DemiCon

A convention held in Des Moines, IA, from 1990, sponsored by the Des Moines Science Fiction & Fantasy Society. Until his death in 2011, Rusty Hevelin was toastmaster for most of them!

In the 2010s, Demicon drifted toward being more of a gaming and media convention.

Website.

Convention	Dates	GoHs, Notes
DemiCon 1	April 23-25, 1990	C. J. Cherryh, Robert Daniels, Jr.
DemiCon 2	April 26-28, 1991	Joe Haldeman, Lucy Synk, Gay Haldeman
DemiCon 3	March 27-29, 1992	Rob Chilson, David Cherry, Myrna Logan
DemiCon 4	March 26-28, 1993	Mickey Zucker-Reichert, Erin Mckee, Mark Moore
DemiCon 5	April 22-24, 1994	Glen Cook, David Lee Anderson, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger
DemiCon 6	May 5-7, 1995	Roger Zelazny, Vincent Jo-Nes, Bob Tucker
DemiCon 7	May 3-5, 1996	Algis Budrys, Keith Berdak, Otto Sheller, Ruth Sheller
DemiCon 8	May 2-4, 1997	Barbara Hambly, Mitchell Davidson Bentley, Charles Piehl
DemiCon 9	May 1-3, 1998	George Alec Effinger, William J. Hodgson, Marshall Willis, Dee Willis
DemiCon 10	April 30 - May 2, 1999	Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Nene Thompson, Bill Broughton
DemiCon 11	May 5-7, 2000	Lois McMaster Bujold, Susan Van Camp, Alois Tchampl, Wendy Tchampl
DemiCon 12	May 4-6, 2001	Harry Harrison, Sergey Poyarkov, Tadao Tomomatsu
DemiCon 13	May 3-5, 2002	F. Paul Wilson, Alan M. Clark, Dennis Lynch
DemiCon 14	May 2-4, 2003	Octavia E. Butler, Lubov, Lynda Sherman
DemiCon 15	May 1-2, 2004	Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Alan Gutierrez, Rusty Hevelin
DemiCon 16	July 29-31, 2005	Brad Linaweaver, Mike Cole, Scott Corwin, Sheila Lenkman
DemiCon 17	July 28-30, 2006	Frederick Pohl, Janet Chui, Ted Poovey, Darice Schirber-Poovey
DemiCon 18	May 18-20, 2007	Catherine Asaro, Theresa Mather, Steve Houle
DemiCon 19	May 2-4, 2008	Steven Barnes, Mitchell Davidson Bentley, Joe Myers, Inger Myers
DemiCon 20	May 1-3, 2009	Joe Haldeman, Sara Butcher, Roger Tener
DemiCon 21	May 14-16, 2010	Karl Schroeder, Don Maitz, Gregg Parmentier
DemiCon 22	April 29 - May 1, 2011	Sarah Prineas, Sarah Clemens, John & Denise Garner
DemiCon 23	May 4-6, 2012	Patricia Briggs, Allen Williams, Ange Anderson, Brian Anderson
DemiCon 24	May 3-5, 2013	David Weber, Scott Ross, Mitch & Mary Thompson, Dennis Lynch
DemiCon 25	May 2-4, 2014	Tee Morris, Lojo Russo, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Susan Leabhart
DemiCon 26	May 1-3, 2015	Jim C. Hines, Megan Lara, Michelle Clark, Tadao Tomomatsu
DemiCon 27	April 29 - May 1, 2016	Adam J. Whitlatch, Alan M. Clark, Gary & Erin Wickering, Tadao Tomomatsu
DemiCon 28	May 5-7, 2017	Lars Pearson, Ron Wagner, Richard Harper, Susan Leabhart
DemiCon 29	May 4-6, 2018	Christina Henry, Susan Leabhart, Christine Mitzuk
DemiCon 30	May 3-5, 2019	Gail Carriger, John Picacio, Joe & Gay Haldeman, Becky Kinnamon, David Winterton, Susan Leabhart
DemiCon 31	May 1-3, 2020	Lettie Prell, David Pancake, Dana and Bruce Hinterleitner. Canceled due to Covid.
DemiCon 32	April 30-May 2, 2021 (virtual)	Lettie Prell, David Pancake, Dana and Bruce Hinterleitner, Susan Leabhart
Demicon 2022	May 6-8, 2022	Cory Doctorow, Andy Brase, John Johnson
DemiCon 34	May 5-7, 2023	Rachel Aukes, Carter Allen, Cheshire Moon. Website.
DemiCon 35	May 3-5, 2024	Lettie Prell, David Pancake, Alison Johnstun, Dana and Bruce Hinterleitner

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