Octocon

(Did you mean Octacon, or a Cincinnati, Denver, or Californian convention?)

The Irish National convention held in Dublin Ireland by the Irish Science Fiction Association since 1990. It was named by Peter McCanney. Scans of badges have been uploaded here.

Convention	Dates	GoHs
Octocon 1990	Oct 13-14, 1990	Terry Pratchett
Octocon 1991	Oct 4-6, 1991	Geoff Ryman
Octocon 1992	Oct 16-18, 1992	Orson Scott Card
Octocon 1993	Oct 30-31, 1993	Storm Constantine, Steve Dillon
Octocon 94	Oct 1-2, 1994	Rob Holdstock
Octocon 95	Oct 14-15, 1995	Mary Gentle / Kim Newman
Octocon '96	Oct 11-13, 1996	Brian Stableford
Octocon 8	Oct 25-27, 1997	Harry Harrison
Octocon Lite	Oct 10, 1998	James White
Octocon X	Oct 8-10, 1999	Robert Rankine
O2K	Oct 7-8, 2000	Michael Marshall Smith
Octocon 2001	Oct 13-14, 2001	Anne McCaffrey
Octocon 2002	Oct 19-20, 2002	China Miéville
There was no Octocon in 2003
Octocon 2004	Oct 16-17, 2004	Tanith Lee
Octocon 2005	Oct 15-16, 2005	Charles Stross
Octocon 2006	Oct 14-15, 2006	J. G. Jones
Octocon 2007	Oct 13-14, 2007	Alastair Reynolds
Octocon 2008	Oct 18-19, 2008	Ken MacLeod
Octocon 2009	Oct 10-11, 2009	Mike Carey, Dave Lally
Octocon 2010	Oct 16-17, 2010	George R. R. Martin
Octocon 2011	Oct 15-16, 2011	John Higgins
Octocon 2012	Oct 13-14, 2012	Liz Williams
Octocon 2013	Oct 12-13, 2013	Richard K. Morgan, Gail Simone
	2014	Not held because of Shamrokon
Octocon 2015	October 9-11, 2015	Maura McHugh, Emma Newman
Octocon 2016	October 14-16, 2016	Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Rhianna Pratchett
Octocon 2017	October 6-8, 2017	Dan Abnett, Nik Vincent-Abnett
Octocon 2018	October 12-14, 2018	Pat Cadigan
Octocon 2019	October 13, 2019	Diane Duane, Peadar Ó Guilín, Peter Morwood, Ruth Frances Long
Octocon 2020	October 9-11, 2020	Michael Carroll

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Convention
Website	1990—

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