WisCon

(Did you mean Wiscon, a 1953 one-shot Wisconsin convention?)

A Very Serious Feminist/Political regional convention held in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1977, sponsored by SF³. It was saved from bankruptcy in 2021 by a successful fundraiser. It is currently on hiatus; in early 2023, it announced:

The Board of WisCon’s parent non-profit, SF3, and the WisCon ConCom have come to a consensus that we won’t be planning to run a WisCon as usual in 2024: our leadership bench is very thin, and with the ongoing pandemic and challenging political situation in the US, folks are getting worn out. We need some time to rest and figure out how we can continue WisCon in a sustainable way.  If you want to be involved paving a path to the next WisCon, join us for a planning session this Memorial Day Weekend and make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter, where we’ll be posting updates.

In 2024, an attempt to move the convention online for 2025 was announced with a decision depending on finding volunteers.

Since at least 2014, the organization had been having various internal political disagreements over such matters as its Code of Conduct and the application thereof, which resulted in the firing, banning or resignation of a number of longtime concom members and regular volunteers, without replacement.

• History of WisCon article.
• History of WisCon up to 2008.
• Website.

Convention	Dates	GoHs, Notes
WisCon 1	February 11–13, 1977	Katherine MacLean, Amanda Bankier
WisCon 2	February 17–19, 1978	Vonda N. McIntyre, Susan Wood
WisCon 3	February 2–4, 1979	Suzy McKee Charnas, John Varley, Gina Clarke
WisCon 4	March 7–9, 1980	Joan D. Vinge, Octavia Butler, David Hartwell, Beverly DeWeese
WisCon 5	March 6-8, 1981	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Buck and Juanita Coulson, Don and Elsie Wollheim, Teresa di Lauretis, Steven Vincent Johnson
WisCon 6	March 5-7, 1982	Suzette Haden Elgin, Terry Carr
WisCon 7	March 4-6, 1983	Marta Randall, Lee Killough
WisCon 8	February 24–26, 1984	Elizabeth A. Lynn, Jessica Amanda Salmonson
WisCon 9	February 22–24, 1985	Lisa Tuttle, Alicia Austin
WisCon 10	February 21–23, 1986	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Suzette Haden Elgin
WisCon 11	February 20–22, 1987	Connie Willis, Samuel R. Delany, Avedon Carol
WisCon 12	February 19–21, 1988	R. A. MacAvoy, George R. R. Martin, Stu Shiffman
WisCon 13	February 17–19, 1989	Gardner Dozois, Pat Cadigan
WisCon 14	March 9–11, 1990	Iain M. Banks, Emma Bull
WisCon 15	March 1–3, 1991	Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent
WisCon 16	March 6–7, 1992	Howard Waldrop, Trina Robbins
WisCon 17	March 5–7, 1993	Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold
WisCon 18	March 4–6, 1994	Karen Joy Fowler, Melinda Snodgrass, Jim Frenkel
WisCon 19	May 26–29, 1995	Barbara Hambly, Sharyn McCrumb, Nicola Griffith
WisCon 20	May 24–27, 1996	Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril
WisCon 21	May 23–26, 1997	Melissa Scott, Susanna Sturgis
WisCon 22	May 22–25, 1998	Sheri S. Tepper, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner
WisCon 23	May 28–31, 1999	Terri Windling, Mary Doria Russell
WisCon 24	May 26–29, 2000	Charles de Lint, Jeanne Gomoll
WisCon 25	May 25–28, 2001	Nancy Kress, Elisabeth Vonarburg
WisCon 26	May 24–27, 2002	Nalo Hopkinson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman
WisCon 27	May 23–26, 2003	Carol Emshwiller, China Miéville
WisCon 28	May 28–31, 2004	Patricia McKillip, Eleanor Arnason
WisCon 29	May 27-30, 2005	Gwyneth Jones, Robin McKinley
WisCon 30	May 26–29, 2006	Kate Wilhelm, Jane Yolen
WisCon 31	May 25–28, 2007	Kelly Link, Laurie Marks
WisCon 32	May 23–26, 2008	L. Timmel Duchamp, Maureen F. McHugh
WisCon 33	May 22–25, 2009	Ellen Klages, Geoff Ryman
WisCon 34	May 28–31, 2010	Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nnedi Okorafor
WisCon 35	May 26–30, 2011	Nisi Shawl
WisCon 36	May 25–28, 2012	Andrea Hairston, Debbie Notkin
WisCon 37	May 24–27, 2013	Joan Slonczewski, Jo Walton
WisCon 38	May 23–26, 2014	Hiromi Goto, N. K. Jemisin
WisCon 39	May 22–25, 2015	Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kim Stanley Robinson
WisCon 40	May 27–30, 2016	Justine Larbalestier, Sofia Samatar, Nalo Hopkinson
WisCon 41	May 22-25, 2017	Amal El-Mohtar, Kelly Sue DeConnick
WisCon 42	March 25-28 2018	Saladin Ahmed, Tananarive Due
WisCon 43	May 24-27 2019	G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders
WisCon 44	May 22-25, 2020 (virtual)	Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse
WisCon 45	May 28–31, 2021 May 27–30, 2022	Zen Cho, Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse and Sheree Renée Thomas. Postponed due to Covid-19
WisCon 46	May 26–29, 2023	Martha Wells, Rivers Solomon
WisCon 47	May 24–27, 2024	Postponed indefinitely. See above.

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