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A [[convention]] held in [[Minneapolis]] starting in 1993.  According to its website,<blockquote> Diversicon is a project of [[SF Minnesota|SF MINNESOTA]], a multicultural, multimedia [[organization]] dedicated to improving contacts among groups and individuals interested in [[speculative fiction]], in and out of the traditional [[SF community]]. Our continuing mission: to provide the most thoughtful [[Programming]] and the mellowest, most welcoming Parties of any Minnesota SF convention, and to making our state’s SF community more closely reflect the cultural diversity of [[Minnesota]] in the third millennium. </blockquote>
 
A [[convention]] held in [[Minneapolis]] starting in 1993.  According to its website,<blockquote> Diversicon is a project of [[SF Minnesota|SF MINNESOTA]], a multicultural, multimedia [[organization]] dedicated to improving contacts among groups and individuals interested in [[speculative fiction]], in and out of the traditional [[SF community]]. Our continuing mission: to provide the most thoughtful [[Programming]] and the mellowest, most welcoming Parties of any Minnesota SF convention, and to making our state’s SF community more closely reflect the cultural diversity of [[Minnesota]] in the third millennium. </blockquote>
  
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 24 August 2023

A convention held in Minneapolis starting in 1993. According to its website,

Diversicon is a project of SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural, multimedia organization dedicated to improving contacts among groups and individuals interested in speculative fiction, in and out of the traditional SF community. Our continuing mission: to provide the most thoughtful Programming and the mellowest, most welcoming Parties of any Minnesota SF convention, and to making our state’s SF community more closely reflect the cultural diversity of Minnesota in the third millennium.

Website.

Convention Dates GoHs
Diversicon 1 June 18-20, 1993 Eleanor Arnason, A. C. Crispin
Diversicon 2 August 12-14, 1994 Paul Park, Bruce Hyde, Sybil Smith
Diversicon 3 August 11-13, 1995 L. A. Taylor, Joan Slonczewski
Diversicon 4 August 9-11, 1996 Maureen F. McHugh, Doug Friauf
Diversicon 5 July 25-27, 1997 Tanya Huff, Reed Waller
Diversicon 6 July 24-26, 1998 Karen Joy Fowler
Diversicon 7 August 6-8, 1999 L.A. Graf (aka Julia Ecklar & Karen Rose Cercone)
Diversicon 8 July 28-30, 2000 Lois McMaster Bujold
Diversicon 9 August 3-5, 2001 Stephen Pagel, Keith Hartman
Diversicon 10 August 2-4, 2002 Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due
Diversicon 11 August 8-10, 2003 Melissa Scott
Diversicon 12 August 13-15, 2004 Somtow Sucharitkul, Mark Rich
Diversicon 13 August 19-21, 2005 Sheree Renee Thomas
Diversicon 14 August 11-13, 2006 Kelly Link
Diversicon 15 August 3-5, 2007 Andrea Hairston
Diversicon 16 August 1-3, 2008 Anne Frasier
Diversicon 17 July 31-August 2, 2009 Kay Kenyon
Diversicon 18 July 30-August 1, 2010 William F. Wu
Diversicon 19 July 29-31, 2011 David G. Hartwell
Diversicon 20 August 3-5, 2012 Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes
Diversicon 21 August 2-4, 2013 Jack McDevitt
Diversicon 22 July 25-27, 2014 Carolyn Ives Gilman
Diversicon 23 July 24-26, 2015 Ytasha L. Womack
Diversicon 24 July 29-31, 2016 Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Diversicon 25 July 21-23, 2017 Eleanor Arnason, Melissa Scott
Diversicon 26 July 27-29, 2018 Charlie Jane Anders, Bryan Thao Worra
Diversicon 27 July 26-28, 2019 Nisi Shawl
Diversicon 28 August 7-9, 2020 July 30-August 1, 2021 Michael Merriam
Diversicon 29 July 29–31, 2022 Taylor Cisco
Diversicon 30 July 14-16, 2023 Steve Barnes, Mark Rich



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