Windycon

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Windycon, a Chicago-area regional convention, was founded in 1974 and held annually since then. In recent years, it has ordinarily been held on the weekend closest to Veterans Day. ISFiC, Inc., is the corporate parent.

Windycon was originally founded in order to raise the profile of fandom in Chicago in preparation for a Worldcon bid. Founders included Lynne and Mark Aronson, who chaired the first three cons; Jon and Joni Stopa and Carol and Mike Resnick. In 1982, Chicon IV was the result. From its small beginnings, Windycon has grown to have an annual membership hovering around 1,300. It is the largest of the fan-run Chicago conventions.

Annually since 1986, ISFiC has hosted the ISFiC Writers Contest in conjunction with Windycon, open to unpublished authors. The contest is judged by professional authors and editors.

It was spelled “Windycon” for I–XXI and 38 onwards. For XXII–37, it was “WindyCon.”

• Windycon publications and photos on fanac.org.
• Windycon History.
• Website.
• Facebook.

See also: List of Chicago Conventions.

ISFiC Guest

An ISFiC Guest is someone who has been selected as a special guest for a Windycon, over and above the normal Guests of Honor, and whose trip is paid for by a grant from Windycon excess funds.

Convention	Date	GoHs, Notes
Windycon I	October 25-27, 1974	Joe Haldeman, Lou Tabakow
Windycon II	October 3-5, 1975	Bob Tucker, Joni Stopa
Windycon III	October 15-17, 1976	Algis Budrys, Bev Swanson
Windycon IV	October 7-9, 1977	Bill Rotsler, Meade Frierson
Windycon V	October 6-8, 1978	Bob Shaw, George Scithers
Windycon VI	October 5-7, 1979	William Tenn, Tony Lewis, Suford Lewis
Windycon VII	October 24-26, 1980	Robert Sheckley, Gardner Dozois
Windycon VIII	December 18-20, 1981	Larry Niven, Mike Glyer
Windycon IX	December 10-12, 1982	Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson
Windycon X	October 7-9, 1983	George R. R. Martin, Victoria Poyser, Ben Yalow
Windycon XI	December 7-9, 1984	Alan Dean Foster, Joan Hanke-Woods
Windycon XII	October 11-13, 1985	C. J. Cherryh, Todd Cameron Hamilton
Windycon XIII	November 14-16, 1986	Harry Harrison, Arlin Robins, Donald A. Wollheim, Elsie Wollheim
Windycon XIV	November 6-8, 1987	Vernor Vinge, Jane Yolen, Darlene P. Coltrain, Beth Meacham, Dick Spelman
Windycon XV	November 11-13, 1988	Orson Scott Card, Erin McKee, Lou Aronica, Mark Aronson, Lynne Aronson
Windycon XVI	November 10-12, 1989	Barry B. Longyear, David Lee Anderson, Beth Fleischer, Mike Glyer, Bob Passovoy, George R. R. Martin, George Alec Effinger, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Windycon XVII	November 9-11, 1990	Barbara Hambly, Bob Eggleton, Brian M. Thomsen, Martha Beck
Windycon XVIII	November 8-10, 1991	Mike Resnick, P. D. Breeding Black, Robert Weinberg, Howard DeVore
Windycon XIX	November 6-8, 1992	Robert Shea, Julius Schwartz, Todd Cameron Hamilton, Wolf Foss, Richard Foss
Windycon XX	November 12-14, 1993	Joe Haldeman, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Freas, Algis Budrys, Bill Higgins
Windycon XXI	November 11-13, 1994	Sharyn McCrumb, Janny Wurts, Clark E. Wilmarth, Alice Bentley
WindyCon XXII	November 10-12, 1995	Poul Anderson, Heather Bruton, Stanley Schmidt, Dick Smith, Leah Zeldes Smith
WindyCon XXIII	November 8-10, 1996	Lois McMaster Bujold, Randy Asplund-Faith, Christian Ready, Tom Barber, Tara Barber
WindyCon XXIV	November 7-9, 1997	David Weber, Doug Rice, Charles Ryan, Tim Lane, Elizabeth Garrott
WindyCon XXV	November 13-15, 1998	Allen Steele, Phil Foglio, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry Lyn-Waitsman, Marcy Lyn-Waitsman, Frederik Pohl
WindyCon XXVI	November 12-14, 1999	Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Steven Vincent Johnson, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Chaz Boston Baden
WindyCon XXVII	November 10-12, 2000	Terry Brooks, Lubov, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Larry Smith, Sally Kobee
WindyCon XXVIII	November 9-11, 2001	Kevin Anderson, David Egge, Dave McCarty
WindyCon XXIX	November 8-10, 2002	Charles de Lint, Lisa Snellings, Shawna McCarthy, Mark Leeper, Evelyn Leeper
WindyCon XXX	November 7-9, 2003	Gregory Benford, Vincent di Fate, John G. Cramer, Tom Doherty, Lynne Aronson, Mark Aronson, Phyllis Eisenstein
WindyCon 31	November 12-14, 2004	Robert J. Sawyer, Jael, Gil Pearson, Barry Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton
WindyCon 32	November 11-13, 2005	Harry Turtledove, Bill Holbrook, Mark Osier, Erin Gray, Gil Gerard, Nate Bucklin, Louie Bucklin, Jim Rittenhouse
WindyCon 33	November 10-12, 2006	Jack McDevitt, Stephan Martiniére, Seth Shostak, Jacob Weisman, Mark Olson, Priscilla Olson
WindyCon 34	November 9-11, 2007	Tanya Huff, Jody Lee, Toni Weisskopf, George W. Price
WindyCon 35	November 14-16, 2008	John Ringo, David Mattingly, Ryan Yantis, Walter Koenig, Kim Williams
WindyCon 36	November 13-15, 2009	James P. Blaylock, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Chris Garcia, Tom Smith
WindyCon 37	November 12-14, 2010	Steven Barnes, Nene Thomas, Animal X, Tricky Pixie, Jason Schachat
Windycon 38	November 11-13, 2011	Catherine Asaro, Joe Bergeron, Mike Brotherton, Frank Hayes, Hugh Daniel
Windycon 39	November 9-11, 2012	Seanan McGuire, Amy McNally, Steve Jackson, Pete Abrams, Eric S. Raymond
Windycon 40	November 8-10, 2013	Jim C. Hines, Michael Longcor, Bruce Schneier, Karen Cooper, Pete Abrams
Windycon 41	November 14-16, 2014	A. Lee Martinez, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Matrices, Lou Anders, Geek Girl Chicago, SF Squeecast
Windycon 42	November 13-15, 2015	Christopher Moore, Chris Moore, Maurine Starkey, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Jeff Bohnhoff, Andy Looney, Kristin Looney
Windycon 43	November 11-13, 2016	Adam Seltzer, Ookla the Mok, Art Baltazar, Nerd Circus, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy
Windycon 44	November 10-12, 2017	Rudy Rucker, Paul Taylor, Tawny Letts, Erica Neely, Judi Miller
Windycon 45	November 9-11, 2018	Faith Hunter, Galen Dara, Kevin Roche, Jen Midkiff, Bobbi Armbruster
Windycon 2019	November 15-17, 2019	Elizabeth Moon, Mitchell Davidson Bentley, Chris Barkley
Windycon 47 in 2020	November 13–15, 2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Breezycon	November 13-15, 2020 (virtual)	Ray VanTilburg, Elizabeth Koprucki, Seanan McGuire
Windycon 47 in 2021	November 12–14, 2021	Ben Aaronovitch, Ray VanTilburg, Elizabeth Koprucki, Seanan McGuire, John Berlyne, Ken Hite
Windycon 48	November 11–13, 2022	A. M. Dellamonica, Kelly Robson, Lauren Raye Snow, Lauren Oxford, Bill Higgins, Shana Mostella, April Choi Spinneret
Windycon 49	November 10–12, 2023	April Choi, Rick Heinz, Trevor Mueller, Logan Rocha, Jess Stary, Laser Webber
Windycon 50	November 8-10, 2024	Mike Brotherton, Christian Ready, Papa Bear Studios, Ben Riggs, and the Faithful Sidekicks

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