Marcon (convention)

Marcon (convention)
For the comune in the province of Venice, see Marcon. For the town in France, see Marçon. For the sportswear manufacturer, see Macron (sportswear).
Marcon
Location Columbus, Ohio
Country United States
Official website http://www.marcon.org/

Marcon is a full-spectrum fantasy and science fiction convention based in Columbus, Ohio, normally held over the Memorial Day weekend. (Starting in 2012, Marcon will move to Easter weekend.)[1] It is now operated by the Columbus-based Science Oriented Literature, Art, and Education Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation.[2]

Marcon offers a dozen tracks of programming in art, costuming, fan, filk, literary, media, and science, as well as events and displays including a masquerade, art show, dealers room, multiple 24-hour video tracks, 7,000 square feet (650 m2) of gaming space, and at least one dance. Marcon runs a children's track of programming that has included independent filmmakers helping the kids create their own movies (The Curse of Monster X, Return of the Red Shirts) and many hands-on art, costuming, and science programs. It is the oldest and largest sci-fi convention in the state of Ohio.[3]

"Marcon Ballroom", a filk song by Anne Passovoy about an incident with hotel management failing to adjust to the needs of fandom, was awarded a Pegasus Award as "Best Classic Filk Song" in 2005.[4]

Contents

History

2010s

Marcon 46

May 27-29, 2011[5]

Marcon 45

May 28–30, 2010[5]

  • Wen Spencer - Author Guest of Honor
  • Billy Tackett - Artist Guest of Honor
  • Seanan McGuire - Filk Guest of Honor
  • Central Ohio Paranormal Society - Special Theme Guest
  • Twilight Creations - Gaming Guest of Honor
  • Richard Hatch - Media Guest of Honor
  • Casey Daniels, Shane Moore, Donnie Dunagan - Special Guests

2000s

Marcon 44

May 22–24, 2009[5]

  • Simon R. Green - Author Guest of Honor
  • Jordin Kare - Science Guest of Honor
  • Patricia McCracken - Artist Guest of Honor
  • Chris Conway - Filk Guest of Honor
  • David H. Lawrence XVII - Media Guest of Honor
  • Samuel Travis Clemmons - Full Spectrum Featured Guest [1]
  • Arnold Blumberg - Featured Guest

Marcon 43

May 23–25, 2008[5]

  • Alexander James Adams - Filk Guest of Honor
  • Steven Brust - Toastmaster
  • Rebecca Forstadt - Anime Guest of Honor
  • Kevin Standlee - Fan Guest of Honor
  • Sister Sola/Casandra - Costuming Guest of Honor
  • Ray van Tilburg - Artist Guest of Honor
  • Toni Weisskopf - Editor Guest of Honor
  • Hank Reinhardt - Science Guest of Honor: Mr. Reinhardt died before the convention. The con-com decided to honor him by keeping him as the Science Guest of Honor.
  • Robert Asprin - Author Guest of Honor: Mr. Asprin died the day before the convention.
  • Jody Lynn Nye - Author Guest of Honor: Due to Mr. Asprin's death Ms. Nye was unable to attend.
  • Wizards of the Coast - Gaming Guest of Honor
  • Marc Singer - Media Guest of Honor
  • Leah Cairns - Media Guest of Honor

Marcon 42

May 25–27, 2007

  • Keith R.A. DeCandido - Author Guest of Honor
  • Laura Reynolds - Artist Guest of Honor
  • Timothy Zahn - Toastmaster
  • Kevin Sorbo - Media Guest of Honor
  • Nancy Janda - Fan Guest of Honor
  • Three Weird Sisters - Filk Guests of Honor
  • Pierre and Sandy Pettinger - Costuming Guests of Honor
  • Looney Labs - Gaming Guests of Honor

Marcon 41

May 26–28, 2006 - approximately 2100 attendees[6]

Guests:

  • Author Guest: George R. R. Martin
  • Artist Guest: Jody Lee
  • Editor Guest: David G. Hartwell
  • Media Guest: Eugene Roddenberry Jr.
  • Costuming Guest: Chris Kramer
  • Fan Guest: B. J. Mitias
  • Filk Guest: Dave & Judith Hayman
  • Steve Lee
  • Gaming Guest: Pieramyd Productions, Ltd.
  • Electronic Gaming Guest: EB Games
  • Toastmaster: Bill Roper

Marcon 40

May 27–29, 2005 approximately 2100 attendees

Marcon 39

May 28–30, 2004 - approximately 2000 attendees

Marcon 38

May 23–25, 2003 - approximately 1800 attendees

  • J. Gregory Keyes - Author Guest of Honor
  • Richard Biggs - Media Guest of Honor
  • Eugene Roddenberry Jr. - Media Guest of Honor
  • Kenny Baker - Media Guest of Honor
  • Bill and Brenda Sutton - Filk Guests of Honor
  • Judith and Dave Hayman - Featured Filkers

Marcon 37

May 24–26, 2002 - approximately 2000 attendees

  • Zander Nyrond - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 36

May 25–27, 2001 - approximately 3600 attendees

  • Hosted 2001 Prometheus Award presentations and LFSCon
  • Bob and Ann Passavoy - Filk Guests of Honor
  • Karen Anderson - Featured Filker

Marcon 35

2000 - Approximately 2400 attendees

  • Steve MacDonald - Filk Guest of Honor

1990s

Marcon 34

1999 - Approximately 2800 attendees

  • Syntax - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 33

1998 - Approximately 2200 attendees

  • Ookla the Mok - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 32

May 9–11, 1997 - approximately 2800 attendees

  • Harry Turtledove - Author Guest of Honor
  • Juanita Coulson - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 31

1996

  • Joey Shoji - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 30

1995

  • Kathy Mar - Filk Guest of Honor

Marcon 29

1994

Marcon 28

1993

Marcon 27

May 22–25, 1992

Marcon 26

1991

Marcon XXV

1990

1980s

Marcon XXIV

1989 - 1244 attendees

Marcon XXIII

1988 - 1050 attendees

Marcon XXII

1987 - 960 attendees

Marcon XXI

1986 - 1056 attendees

Marcon XX

1985 - 723 attendees

Marcon XIX

1984 - 592 attendees

  • C. J. Cherryh - Guest of Honor
  • Todd Cameron Hamilton - Artist Guest of Honor

Marcon XVIII

1983 - 440 attendees

Marcon XVII

1982 - 379 attendees

Marcon XVI

1981 - 426 attendees

Marcon XV

1980 - 383 attendees

1970s

Marcon XIV

1979 - 372 attendees

Marcon XIII

1978 - 264 attendees

Marcon XII

1977 - 222 attendees

Marcon XI

1976 - 212 attendees

Marcon X

1975 - Approximately 185 attendees

Marcon IX

1974 - Approximately 170 attendees

Marcon VIII

1973 - Approximately 100 attendees

Marcon VII

1972 - Approximately 150 attendees

Marcon VI

1971 - Approximately 120 attendees

Marcon V

1970 - Approximately 105 attendees

1960s

Marcon IV

1969 - Approximately 100 attendees

Marcon III

1968 (First time in Columbus) - Approximately 85 attendees

Marcon II

1967 (Toledo) - Approximately 60 attendees

Marcon I

1966 (Toledo) - Approximately 20 attendees

References

  1. ^ About Marcon Retrieved October 4, 2010
  2. ^ SOLAE website
  3. ^ Grossberg, Michael (May 26, 2010). "Sci-fi convention to explore horror". Columbus Dispatch. http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/05/26/sci-fi-convention-to-explore-horror.html?sid=101. Retrieved April 5, 2011. 
  4. ^ Marcon Ballroom page at ovff.org
  5. ^ a b c d "Official website". Marcon. http://www.marcon.org/. Retrieved August 24, 2010. 
  6. ^ Is Marcon getting smaller? Retrieved December 17, 2006[dead link]

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