| Windycon | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention |
| Location(s) | Oak Brook, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | October 25-27, 1974 |
| Most recent | November 10-12, 2023 |
| Next event | November 8-10, 2024 |
| Organized by | ISFiC |
| Filing status | Non-profit |
| Website | http://www.windycon.org/ |
Windycon is a science fiction and fantasy literature convention held in Oak Brook, Illinois, on the weekend closest to Veterans Day.
ISFiC, the parent corporation that runs Windycon, was founded in 1973 in Chicago. The first Windycon was held the following year and has been held annually ever since either in Chicago or a Chicago suburb. It is a general interest convention.
ISFiC and Windycon were founded to raise the profile of fandom in Chicago in preparation for a Worldcon bid. In 1982, Chicon IV was the result. From its small beginnings, Windycon has grown to have an annual membership hovering around 1300. It is the largest of the two fan-run Chicago conventions.
Annually since 1986, ISFiC has hosted a writers contest, open to unpublished authors. The contest is judged by professional authors and editors. Separately, Windycon has hosted a writers' workshop under the coordination of Richard Chwedyk since 2000. From 2004 to 2015, ISFiC Press, the publishing arm of Windycon's parent organization, published a Guest of Honor book to be released at the convention.
In addition to traditional con activities, Windycon has also run a series of on-line chats during the con, hosting by Cybling.
| Event | Date | Location | Convention chair | Theme | Guests | Notes |
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| Windycon I | October 25-27, 1974 | The Blackstone Hotel | Lynne & Mark Aronson |
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| Windycon II | October 3-5, 1975 | The Blackstone Hotel | Lynne & Mark Aronson |
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| Windycon III | October 15-17, 1976 | Sheraton Chicago | Lynne & Mark Aronson |
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| Windycon IV | October 7-9, 1977 | Arlington Park Hilton | Larry Propp | The Latvian Loganberry Festival |
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| Windycon V | October 6-8, 1978 | Arlington Park Hilton | Doug Rice |
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| Windycon VI | October 5-7, 1979 | Arlington Park Hilton | Larry Propp |
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| Windycon VII | October 24-26, 1980 | Hyatt Regency Chicago | Midge Reitan & Marcy Lyn-Waitsman |
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| Windycon VIII | December 18-20, 1981 | Hyatt Regency Chicago | Ross Pavlac & Larry Propp | A Holiday Party |
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| Windycon IX | December 10-12, 1982 | Lincolnwood Hyatt | Dick Spelman |
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| Windycon X | October 7-9, 1983 | Arlington Park Hilton | Tom Veal |
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| Windycon XI | December 7-9, 1984 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Kathleen Meyer |
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| Windycon XII | October 11-13, 1985 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Kathleen Meyer |
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| Windycon XIII | November 14-16, 1986 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Debra A. Wright |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Getting Along with Larga" by Richard Chwedyk | |
| Windycon XIV | November 6-8, 1987 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Debra A. Wright |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Library" by Eugenia M. Hayden | |
| Windycon XV | November 11-13, 1988 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Kathleen Meyer |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "A Man Makes a Machine" by Richard Chwedyk | |
| Windycon XVI | November 10-12, 1989 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Lenny Wenshe |
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| Windycon XVII | November 9-11, 1990 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Lenny Wenshe |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ailin's Castle" by Robin Leigh Michaels | |
| Windycon XVIII | November 8-10, 1991 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Marie Bartlett-Sloan |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Soul to Take" by Vanessa Crouther | |
| Windycon XIX | November 6-8, 1992 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Marie Bartlett-Sloan |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Make-Up Magic" by Sheila Insley | |
| Windycon XX | November 12-14, 1993 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Dina S. Krause |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Dead Chute" by C. T. Fluhr | |
| Windycon XXI | November 11-13, 1994 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Dina S. Krause |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Packers" by Emmett Gard Pittman | |
| Windycon XXII | November 10-12, 1995 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Bill Roper |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "In Memoriam" by William McCahon | |
| Windycon XXIII | November 8-10, 1996 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Bill Roper |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "All Through the House" by C. T. Fluhr | |
| Windycon XXIV | November 7-9, 1997 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Ross Pavlac | Scots in Space |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Little Girl Lost" by David W. Crawford & Carol Johnson |
| Windycon XXV | November 13-15, 1998 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Rick Waterson |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Grandpa" by Susan L. Wachowski | |
| Windycon XXVI | November 12-14, 1999 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Rick Waterson |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Passing Through" by Sharon L. Nelson | |
| Windycon XXVII | November 10-12, 2000 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Amy Wenshe |
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| Windycon XXVIII | November 9-11, 2001 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Amy Wenshe |
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| Windycon XXIX | November 8-10, 2002 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Steven H Silver | A Visit to Newford |
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ISFiC Press release: A Walk on the Windy Side CD |
| Windycon XXX | November 7-9, 2003 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Steven H Silver | Space Station Windycon |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "True Worth" by John D. Nikitow |
| Windycon 31 | November 12-14, 2004 | Wyndham O'Hare | Bonnie Jones | Innerspace |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Orbital One" by Chris Krolczyk
ISFiC Press release: Relativity by Robert J. Sawyer |
| Windycon 32 | November 11-13, 2005 | Wyndham O'Hare | Bonnie Jones | Alternate History |
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ISFiC Press release: Every Inch a King by Harry Turtledove |
| Windycon 33 | November 10-12, 2006 | Wyndham O'Hare | Pat Sayre McCoy | First Contact |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ad Alienos" by P. R. Gomez
ISFiC Press release: Outbound by Jack McDevitt |
| Windycon 34 | November 9-11, 2007 | Wyndham O'Hare | Pat Sayre McCoy | The Worlds of the Others |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ivan and the Plate of Fried Chicken" by Joe McCauley
ISFiC Press release: Finding Magic by Tanya Huff |
| Windycon 35 | November 14-16, 2008 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Rick Waterson | Military SF |
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ISFiC Press release: When Diplomacy Fails edited by Eric Flint & Mike Resnick |
| Windycon 36 | November 13-15, 2009 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Joseph Stockman | Steampunk |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Oracle" by John M. Cowan
ISFiC Press release: The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock |
| Windycon 37 | November 12-14, 2010 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Joseph Stockman | The Lands of Fae and Back Again |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Lost and Found" by Mary Mascari
ISFiC Press release: Assassin and Other Stories by Steven Barnes |
| Windycon 38 | November 11-13, 2011 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Richard France | The Periodic Table of the Science Fiction Elements |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Pod" by Mary Mascari
ISFiC Press release: Aurora in Four Voices by Catherine Asaro |
| Windycon 39 | November 9-11, 2012 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Richard France & Bill Roper | Zombies |
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ISFiC Press release: Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots by Seanan McGuire |
| Windycon 40 | November 8-10, 2013 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Bill Roper | The Big Tent |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Windy van Hooten's Was Never Like This" by Liz A. Vogel
ISFiC Press release: The Goblin Master's Grimoire by Jim C. Hines |
| Windycon 41 | November 14-16, 2014 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Deb Kosiba | Grimm Tales |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Under the Hill" by Siobhan Duffy
ISFiC Press release: Harvest Season by SF Squeecast |
| Windycon 42 | November 13-15, 2015 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Steven H Silver | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Windycon |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Catamount" by M. Arguete
ISFiC Press release: Bimbo on the Cover by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff |
| Windycon 43 | November 11-13, 2016 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson | King of the Nerds |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Furrier" by Siobhan Duffy |
| Windycon 44 | November 10-12, 2017 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson | Dystopia |
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| Windycon 45 | November 9-11, 2018 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson & Kerry Kuhn | Unlikely Heroes |
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| Windycon 46 | November 15-17, 2019 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Kerry Kuhn | Space Opera |
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| Breezycon | November 13-15, 2020 | Online | Evan Reeves | Online replacement due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| Windycon 47 | November 12-14, 2021 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Evan Reeves | Urban Fantastic |
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| Windycon 48 | November 11-13, 2022 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | John Donat | Shattering the Glass Ceiling |
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| Windycon 49 | November 10-12, 2023 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook | Dana "Star" DeMichael | Adventure Is Out There |
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ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Boxed" by David L. Wyatt Jr. |
| Windycon 50 | November 8-10, 2024 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook | Joseph "Vlad" Stockman & Daniel Gunderson | Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations |
References
- ^ Pavlac, Ross, What's an ISFiC, ISFiC Web Site, retrieved, 2015-11-10
- The Windycon Big List, Windycon Web Site, retrieved, 2007-05-19
- "ISFiC, Inc.: Writers Contest Winners". www.isfic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- Foster, Adrienne (August–September 2009), "Next Manuscript, Please: Amazing Tales of the Worldcon Writers Workshop", SFWA Bulletin, p. 10
- Murphy, Janice, Windycon 26 Chats, Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19
- Murphy, Janice, Windycon 29 Chats, Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19
External links
- Official website
- ISFiC, Windycon's parent corporation
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