OryCon

Orycon
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction
Location	Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
First held	1979
Official website	http://www.orycon.org/

Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.

History

• The Symposium (AKA "OryCon 0") Nov 11, 1978 (No GOHs) ~125
• OryCon Nov 9-11, 1979 John Varley (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Richard Geis (Fan) 525
• OryCon '80 Nov 14-16, 1980 Fritz Leiber (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Elton Elliott (Fan) 1,010
• OryCon '81 Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981 Frederik Pohl (Pro), Steve Fahnestalk (TM) & Kennedy Poyser (Fan) 965
• OryCon '82 Nov 12-14, 1982 Robert Silverberg (Pro) & Jeff Frane (Fan) 979
• OryCon 5 Nov 11-13, 1983 Octavia Butler (Pro), Terry Carr (TM) & Wilson Tucker (Fan) 937
• OryCon '84 ("The Relaxicon") Nov 9-11, 1984 Reginald Bretnor (Pro) & Steve Perry (TM) 424
• OryCon '85 Nov 8-10, 1985 Somtow Sucharitkul (Pro), Steven Barnes (TM), William Rotsler (Artist) & Jon Singer (Fan—chosen by lot) 889
• OryCon '86 Nov 7-9, 1986 Edward Bryant (Pro), George R. R. Martin (TM) & Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Editor) 873
• OryCon '87 Nov 13-15, 1987 Tim Powers (Pro), Michael P. Kube-McDowell (TM) & Ben Yalow (Fan) 954
• OryCon 10 Nov 11-13, 1988 Lucius Shepard, John Varley, Connie Willis (Pros) & Mona Clee (Special Petrey Guest) 973
• OryCon 11 Nov 10-12, 1989 Michael Bishop (Pro) & David Langford (Special Guest) 1,069
• OryCon 12 Nov 9-11, 1990 Howard Waldrop & K. W. Jeter (Pros) 1,055
• OryCon 13 Nov 8-10, 1991 Emma Bull & Will Shetterly (Pros) 1,196
• OryCon 14 Nov 20-22, 1992 Esther Friesner (Pro), James Warhola (Artist) & Steve Forty (Fan) 1,342
• OryCon 15 Nov 12-14, 1993 Terry Pratchett Pro), Mark Ferrari (Artist) & Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest) 1,358
• OryCon 16 Nov 11-13, 1994 Tappan King (Pro), Beth Meachem (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist) & Pat Cadigan (Special Guest) 1,451
• OryCon 17 Nov 10-12, 1995 Joel Rosenberg (Writer), Heather Hudson & Dameon Willich (Artists), Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith (Special Guests) 1,385
• OryCon 18 Nov 8-10, 1996 Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (Writers), Patricia Davis (Artist), Gardner Dozois (Editor) 1,624
• OryCon 19 Nov 7-9, 1997 Steven Barnes (Writer) , Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Editors), Frank Lurz (Artist) 1,600
• OryCon 20 Nov 13-15, 1998 Lois McMaster Bujold (Writer), Ellen Asher (Editor), David Langford & Howard Waldrop (Returning GOHs), Kathe Koja (Special Petrey Guest), Alan Clark (Artist), Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest). ~1,600
• OryCon 21 Nov 12-14, 1999 Néné Thomas (Artist), Warren Lapine & Angela Kessler (Editors), Nicola Griffith (Writer), Charles Sheffield (Science), Bill Bowers (Fan) ~1,550
• OryCon 22 Nov 17-19, 2000 Kara Dalkey & John Barnes (Writers), Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), Dr. Robert Forward (Science), Gail Butler (Artist), Larry Warner (Music), Richard Dansky (Gaming) ~1,600
• OryCon 23 Nov 9-11, 2001 Melanie Rawn (Writer), Laura Anne Gilman (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist), Steve Macdonald (Special Friends of Filk guest) 1,628
• OryCon 24 Nov 22-24, 2002 Susan R. Matthews (Writer), Lee Seed (Artist), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
• Orycon 25 Nov 14-16, 2003 Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Writer), Ken Goddard (Science and Author), Toni Weisskopf (Editor), Martin Greenberg (Editor), Gail Butler (Artist), Uffington Horse (Friends of Filk)
• Orycon 26 Nov 5-7, 2004 Jerry Oltion (Writer), Mark Roland (Artist), Jennifer Heddle (Editor)
• Orycon 27 Nov 4-6, 2005 Brian Herbert (Writer), Kevin J. Anderson (Writer), Paul Guinan (Artist), Tom Smith (Filk).
• Orycon 29 Nov 16-18, 2007 Robert Charles Wilson (Writer), Liz Scheier (Editor), Molly Harrison (Artist), Vic & Kelly Bonilla (Media), Jonas Saunders (Fan), Peter S. Beagle (Filk).
• Orycon 30 Nov 21-23, 2008 Harry Turtledove (Writer), Ginjer Buchanan (Editor), Jeff Fennel (Artist), Cecilia Eng (Fan), Tricky Pixie (Filk).
• Orycon 31 Nov 27-29, 2009 Patricia Briggs (Author), Lou Anders (Editor), Lubov (Artist), Jeff Hitchin (Fan), Chris Lester(Filk), Chair Debra Stansbury.
• Orycon 32 Nov 12-14, 2010 P.N. Elrod (Author), Sharyn November (Editor), Chad Savage (Artist), Seanan McGuire (Filk), Chair Tammy J. Lindsley
• Orycon 33 Nov 11-13, 2011 E.E. Knight (Author), Scott Allie (Editor), Jim Pavelec (Artist), Tempest (Music), Chair Devon Perez

The one-day Symposium in 1978 was held at Portland State University. OryCon was held at the Lloyd Center Sheraton in 1979, at the Portland Hilton 1980-83 and 1985, at the Portland Cosmopolitan Hotel in 1984, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center (formerly the Lloyd Center Sheraton) in 1986, at the Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River Hotel from 1987 to 2003, at the Marriott (waterfront downtown) from 2003 to 2008, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center beginning 2009.

Highlights

Orycon promotes science fiction and fantasy works of all kinds.

There are many panels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science, as well as numerous filk sessions and concerts. Some of the recent panel topics have included:

• Writing
  • When is enough research too much?
  • How to write about something you don't really know about
  • Using Your Imagination to Write and Draw
  • Inventing Languages: Alien Linguistics
  • Balancing Writing with Family/Real Life—Deadlines vs. diapers

• Current events
  • What impact does technology really have on history
  • Murdering stemcells and frankenfood: modern biology and the far left and right
  • The web in 2015 - a look ahead
  • The rest of the world's last year in space/Japanese Space Program. What they've done, what they are doing, what they have planned.

• Costuming
  • Making an original costume: What you need to get started
  • Fabric manipulation-How to twist, dye, stitch, fold, pleat and otherwise bully your fabric into submission
  • Period costumes beyond Victorian and medieval: Why don't we see more eras?
  • Costuming 101: Pattern bashing for beginners

• Art
  • Art Jam - Everybody Draws
  • Selling the Offspring: Your Emotional Investment in Your Art and How Much do You Charge for It?
  • The Business of Art
  • My inspiration - My art: Why I did what I did

The Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West)

The Endeavour Award

The Endeavour Award is presented to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.

• 2008 Winner:
  • 'The Silver Ship and the Sea' by Brenda Cooper

• 2009 Winner:
  • 'Space Magic' by David D. Levine

External links

• Orycon website
• Endeavour Award webpage
• Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI)
• Game Storm website

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