in 1998, had Dead GoH Jules Verne. Swancon 24: ICon, also known as SwanICon, had Dead GoH Jim Henson, who had also been designated Posthumous Guest of Swancon 2000. Swancon 25 had Dead GoH Stanley Kubrick. Swancon 42 had GoH Douglas Adams (in memoriam).

Swancon XXX Fictional Guest

Swancon XXX, held in 2005, honoured, among others, the Borderlands team: Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell and Anna Hepworth. Grant Watson was a Special Guest. Anna Hepworth was Fan Guest. Simono, "the Most Beautiful Fan in the World", portrayed by Simon Oxwell, was Fictional Guest.

Life Member

Grant Stone is a Life Member of WASFF, and thereby a lifetime member of Swancon.

Convention	Chair	Date	Venue	GoHs, Notes
Swancon 1 (Duckcon 13)	Anthony Peacey	Oct 9-11, 1976	Anthony Peacey's House	Maureen Smith
Swancon 2	Bob Ogden	Oct 1977	Belmont Comm. Rec. Centre / Bayswater Civic Centre
Swancon 3	Roy Ferguson	July 21-23, 1978	Murdoch University
Waycon '79 (Swancon IV)	Tony Peacey	Mar 2-5, 1979	Ozone Hotel	Leigh Edmonds
Swancon 5 (19th Natcon)	Julia Curtis	Aug 15-18, 1980	Park Towers / Kings Ambassador Hotel	Anne McCaffrey, Grant Stone, Shayne McCormack
Swancon 6	Barbara de la Hunty	Apr 17-20, 1981	The George, Fremantle	Tony Peacey
Swancon 7	Bob Ogden	Jan 29 - Feb 1, 1982	Westos Hotel	Robin Johnson
Swancon 8	Bob Ogden	Jan 28-31, 1983	Westos Motor Inn	Damien Broderick, Bob Ogden
Swancon Nine	Dave Luckett	Jan 27-30, 1984	Westos Motor Inn	Harry Harrison, Roy Ferguson
Swancon 9a		17 March 1984		Julia Bateman
Swancon X	John McDouall	Jan 25-28, 1985	Airways Hotel	Ian Nichols
Swancon XI (25th Natcon)	Erik Harding	Mar 28-31, 1986	Miss Maud Function Centre	C. J. Cherryh, Jack Herman
Swancon 12	David Simmons	Feb 28 - Mar 2, 1987	Airways Hotel	John McDouall
Swancon 13: the BLACK Swancon	Matthew Clarkson	Jan 29 - Feb 1, 1988	Westos Hotel	Dave Luckett, Tim Richards
Swancon 14 (28th Natcon)	Cindy Clarkson	Mar 23-27, 1989	King's Ambassador Hotel	John Varley, Bob Shaw, and (fan) Paul J. Stevens
Swancon XV	Don Griffiths	Jan 26-29, 1990	Swy Theatre	Terry Dowling and (fan) Grant Stone
Swancon 16	Greg Turkich	Jan 25-28, 1991	Freeway Motel	Barbara Hambly, Cindy Clarkson
The Festival of the Imagination		Jan 24-27, 1992	Ascot Inn	Terry Dowling, Nick Stathopoulos, Paul Kidd
Swancon 18 (32nd Natcon)	Dave Luckett	Apr 8-12, 1993	Ascot Inn	Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, and (fan) Craig Hilton
Con Fusion '94	Sue Ann Barber	July 15-17, 1994	Perth International Hotel	Sylvia Anderson, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Danny Heap
Swancon '95	Doug Burbidge	Apr 13-17, 1995	Sheraton	Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Peter Read
Festival of the Imagination 1996 (35th Natcon)	Richard Scriven	Apr 4-8, 1996	Kings Hotel	Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Robin Pen
Swancon 22 - The Festival of the Imagination 1997	Russell B. Farr, David Yeates	Jan 24-27, 1997	Metro	Howard Waldrop, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Stephen Dedman, Sean Williams, Grant Stone, Danny Heap and (fan) David Cake
Swancon Twenty3	Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell	Apr 24-27, 1998	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Lois McMaster Bujold, Tess Williams, and (fan) Gina Goddard
Swancon 24: ICon (SwanICon)	Julian Ackermann	Apr 1-5, 1999	Metro	Janny Wurts, Ippongi Bang, Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Dave Luckett
Swancon 2000 (39th Natcon)	Candice Schilder	Apr 20-24, 2000	Ascot Inn	Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Ian Nichols, Garth Nix, Mitch? (Anthony Mitchell)
Swancon 2001: Masquerade (40th Natcon)	David Cake, Cathy Cupitt	April 12-16, 2001	Rydges Hotel	Robert Silverberg, Karen Haber, Sue Ackermann
Swancon 2002: Dragons of the World	Sue Ackermann	March 28 - April 1, 2002	Kings Hotel	Kate Forsyth, Kim Wilkins, David Zindell, Lee Battersby, John McDouall
Swancon 2003 (42nd Natcon)	Jason Watson, Brett Griggs	Apr 17-21, 2003	Kings Perth Hotel	Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Justin Ackroyd
Swancon 2004: Chronopolis	Shay Telfer	April 8-12, 2004	Parmelia Hilton	Tim Powers, Eddie Campbell, Adrian Bedford, Shaun Tan, and (fan) Emma Hawkes
Swancon XXX	Elaine Kemp	March 24-28, 2005	Emerald Hotel	Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris, Grant Watson, and (fan) Anna Hepworth
Swancon 2006: Renaissances	Ken McCaw	March 3-6, 2006	Acacia	Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, and (fan) Danny Oz
Swancon 32: Inconceivable!	Michael Dawson	Apr 5-9, 2007	All Seasons	Elizabeth Moon, David Gerrold, Matthew Reilly, Russell B. Farr, and (fan) Damian Magee
Swancon 2008: State of the Art (47th Natcon)	Anna Hepworth	March 20-24, 2008	All Seasons	Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, and (fan) Zara Baxter
Swancon 2009: Contact	PRK (Paul Raj Khangure)	April 9-13, 2009	All Seasons	Richard Morgan, Trudi Canavan, Theresa Anns, and (fans) Alicia Smith and Robert Masters
Swancon 2010	Todd Rowlands, John Green	April 1-5, 2010	All Seasons	Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine, John Samuel
Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty	Alisa Krasnostein	April 21-25, 2011	Hyatt Regency Perth	Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, and (fan) Sarah Xu
Swancon 37: DoomCon	Kitty Hemsley	April 5-9, 2012	Pan Pacific Hotel	Brandon Sanderson, Marianne de Pierres, and (fan) Chris Creagh
Swancon 2013: Perception • Discovery • Emergence	Tom Eitelhuber, Andrew Sharp	March 29 - April 1, 2013	Ibis Styles Hotel	Charles Stross, Gail Simone, John Birmingham, Lucy Sussex, and (fans) John Parker and Sarah Parker
Swancon 39: Conjuration	Chris Coman, Samara Morgan	Apr 17-21, 2014	Ibis Styles Hotel	Anne Bishop, Isobelle Carmody, Jim Butcher, and (fan) Sally Beasley
Swancon 40 (54th Natcon)	Kat Griffiths	Apr 2-6, 2015	Pan Pacific Perth	John Scalzi, Kylie Chan, and (fan) Anthony Peacey
Swancon 41	Isobel White	Mar 24-28, 2016	Pan Pacific Hotel Perth	Michael O'Brien, Jane Espenson, Lian Hearn, and (fan) Fe Waters
Swancon 42	Chris Coman and Brian Johnson	Apr 13-17, 2017	Metro Hotel Perth	Wesley Chu, Traci Harding, Douglas Adams (in memoriam), Michael Troughton, and (fan) Davina Watson
Swancon 2018: Transmogrification	Jack Bridges	Mar 29 - Apr 2, 2018	Pan Pacific	Kameron Hurley (cancelled or non-attending), Ryan Griffen, Foz Meadows, Emily Smith, Wolfgang Bylsma, and (fan) Barb de la Hunty
Swancon 2019: The Future is Now	Linda Sengsourinho, Davina Watson	Apr 18-22, 2019	Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle	Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz (cancelled or non-attending), Jonathan Strahan, Travis Johnson
Swancon 2020: Dark Visions (59th Natcon)	Sarah Parker, John Parker	Apr 25-27, 2020	The Duxton, Perth	Nalini Singh, John Robertson Cancelled due to Covid-19
Swancon 2021: Brave New World	Sarah Parker and Laura Hodge	April 24-26, 2021	The Duxton, Perth	Claire G. Coleman Cancelled due to Covid-19
Swancon Not-a-Con		April 30, 2022	SCC Tuart Hill, Tuart Hill, Australia	none
Swancon 47		April 15-16, 2023	The Rise, Marylands, Western Australia	Amanda Bridgeman, Lisa Rye
Swancon 48		April 20-21, 2024	The Rise, Marylands, Western Australia	Juliet Marillier, Pauli Kidd

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