ChambanaCon

A semi-relaxacon founded in 1971, usually held over Thanksgiving weekend in Central Illinois. (It's actually fairly heavily programmed and organized to be called a relaxacon, say, compared to Midwestcon.) At Chambanacon 51 in 2022, they announced that Chair Brenda Sutton and Con Suite Manager Phread Langford would be retiring after Chambanacon 52 and if replacements weren’t found, that would be the final con of the series.

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Convention	Dates	GoHs
ChambanaCon 1	November 26 - 28, 1971	Andrew J. Offutt
ChambanaCon 2	November 24 - 26, 1972	Keith Laumer, Andrew J. Offutt
ChambanaCon 3	November 23 - 25, 1973	Gordon R. Dickson, Andrew J. Offutt
ChambanaCon 4	November 29 - December 1, 1974	Andrew J. Offutt, Martha Beck
ChambanaCon 5	November 28 - 30, 1975	Andrew J. Offutt, Jackie Franke
ChambanaCon 6	November 26 - 28, 1976	Andrew J. Offutt
ChambanaCon 7	November 25 - 27, 1977	Andrew J. Offutt
ChambanaCon 8	November 24 - 26, 1978	Andrew J. Offutt, Rusty Hevelin
ChambanaCon 9	November 23 - 25, 1979	Andrew J. Offutt, Al Tegen, Penny Tegen
ChambanaCon 10	November 28 - 30, 1980	Andrew J. Offutt, Don Blyly
ChambanaCon 11	November 27 - 29, 1981	Andrew J. Offutt, Robert Coulson, Juanita Coulson
ChambanaCon 12	November 26 - 28, 1982	Andrew J. Offutt, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy
ChambanaCon 13	November 25 - 27, 1983	Andrew J. Offutt, Margaret Middleton
ChambanaCon 14	November 23 - 25, 1984	Andrew J. Offutt, Michael Longcor
ChambanaCon 15	November 29 - December 1, 1985	Andrew J. Offutt, Rick Webb
ChambanaCon 16	November 28 - 30, 1986	Andrew J. Offutt, Murray Porath
ChambanaCon 17	November 27 - 29, 1987	Andrew J. Offutt, Lucy "Zarrina" Seaman
ChambanaCon 18	November 25 - 27, 1988	Andrew J. Offutt, Bill Sutton
ChambanaCon 19	November 24 - 26, 1989	Andrew J. Offutt, Naomi Pardue
ChambanaCon 20	November 23 - 25, 1990	Andrew J. Offutt, Bill Roper
ChambanaCon 21	November 29 - December 1, 1991	Andrew J. Offutt, Clif Flynt
ChambanaCon 22	November 27 - 29, 1992	Andrew J. Offutt, Barry Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton
ChambanaCon 23	November 26 - 28, 1993	Andrew J. Offutt Carol Siegling, Van Siegling
ChambanaCon 24	November 25 - 27, 1994	Andrew J. Offutt, Elan Jane Litt
ChambanaCon 25	November 24 - 26, 1995	Andrew J. Offutt, Bob Beese
ChambanaCon 26	November 29 - December 1, 1996	Andrew J. Offutt, Steve Scherer
ChambanaCon 27	November 28 - 30, 1997	Andrew J. Offutt, Todd Cameron Hamilton
ChambanaCon 28	November 27 - 29, 1998	Andrew J. Offutt, Elaine Oldham
ChambanaCon 29	November 26 - 28, 1999	Andrew J. Offutt, Samanda Juede
ChambanaCon 30	November 24 - 26, 2000	Andrew J. Offutt, Kim Williams
ChambanaCon 31	November 23- 25, 2001	Terry D. Barry, Todd C. Hamilton, Ken Moore
ChambanaCon 32	November 29 - December 1, 2002	Glen Cook, Eugene Roddenberry II, Erwin Strauss
ChambanaCon 33	November 28 - 30, 2003	Joe Haldeman, Peg Huffacker
ChambanaCon 34	November 26 - 28, 2004	Juanita Coulson, Tom Barber, Tara Barber
ChambanaCon 35	November 25 - 27, 2005	Timothy Zahn, Frank Kalisz , Millie Kalisz
ChambanaCon 36	November 24 - 26, 2006	Eric Flint, E. Michael Blake
ChambanaCon 37	November 23 - 25, 2007	P. J. Beese, Randy Pardue
ChambanaCon 38	November 28 - 30, 2008	Jody Lynn Nye, Carl Pearson
ChambanaCon 39	November 27 - 29, 2009	Eric Flint, Brenda Sutton
ChambanaCon 40	November 26–28, 2010	Glen Cook, Arthur Townsend
ChambanaCon 41	November 25–27, 2011	Geoffrey Landis, Mary Turzillo, Ray VanTilburg
ChambanaCon 42	November 23–25, 2012	Tanya Huff, Doc Passovoy, Anne Passovoy
Chambanacon 43	November 29–December 1, 2013	Donald Mead, Gene Wolfe, Sara Clark
Chambanacon 44	November 28–30, 2014	S. M. Stirling, Jan Stirling, Gene Wolfe, B. J. Willinger, Beth Willinger
Chambanacon 45	November 27-29, 2015	Michael Kube-McDowell, Gene Wolfe, Bill Rintz
Chambanacon 46	November 25-27, 2016	Alex Bledsoe, Gene Wolfe, Phil Parker
Chambanacon 47	November 24-26, 2017	Seanan McGuire, Gene Wolfe, Wesley Crowell
Chambanacon 48	November 23-25, 2018	Eric Flint, Gene Wolfe, Clark Wierda and Margaret Bumby, Tom Trumpinski
Chambanacon 49	November 29–December 1, 2019	Kelly McCullough Barry and Sally Childs-Helton, Jan and Eric Distad
Chambanacon 50	November 27-29, 2020 November 26-28, 2021	Jim C. Hines, Juanita Coulson, Todd C. Hamilton, Cathy McManamon, Scott Thorne, Ed Whitefire
Chambanacon 51	November 25–27, 2022	Clif Flynt, Carol Cook, Cheshire Moon (Eric & Lizzie Coleman)
Chambanacon 52	November 24–26, 2023	Juanita Coulson, The Scherer Family (Steve, Fran, sons Paul and Mark, plus Karen, Freya, and Iris), Bill Roper. “The Final Fannish Family Reunion.”

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Convention
	1971—2023

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