DucKon

DucKon, a Chicago area regional convention, was founded in 1992 and held annually until 2014. The convention got its name from DuPage County Convention. Membership was consistently just above or below 700. The con's name was the brain child of Helene O'Neill.

Super-Con-Duck-Tivity was the corporate sponsor; the group also presented the Golden Duck Awards.

Since 1992, the winners of the Golden Duck Awards for excellence in children's science fiction literature are announced at DucKon, although the award presentation is generally made at the following Worldcon.

DucKon began having furry programming in its third year and by its eighth year, the furry presence accounted for more than a third of the attendees. In 2000, the furry programming was spun-off to form Midwest Furfest.

DucKon was also noted for frequent sensational performances, beginning at DucKon 16, by Zeusaphones, singing Tesla coils which would hurl musical lightning bolts outdoors in the hotel parking lot. The group of high-voltage engineers responsible eventually became the Masters of Lightning.

Given the name of the convention, its parent corporation, and the awards they presented, it was inevitable that the convention's mascot was a duck.

After DucKon 23, attempts to organize further DucKons were unsuccessful, and the concom announced the termination of DucKon.

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Convention	Date	Location	GoHs
DucKon 1	May 22-24, 1992	Marriott Oak Brook in Oak Brook, IL	Lois Tilton, Mary Lynn Skirvin, Todd Johnson, Diane Johnson
DucKon II	June 4-6, 1993	Hyatt Lisle near Naperville in Lisle, IL	Leo Frankowski, Paul MacNerland, Barry Gehm, Bill Higgins, Daniele Ostach
DucKon III	June 3-5 1994	Hyatt Lisle near Naperville in Lisle, IL	C. J. Cherryh, Hal Clement, Kimberly Reck, Guy Wicker, Cameron Price, Clif Flynt, Carol Flynt
DucKon IV	June 2-4, 1995	Hyatt Lisle near Naperville in Lisle, IL	Jody Lynn Nye, Susan Van Camp, Robin Winsauer, Nate Bucklin, Tullio Proni
DucKon V	May 31-June 2, 1996	Hyatt Lisle near Naperville in Lisle, IL	Doug Rice, Dermot Dobson, Todd Cameron Hamilton, Paul Mason, Bill Roper, Gretchen Roper
DucKon VI	June 6-8, 1997	Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, Oak Brook, IL	Bruce Bethke, Erin McKee, Al Duester, Angela Karash, Frank Hayes
DucKon VII	June 12-14 1998	Ramada Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, IL	Glen Cook, David Lee Anderson, Hal Clement, David J. Ifversen, Angela Karash, Kevin Nickerson, Bruce Mai, Nora Mai, Terri Smith
DucKon VIII	June 11-13, 1999	Ramada Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, IL	Gene Wolfe, Ellisa Mitchell, Steve Collins, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Barry B. Longyear, Richard Sheaves-Bain, Gordon Leathers, Graham Leathers, Jymn Magon
DucKon IX	June 16-18, 2000	Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights, IL	Catherine Asaro, James Wappel, Guy Consolmagno, Larry Segriff, M. Devotie Shaw, Kathy Porath, Charles "DC" Nelson, Jeremy Cowan
DucKon 10	May 11-13, 2001	Hyatt Lisle near Naperville, Lisle, IL	Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Ray Van Tilburg, Bruce Schneier, George Gordon, Barry Childs-Helton, Murray Porath
DucKon XI	June 7-9, 2002	Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL	Joan D. Vinge, Robin Wood, J.D. "Illiad" Frazier, Alice Bentley, Samuel Conway, Dandelion Wine, Suzan Mianowski
DucKon 12	June 6-8, 2003	Radisson Hotel Lincolnwood (the Purple Hotel) in Lincolnwood, IL	Tanya Huff, P. D. Breeding-Black, Trace Beaulieu, Jim Rittenhouse, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton
DucKon 13	June 4-6, 2004	Radisson Hotel Lincolnwood (the Purple Hotel) in Lincolnwood, IL	Eric Flint, Butch Honeck, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Roxanne Meida King, Steve MacDonald, Admiral Be'jan zantai-minn'hor
DucKon 14	June 10-12, 2005	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Julie E. Czerneda, Maria J. William, Geoffrey A. Landis, R. J. Johnson, Mary Ellen Wessels, K'Elvis
DucKon XV	June 9-11, 2006	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Jo Walton, Theresa Mather, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Brendan Lonehawk, Jordin Kare
DucKon 16	June 8-10, 2007	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Alan Dean Foster, Moifa, Jim Plaxco, Greg Ketter, Michael Longcor
DucKon 17	June 13-15, 2008	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Elizabeth Bear, Peri Charlifu, Samuel Conway, Dave McCarty, Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff
DucKon 18	June 12-14, 2009	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Jim Butcher, Loren Damewood, Michael Harrington, Seanan McGuire, Diana Fox, Sue Blom, Shannon K. Butcher, Michelle Dockrey, Tony Fabris
DucKon 19	June 18-20, 2010	Naperville Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, IL	Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Scott Raun, Talis Kimberley
DucKon 20	June 17-19, 2011	Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL	Tamora Pierce, Shirley Damsgaard, Ursula Vernon, William Puda, Trudi Puda, Gary Hanak, Nate Bucklin, Louie Bucklin
DucKon 21	June 1-3, 2012	Pheasant Run in St. Charles, IL	Robert J. Sawyer, Newton Ewell, Anne Passovoy, Bob Passovoy, Bedlam Bards
DucKon 22	June 28-30, 2013	Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL	Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Bill Higgins, Cheryl Storm Lee Darrow
DucKon 23	June 6-8, 2014	Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL	David Gerrold, Dan the Bard, Jennifer Allen

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