Picocon

A convention in London, UK sponsored by the Imperial College Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and running since 1983.

The tradition of a Varsity fish fight, started in 1988, between OUSFG and CUSFS, continues to this day as as a inter-university challenge match. The fish must be defrosted, and the best technique involves gripping it by the gills.

Destruction of dodgy merchandise, with liquid nitrogen and blunt objects, is all too common.

Convention	Dates	GoHs
Picocon 1	1983
Picocon 2	February 2, 1984	Dave Langford, Jonathan Cowie
Picocon Pi	March 9, 1985	Dave Langford, Gerry Webb
Picocon 4	February 15, 1986	Brian Stableford, Dave Langford
Picocon 5	February 21, 1987	John Brunner, David Hardy
Picocon 6	February 6, 1988	Terry Pratchett, Michael Scott Rohan, Dave Langford
Picocon 7	February 4, 1989	Dave Langford, Terry Pratchett, Gerry Webb (or, perhaps, Bob Shaw), Dave Lally
Picocon 8	March 3, 1990	Bob Shaw
Picocon 9	March 2, 1991	No GoHs
Picocon 10	March 7, 1992	Brian Stableford, Dave Langford
Picocon 11	March 6, 1993	Colin Greenland
There was no Picocon in 1994
Picocon 12	March 12, 1995	Iain Banks, Dr. Arley Anderson
Picocon 13	February 4, 1996	Rob Holdstock, Chris Priest, Stephen Baxter
Picocon 14	March 2, 1997	Simon Ings, Nicholas Royle
Picocon 15	February 28, 1998	No GoHs
Picocon 16	February 6, 1999	Stephen Lawhead, M. John Harrison, Jane Johnson
Picocon 17	February 19, 2000	Brian Stableford, Gary Kilworth, Ian Watson, Juliet McKenna
Picocon 18	February 10, 2001	Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Juliet E. McKenna, Jane Killick
Picocon 19	February 9, 2002	Anne Gay, China Miéville, Stan Nicholls, Geoff Ryman
Picocon 20	February 22, 2003	Jack Cohen, Gwyneth Jones
Picocon 21	February 7, 2004	Peter F. Hamilton, Paul McAuley, Adam Roberts
Picocon 22	February 19, 2005	Gwyneth Jones, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Brian Stableford
Picocon 23	February 18, 2006	Ian Watson, Natasha Mostert, Mark Roberts
Picocon 24	February 17, 2007	Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Farah Mendlesohn
Picocon 25	February 23, 2008	Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Liz Williams
Picocon 26	February 28, 2009	Pat Cadigan, Robert Rankin, Michael Marshall Smith
Picocon 27	February 27, 2010	Alastair Reynolds, Amanda Hemingway, Jaine Fenn
Picocon 28	February 19, 2011	Juliet McKenna, Kari Sperring, Paul McAuley
Picocon 29	February 18, 2012	Adrian Tchaikovsky, Justina Robson, Tricia Sullivan
Picocon 30	February 16-17, 2013	Peter F. Hamilton, Steph Swainston, Richard Morgan, Kate Griffin
Picocon 31	February 22, 2014	Sarah Pinborough, Charles Stross, David Southwood
Picocon 32	February 14-15, 2015	Cory Doctorow, Frances Hardinge, Ian McDonald, Kari Sperring, Stuart Ashen
Picocon 33	February 20, 2016	Michelle Paver, Paul Cornell, Carrie Hope Fletcher
Picocon 34	February 18, 2017	Paul McAuley, Jaine Fenn, Al Robertson, Justina Robson
Picocon 35	February 17, 2018	Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Ben Aaronovitch, Emma Newman
Picocon 36	February 16, 2019	Andrew Bannister, Lottie Bevan, Alexis Kennedy, Simon Morden, Gavin Smith
Picocon 37	February 22, 2020	Juliet Kemp, Roz Kaveney, Tamsyn Muir
Picocon 39	March 5, 2022
Picocon 40	March 11, 2023	Alma Alexander, Jonathan Sims, Gav Thorpe

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Convention
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