TusCon

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A regional convention put on by BASFA in Tucson, Arizona.

The chairs of TusCons 1–4 were Jim Corrick and Carol De Priest, who originally conceived the idea of TusCon in the Spring of 1974. The rest of the TusCons have been chaired by Sharon Maples, Sue Thing, Deb Dedon, Cristi Simila, and/or Bruce Wiley either individually or in various combinations.

Convention Dates Guests of Honor
TusCon I October 25-27, 1974 None
TusCon II April 4-6, 1975 Evangeline Walton
TusCon III November 7-10, 1975 Gordon Eklund
TusCon IV November 5-8, 1976 Theodore Sturgeon, Don C. Thompson
TusCon V There was no TusCon held in 1977 or 1978[1]
TusCon 6 November 16-19 1979 Ed Bryant & Suzy McKee Charnas, Bob Vardeman
TusCon 7 November 7-9, 1980 George R. R. Martin, Bobbi Armbruster & Ron Bounds
TusCon 8 November 13-15 1981 Elizabeth A. Lynn, Curt Stubbs & Mahala Steiner
TusCon 9 November 12-14, 1982 Robert Bloch
TusCon 10 November 18-20, 1983 Karl Edward Wagner, Barbara Mott Wagner, Marty Massoglia
TusCon 11 November 9-11, 1984 John Varley, Bruce & Kim Farr
TusCon 12 November 8-10, 1985 Vernor Vinge, Bruce D. Arthurs & M. R. Hildebrandt
TusCon 13 October 3-5, 1986 Terry Carr, Robert Bloch
TusCon 14 October 2-4, 1987 Tim Powers, Somtow Sucharitkul
TusCon 15 October 7-9, 1988 Stephen R. Donaldson, Jim & Doreen Webbert
TusCon 16 October 6-8, 1989 Jack Williamson, Sam Stubbs & Eric Hanson
TusCon 17 November 16-18, 1990 G. Harry Stine, Mike Stackpole, Liz Danforth
TusCon 18 November 15-17, 1991 None
TusCon 19 November 13-15, 1992 Simon Hawke
TusCon 20 November 12-14, 1993 Simon Hawke, Kate Daniel
TusCon 21 November 11-13, 1994 Judith Tarr, John Theisen
TusCon 22 November 3-5, 1995 Ed Bryant, Wolf Forrest
TusCon 23 November 15-17, 1996 Dennis L. McKiernan, Barry Bard
TusCon 24 November 7-9, 1997 John Vornholt, David Foster
TusCon 25 November 6-8, 1998 Fred Saberhagen, Julie Hamann
TusCon 26 October 22-24, 1999 Laurell K. Hamilton, Bobbie Seaman
TusCon 27 November 10-12, 2000 Catherine Wells, Stephanie Bannon & Craig Dyer
TusCon 28 November 9-11, 2001 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Newton Ewell
TusCon 29 November 15-17, 2002 Timothy Zahn, Vicki Visconti Tilley
TusCon 30 November 14-16, 2003 Yvonne Navarro, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff & Jeff Bohnhoff
TusCon 31 November 5-7, 2004 Barbara Hambly, William K. Hartmann, Carol De Priest
TusCon 32 November 18-20, 2005 David Brin, Bill Winski
TusCon 33 November 10-12, 2006 Emma Bull & Will Shetterly
TusCon 34 November 9-11, 2007 John Ringo
TusCon 35 November 7-9, 2008 Diana Gabaldon
TusCon 36 November 13-15, 2009 Weston Ochse, Liz Hanson
TusCon 37 November 12-14, 2010 Jim Butcher & Shannon K. Butcher, Bjo & John Trimble
TusCon 38 November 11-13, 2011 Patricia Briggs, David A. Williams
TusCon 39 November 9-11, 2012 S. M. Stirling, David Lee Summers
TusCon 40 November 8-10, 2013 Juliet Blackwell, Jessica Feinberg
TusCon 41 October 31-November 2, 2014 Janni Lee Simner, Ernie Reyes, Goeff Notkin, Sarah Clemens
TusCon 42 October 30-November 1, 2015 Seanan McGuire, Bridget E. Wilde, Geoff Notkin, Atumn Ivy
TusCon 43 November 11-13, 2016 George R. R. Martin, Peri Charlifu, William Malone, Geoff Notkin
TusCon 44 November 10-12, 2017 Theresa Mather, Timothy Zahn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Hal Astell, Dee Astell, Geoff Notkin, Yuhki Kaneta, Madame Askew
TusCon 45 November 9-11, 2018
TusCon 48 November 12-14, 2021 Jennifer Ashley, Jill Bauman, Doreen Webbert
TusCon 49 November 11-13, 2022 Mary Fan, Alan M. Clark, Jon Proudstar
TusCon 50 November 10-12, 2023 David Brin, Chaz Kemp, Geoff Notkin, Robert Kurzman
TusCon 51 November 8-10, 2024 Cory Doctorow, Sarah Clemens, Heather Dale, Ben Deschamps
  1. There was no TusCon held in 1977 or 1978 due to the intrusion of the 36th World Science Fiction Convention, Iguanacon, held in Phoenix over Labor Day Weekend, 1978. Both Jim and I had already committed to working on "Iggy" back in the Winter of 1975-76 -- he as head of the Hugo Awards department and programming, and I as head of memberships and registration. After that experience we gafiated. Sharon Maples, before chairing the two following TusCons (1979 & 1980), was to get her feet wet as treasurer of Iggy(!) and thus hadn't burned out quite yet. As a footnote, Jim reminded me that giving the non-existing 'TusCon V' a number was a running joke for some years thereafter - anyone reading this who is a fan totally understands. (grin) -- Carol De Priest



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