ICON (Iowa)

(For others, see Icon (Disambiguation).)

ICON is a regional convention held in the Cedar Rapids / Iowa City area of Iowa since 1975, usually in late October or early November. It was originally run by SFLIS and later sponsored by the Mindbridge Foundation. Joe and Gay Haldeman, who helped found SFLIS and ICON when Joe was teaching at the University of Iowa, are now perennial gohs.

Icon is the oldest and largest con in Iowa.

• History.
• Historic program books.
• Photos.
• Website.

Convention	Dates	Guests
Icon 1	October 31-November 2, 1975	Roger Zelazny, Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
Icon 2	November 5-7, 1976	Frank Herbert, Mike Glicksohn
Icon 3	October 28-30, 1977	Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman
Icon 4	November 9-11, 1979	Gene Wolfe, Rusty Hevelin, Moebius Theatre
Icon 5	November 7-9, 1980	Gordon R. Dickson, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy
Icon 6	October 31-November 1, 1981	Phyllis Eisenstein, Dave Martin
Icon 7	November 5-7, 1982	Poul Anderson, Gregory Frost, Rusty Hevelin, Mark Moore
Icon 8	October 21-23, 1983	C. J. Cherryh, Rob Chilson
Icon 9	October 26-28, 1984	Dean Ing, Robin Bailey, Bob Tucker
Icon 10	October 25-27, 1985	George R. R. Martin, Joe Haldeman
Icon 11	October 24-26, 1986	Robert Asprin, Phil Foglio
Icon 12	October 16-18, 1987	Glen Cook, Dick Spelman
Icon 13	January 20-22, 1989	Joel Rosenberg, Algis Budrys, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Darlene Coltrain, Roy Dotrice
Icon 14	October 13-15, 1989	Frederik Pohl, P. D. Breeding-Black, Lucy Synk, Elizabeth Anne Hull
Icon 15	September 28-30, 1990	Philip José Farmer, Erin McKee
Icon 16	October 12-13, 1991	Steven Brust, Bob and Nonie Quinlan
Icon 17	October 7-9, 1992	Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Rex Bryant
Icon 18	October 8-10, 1993	Suzette Haden Elgin, Jody Lee, Nancy and Martin McClure
Icon 19	October 14-16, 1994	Gregory Frost, Robert Daniels Jr., Joe Haldeman
Icon 20	October 6-8, 1995	Steven Barnes, Phil Hester, Myrna Logan
Icon 21	October 11-13, 1996	Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Tadao Tomomatsu
Icon 22	October 10-12, 1997	John M. Ford, Kaja Foglio, William "Bear" Reed
Icon 23	October 16-18, 1998	Charles de Lint, Forrest Ackerman
Icon 24	October 29-31, 1999	Peter Beagle , Bill Johnson, Charles Piehl
Icon 25	October 13-15, 2000	Harry Turtledove, Michael "Orange Mike" Lowrey
Icon 26	October 12-14, 2001	L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Denise Garner, Dennis Lynch
Icon 27	October 18-20, 2002	Jennifer Roberson, John Garner, Les & Jeannette Roth
Icon 28	October 10-12, 2003	David Drake, Lee Seed, Gregg Parmentier
Icon 29	October 8-10, 2004	Joe Haldeman, Beth Hansen, Gay Haldeman
Icon 30	October 28-31, 2005	Sarah Zettel, Jael, Arlene Martel
Icon 31	October 13-15, 2006	C. S. Friedman, Larry Price
Icon 32	November 2-4, 2007	Jack McDevitt, Ralph J. Ryan
Icon 33	October 31-November 2, 2008	Tanya Huff, Alan M. Clark, Richard Klemensen
Icon 34	October 23-25, 2009	Jim C. Hines, Heather Bruton
Icon 35	November 5-7, 2010	Cory Doctorow, Daniel Dociu, Susan Leabhart
Icon 36	October 28-30, 2011	Jane Yolen, Steve Thomas
Icon 37	November 2-4, 2012	Steven Erikson, Mike Cole
Icon 38	November 15-16, 2013	Nancy Kress, Ellen Datlow, Jack Skillingstead, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman
Icon 39	October 31-November 2, 2014	Elizabeth Bear, Scott Lynch, Lar DeSouza, Megan Lara
Icon 40	October 16-18, 2015	David Gerrold, Sarah Clemens, Ann Leckie, Kalli McCandless, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman
Icon 41	October 28-30, 2016	Seanan McGuire, Arden Ellen Nixon, Inger Myers, Laura Mixon, Steven Gould
Icon 42	September 29-October 1, 2017	Wesley Chu, H. Russ Brown, Sheril Harper, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman
Icon 43	October 5-7, 2018	Mike Mullin, Daniel Mohr, Mike Miller, Wolfie B. Bad, Jim C. Hines, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman
Icon 44	November 1-3, 2019	Pat Murphy, Mystie Hollaman, Shawn and Misty Palek, Kat Pepmiller
Icon 45	October 9–10, 2020 (virtual)	Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Catrina Taylor, Alex Penland, Erin Casey, Tambo Jones, Beth Hudson
Icon 46	October 15-17, 2021	Eric Flint, Jeff Lee Johnson, Beth Hudson, Cheshire Moon
Icon 47	October 14-16, 2022	Nicholas Meyer, Mitch Bentley, Steve Todd, Jenny Todd
Icon 48	October 13–15, 2023	Lynne M. Thomas, Studio Eldeen, Michael Damian Thomas

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