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  Date || Convention || Guests of Honor  
Jan 24-26, 1975 ||[[ConFusion 13]] ||[[Frederik Pohl]], [[Mike Glicksohn]]  
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January 24-26, 1975 ||[[ConFusion 13]] ||[[Frederik Pohl]], [[Mike Glicksohn]]  
1976 ||[[ConFusion 12]] ||[[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Bill Bowers]]  
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January 23-25, 1976 ||[[ConFusion 12]] ||[[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Bill Bowers]]  
1977 ||[[ConFusion 14]] ||[[Poul Anderson]], [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]]  
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January 28-30, 1977 ||[[ConFusion 14]] ||[[Poul Anderson]], [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]]  
 
January 13-15, 1978 ||[[ConFusion Pi]] ||[[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Jackie Causgrove]]  
 
January 13-15, 1978 ||[[ConFusion Pi]] ||[[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Jackie Causgrove]]  
1979 ||[[E/c2 ConFusion]] / [[Mass ConFusion]] ||[[Spider Robinson|Spider]] & [[Jeanne Robinson]], [[Scott Imes]]  
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January 20-21, 1979 ||[[E/c2 ConFusion]] / [[Mass ConFusion]] ||[[Spider Robinson|Spider]] & [[Jeanne Robinson]], [[Scott Imes]]  
1980 ||[[ConFusion 6 and/or 7]] ||[[Stanley Schmidt]], [[Elliot Shorter]]  
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January 18-20, 1980 ||[[ConFusion 6 and/or 7]] ||[[Stanley Schmidt]], [[Elliot Shorter]]  
 
January 23-25, 1981 ||[[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]] ||[[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]]  
 
January 23-25, 1981 ||[[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]] ||[[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]]  
 
January 29-31, 1982 ||[[ConFusion 11]] ||[[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]]  
 
January 29-31, 1982 ||[[ConFusion 11]] ||[[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]]  
 
January 28-30, 1983 ||[[ConFusion 101]] ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]]  
 
January 28-30, 1983 ||[[ConFusion 101]] ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]]  
 
1984 ||[[Genuine ConFusion]] ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]]  
 
1984 ||[[Genuine ConFusion]] ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]]  
1985 ||[[Decadent ConFusion]] ||[[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]]  
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January 25-27, 1985 ||[[Decadent ConFusion]] ||[[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]]  
1986 ||[[Perpetual ConFusion]] ||[[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]]  
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January 24-26, 1986 ||[[Perpetual ConFusion]] ||[[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]]  
1987 ||[[Stark Raving ConFusion]] ||[[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]]  
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January 23-25, 1987 ||[[Stark Raving ConFusion]] ||[[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]]  
1988 ||[[Ambulatory ConFusion]] ||[[Joe Haldeman]], [[Larry Tucker]], [[David Cherry]]  
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January 15-17, 1988 ||[[Ambulatory ConFusion]] ||[[Joe Haldeman]], [[Larry Tucker]], [[David Cherry]]  
 
1989 ||[[ConFusion 102]] ||[[Barbara Hambly]], [[Ted Reynolds]], [[Linda Michaels]]  
 
1989 ||[[ConFusion 102]] ||[[Barbara Hambly]], [[Ted Reynolds]], [[Linda Michaels]]  
 
1990 ||[[State of ConFusion]] ||[[Hal Clement]], [[Michelle Smith-Moore]], [[Garth Barbour]], [[Kevin Davies]]  
 
1990 ||[[State of ConFusion]] ||[[Hal Clement]], [[Michelle Smith-Moore]], [[Garth Barbour]], [[Kevin Davies]]  
 
1991 ||[[Immaculate ConFusion]] ||[[Esther Friesner]], [[S. P. Somtow]], [[Robin Wood]]  
 
1991 ||[[Immaculate ConFusion]] ||[[Esther Friesner]], [[S. P. Somtow]], [[Robin Wood]]  
1992 ||[[Hardwired ConFusion]] ||[[Walter Jon Williams]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Rick Lieder]]  
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January 24-26, 1992 ||[[Hardwired ConFusion]] ||[[Walter Jon Williams]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Rick Lieder]]  
1993 ||[[Transcendental ConFusion]] ||[[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Pat Sims]] & [[Roger Sims]], [[Randy Asplund-Faith]]  
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January 22-24, 1993 ||[[Transcendental ConFusion]] ||[[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Pat Sims]] & [[Roger Sims]], [[Randy Asplund-Faith]]  
Jan 21-23, 1994 ||[[ConFusion XX]] ||[[Joan D. Vinge]], [[Leah Zeldes Smith]], [[Erin McKee]]  
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January 21-23, 1994 ||[[ConFusion XX]] ||[[Joan D. Vinge]], [[Leah Zeldes Smith]], [[Erin McKee]]  
Jan 27-29, 1995 ||[[ConFusion 10101]] ||[[Pamela Sargent]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]], [[Laura Butler]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]]  
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January 27-29, 1995 ||[[ConFusion 10101]] ||[[Pamela Sargent]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]], [[Laura Butler]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]]  
Jan 12-14, 1996 ||[[Deviant ConFusion]] ||[[Tim Powers]], [[Melody Asplund-Faith]], [[Bob Eggleton]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]]  
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January 12-14, 1996 ||[[Deviant ConFusion]] ||[[Tim Powers]], [[Melody Asplund-Faith]], [[Bob Eggleton]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]]  
Jan 24-26, 1997 ||[[ConFusion-17]] ||[[Samuel Delany]], [[Joey Shoji]], [[Susan VanCamp]], [[Mark Shappirio]]  
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January 24-26, 1997 ||[[ConFusion-17]] ||[[Samuel Delany]], [[Joey Shoji]], [[Susan VanCamp]], [[Mark Shappirio]]  
Jan 23-25, 1998 ||[[ConFusion of the Winnebagos]] ||[[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Ellen Wessels]], [[Jane Irwin]], [[Marvin Minsky]]  
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January 23-25, 1998 ||[[ConFusion of the Winnebagos]] ||[[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Ellen Wessels]], [[Jane Irwin]], [[Marvin Minsky]]  
Jan 22-24, 1999 ||[[Vintage ConFusion]] ||[[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Nancy Tucker Shaw]], [[Doug Chaffee]], [[Carl Djerassi]]  
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January 22-24, 1999 ||[[Vintage ConFusion]] ||[[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Nancy Tucker Shaw]], [[Doug Chaffee]], [[Carl Djerassi]]  
Jan 21-23, 2000 ||[[ConFusion 19100]] ||[[Maureen F. McHugh]], [[Dennis Tabaczewski]], [[Frank Hayes]], [[Eric Raymond]]  
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January 21-23, 2000 ||[[ConFusion 19100]] ||[[Maureen F. McHugh]], [[Dennis Tabaczewski]], [[Frank Hayes]], [[Eric Raymond]]  
Jan 19-21, 2001 ||[[Mystery God ConFusion]] ||[[Sarah Zettel]], [[Tom Barber]], [[Carla Speed McNeil]], [[Bruce Schneier]]  
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January 19-21, 2001 ||[[Mystery God ConFusion]] ||[[Sarah Zettel]], [[Tom Barber]], [[Carla Speed McNeil]], [[Bruce Schneier]]  
2002 ||[[Astronomical ConFusion]] ||[[George R. R. Martin]], [[Heather Alexander]], [[Pete Abrams]], [[Br. Guy Consolmagno]]  
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January 18-20, 2002 ||[[Astronomical ConFusion]] ||[[George R. R. Martin]], [[Heather Alexander]], [[Pete Abrams]], [[Br. Guy Consolmagno]]  
2003 ||[[ConFusion and Her Friends]] ||[[Melissa Scott]], [[Roberta Kennedy]], [[Alan Clark]], [[Jack Cohen]]  
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January 24-26, 2003 ||[[ConFusion and Her Friends]] ||[[Melissa Scott]], [[Roberta Kennedy]], [[Alan Clark]], [[Jack Cohen]]  
Jan 23-25, 2004 ||[[ConFusion XXX]] ||[[Bruce Sterling]], [[Geri Sullivan]], [[Julie Bell]], [[Ron Westrum]]  
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January 23-25, 2004 ||[[ConFusion XXX]] ||[[Bruce Sterling]], [[Geri Sullivan]], [[Julie Bell]], [[Ron Westrum]]  
2005 ||[[31 Flavors of ConFusion]] ||[[Emma Bull]] & [[Will Shetterly]], [[David G. Hartwell]] & [[Kathryn Cramer]], [[Derek Grime]], [[Christian Ready]]  
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January 21-23, 2005 ||[[31 Flavors of ConFusion]] ||[[Emma Bull]] & [[Will Shetterly]], [[David G. Hartwell]] & [[Kathryn Cramer]], [[Derek Grime]], [[Christian Ready]]  
Jan 20-22, 2006 ||[[Synthetic ConFusion]] ||[[Vernor Vinge]], [[Chuck Firment]], [[Steven Stiles]], [[Mitchell Burnside-Clapp]]  
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January 20-22, 2006 ||[[Synthetic ConFusion]] ||[[Vernor Vinge]], [[Chuck Firment]], [[Steven Stiles]], [[Mitchell Burnside-Clapp]]  
Jan 19-21, 2007 ||[[MoonBase ConFusion]] ||[[Elizabeth Moon]], [[Bill Higgins]], [[Steve MacDonald]], [[Paul "PZ" Myers]]  
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January 19-21, 2007 ||[[MoonBase ConFusion]] ||[[Elizabeth Moon]], [[Bill Higgins]], [[Steve MacDonald]], [[Paul "PZ" Myers]]  
Jan 18-20, 2008 ||[[High-Voltage ConFusion]] ||[[Justine Larbalestier]] & [[Scott Westerfeld]], [[The Roving Pirate Party]], [[Carl Lundgren]], [[Kevin M. Dunn]], [[Throwing Toasters]]  
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January 18-20, 2008 ||[[High-Voltage ConFusion]] ||[[Justine Larbalestier]] & [[Scott Westerfeld]], [[The Roving Pirate Party]], [[Carl Lundgren]], [[Kevin M. Dunn]], [[Throwing Toasters]]  
Jan 23-25, 2009 ||[[Cryptic ConFusion]] ||[[Cat Rambo]], Freon (Michael Andaluz), [[Diana Harlan Stein]], [[Elizabeth Turtle]] & [[Ralph D. Lorenz]], [[Cory Doctorow]]  
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January 23-25, 2009 ||[[Cryptic ConFusion]] ||[[Cat Rambo]], Freon (Michael Andaluz), [[Diana Harlan Stein]], [[Elizabeth Turtle]] & [[Ralph D. Lorenz]], [[Cory Doctorow]]  
2010 ||[[I See By My ConFusion]] ||[[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Catherynne Valente]], [[David Gibbs]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Steve Collins]], [[S. J. Tucker]]  
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January 22-24 2010 ||[[I See By My ConFusion]] ||[[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Catherynne Valente]], [[David Gibbs]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Steve Collins]], [[S. J. Tucker]]  
Jan 21-23, 2011 ||[[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] ||[[Cherie Priest]], [[Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale]], Aubrey de Grey, [[Paolo Bacigalupi]]  
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January 21-23, 2011 ||[[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] ||[[Cherie Priest]], [[Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale]], Aubrey de Grey, [[Paolo Bacigalupi]]  
Jan 20-22, 2012 ||[[Epic ConFusion]] ||[[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Tom Smith]], Harley Thronson, [[Roxanne Meida King]] ([[Special GoH]]), [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Brian Decker]]  
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January 20-22, 2012 ||[[Epic ConFusion]] ||[[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Tom Smith]], Harley Thronson, [[Roxanne Meida King]] ([[Special GoH]]), [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Brian Decker]]  
2013 ||[[Immortal ConFusion]] ||[[Charles Stross]], [[James Davis Nicoll]], [[Scott Edelman]], Jennifer Ouellette, [[Mary Robinette Kowal]], [[Lucy Kennedy]]  
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January 18-20, 2013 ||[[Immortal ConFusion]] ||[[Charles Stross]], [[James Davis Nicoll]], [[Scott Edelman]], Jennifer Ouellette, [[Mary Robinette Kowal]], [[Lucy Kennedy]]  
2014 ||[[Legendary ConFusion]] ||Mike Carey, Mark Bernstien, Rich Morris, [[Ian Tregillis]] S2 Games (Adam Matianazzi), Ryan Carey  
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January 17-19, 2014 ||[[Legendary ConFusion]] ||Mike Carey, Mark Bernstien, Rich Morris, [[Ian Tregillis]] S2 Games (Adam Matianazzi), Ryan Carey  
2015 ||[[Back to the ConFusion]] ||Karen Lord, Aaron Thul, [[Heather Dale]], Cynthia Chestek, Monte Cook, Shanna Germain, Dave Klecha, Special Guest: [[Steven Erikson]]  
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January 16-18, 2015 ||[[Back to the ConFusion]] ||Karen Lord, Aaron Thul, [[Heather Dale]], Cynthia Chestek, Monte Cook, Shanna Germain, Dave Klecha, Special Guest: [[Steven Erikson]]  
Jan 21-24, 2016 ||[[Life, the Universe, and ConFusion]] ||Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kentaro Toyama, Gordon Smith, [[Jessica Zerwas]]  
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January 21-24, 2016 ||[[Life, the Universe, and ConFusion]] ||Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kentaro Toyama, Gordon Smith, [[Jessica Zerwas]]  
2017 ||[[Friendship is ConFusion]] ||[[Gail Carriger]], Mark Oshiro, Jeffrey Alan Love, Karen Burnham, Mallory O'Meara  
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January 19-22, 2017 ||[[Friendship is ConFusion]] ||[[Gail Carriger]], Mark Oshiro, Jeffrey Alan Love, Karen Burnham, Mallory O'Meara  
Jan 18-21, 2018 ||[[ConFusion Through the Looking Glass]] ||[[Kate Elliott]], [[Luke Ski]], Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell  
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January 18-21, 2018 ||[[ConFusion Through the Looking Glass]] ||[[Kate Elliott]], [[Luke Ski]], Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell  
Jan 17-20, 2019 ||[[Storming the ConFusion]] ||[[Ada Palmer]], [[Steve Macdonald]], [[David Stein]], Jennifer Piatek  
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January 17-20, 2019 ||[[Storming the ConFusion]] ||[[Ada Palmer]], [[Steve Macdonald]], [[David Stein]], Jennifer Piatek  
 
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Revision as of 12:36, 16 April 2020

(Did you mean a different Confusion?)

ConFusion, a regional convention, was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1975, preceded by A2 Relax Icon the previous year. It is sponsored by the Stilyagi Air Corps.

Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most cons do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in Ann Arbor that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.)

During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed Fondlecon, for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing Cuddle Squad to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the concom facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse.

Date Convention Guests of Honor
January 24-26, 1975 ConFusion 13 Frederik Pohl, Mike Glicksohn
January 23-25, 1976 ConFusion 12 Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Bill Bowers
January 28-30, 1977 ConFusion 14 Poul Anderson, Ro Lutz-Nagey
January 13-15, 1978 ConFusion Pi Kate Wilhelm, Jackie Causgrove
January 20-21, 1979 E/c2 ConFusion / Mass ConFusion Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Scott Imes
January 18-20, 1980 ConFusion 6 and/or 7 Stanley Schmidt, Elliot Shorter
January 23-25, 1981 Nine Billion Names of ConFusion Barry B. Longyear, Dave Innes
January 29-31, 1982 ConFusion 11 Phyllis Eisenstein, Neil Rest
January 28-30, 1983 ConFusion 101 C. J. Cherryh, Bill Cavin
1984 Genuine ConFusion Mike Resnick, Martha Beck
January 25-27, 1985 Decadent ConFusion Alan Dean Foster, Julia Ecklar
January 24-26, 1986 Perpetual ConFusion Somtow Sucharitkul, Bill Roper, Frank Kelly Freas
January 23-25, 1987 Stark Raving ConFusion Katherine Kurtz, Liz Pearce, Erin McKee
January 15-17, 1988 Ambulatory ConFusion Joe Haldeman, Larry Tucker, David Cherry
1989 ConFusion 102 Barbara Hambly, Ted Reynolds, Linda Michaels
1990 State of ConFusion Hal Clement, Michelle Smith-Moore, Garth Barbour, Kevin Davies
1991 Immaculate ConFusion Esther Friesner, S. P. Somtow, Robin Wood
January 24-26, 1992 Hardwired ConFusion Walter Jon Williams, Rusty Hevelin, Rick Lieder
January 22-24, 1993 Transcendental ConFusion Fred Saberhagen, Pat Sims & Roger Sims, Randy Asplund-Faith
January 21-23, 1994 ConFusion XX Joan D. Vinge, Leah Zeldes Smith, Erin McKee
January 27-29, 1995 ConFusion 10101 Pamela Sargent, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Laura Butler, Geoffrey A. Landis
January 12-14, 1996 Deviant ConFusion Tim Powers, Melody Asplund-Faith, Bob Eggleton, Geoffrey A. Landis
January 24-26, 1997 ConFusion-17 Samuel Delany, Joey Shoji, Susan VanCamp, Mark Shappirio
January 23-25, 1998 ConFusion of the Winnebagos Connie Willis, Mary Ellen Wessels, Jane Irwin, Marvin Minsky
January 22-24, 1999 Vintage ConFusion Lois McMaster Bujold, Nancy Tucker Shaw, Doug Chaffee, Carl Djerassi
January 21-23, 2000 ConFusion 19100 Maureen F. McHugh, Dennis Tabaczewski, Frank Hayes, Eric Raymond
January 19-21, 2001 Mystery God ConFusion Sarah Zettel, Tom Barber, Carla Speed McNeil, Bruce Schneier
January 18-20, 2002 Astronomical ConFusion George R. R. Martin, Heather Alexander, Pete Abrams, Br. Guy Consolmagno
January 24-26, 2003 ConFusion and Her Friends Melissa Scott, Roberta Kennedy, Alan Clark, Jack Cohen
January 23-25, 2004 ConFusion XXX Bruce Sterling, Geri Sullivan, Julie Bell, Ron Westrum
January 21-23, 2005 31 Flavors of ConFusion Emma Bull & Will Shetterly, David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Derek Grime, Christian Ready
January 20-22, 2006 Synthetic ConFusion Vernor Vinge, Chuck Firment, Steven Stiles, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
January 19-21, 2007 MoonBase ConFusion Elizabeth Moon, Bill Higgins, Steve MacDonald, Paul "PZ" Myers
January 18-20, 2008 High-Voltage ConFusion Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld, The Roving Pirate Party, Carl Lundgren, Kevin M. Dunn, Throwing Toasters
January 23-25, 2009 Cryptic ConFusion Cat Rambo, Freon (Michael Andaluz), Diana Harlan Stein, Elizabeth Turtle & Ralph D. Lorenz, Cory Doctorow
January 22-24 2010 I See By My ConFusion Peter S. Beagle, Catherynne Valente, David Gibbs, Matt Busch, Steve Collins, S. J. Tucker
January 21-23, 2011 This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated Cherie Priest, Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale, Aubrey de Grey, Paolo Bacigalupi
January 20-22, 2012 Epic ConFusion Patrick Rothfuss, Tom Smith, Harley Thronson, Roxanne Meida King (Special GoH), Jim C. Hines, Brian Decker
January 18-20, 2013 Immortal ConFusion Charles Stross, James Davis Nicoll, Scott Edelman, Jennifer Ouellette, Mary Robinette Kowal, Lucy Kennedy
January 17-19, 2014 Legendary ConFusion Mike Carey, Mark Bernstien, Rich Morris, Ian Tregillis S2 Games (Adam Matianazzi), Ryan Carey
January 16-18, 2015 Back to the ConFusion Karen Lord, Aaron Thul, Heather Dale, Cynthia Chestek, Monte Cook, Shanna Germain, Dave Klecha, Special Guest: Steven Erikson
January 21-24, 2016 Life, the Universe, and ConFusion Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kentaro Toyama, Gordon Smith, Jessica Zerwas
January 19-22, 2017 Friendship is ConFusion Gail Carriger, Mark Oshiro, Jeffrey Alan Love, Karen Burnham, Mallory O'Meara
January 18-21, 2018 ConFusion Through the Looking Glass Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell
January 17-20, 2019 Storming the ConFusion Ada Palmer, Steve Macdonald, David Stein, Jennifer Piatek


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