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An annual [[regional convention]] held since 1968 in or near [[Minneapolis]], MN on Easter weekend by [[Minn-StF]].  (Both "annual" and "on Easter weekend" have been violated, but not since a long time ago.)  It has taken several quite different forms over the years, but is currently a general-purpose, but fairly literary, convention of about 450 members.

The number of Minicons was just a bit deliberately haphazard (if that's not an oxymoron) so what is listed below is actually correct. 

 Yes, Minicon 14 was in 1982, following Minicon 17. This is because "Minicon 14" was originally reserved for the fallcon following Minicon 13, much as Minicons 4 and 9 were fallcons. But then the fallcon committee decided to call their con Anokon instead, and the following springcon committee had already latched onto the name Minicon 15 and didn't want to change, so 14 got skipped. After 15, 16, and 17, we decided to come back and use 14…

Minicon have appointed an official archivist, and their archives of old convention material are very comprehensive, both websites and files.

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