International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
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The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts is a very academic convention held annually, nearly always in Florida, which, in its early days, was also known as Swanncon after Thomas Burnett Swann, whose mother provided operating funds. While each convention has its own Guests of Honor, Brian Aldiss was a "Perennial Special Guest" until his death in 2017. (Note that they have a "GoH" and then several Guests of various flavors which their website indicates are not GoHs.)
Sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
| Convention | Dates | GoHs, Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ICFA 1 | March 1980 | Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eric S. Rabkin |
| ICFA 2 | March 18-21, 1981 | John Barth, Brian W. Aldiss |
| ICFA 3 | March 10-13, 1982 | Tom Stoppard. Richard Ellman |
| ICFA 4 | March 24-27, 1983 | Harlan Ellison, Damon Knight |
| ICFA 5 | March 22-25, 1984 | Stephen King, Leslie Fiedler |
| ICFA 6 | March 13-16, 1985 | Gahan Wilson |
| ICFA 7 | 1986 | Brian W. Aldiss, C. N. Manlove |
| ICFA 8 | 1987 | Stephen R. Donaldson, Brian Stableford |
| ICFA 9 | March 16-20, 1988 | Peter S. Beagle, Kathryn Hume |
| ICFA 10 | 1989 | Doris Lessing, C. N. Manlove |
| ICFA 11 | March 21-25, 1990 | Jane Yolen, H. Bruce Franklin, Clayton Eshleman |
| ICFA 12 | March 15-17, 1991 | Gene Wolfe, Brian Attebery |
| ICFA 13 | March 25-29, 1992 | Philip José Farmer, Jack Zipes |
| ICFA 14 | March 17-21, 1993 | Ursula K. Le Guin, Sir Devendra P. Varma |
| ICFA 15 | March 16-20, 1994 | Roger Zelazny, James Flannery |
| ICFA 16 | March 22-26, 1995 | Joe Haldeman, Peter Hunt |
| ICFA 17 | March 20-24, 1996 | Greg Bear, Tom Shippey |
| ICFA 18 | March 19-23, 1997 | Dan Simmons, N. Katherine Hayles |
| ICFA 1998 | March 18-21, 1998 | Peter Straub, Gary K. Wolfe |
| ICFA 20 | March 17-21, 1999 | Brian W. Aldiss, John Clute |
| ICFA 21 | March 22-26, 2000 | Octavia Butler, Nina Auerbach |
| ICFA 22 | March 21-25, 2001 | John Crowley, Brooks Landon |
| ICFA 23 | March 1-3, 2002 | Joan Aiken, Roderick McGillis |
| ICFA 24 | March 19-23, 2003 | Charles de Lint, S. T. Joshi |
| ICFA 25 | March 24-28, 2004 | Daína Chaviano, Marcial Souto |
| ICFA 26 | March 16-20, 2005 | Rudy Rucker, Damien Broderick |
| ICFA 27 | March 15-19, 2006 | Charles Vess, M. Thomas Inge |
| ICFA 28 | March 14-18, 2007 | Geoff Ryman, Jane Donawerth |
| ICFA 29 | March 19-23, 2008 | Vernor Vinge, Greer Gilman, Roger Luckhurst |
| ICFA 30 | March 18-22, 2009 | Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Charles Wilson, Maria Nikolajeva |
| ICFA 31 | March 17-21, 2010 | Nalo Hopkinson, Laurence Yep, Takayuki Tatsumi |
| ICFA 32 | March 16-20, 2011 | Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, Andrea Hairston |
| ICFA 33 | March 21-25, 2012 | China Miéville, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen] |
| ICFA 34 | March 20-24, 2013 | Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Constance Penley |
| ICFA 35 | March 18-23, 2014 | Nnedi Okorafor, Ian McDonald, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. |
| ICFA 36 | March 18-22, 2015 | James Morrow, Joan Slonczewski, Colin Milburn |
| ICFA 37 | March 16-20, 2016 | Terri Windling, Holly Black, Cristina Bacchilega |
| ICFA 38 | March 22-26, 2017 | Steven Erikson, N. K. Jemisin, Edward James |
| ICFA 39 | March 14-18, 2018 | John Kessel, Nike Sulway, Fred Botting |
| ICFA 40 | March 13-16, 2019 | G. Willow Wilson, Mark Bould |
| Canceled due to Covid-19. | ||
| ICFA 42 | March 17–20, 2021 (online) | Jeff VanderMeer, Stacy Alaimo |
| ICFA 43 | March 16–19, 2022 | Rebecca Roanhorse, Farah Mendlesohn |
| ICFA 44 | March 15–18, 2023 | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Isiah Lavender III. Theme: Afrofuturism. |
| ICFA 45 | March 13–16, 2024 | Mary Turzillo, C. E. Murphy, Woppa Diallo, Mame Bougouma Diene |
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