Albacon (NY)

(Did you mean a defunct Scottish convention?)

Albacon is a regional convention held in the Albany, NY, area since 1996. It is sponsored by LASTSFA.

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Convention	Dates	GoHs, Notes
Albacon 1996	Oct 11-13, 1996	Nancy Kress, Jill Bauman, Shirley Maiewski
Albacon 1997	Oct 17-19, 1997	Melissa Scott, Charles Lang, Wendy SnowLang, Wayne Brown
Albacon 1998	Oct 9-11, 1998	Esther Friesner, Jael, Joe Mayhew
Albacon 1999	Sept 17-19, 1999	Hal Clement, Vincent Di Fate, Seth Briedbart
Albacon 2000	Oct 6-8, 2000	Glen Cook, Joe DeVito, Jan Howard Finder
Albacon 2001	Oct 5-7, 2001	Larry Niven, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge, Bonnie Atwood, Ted Atwood
Albacon 2002	Oct 4-6, 2002	Mike Resnick, Tom Kidd, Sharon Sbarsky, Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
Albacon 2003	Oct 10-12, 2003	Lois McMaster Bujold, Allen Koszowski, Oz Fontecchio, Leslie Fish
Albacon 2004	Oct 8-10, 2004	David Drake, Dave Kyle
Albacon 2005	Oct 7-9, 2005	Terry Brooks, Rowena, Byron Connell, Tina Connell
Albacon 2006	Oct 6-8, 2006	Peter David, Omar Rayyan
2007 -- suspended due to hosting World Fantasy Convention 2007
Albacon 2008	Oct 10-12, 2008	Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, Gary S. Blog, Barclay Shaw, Eric Flint
Albacon 2009	Oct 9-11, 2009	Elizabeth Hand, Alan F. Beck, D. Cameron Calkins, Igor's Egg
Albacon 2010	Oct 8-10, 2010	Allen Steele, Ron Miller, Lisa Ashton
Albacon 2011	October 21-13, 2011	Jackie Kessler, Stephen Hickman, Jan Howard Finder, Roberta Rogow, Keith R. A. DeCandido
Albacon 2012	Oct 18-21, 2012	Jody Lee, Erwin S. Strauss, Julie E. Czerneda, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Jan Howard Finder, Roberta Rogow
Albacon 2013	November 1-3, 2013	none
Albacon 2014.5	May 8-10, 2015	Mur Lafferty, Jan Howard Finder
Albacon 2016	March 4-6, 2016	David Weber, Dawn McKechnie, Heidi Hooper, Ramsey Campbell
Albacon 2017	March 31-April 2, 2017	Charles E. Gannon, Stephen Hickman, Lawrence M. Schoen
Albacon 2018	September 14-16, 2018	none
Albacon 2019	September 13-15, 2019	Bruce Coville
Albacon 2020	September 11-13, 2020	Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Canceled due to Covid-19.
Albacon 2021	September 17-19, 2021 (virtual)	Sharon Lee, Steve Miller,
Albacon 2022	September 16-18, 2022	Suzanne Palmer, Joe Haldeman
Albacon 2023	September 8-10, 2023	Walter Hunt, Linda Addison

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