Coastcon
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A fan-run regional convention held in Biloxi, MS, from 1978, which typically has several media (film or TV) guests in addition to author, artist, gaming, fan, and science guests. Mississippi's longest running and largest science fiction, fantasy and gaming convention, it is sponsored by CoastCon, Inc., a non-profit literary organization.
The con's numbering system started out by calendar year, changed to Roman numerals on the 8th iteration, and changed to decimal numbers on the 29th iteration.
Convention | Dates | GoHs, Notes |
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Coastcon 1978 | March 31-April 2, 1978 | George Alec Effinger GoH, Cliff Biggers FGoH, Joe Haldeman |
Coastcon '79 | March 9-11, 1979 | George R. R. Martin GoH, Meade Frierson III and Penny Frierson FGoH, Lou Zocchi, Mike Kurtik |
Coastcon '80 | March 14-16, 1980 | |
Coastcon '81 | March 13-15, 1981 | Jerry Pournelle, James Madden |
Coastcon '82 | March 12-14, 1982 | Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Joe Haldeman |
Coastcon '83 | March 4-6, 1983 | Jo Clayton |
Coastcon '84 | March 9-11, 1984 | Robert Adams, |
Coastcon VIII | March 8-10, 1985 | Alan Dean Foster, Robert Neagle |
Coastcon IX | April 4-6, 1986 | J. R. Madden |
Coastcon X | March 28-30, 1987 | L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Real Musgrave, Dave Dorman, Dr. Jack Stocker |
Coastcon XI | 1988 | Curtis Scott |
Coastcon XII | March 17-19, 1989 | Debbie Hodgkinson |
Coastcon XIII | March 30 - April 1, 1990 | Joe R. Lansdale, Sandy Peterson, Robert Petitt, Walter Irwin, George Alec Effinger, Gregory Nicholl, Sidney Williams, David Lavigne |
Coastcon XIV | March 15-17, 1991 | Harry Alm, Marilyn Alm |
Coastcon XV | March 27-29, 1992 | Aubrey Stephens |
Coastcon XVI | April 2-4, 1993 | Timothy Zahn, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Keith Parkinson, Michael Stackpole, Mary Scott |
Coastcon XVII | March 25-27, 1994 | Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, George Alec Effinger, Larry Elmore, Niels Erickson |
Coastcon XVIII | March 31 - April 2, 1995 | Mike Stackpole, Steve Perry, Jennifer Roberson, George Alec Effinger, Maxy Pertuit, Jerre Rivers |
Coastcon XIX | March 22-24, 1996 | Gary Graham, Elizabeth Moon, Tony DiTerlizzi, Tim Beach, Samantha Steeber |
Coastcon XX | March 20-23, 1997 | Frank Schiavo |
Coastcon XXI | March 27-29, 1998 | Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, David Cherry, Giselle Sleiman, Ann Cavitt (later Neagle) |
Coastcon XXII | March 19-21, 1999 | Walter Koenig, Patricia Tallman, P. N. Elrod, Larry Elmore, Steve Jackson, Terry Wade |
Coastcon XXIII | March 24-26, 2000 | Jason Carter, Wortham "Bob" Krimmer, Peter Woodward, Joey Grillot, Jr. |
Coastcon XXIV | March 16-18, 2001 | Danny Strong, Larry Bagby, Josepha Sherman, Nene Thomas, Alfred Richard |
Coastcon XXV | March 15-17, 2002 | Barbara Hambly, Steven Brust, Lubov, Dave Arneson, Giselle Sleiman Sharpe, Bob Hart |
Coastcon XXVI | March 21-23, 2003 | Peter Jurasik, Fred Saberhagen, Loren Wiseman, Robert R. Hoffman Ph.D., Julie Schiavo |
Coastcon XXVII | April 2-4, 2004 | Ann C. Crispin, Albrecht, Stephen Austin, Bobby Rodgers, Frank Jerome, Sally Jerome |
Coastcon XXVIII | March 4-6, 2005 | Walter Koenig, William Johnson, Judy Johnson, Mark Worrell, Glenda Finkelstein, Jeff Breslauer, Sharon Green, Dave Arneson, Dale Kemper, Carl Lundgren, Debbora Wiles, Dr. James Kakalios |
Coastcon 29 | March 24-26, 2006 | this was a very scaled-down con in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina |
Coastcon 30 | March 16-18, 2007 | Noel Neill (the Original Lois Lane), William Murphy, Michael "Scotty" Scott, Michael Bledsoe |
Coastcon 31 | April 11-13, 2008 | Gigi Edgley, David Gerrold, Rudy Scott Nelson, Robert C. Bruce, Jr., Diane Galloway |
Coastcon 32 | March 20-22, 2009 | Virginia Hey, David Weber, Michael Moorcock, John Picacio, Larry Brom, A. J. Brockway |
Coastcon 33 | March 5-7, 2010 | Nicky Clyne, David Drake, Matthew Tessier |
Coastcon 34 | March 11-13, 2011 | Gary Graham, Mike Resnick, Jeff Dee, Jack Herman, Jason Fisher |
Coastcon 35 | March 16-18, 2012 | Lindsey Wagner, Patricia Tallman, Timothy Zahn, Jon Leitheusser, Steve Kenson, Ken Grimes |
Coastcon 36 | March 15-17, 2013 | Adrian Paul, Jennell Jaquays, Diana Rowland, Bill Majure and Cynthia Majure |
Coastcon 37 | March 7-9, 2014 | John de Lancie, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Brock, Don Schermerhorn |
Coastcon 38 | March 20-22, 2015 | Tony Amendola, Aaron Douglas, Tiffany Grant , Brendan LaSalle, Rebecca Smith |
Coastcon 39 | March 4-6, 2016 | Jacqueline Carey, Mitch Foust, Robin Laws, Bevan Lowery, Steve Blum, Mary McGlynn, Unity Rains and Tim Broome |
Coastcon 40 | March 3-5, 2017 | Oded Fehr, Michael Coleman, Robert Buettner, Brian LeBlanc, Kevin Siembieda, Sean Patrick Fannon, Pauline Grigsby, John Grigsby |
Coastcon 41 | March 16-18, 2018 | Bryce Papenbrook, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Knightmage, Doug Lewis, Karen Lewis |
Coastcon 42 | March 7-10, 2019 | Steven Brust, Matthew Atchley, Michael Tatum, Sandy Peterson, Kathy Beauford, Skungy Scontrino, Dave Ducorbier, Brian Held |
Coastcon 43 | March 6-8, 2020 | Seanan McGuire, Melissa Gay, Morgan Berry, Jay Little, Greg Spanier |
Coastcon 44 | Faith Hunter, Rafe White. Postponed due to Covid-19 | |
Coastcon 45 | March 3-5, 2023 | Kevin Thompson, Gini Koch, Theresa Mather, Dwaine Balius, Chip Lechner, Ann Marie Croutch |
Coastcon 46 | March 1–3, 2024 | Jake Stormoen, Tedd Walley, Shane Hensley, Max Gladstone |
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1978— |
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