CONVENTIONS 2002.. *

HONG KONG 2001 CONFERENCE (Jan 4-6 ’01) The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Theme: Technology, Identity, and Futurity, East and West, in the Emerging Global Village. Guests: Howard V. Hendrix, Scott Bukatman, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay, Jr., Jack Dann, N. Katherine Hayles, David Pringle, Takayuki Tatsumi, Janeen Webb Info: e-mail: gwwestfahl@aol.com; website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/ils/HK2001_home.htm

ARISIA ’01 (Jan 12-14 ’01) Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, Boston MA; rms $103 sngl/dbl, $113 tpl, $123 quad. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold. AGoH: Wojtek Siudmak. FGoH: Wombat (jan howard finder). Memb: $40. Info: Arisia Inc., 1 Kendall Square, PMB 322, Building 600, Cambridge MA 02139; e-mail: info@arisia.org; website: www.arisia.org/2001

CHATTACON XXVI (Jan 12-14 ’01) Clarion Hotel, Chattanooga TN. GoHs: David Brin, S.M. Stirling. AGoH: Jill Bauman. Special Guest: James Patrick Kelly. TM: Charles L. Grant. Regional Artist Guest: David Mathews. Memb: $40. Info: Chattacon, Box 23908, Chattanooga TN 37422-3908; (770) 578-8461 (Mike Dillson or Zanny Leach); e-mail: info@chattacon.org or registration@chattacon.org; website: www.chattacon.org

MARSCON 2001 (Jan 12-14 ’01) Ramada Inn Historic, Williamsburg VA. Guests: Peter Schweighofer, Patty Jackson, Bud Webster, Rikk Jacobs, Luna-C. FGoHs: Jeff and Sholom West. SMOF: Julie Wall. Memb (checks to MarsCon): $25. Info: MarsCon, c/o James F. Allen, 429-7 Lester Rd., Newport News VA 23601; e-mail: marscon@erols.com; website: www.angelfire.com/va/marscon

RUSTYCON 18 (Jan 12-14 ’01) Everett Holiday Inn, Everett WA. GoHs: Bob Mayer, Joe Dalton, Robert Doherty, Bob McGuire, Greg Donegan. AGoH: Real Musgrave. Memb: $50. Info: Rustycon 2001, Box 84291, Seattle WA 98124-5591; e-mail: bobbied@microsoft.com; website: www.rustycon.com

CONFUSION (Jan 19-21 ’01) Van Dyke Park Suite Hotel, Warren MI. GoH: Sarah Zettel. AGoH: Carla Speed McNeil. FGoH: Tom Barber. TM: Kathy Becker. Memb: $30 (checks to AASFA/ConFusion). Info: ConFusion, Box 8284, Ann Arbor MI 48107; e-mail: confusion@stilyagi.org; website: www.stilyagi.org/cons/confusion.html

CZARKON 12 (Jan 26-28 ’01) Howard Johnson, Independence MO. Annual Meeting of The Dawn Patrol. GoH: Robin Wayne Bailey. Dawn Patrol/Aviation GoH: Jack Doremus. Fan Ghoul: Richard Zellich. TM: Michelle Zellich. Dusk Petrol/Pfan Psychic GoH: Tim Frayser. Memb: $30. Info: Nancy & Ross Hathaway (661) 256-3415; Czarkon, 2541 Summerchase Ave., Rosamond CA 93560; e-mail: takki2takki@earthlink.net; website: www.sff.net/people/sfreader/czarkon.htm

SUPERCON EIGHT (Jan 26-28 ’01) Best Western Fifth Avenue, Rochester MN; rms $59. Memb: $30 (checks to Supercon). Info: SuperCon, Box 14355, Dinkytown Station, Minneapolis MN 55414; website: www.visi.com/%7Enstohlma/supercon/index.html; e-mail: supercon@iname.com

FURTHER CONFUSION 2001: A Furry Odyssey (Jan 25-28 ’01) San Mateo Marriot, San Mateo CA; rms $95-105. GoHs: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood. AGoH: Christina "Smudge" Hanson. Game Designers: Felorin (Dr. Cat) and Talzehmir. Memb: $40; sponsor $100. Info: Further Confusion, PM #236; 105 Serra Way; Milpitas CA 95035; e-mail: info@furtherconfusion.org; website: www.furtherconfusion.org

VERICON (Jan 26-28 ’01) Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Guests: Catherine Asaro, Michael Burstein, Jeff Carver, James Ernest, Peter Heck, Jane Jewell, Rick Heller, Paul Levinson, Tony Lewis, James Morrow, Donna Jo Napoli, David Smith, Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Pete Abrams, Tom Ricket. Memb: $15 regular/$10 college pre-reg; $25 regular/$15 college at door. Info: Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, c/o 4 University Hall, Harvard College, Cambridge MA 02138; e-mail: Tom Lotze (lotze@fas.harvard.edu); website: www.vericon.org

SHEVACON 9 (Feb 2-4 '01) Wyndham Roanoke Airport, Roanoke VA. GoH: Elizabeth Massie. AGoH: L.A. Williams. MC: Rikk Jacobs. Memb: $20. Info: SheVaCon, Box 416, Verona VA 24482-0416; (540) 248-4152; e-mail: sheva@adelphia.net; website: www.shevacon.com

CAPRICON 21 (Feb 8-11 '01) Arlington Park Sheraton, Chicago IL; rms $75, parlors $105. GoH: Allen Steele, FGoH: Geri Sullivan. Memb: $60. Info: e-mail: info@capricon.org; website: www.enteract.com/~deb/capricon21

ASTRONOMICON '01 (Feb 9-11 '01) Sheraton Four Points, Rochester NY. GoH: Steven Barnes. AGoH: N. Taylor Blanchard. FGoH: Dennette "The Wiz" Harrod. Comic Book GoH: Dwayne Mcduffie. Gaming GoH: Michael Pondsmith. Guests: Robert J. Sawyer, Tananarive Due, Doranna Durgin, Dave Stephenson, John Allen Price, Nick DiChario, more. Memb: $40. Info: The Rochester Fantasy Fans, Box 31701, Rochester NY 14603-1701; (716) 342-4697; e-mail: ralston@aol.com; website: www.RochesterFantasyFans.org/Conpage.html

PICOCON 18 (Feb 10 '01) Imperial College Union, South Kensington, UK. GoHs: Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Juliet E. McKenna, Jane Killick. Memb: £8 regular, £5 students, £2 ICSF members. Info: 21 Hooper St., London, E1 8BU, UK; e-mail: John Kirk, john@golgotha.org.uk; website: www.su.ic.ac.uk/icsf/events/picocon18.html

ROSCON (Feb 15-18 '01) Moscow, Russia. Memb: $70 all inclusive. Info: (095) 1230177 (''Manufactura''), (095) 3356832 (Dimitri Volodikhim); e-mail: convent@mcf.msk.ru; website: www.convent.ru

BOSKONE 38 (Feb 16-18 '01) Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham MA; rms $101 sngl/dbl, $111 tpl/quad. GoH: George R.R. Martin. AGoH: Charles Vess. Special Guest: Jack Cohen. Filker Guest: Juanita Coulson. Memb: $46. Info: Boskone 38, Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; (617) 625-2311, fax: (617) 776-3243; e-mail: boskone@nesfa.org; website: www.nesfa.org/boskone/flyer.html

RADCON 3A (Feb 16-18 '01) Pasco Double Tree Hotel, Pasco WA. GoH: Michael Stackpole. AGoH: Roberta Gregory. Sci. GoH: Steven D. Howe. FGoH: Bob Ladd. Special Sci. GoH: CatTails. Memb: $25. Info: RadCon, PMB #162, 2527 West Kennewick Ave., Kennewick WA 99336-3126; e-mail: jus1dave@gte.net; website: http://Radcon-SciFi.penguinpowered.com

VISIONCON 2001: A CON ODYSSEY (Feb 16-18 '01) The Clarion Hotel, Springfield MO. Guests: Richard Biggs, Mary Capps, Jason Carter, P.N. Elrod, J.R. Daniels, Fredd Gorham, Erin Gray, Larry Hama, Richard Hatch, Jamie Murray & Myhr, John Schmidt, Bradley H. Sinor, Sue Sinor, Al Turner, J.H. Williams, III, Peter Woodward. Memb: $25. Info: Visioncon 2001, Box 1415, Springfield MO 65801-1415; (417) 886-7219, fax (417) 881-1203; website: www.visioncon.net

AD ASTRA 2001 (Feb 23-25 '01) Holiday Inn - Don Valley, Toronto, ON, Canada. GoH: Connie Willis. Ed. GoH: David G. Hartwell, Media GoH: Rick Green. TM: Robert J. Sawyer. Memb: C$45. Info: Ad Astra, Box 7276, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1X9; (905) 305-0827; e-mail: info@ad-astra.org; website: www.ad-astra.org

ALPHAOMEGACON: IT'S GREEK TO ME (Feb 23-25 '01) Kansas City MO. Guests: Alice Borchardt, Everett McGill, Clancy Brown, Brad Dourif. Memb: $60. Info: send SASE to DarkStar Productions, 7410 W. 119th St., Suite 113, Shawnee Mission KS 66213-1110; (913) 385-4700 or (877) 379-DARK; website: http://darkstr.home.mindspring.com/alphaomegacon.htm

CONCAVE 22 (Feb 23-25 '01) Park Mammoth Resort, Park City KY. Relaxacon. GoH: Janice Gelb. Memb: $30. Info: Concave, c/o Gary Robe, Box 3221, Kingport TN 37664; (423) 239-3106; e-mail: grrobe@preferred.com

POTLATCH 10 (Feb 23-25 '01) Ramada Plaza Hotel, San Francisco CA; rms: $105. Book of Honor: Thunder and Roses, Theodore Sturgeon. Memb: $40. Writer's Workshop Info: c/o Zed Lopez, Box 12546, Berkeley CA 94712-3546. Info: Potlatch 10, c/o Mary Kay Kare, Box 3042, San Ramon CA 94583; e-mail: info@potlatch-sf.org; website: www.fanac.com/potlatch

MICROCON 2001 (Mar 3-4 '01) Devonshire House, University of Exeter, UK. GoH: Jon Courtenay Grimwood. Memb: £5. Info: 22 Cottey Brook, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 5BR, UK; e-mail: John.Toon@reuters.com

MECON DELTA (Mar 9-11 '01) Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. GoHs: Michael Sheard, Ian McDonald, Dave Lally. Memb: £17. Info: 24 Malton Ct., Upper Malone Rd., Belfast, BT9 6HB, Northern Ireland; website: www.mecon.co.uk

NAME-THAT-CON 14: FORMALDICON, THE PRESERVATION OF FANDOM! (Mar 9-11 '01) Ramada Inn at Six Flags, Eureka, MO. GoH: James P. Hogan. AGoHs: Laura Freas, Frank Kelly Freas. FGoHs: Jim Murray, Paula Helm-Murray, Margene Bahm. TM: Mickey Zuckert Reichert. Memb: $30 (checks to NTC 14). Info: NTC 14, Box 575, St. Charles MO 63302; e-mail: ntc@stlf.org; website: www.scsffs.org/ntc

COASTCON XXIV (Mar 16-18 '01) Mississippi Coast Convention Center/Gulf Beach Resort, Biloxi MS. Theme: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. GoH: Josepha Sherman. AGoH: Néné Thomas. FGoH: Alfred Richard. Media GoHs: Danny Strong, Larry Bagby. Guests: Steven Brust, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Mary Hanson-Roberts, Ruth Thompson, Steve Thomas, more. Memb: $30. Info: CoastCon XXIV, Box 1423, Biloxi MS 39533; (228) 435-5217; e-mail: coastcon@coastcon.org; website: www.coastcon.org

GOTHCON (Mar 16-18 '01) Crescent On Canal Hotel, New Orleans LA. Guests: Joe Christ, Nancy Collins, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Christa Faust, Robert Tritthardt, plus media guests. Memb: $50. Info: Seraphim Productions Inc., c/o GothCon 2001, 911 Hennessey St., New Orleans LA 70119; website: www.gothcon.com/guests.htm

LEPRACON 2001 (Mar 16-18 '01) River's Inn (Mickey O'Reilly's Inn), East Wenatchee WA. GoH: Elizabeth Anne Scarborough. AGoH: TBA. FGoHs: David & Betty Bigelow. Dead GoH: Ernest Hemingway. Memb: $25. Info: LepraCon 2001, PMB #353, 2527 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick WA 99336; (509) 943-6873; website: http://lepracon.penguinpowered.com

STELLARCON 25 (Mar 16-18 '01) Greensboro Hilton, Greensboro NC; rms $79 sngl/dbl. GoH: Jim Baen. Special Guests: Aaron Allston, Harry Turtledove, Steven S. Long. Memb: $30. Info: Stellarcon, Box 4, EUC, UNCG, Greensboro NC 27412; (336) 334-3159; e-mail: stellarcon@hotmail.com; website: http://come.to/stellarcon

TECHNICON 18 (Mar 16-18 '01) Best Western Red Lion Inn, Blacksburg VA. GoHs: Carolyn Clowes, Jeff Darlington, Danil Trout; Artist Guests: Tim Mullins, John "Kermit" Greener; FGoHs: Dawn Schell, Scott Gosik. Memb: $30, students $25. Info: Technicon, Box 256, Blacksburg VA 24060-0256; e-mail: jhr@vt.edu; website: www.technicon.org

WILLYCON 2001: A SPACE ODDITY (Mar 16-18 '01) Wayne State College, Wayne NE. GoH: Julie Czerneda. AGoH: Frank Wu. FGoHs: Bryce & Karen Pfeiffer. Memb: $15. Info: e-mail: scifict@wscgate.wsc.edu; website: www.wsc.edu/student/activities/clubs/sfclub/willycon3.htm

22ND INT'L CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS (Mar 21-25 '01) Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton, Dania FL. Theme: 2001: Once and Future Odysseys. GoH: John Crowley. Guest Author: Patricia McKillip. Guest Scholar: Brooks Landon. Permanent Guest: Brian Aldiss. Guest Artist: Joshua Kane. Guests: Suzy McKee Charnas, Stephen R. Donaldson, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, Daniel Keyes, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Sean Stewart, more. Memb: $90. Info: Veronica Hollinger, IAFA V-P, Cultural Studies Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8, Canada; fax: (705) 748-1826; e-mail: vhollinger@trentu.ca; website: www.iafa.org

AGGIECON 32 (Mar 22-25 '01) Texas A&M University/Comfort Inn, College Station TX; rms $55. GoHs: Charles de Lint, Melanie Rawn, Martha Wells. Guests: Aaron Allston, Jayme Blaschke, P.N. Elrod, Ardath Mayhar, Katherine Eliska Kimbriel, more. Memb: prereg. $20 ($16 students); $22 ($18 students) at door. Info: AggieCon 32, Memorial Student Center Box J-1, Texas A&M University, TAMUS 1237, College Station TX 77844; (979) 845-1515; fax: (979) 845-5117; e-mail: aggiecon@tamu.edu; website: http://aggiecon.tamu.edu

GALACTICON 2001 (Mar 23-25 '01) Ramada Inn South, Chattanooga TN; rms $54, $79 w/ jacuzzi. Theme: Klingon Days of Honor. GoH: Diana L. Paxson. Special Guests: David B. Coe, P.M. Griffin, Julia Morgan-Scott, Laura J. Underwood. KAG GoH: George Richard. Filk GoH: Randy Walker. Memb: $35. Info: Galacticon 2001, c/o Melvin Baumgardner, Jr., 6636 Shallowford Rd., Chattanooga TN 37421; e-mail: galacticon@vei.net; website: www.thewebfool.com/galacticon

LUNACON 2001 (Mar 23-25 '01) Hilton Rye Town, Rye Brook NY. GoH: Charles Sheffield. AGoH: Jody Lee. FGoH: John Hertz. Special Guest: Nancy Kress. Memb: $45. Info: Lunacon 2001, Box 3566, New York NY 10008-3566; e-mail: lunacon@lunacon.org; website: www.lunacon.org

MADICON X (Mar 23-25 '01) James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA. Guests: Jack L. Chalker, Steven Gould, Néné Thomas. Memb: $15. Info: Madicon X, PO Box 607, Harrisonburg VA 22801; e-mail: conchair@madicon.org; website: www.madicon.org

MIDSOUTHCON 19 (Mar 23-25 '01) Holiday Inn Select, Memphis TN; rms $78. GoH: Laurell K. Hamilton. AGoH: Alan Clark. TM: Cullen Johnson. Guests: Jack McDevitt, Glen Cook. Memb: $30. Info: MidSouthCon, Box 11446, Memphis TN 38111-0446; (901) 274-7355 or (901) 664-6730, fax (901) 664-4320; e-mail: info@midsouthcon.org; website: www.midsouthcon.org

MILLENNICON: THE LIFTOFF (Mar 23-25 '01) Kings Island Resort & Conference Center, Kings Island OH; rms $64. GoH: Catherine Asaro. FGoH: Tom Smith. Artist Special Guest: Robert Daniels. Memb: $35 (checks to Millennicon). Info: Millennicon, 143 Schloss Lane, Dayton OH 45418; (513) 933-0452; fax: (513) 932-1957; e-mail: millennicon@mvfl.org; website: www.millennicon.org

MILLENNIUM FREECON (Mar 24-25 '01) Discovery Centre, The Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. Guests: Patricia Bernard, Bill Congreve, Rob Riel, Rob Hood, Maxine McArthur, Chuck McKenzie, Robbie Mathews, Marco Nero, Carol Nomarhas, Les Petersen, Cat Sparks, Alison Venugoban and Richard Womack. Memb: Free (limited to 60). Info: The Freecon Committee, PO Box 2, Bexley North, NSW 2207, Australia; Garry Dalrymple (02) 9718 5827 (after 7pm); e-mail: gary-peter.dalrymple@tafensw.edu.au; website: http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/Milfrcon.html

I-CON 20 (Mar 30-Apr 1 '01) Stony Brook NY. GoH: Timothy Zahn. Sci. & Tech. GoH: Jeanne Cavelos. Media GoH: Majel Barrett Roddenberry. Comics GoH: Dave Cockrum. Filk GoH: Kathy Mar. Gaming GoH: Larry Elmore. Guests: Hal Clement, Harlan Ellison, Brad Dourif, Ray Harryhausen, Harry Turtledove, Julius Schwartz, more. Memb: $37. Info: I-Con, Box 550, Stony Brook NY 11790; (631) 632-6045; fax (631) 632-6355; e-mail: info@iconsf.org; website: www.iconsf.org

ODYSSEY CON 2001 (Mar 30-Apr 1 '01) Edgewater Hotel, Madison WI; rms $79. GoHs: Jack Chalker, Vernor Vinge. Memb: $40 (checks to Odd Con). Info: Odd Con, c/o Jerome Van Epps, 901 Jenifer St., Madison WI 53703; e-mail: oddcon@oddcon.org; website: www.venture-1.com/~oddcon

JERSEYDEVILCON (Apr 6-8 '01) Holiday Inn, South Plainfield NJ; rms $65. SF GoH: David Drake. Fantasy GoH: Jack L. Chalker. Horror GoH: F. Paul Wilson. Gaming GoH: Greg Costikyan. Comics GoH: Ron Goulart. Sci. GoH: Lee M. Silver. AGoH: Rowena. Filk GoH: Tom Smith. Memb: $40. Info: JerseyDevilCon, Box 403, Metuchen NJ 08840; e-mail: JerseyDevilCon@aol.com; website: http://jerseydevilcon.hypermart.net/Homepage.html

KUBLACON 2001: A GEEK ODYSSEY (Apr 6-8 '01) Beloit College, Beloit WI. Guests: Matt Forbeck, Don Perrin, Justin Achilli, John Ickes, Ursula Vernon. Memb: Free (except Warhammer Tournament). Info: KublaCon, 700 College St., Box 824, Beloit WI 53511; e-mail: misuinas@stu.beloit.edu , brunkje@stu.beloit.edu; website: www.beloit.edu/~bsffa/KC

ELF FANTASY FAIR (Apr 7-8 '01) Archeon (Historical Theme Park), Alphen a/d Rijn, Holland. GoHs: Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan. Guests: Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, Real Musgrave, more. Memb: Hfl 29,50 per day. Info: Elf Fantasy, Puntegaalstraat 355, 3024 EB Rotterdam, Holland; fax: 010-4776768; e-mail: fantasyfair@elffantasy.nl; website: www.elffantasy.com

FANTASM 2001 (Apr 12-15 '01) Crowne Plaza, Atlanta GA. Adults only. Guests: Nancy Collins, Cecilia Tan, James Bickert, Dale J. Norris, Dennis Cramer, more. Memb: $40. Info: Fantasm, 67 Gail Dr., Athens GA 30606; (706) 369-1561; e-mail: info@fantasm.org; website: http://fantasm.i-hwy.net/2001.php3

NORWESCON 24 (Apr 12-15 '01) Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac WA. Theme: Sense of Wonder. GoH: Connie Willis. AGoH: Bob Eggleton. Special GoH: James P. Hogan. FGoH: Charles N. Brown. Memb: $50 to 3/17/01, more at door. Info: Norwescon 24, Box 68547, Seattle WA 98168-0547; (206) 270-7850; e-mail: info@norwescon.org; website: www.norwescon.org

SWANCON 2001 (Apr 12-16 '01) Rydges Hotel, Perth, WA, Australia. Int'l Guests: Robert Silverberg, Karen Haber. Fan Guest: Sue Ackermann. Australian Guests: Rosaleen Love, Marilyn Pride, Lewis Morley, Kate Orman. Memb: A$80 to 4/11/01, A$100 at door. Info: Swancon 26, Box 162, Nedlands, WA 6909, Australia; e-mail: swancon2001committee@egroups.com; website: www.sf.org.au/swancon2001

MINICON 36 (Apr 13-15 '01) Hilton Minneapolis & Towers, Minneapolis MN; rms $76. GoH: Ken MacLeod. FGoH: Jo Walton. Musician GoH: Leslie Fish. Memb:$70. Info: Minicon 36, Box 8297, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis MN 55408; e-mail: request@minicon.mnstf.org; website: www.mnstf.org/minicon36

ODYSSEYCON (Apr 13-16 '01) Hotel Grand Chancellor, Auckland, New Zealand. GoHs: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Lyn McConchie. FGoH: Brian Howell. Memb: NZ$70 to 4/12/01, then NZ$80. Info: OdysseyCon, Box 74-013, Market Rd, Auckland, New Zealand; e-mail: enquiries@odysseycon.sf.org.nz; website: http://odysseycon.sf.org.nz

PARAGON 2001/EASTERCON (Apr 13-16 '01) Hanover International, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK. GoHs: Stephen Baxter, Lisanne Norman, Michael Scott Rohan, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer. Memb: £35. Info: Paragon, c/o S. Lawson, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield S2 3HQ, UK; e-mail: members.paragon@keepsake-web.co.uk; website: www.keepsake-web.co.uk/paragon

CONCOCTION:01 (Apr 20-22 '01) Moberly Area Community College Activity Center, Moberly MO. GoH: Jack Chalker. AGoH: David Deen. FGoH: Louise Watson-Carver. Memb: $5-10 depending on pre-reg. & category. Info: e-mail: tfarinella@yahoo.com; website: http://concoction.freeyellow.com

EERIECON THREE (Apr 20-22 '01) Days Inn Riverview, Niagara Falls NY; rms $69/79/89. GoHs: Samuel R. Delany, Robert J. Sawyer. Poetry GoH: Carolyn Clink. Memb: $40. Info: Buffalo Fantasy League, Box 412, Buffalo NY 14226; e-mail: eeriecon@juno.com or eeriecon@scifispace.com; website: www.geocities.com/bflorg/eeriecon3.html

KUBLAKHAN 29 (Apr 20-22 '01) Days Inn Airport/Opryland Area, Nashville TN; rms $58. GoH: TBA. TM: Andrew J. Offutt. Andy Fan: Jody Offutt. Memb: $25 to 4/1/01, $35 at door. Info: KublaKhan 30, c/o Tom & Anita Feller, Box 68203, Nashville TN 37206; David Haynes, (615) 851-9352; e-mail: rkrimini@aol.com; website: www.telalink.net/~badger/kubla30.html

TOLKIEN CONFERENCE (Apr 26 '01, 9am-7pm) The University of St. Thomas, Murray-Herrick Center, St. Paul MN. Memb: $30. Theme: ''Concerning Hobbits and Other Matters: Tolkien Across the Disciplines.'' Info: Tim Schindler, Mail #ALB 333, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul MN 55105; e-mail: english@ststomas.edu; website: www.stthomas.edu/engl/English/tolkien.htm

BREE MOOT 5 (Apr 27-29 '01) The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN. Tolkien fan conference. Sponsored by ''Beyond Bree'', newsletter of the Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa. Conference follows immediately after Tolkien Conference (see previous listing). Info: David Lenander, 293 Shelby Ave., St. Paul MN 55102-1811; e-mail: d-lena@tc.umn.edu; website: www.tc.umn.edu/~d-lena/BreeMoot.html

ITALCON 27/TORINO COMICS 2001 (Apr 27-29 '01) Torino Esposizioni, Turin, Italy. GoH: Norman Spinrad. AGoH: Maurizio Manzieri. Guests: Valerio Evangelisti, Piergiorgio Nicolazzini. Info: Circolo Culturale L'ALTROQUANDO C.P.133, 10036 Settimo Torinese(TO), Italy; e-mail: italcon2001@fantascienza.com; website: www.fantascienza.com/italcon

NEBULA AWARDS BANQUET WEEKEND (Apr 27-29 '01) Doubletree Hotel on Wilshire Blvd., Westwood CA; rms $139. Held concurrent with the Los Angles Times Festival of Books. Nebula Banquet will be Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. Banquet: $99 to 3/20/01, then more (checks to SFWA). Parties-only: $45 to 3/20/01. Info: Fuzzy Niven, 11874 Macoda Lane, Chatsworth CA 91311-1271; e-mail: fuzzyniven@aol.com; website: www.sfwa.org/awards/current.htm

LITUANICON 2001: 3rd Millennium: Technology vs. Magic (Apr 27-29 '01) Kaunas, Lithuania. GoH: R. Maskoliunas, G. Beresnevicius, Jorgen Stadtje, Ahrvid Engholm. Memb: 10 LTL. Info: Sigita Abramaviciute, Dainavos 1-20, Lt-4320, Raudondvaris, Kauno raj., Lithuania; e-mail: i7siab@vaidla.vdu.lt; website: www2.omnitel.net/feniksas/Lituanicon01

AVALCON (May 4-7 '01) Chotebor, Czech Republic. E-mail: vaclav.pravda@seznam.cz

DEEPSOUTHCON 39/TENACITY 1 (May 4-6 '01) Radisson, Birmingham AL. GoH: Catherine Asaro. AGoH: Larry Elmore. TM: Sharon Green. FGoH: Ned Brooks. Sci GoH: Dr. Lawrence DeLucas, Astronaut. Dealer GoH: Aardvark Screenprinting. Memb: $35 (checks to Arthur Baker). Info: DSC39/Tenacity1, 279 Cheshire Rd., Harpersville AL 35078; (205) 678-2112; email: paulette.baker@mindspring.com

DEMICON 2001 (May 4-6 '01) University Park Holiday Inn, Des Moines IA. GoH: Harry Harrison. AGoH: Sergey Poyarkov. Fan GoH: Tadao Tomomatsu. TM: Rusty Hevelin. Memb: $38. Info: DemiCon XII, Box 7572, Des Moines IA 50322-7572; website: www.dmsfs.org/demicon

VCON 26/CANVENTION 21 (May 4-6 '01) Radisson Hotel, Burnaby, BC, Canada; rms $89 sngl to quad. Theme: 2001: A Space Oddity - Humour in Space? VCon guests: GoH: Lynne Abbey. Gaming GoH: James Earnest. Sci GoH: George Dyson. Artist Guest: Pat Turner. Costume GoH: Betty Bigelow. TM: David Bigelow. Canvention guests: GoH: Candas Jane Dorsey. FGoH: Al Betz. Prix Aurora Awards presented. Memb: $35/C$45; Saturday dinner: $22/C$30 advance only. Info: Chris Sturges, (604) 294-9851; VCon 26, 235 Liberty Place, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5C 1X5; email: chair@v-con.org; website: www.v-con.org

ODYSSEY CON 2001 (May 4-6 '01) Oaks Hall Gym in Grays Knob, Harlan KY. Guest Speaker: Mark Ford. Memb: $7. Info: 1-888-Excite2, ext. 606-573-4711; email: oddfellows@excite.com; website: www.angelfire.com/scifi/odcon

MARSCON 2001: A SPACE ODDITY (May 11-13 '01) Radisson South Hotel, Bloomington MN; rms $99. GoHs: Jane Yolen, Bill Blair, Carl Talliaferro, Christopher Jones, Michael Liebmann. Memb: $45. Info: MarsCon, Box 600458, St. Paul MN 55106; (612) 724-0687; email: 2001info@marscon.org; website: www.marscon.org

CONDUIT 11 (May 18-20 '01) Salt Lake Airport Hilton, Salt Lake City UT; $79 sngl/dbl, $179 suites. GoH: Alan Dean Foster. AGoH: Larry Elmore. Special GoH: Three Weird Sisters. Media Guest: James Rogers. Memb: $30 to 4/19/01; then $36. Info: CONduit, Box 11745, Salt Lake City UT 84147-0745; email: conduit@sfcon.org; website: www.conduit.sfcon.org

DUCKON X (May 18-20 '01) Lisle Hyatt, Lisle IL. GoHs: Margaret Weis, Don Perrin. AGoH: Ray VanTilburg. Mad Sci. GoH: Bruce Schneier. Filk GoHs: Barry Childs-Helton & Murray Porath. Memb: $45. Info: DucKon X, Box 4843, Wheaton IL 60189; email: info@duckon.org; website: www.duckon.org

KEYCON 18 (May 18-20 '01) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. GoHs: Spider & Jeanne Robinson. AGoHs: Phil & Kaja Foglio. FGoHs: The Wild & Hairy Guys. Memb: C$50. Info: Keycon 18, Box 3178, Winnipeg MB R3C 4E6, Canada; Kim, (204) 669-6053; email: fetbar@pangea.ca or garvey@panea.ca; website: http://keycon2001.tripod.com

LEPRECON 27 (May 18-20 '01) Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, Scottsdale AZ; rms $73, suites $125. GoH: Michael A. Stackpole. AGoH: Stephen Hickman. Local Artist: Richard Ross. Music: Echo's Children. Memb: $40. Info: LepreCon 27, Box 26665, Tempe AZ 85285; (480) 945-6890; email: lep27@leprecon.org; website: www.leprecon.org/lep27

ROC*KON 2001 (May 18-20 '01) Holiday Inn Airport & Holiday Inn Express, Little Rock AR. GoH: Barbara Hambly. Artist Guest: Néné Thomas. TM: Richard Knaak. Memb: $30. Info: ROC*KON SF Convention, 6115 West Markham, Suite 9H, Little Rock AR 72205; email: feedback@rockon.org; website: www.rockon.org

FUN AT THE MILL AGAIN! (May 19-20 '01) Sarahole Mill, Birmingham, UK. Memb: Free. Tolkien weekend at Sarehole Mill. Info: The Tolkien Society, Mrs. Chris Crawshaw, 30 Span Meadow, Shawbirch, Telford, TF5 0NE; fax: 01952-26097; website: www.tolkiensociety.org

SFRA 2001 (May 24-27 '01) Schenectady Ramada Inn & Convention Center, Schenectady NY; rms $75, suites $105. Theme: SF in the Next Millenium: Looking Forward While Remembering the Past! GoHs: C.J. Cherryh, David Weber, Jane Yolen. AGoH: Vincent Di Fate. Memb: (SFRA members) $125 to 5/31/01, $150 at door; non-members $25 add'l. Info: Box 2085, Albany NY 12220; (518) 456-5242; email: wombat@sff.net; website: www.klink.net/~fcs/sfra2001.html

BALTICON 35 (May 25-28 '01) Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore MD; rms $119 sngl/dbl/tpl/quad. GoH: Hal Clement. AGoH: Halla Fleischer. 1st Fandom GoH: Dave Kyle. Filk GoH: Frank Hayes. FGoH: Robert Sacks (posthumously). Memb: $45. Info: Balticon 35, Box 686, Baltimore MD 21203-0686; (410) JOE-BSFS (563-2737); email: bsfs@balticon.org; website: www.balticon.org

BAYCON 2001 (May 25-28 '01) Doubletree Hotel, San Jose CA. GoH: Rudy Rucker. AGoH: Bill Hartmann. FGoHs: Kathryn & James Stanley Daugherty. Special Guest: Poppy Z. Brite. Memb: $70. Info: BayCon, Box 610427, San Jose CA 95161-0427; (408) 450-1788; email: info@baycon.org; website: www.baycon.org

CONQUEST 32 (May 25-27 '01) Park Place Hotel, Kansas City MO. GoH: James Morrow. AGoH: Bill Hodgson. FGoH: Roger Tener. TM: Stephen Pagel. Memb: $30. Info: ConQuesT 32, Box 36212, Kansas City MO 64171-6212; email: Lyn Halama halliams@swbell.net; website: www.kcsciencefiction.org/con32.htm

ECLECTICON 21 (May 25-27 '01) Holiday Inn, Leicester, UK. Guests: Storm Constantine, Gareth Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Ed Bishop, Frank Maher, Steve Englehart, Mike Billington. Memb: £50 (checks to Bats 2000 Ltd.). Info: Eclectic 21 Registration, 47 Bennetts Court, Bristol, BS37 4XH, UK; email: eclectic21@burble.com; website: www.eclectic21.co.uk

LIBERTYCON 15 (May 25-27 '01) Ramada Inn South, East Ridge TN. GoH: David Drake. AGoH: Larry Elmore. Special Guest: Debbie Hughes. MC: Eric Flint. Memb: $45. Info: LibertyCon 15, Box 695, Hixson TN 37343-0695; email: libertycon@libertycon.org; website: www.libertycon.org

MARCON 36 (May 25-27 '01) Hyatt Regency Hotel & Columbus Convention Center, Columbus OH. Theme: Intelligence – Artificial or Otherwise? GoH: Robert Jordan. AGoH: Ellisa Mitchell. Prometheus Awards GoH: James P. Hogan. TM: Dr. Demento. FGoH: Ray Van Tilberg. Media GoH: Gary Lockwood. Libertarian Futurist Society Guests: Brad Linaweaver, Poul Anderson, Vernor Vinge, Michael Grossberg, Victoria Varga, Joseph Martino, Victor Milan, L. Neil Smith, Victor Kolman, J. Neil Schulman. Memb: $40. Info: (614) 470-5448; Marcon Box 141414, Columbus OH 43214; email: info@marcon.org; website: www.marcon.org

OASIS 14 (May 25-27 '01) Radisson Plaza Orlando, Orlando FL. GoH: Jack McDevitt. AGoH: Jean Pierre Targete. Filk GoH: Tom Smith. Guests: Ben Bova, Jack Haldeman II, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Ron Walotsky, more. Memb: $27. Info: OASFiS, Box 940992, Orlando FL 32794; (407) 263-5822; email: Jim Rogers and Terry Dahl (jcr@digital.net ); website: www.oasfis.org

SECCOND (May 25-27 '01) De Vere Hotel, Swindon, UK; rms £36 pppn twin/dble, £46 sngl. GoH: Paul J. McAuley. Memb: £25 to 5/15/01, £30 at door. Info: Seccond, c/o 19 Hill Court Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3JJ, UK; email: seccond@sjbradshaw.cix.co.uk; website: www.seccon.org.uk

WISCON 25 (May 25-28 '01) Concourse Hotel, Madison WI; rms $87/$112 deluxe. James Tiptree Award Presented. GoHs: Nancy Kress, Elisabeth Vonarburg. Memb: $50. Info: WisCon 25, SF3, Box 1624, Madison WI 53701; (608) 233-8850; email: wiscon_concom@egroups.com; website: www.sf3.org/wiscon

WORLD HORROR CONVENTION (May 25-28 '01) Seattle Marriott Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle WA; rms $89. GoHs: Richard Laymon (In memoriam 1947-2001), Simon Clark, Michael Slade (Jay Clarke). Ed. GoH: Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Publisher GoHs: Barbara & Christopher Roden. AGoH: Charles Vess. TM: Jack Ketchum (Dallas Mayr). Held in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Awards Banquet. Bram Stoker Awards Banquet is not included in membership price. Memb: $125. Info: WHC 2001, Box 5171, Bellingham WA 98227; (360) 734-0919; email: whc2001@uswest.net; website: www.whc2001.org

BRAM STOKER AWARDS BANQUET (May 26 '01) Seattle Marriot Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA; rms $89. Held in conjunction with the World Horror Convention. A discounted membership to the WHC is available for $75 with proof of Stoker weekend membership. Banquet tickets: $50 members/$55 non-members. Info: HWA Stoker Tickets, PO Box 50577, Palo Alto CA 94303; www.horror.org/stokerbanquet.htm

BOOK EXPO/AMERICA (Jun 1-3 '01) McCormick Place, Chicago IL. Info: website: http://bookexpo.reedexpo.com

MOBICON IV (Jun 1-3 '01) Ramada Inn on the Bay, Mobile AL. Memb: $25. Info: Mobicon, Box 161632, Mobile AL 36616; email: David Lee, president@mobicon.org; website: www.mobicon.org

CLAVECON II (Jun 15-17 '01) Ramada Inn, Fanwood NJ. Emphasis: Legal Aspects of SF. FGoH: Archibald BonHomme. Memb: $20. Info: Clavecon, Box 10734, New Brunswick NJ 08906; email: clavecon@hotmail.com

CONJURATION 2001 (Jun 15-17 '01) Columbia Inn Best Western, Columbia MO. GoH: Jody Lynn Nye. AGoH: Marziah Karch. FGoHs: Chris & Laurie ''The Klingers'' Felknor. MC: Keith Berdak. Memb: $30. Info: Conjuration, Box 874, Columbia MO 65205-0874; email: conjure@gte.net; website: http://home1.gte.net/conjure

FANTASTIKA 2001 (SWECON) (Jun 15-17 '01) Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. GoHs: Robin Hobb, Karolina Bjallerstedt Mickos, Robert Rankin, Pierre Christin, Jean-Claud Mezieres. Memb: 250 SEK to 5/31/01, 300 SEK at door. Info: email: c.gomez@telia.com or tomas.cronholm@mbb.ki.se; website: http://fantastika.dynarc.se

DUM DUM 2001 (Jun 21-24 '01) Ramada Inn and Conference Center, Tampa FL. Burroughs Bibliophiles literary society convention.Guests: Steve Hawkes, Eleanor Holm. Memb: $75 to 5/31/01, then $85 (checks to D. Peter Ogden; mention your t-shirt size). Info: D. Peter Ogden, 8410 Lopez Dr., Tampa FL 33616. Info: email: D. Peter Ogden, erbania@juno.com; website: www.jeddak.com/dum_dum.html

MIDWESTCON 52 (Jun 21-24 '01) Ramada Inn Florence, Florence KY (Cincinnati area); rms $65 sngl/dbl, + $10 each tpl/quad. Relaxacon. Memb: $20 to 5/27/01, then $30 (checks to Pat Sims). Info: Pat Sims, 34 Creekwood Sq., Glendale OH 45246-3811; email: scottst@ix.netcom.com; website: www.cfg.org/midwestcon

CONTRAPTION 2001 (Jun 22-24 '01) Eastin Hotel, Roseville MI. GoH: Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. AGoH: Nene Thomas. Special Guests: MSFFA. Memb: $20 to 5/31/01, then $30.Info: Contraption, c/o Karen Roe, Box 214055, Auburn Hills MI 48326; website: www.contraption.org

2001: A CELEBRATION OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION (Jun 28-Jul 1 '01) Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. GoHs: Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Nicola Griffith, Gwyneth Jones, Ken MacLeod, John Clute. Guest Artist: Judith Clute. Memb (incl. meals): $195/£130, authors and students $108/£72. Info: Dr Farah Mendlesohn, Middlesex University, White Hart Lane, London N17 8HR, UK or SF Foundation, 22 Adington Road, Reading, RG1 5PT, UK; e-mail: Andy Sawyer, asawyer@liverpool.ac.uk; website: www.liv.ac.uk/~asawyer/2001.html

CONSORTIUM (Jun 29-Jul 1 '01) Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Hobby Airport, Houston TX; rms $79. GoH: David Weber. Gaming GoH: Michael Stackpole. Fan GoHs: Margaret Fincannon, Clif Davis. MC: Tony Elam. Memb: $25 to 5/31/01, then $30. Info: ConSortium 2001, PMB 367, 3118 Fm 528 Rd, Webster TX 77598; email: info@con-sortium.org; website: www.con-sortium.org

WESTERCON 54 (Jul 5-8 '01) DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach/DoubleTree Hotel Columbia River, Portland OR; rms $98. GoH: Tim Powers. AGoH: Frank Lurz. FGoH: Mike Glyer. Filk Guests: Golden Bough. Locus Awards presented. Memb: $65 to 6/10/01, $75 at door (checks to Westercon 54). Info: Westercon 54, Box 5901, Portland OR 97228-5901; (360) 993-2001; email: w54info@spiritone.com; website: www.osfci.org/w2001

CONVERGENCE 2001 (Jul 6-8 '01) Radisson South Hotel, Minneapolis-St. Paul MN. GoHs: Michael Sheard, Peter Mayhew, Harry Knowles. Featured Guests: Eleanor Arnason, CH Morgan, Jay ''Father Geek'' Knowles, Christ Balas. Memb: $35 to 5/15/01, $50 at door. Info: CONvergence 2001, Box 13208, Dinkytown Station, Minneapolis MN 55414; (952) 996-9224; e-mail: info@convergence-con.org; website: www.convergence-con.org

PARCON ( Jul 6-8 '01) Czech Republic. 20th Czech & Slovak NatCon. Info: londo@babylon5.cz

ST-DENIS 2001 XXVIII (Jul 12-15 '01) Saint-Denis, France (near Paris). 28th French NatCon. Guests: TBA. Memb: 250FF to 5/31/01, then 300FF (cheques to ''Convention SF 2001''). Info: Mr Eric Henriet, 22, rue Eugène Renault, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France; email: ahconv2001@aol.com; website: www.noosfere.com/noosfere/convention

INCONJUNCTION (Jul 13-15 '01) Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites, Indianapolis IN. GoH: Joel Rosenberg. AGoH: Stephen Hickman. Media GoH: Richard Hatch. Sci. GoH: Catherine Asaro. TM: Steve Jackson. Memb: $35. Info: InConJunction XXI - Registration, Box 68514, Indianapolis IN 46268-0514; email: conchair2001@inconjunction.org; website: www.inconjunction.org

READERCON 13 (Jul 13-15 '01) Boston Marriott Burlington, Burlington MA; rms $90. GoHs: Michael Swanwick, David G. Hartwell. Memorial GoH: Clifford D. Simak. Memb: $35 through 6/30/01, $45 at door. Info: Readercon, Box 38-1246, Cambridge MA 02238-1246; email: info@readercon.org; website: www.readercon.org

XII-KHAN (Jul 13-15 '01) Ramada Inn North, Colorado Springs CO. GoH: Michael ''Moonwulf'' Longcor. AGoH: Jerry Monks. Memb: $20 to 7/1/01, then $23. Info: Penny Tegen, 2926 Valarie Circle, Colorado Springs CO 80917; (719) 597-5259; email: penny.tegen@itt.com; website: www.angelfire.com/scifi/xkhan

FINNCON [BALTCON] (Jul 14-15 '01) University of Jyväskylä, Main Building, Jyväskylä, Finland. Concurrent with Jyväskylä Arts festival. GoHs: Jonathan Carroll, Richard Stallman, Stelarc, Ahrvid Engholm. Memb: Free. Info: Jyväskylä Science Fiction Society, chair Irma Hirsjarvi, Vaasankatu 4 b 19, 40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland; 358-50-5915 461 (mobile), 358-14-624-378 (Jyväskylä Arts festival office); fax: 358-14-624 378; email: Irma Hirsjarvi, irma.hirsjarvi@jkl.fi; Jani Pietikainen, japietik@tukki.cc.jyu.fi , info@finncon.org; website: www.finncon.jyu.fi/tesmi , www.finncon.org see also www.jyvaskyla.fi.kesa

SHORE LEAVE 23 (Jul 13-15 '01) Hunt Valley Mariott Inn, Hunt Valley, MD. Media con with appearances by Star Trek authors Greg Cox, Ann C. Crispin, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael J. Friedman, etc. Info: Shore Leave, PO Box 6809, Towson MD 21285-6809; tel: 410-496-4456; e-mail: information@shore-leave.com; website: www.shoreleave.com

NECON 21 (Jul 19-22 '01) Roger Williams College, Bristol RI. Northeastern Writers' Conference. GoHs: Tim Powers, Elizabeth Massie. AGoH: Nicholas Jainschigg. TM: Roman Ranieri. Legend: Craig Shaw Gardner. Memb: $260 sngl/$250 dbl, includes room & board; $50 walk-in; no regis. after 7/1/01. Info: Dan Booth (516) 326-6140, booth@etal.uri.edu; Bob & Mary Booth (401) 726-2003, bbooth@providence.edu; Necon 21, 67 Birchland Ave., Pawtucket RI 02860; website: www.camp–necon.com

CONFLUENCE 13 (Jul 20-22 '01) Four Points Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport, Pittsburgh PA; rms $74 sngl/dbl, $84 tpl; $94 quad. GoH: David G. Hartwell. Guests: Kathryn Cramer, John DeChancie, Timons Esaias, Mary Soon Lee, William Tenn, Robert Nansel, Diane Turnshek. Memb: $25 to 7/1/01, then $35 (checks to Confluence). Info: Confluence 2001, Box 3681, Pittsburgh PA 15230-3681; (412) 344-0456; email: confluence@spellcaster.org; website: http://trfn.clpgh.org/parsec/conflu

TORONTO TREK 15 (Jul 20-22 '01) Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Guests: Julie Czerneda, Tanya Huff, Andreas Katsulas, Armin Shimerman, Robert Trebor, David Shtogryn, James Alan Gardner, Robert J. Sawyer, Gemma Files, Derwin Mak, Douglas Smith, Inge Heyer. Memb: $32/C$42 to 6/1/01, then $53 (checks to Toronto Trek). Info: Toronto Trek, Suite 0116, Box 187, 65 Front St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 1E6; (416) 410-8266; email: tcon@icomm.ca; website: http://tcon.icomm.ca

CONESTOGA 2001 (Jul 27-29 '01) Sheraton Tulsa, Tulsa OK. GoH: Joe Haldeman. AGoH: Kelly Vandiver. Fan GoHs: Mike & Karla Weaver. TM: Tim Powers. Memb: $20 to 6/1/01, then $30. Info: Conestoga 2001, Box 54037, Tulsa OK 74155-4037, 918-836-5463; email: kdwentworth@sff.net; website: www.sff.net/people/sfreader/conestoga.htm

CRESCENT CITY CON XVI (Aug 3-6 '01) Best Western Landmark Hotel, Metairie LA. Guests: Joe & Gay Haldeman, Sharon Green, Teresa Patterson, Tony Kimsey, Jean Pierre Targete, Lou Ferrigno, Virginia Hey. Memb: $30 to 7/4/01, then $40. Info: Crescent City Con XVI, Box 52622, N.O. LA 70150-2622; (504) 488-0489; email: cccno@aol.com; website: www.crescentcitycon.com

DIVERSICON 9 (Aug 3-5 '01) Twin Cities, MN. Memb: $30 to 7/4/01, $40 at door. Info: Diversicon 9, Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis MN 55408; Michelle Clark 651-291-5403; email: diversicon@sfminnesota.com; website: www.SFMinnesota.com

MYTHCON 32 (Aug 3-6 '01) Clark Kerr Conference Center, University of California, Berkeley CA. Theme: Many Dimensions: Modern Supernatural Fiction. Scholar GoH: David Llewellyn Dodds. Author GoH: Peter S. Beagle. Mythopoeic Awards presented. Memb: $45 (Mythopoeic Society members) / $55 (non-members); checks to Mythcon 32. Info: Mythcon 32, Bonnie Rauscher, Registrar, 2231 10th Street, Berkeley CA 94710; e-mail: bonnier@fpcberkeley.org; website: www.mythsoc.org/mythcon32.html

TUCKER TRIBUTE (Aug 4 '01) Ramada Inn, Bloomington IL. Banquet and tribute to Wilson and Fern Tucker. Memb: $25 with banquet, $10 without. Deadline 6/30/01; checks to Barbara Walley. Info: Tucker Tribute, c/o Barbara Walley, 10202 White Ave., Kansas City MO 64134; website: www.kcsciencefiction.org/tt.htm

PLAYWAK 2001 (Aug 5-18 '01) Gowidlino, Poland. SF camp. Info: Tomek Truszkowski, email: demonek@manta.univ.gda.pl; website: http://manta.univ.gda.pl/~demonek/collaps/playwak2001.html

TATRACON (Aug 6-12 '01) Tatra Mountains, Slovakia. Info: email: tvreduta@mestosnv.sk; website: www.tatracon.host.sk

ConGlomeration 2001 (Aug 10-12 '01) Holiday Inn Lakeview, Clarksville IN. GoHs: Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell. Fan GoH: Steve & Sue Francis. Memb: $35. Info: ConGlomeration, Box 32095, Louisville, KY 40232-2095; email: shadowr@iglou.com; website: www.members.iglou.com/shadowr/conglomeration.htm

CON-VERSION 18 (Aug 10-12 '01) The Metropolitan Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. GoH: David Drake. AGoH: Jean-Pierre Normand. Sci GoH: Bill Brooks. Special Media Guest: Dirk Benedict. TM: Cliff Samuels. Memb: C$60. Info: Con-Version 18, Box 20098, Calgary Place RPO, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4J2; (403) 809-2221; fax (403) 277-4251; email: conreq@con-version.org; website: www.con-version.org

EUROCON 2001: ATLANTYKRON (Aug 16-19 '01) Capidava, Romania (island in the Danube). GoHs: Joe & Gay Haldeman. Special Guests: Jonathan Cowie, Gilles Francescano. Guest: David Anderson. Memb: $30. Info: Sorin Repanovici, 16, Vasile Conta Street Ministry of Youth and Sports of Romania Bucharest, 7001; email: srepi@mts.ro; website: www.atlantykron.org

CAN•CON 2001 (Aug 17-19 '01) Chimo Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 7th Annual Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature. GoH: Robert J. Sawyer. Featured Writer Guests: Julie E. Czerneda, Terence M. Green, Alison Sinclair. Featured Poet Guest: Carolyn Clink. Featured Artist Guest: Larry Stewart. Special Guest. David G. Hartwell. Memb: C$40. Info: Can•Con, Box 248, Kemptville, Ontario KOG 1JO, Canada; email: cancon@achilles.net; website: www.achilles.net/~cancon

NecronomiCon, 5th Ed. (Aug 17-19 '01) Marriott, Providence RI. Emphasis: H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu Mythos. GoH: Richard A. Lupoff. AGoH: Dave Carson. Special Guests of Honor: Chaosium, Inc.; Necronomicon Press. Memb: $100. Info: Box 1038, Back Bay Annex, Boston MA 02117-1038; email: necronomicon@necropress.com; website: www.necropress.com/necronomicon

VIKINGCON 18 (Aug 17-19 '01) Western Washington University, Bellingham WA. GoH: James P. Hogan. Special GoH: JD Frazer aka "Illiad." FGoH: Jon Singer. Memb: $36. Info: VikingCon, Viking Union, Box V1, Bellingham WA 98225-9106; website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vikingcon

40TH JAPAN NATIONAL SF CONVENTION (Aug 18-19 '01) Chiba, Japan. Info: email: info@sf2001.com; website: www.sf2001.com

VOLGOCON 2001 (Aug 22-26 '01) Volgograd, Russia. Info: Boris Zavgorodny, Dom 9, Kv 16, Ul. Tarashchantsev, Volgograd 7, Russia 400007; 8442-73-90-93; email: volgocon2001@aport.ru

BUBONICON 33 (Aug 24-26 '01) Howard Johnson East, Albuquerque NM. GoH: Sarah Zettel. Guest Artist: Lee Seed. TM: S.M. Stirling. Memb: $28 (checks to NMSF Conference). Info: NMSF Conference, Box 37257, Albuquerque NM 87176; Craig Chrissinger, (505) 266-8905; Wendy Jay (505) 232-2892, call 11am-10pm MST, no collect calls; email: cwcraig@nmia.com; website: http://bubonicon.home.att.net

EBORACON MMI (UNICON 2001) (Aug 24-26 '01) Langwith College, The University of York, UK. Guests: Douglas Hill, Stan Nicholls, Ann Gay, Peter Morwood, Diane Duane. Memb: prereg. £25 regular/£20 students; £30 at door. Info: ''Sparks'' Mike Rennie, 68 Crichton Ave., Burton Stone Lane, York, YO30 6EE, UK; email: eboracon@psych.york.ac.uk; website: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~amr107/eboracon/index.html

A HORRORFIND WEEKEND (Aug 24-26 '01) BWI Airport Marriott, Baltimore MD. Author Guests: Jack Ketchum, Douglas Clegg, Barry Hoffman, Mark McLaughlin, Jack Passarella, Gerard Houarner, Karen Taylor, J.F. Gonzalez, Brian Hopkins, Weston Ochse, David Whitman, Holly Newstein, Ralph Bieber, Brian Keene, Mason Winfield, Sephera Giron. Movie Guests: Bruce Campbell, Dick Dyszel, Doug Bradley, Ben Chapman, Tom Savini, more. Memb: $25. Info: HORRORFIND.COM, 9722 Groffs Mill Dr. PMB 109, Owings Mills MD 21117; email: convention@horrorfind.com; website: www.horrorfind.com

MOSCON XXIII (Aug 24-26 '01) University Inn Best Western, Moscow ID. GoH: Jack L. Chalker. AGoH: Betsy Mott. FGoHs: Tam & Shelly Gordy. Anime GoH: Tristan McAvery. Masquerade Hosts: David & Betty Bigelow. Memb: $30. Info: MosCon XXIII, Box 9622, Moscow ID 83843; website: www.geocities.com/moscow_scifi_con/index.html

PentaCon 2001 (Aug 24-26'01) Dresden, Germany. Theme: The Past in the Future. Memb: 35DM. Info: URANIA SF-KLUB TERRAsse, Ralf Krämer, Otto-Dix-Ring 35, 01219 Dresden, Germany; +49 (0) 351 275 2834 or 351 441 1443; fax: 351 441 1559; email: info@urania-dresden.de website: www.urania-dresden.de

CYBERCON 2001 (Aug 25-26 '01) Hilton Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Guests: Ian McDonald, Paul Darrow, Jeremy Bulloch, Nicholas Courteny, Michael Sheard, Claudia Christian, First Frontier. Memb: £30. Info: (028) 9029 4383; email: cybercon.ni@ntlworld.com; website: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dawn.marks

THE MILLENNIUM PHILCON/WORLDCON 59 (Aug 30-Sep 3 '01) Pennsylvania Convention Center/Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia PA. GoH: Greg Bear. AGoH: Stephen Youll. Ed. GoH: Gardner Dozois. FGoH: George Scithers. TM: Esther Friesner. Memb: currently $180 to 8/15/01, $200 at door. Info: The Millennium Philcon, Box 310, Huntingdon Valley PA 19006-0310; email: phil2001@netaxs.com; website: www.milphil.org

Bachanlia Fantastyczne (Aug 31-Sep 2 '01) Zielona Góra, Poland. Contact: Waldemar Gruszczynski, email: w.gruszczynski@ziel.gazeta.pl; website: www.adastra.of.pl

BOHEMIACON 2001 (Aug 31-Sep 2 '01) Usti nad labem, Czech Republic. Info: email: bohemiacon@scifi.cz; website: http://bohemiacon.scifi.cz

DRAGONCON 2001 (Aug 31-Sep 3 '01) Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta GA. GoH: Harlan Ellison. MC: Anthony Daniels. Guests: Kevin J. Anderson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Tracy Hickman, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Richard Christian Matheson, Rebecca Moesta, Tim Powers, John Shirley, Craig Spector, more. Memb: $75. Info: Dragon*Con 2001, Box 16459, Atlanta GA 30321-9998; (770) 909-0115; e-mail: dragoncon@dragoncon.org; website: www.dragoncon.org

COPPERCON 21 (Sep 7-9 '01) Holiday Inn Sunspree, Scottsdale AZ; rms $67 sngl to quad, suites $125. GoH: Julian May. AGoH: Mark Roland. Music Guest: Heather Alexander. Local Author: Diana Gabaldon Memb: $35 to 8/26/01, $40 at door. Info: Coppercon 21, Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082; (602) 973-2341; email: leigh@casfs.org; website: www.coppercon.org

Polcon 2001 (Sep 13-16 '01) Katowice, Poland. Polish NatCon. GoHs: Robert Silverberg, Marek S. Huberath, Dorota Malinowska, Andrzej ''Bilbo'' Kowalski. Memb: 55 zl to 6/15/01, 65 zl to 8/15/01, 75 zl to 9/15/01. Info: Slaski Klub fantastyki, 40-956 Katowice, skr. Poczt 502, Poland; email: skf@skf.from.hell.pl; website: www.skf.from.hell.pl

ISTROCON 2001 (Sep 14-16 '01) Slovak Republic, Bratislava. ''International festival of science fiction, fantasy, modern technologies and the new lifestyle.'' GoH: Harry Harrison, Claudia Christian. Info: email: istrocon@istrocon.sk; website: www.istrocon.sk

CONSPEC (Sep 15-16) Best Western Cedar Park Inn, Edmonton, AB, Canada. GoHs: Michael Bishop, Allen Steele. Memb: C$45 to 9/1/01, then C$55. Info: ConSpec, Box 4727, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6E 5G6; email: conspec@canada.com; website: www.icomm.ca/onspec/conspec2001.htm

OXONMOOT 2001 (Sep 21-23 '01) St Antony's College, Oxford, England. Tolkien Society convention. Info: website: www.tolkiensociety.org/oxon/index.html

HYPOTHETICON 2001 (Sep 22-23 '01) Glasgow, Scotland. Memb: £15 to 1/1/01, then more. Info: Hypotheticon 2001, 25 Ravenscraig Ave., Paisley PA2 9QL, UK; email: secretary@hypotheticon2001.co.uk

THE BFS' 30TH BIRTHDAY BASH (Sep 23 '01) Champagne Charlies, London, England. GoHs: Hugh Lamb, Simon Clark. Memb: £10 advance/£15 at door (BFS members); £15 (non-members); cheques to Fantasycon. Info: BIRTHDAY BASH, Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire, CW9 8PQ, England.

13TH ANNUAL COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK AND PULP FICTION EXPO (Sep 23 '01) Holiday Inn, 444 West 57th Street, New York NY. Special guests: Ron Goulart, Dick Lupoff, Barry Malzberg, John Norman, etc. Memb: $10 to 8am-9am; $5 after 9am; free after 3pm. Info: Paperback Parade/Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY11228-0209; tel: Gary Lovisi 718-646-6126 after 5pm EST; website: www.gryphonbooks.com

XIX HISPACON: SALDUBA 2001 (Sep 27-30 '01) Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. Spanish NatCon. Info: email: jochu@ctv.es , sagacomic@jazzfree.com; website: http://salduba2001.8k.com

AKROSTIKON (Sep 28-30 '01) G?teborg, Sweden. GoH: Lars Jacobsson, Pål Eggert. Email: akesson@tsl.uu.se

ARCANA 31 (Sep 28-30 '01) Holiday Inn Express – Bandana Sqare, St. Paul MN. GoH: Robert M. Price. Special Guests: Eleanor Arnason. Memb: $25 to Labor Day 2001, then $35. Info: Arcana 31, Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis MN 55408; Eric: (612) 721-5959; email: eheideman@mpls.lib.mn.us; website: http://pages.prodigy.net/rekal

CAPCLAVE (Sep 28-30 '01) Sheraton College Park Hotel, Beltsville MD; rms $89 sgl to quad. Theme: Short Stories. GoH: Gardner Dozois. Ghost of Honor: Joseph Mayhew. Featured Artist: Chase Brandon. Memb: $30 to 8/15/01, $35 at door. Info: Capclave 2001, 4030 8th St., Arlington VA 22204; website: www.wsfa.org/capc01

FOOLSCAP III (Sept 28-30 '01) Southcenter Best Western, Tukwila WA. GoHs: Phil & Kaja Foglio, Robin Hobb. Memb: $41 to 9/21/01, $45 at door. Banquet $20 advance, $23 at door. Info: Foolscap, Box 2461, Seattle WA 98111-2461; Janna Silverstein (206) 301-9630; email: scarlett@drizzle.com; website: www.alexicom.net/foolscap/index.htm

BEOCON 2001 (Oct 1-7 '01) Dom Omladine cultural palace, Beograd (Belgrade), Serbia, Yugoslavia. GoH: Chris Gilmore. Info: Alexander B. Nedelkovich, email: abnedelkovichscifi@yahoo.com

ALBACON 2001 (Oct 5-7 '01) Ramada Inn & Convention Center, Schenectady NY. GoH: Larry Niven. AGoHs: Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge. FGoHs: Bonnie & Ted Atwood. Memb: $45 (checks to LASTSFA). Info: Albacon 2001, Box 2085, Albany NY 12220-0085; email: committee@albacon.org; website: www.albacon.org

ARCHON 25 (Oct 5-7 '01) Gateway Center & Holiday Inn, Collinsville IL. GoH: Robert Jordan. AGoH: David Cherry. TM: George R.R. Martin. Games GoH: Steve Jackson. Masquerade GoH: Byron Connell. Special GoH: Jack ''BoJay'' Stauffer. Masquerade MC: Vic Milán. FGoHs: Genie Yaffe, Amy Verseman, David Verseman. Memb: $40. Info: Archon 25, Box 8387, St. Louis MO 63132-8387; (636) 326-3026; email: archon_hotline@zellich.net; website: www.stlf.org/archon/25/main.html

CONTEXT XIV (Oct 5-7 '01) Trueman Club Hotel, Columbus OH. GoHs: Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman. Filk Guest: Fianna. Special Guests: Darrell Schweitzer, Maureen McHugh. Agent Guest: Jeff Herman. Memb: $40. Info: Context, Box 163391, Columbus OH 43216; (614) 889-0436; fax: (614) 851-9970; email: mevans@gcfn.org; website: www.contextcon.com/con14a.htm

TRINOC*CON 2001 (Oct 5-7 '01) Millennium Hotel Durham, Durham NC. GoH: Vernor Vinge. AGoH: Dru Blair. Guests: John Kessel, Andy Duncan, F. Brett Cox, Jodie Forrest, Ian McDowell, more. Memb: $35. Info: Trinoc*coN Corporation, Box 10633, Raleigh NC 27605-0633; email: info@trinoc-con.org; website: www.trinoc-con.org

ZAHCON 2001 (Oct 5-7 '01) Torun, Poland. Info: Wielki Komtur, 0 501 976468 or Marszalek, 0 56 6482148; email: zahcon@fantastyka.net; website: http://konwenty.fandom.art.pl/zahcon01.htm

CONCLAVE XXVI: GOOD & EVIL (Oct 12-14 '01) Holiday Inn ­ South Convention Center, Lansing MI. GoH: L. Warren Douglas. FGoHs: Chip & Janice Morningstar. Memb: $30. Info: ConClave, Inc., Box 2915, Ann Arbor MI 48106; email: conclave@conclavesf.org; website: http://conclave.hamjudo.com

DITTO 14 & FANHISTORICON 11 (Oct 12-14 '01) Jumer's Chateau, Bloomington, IL. FanHistoriCon Speaker: Jack Speer. Hosts: Dick Smith, Leah Zeldes Smith, Wilson ''Bob'' Tucker, Fern Tucker, Henry Welch, Letha Welch. Memb: $50; 1/2 price rate to fans who can document fanac in 1951 or earlier (checks to Richard Smith). Info: ditto 14, c/o Richard Smith, Box 266, Prospect Heights IL 60070-0266; email: rhes@enteract.com; website: www.enteract.com/~rhes/ditto14.html

ICON 26 (Oct 12-14 '01) Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Cedar Rapids IA. GoH: L.E. Modesitt. AGoH: Denise Garner. FGoH: Dennis Lynch. TM: Rusty Hevelin. Memb: $40. Info: ICON 26, Box 525, Iowa City IA 52244-0525; (319) 626-2099; email: icon@mindbridge.org; website: www.mindbridge.org/icon

OCTOCON 12 (Oct 13-14 '01) Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Irish Natcon. GoH: Anne McCaffrey. Guests: Rachel Armstrong, Eugene Byrne, Michael Carroll, Don Conroy, Maggie Furey, Roger Gregg, Harry Harrison, John Higgins, Paul J. Holden, Katherine Kurtz, Morgan Llywelyn, Ian McDonald, John Meaney, Kim Newman, Colin Smythe, John Vaughan. Memb: UK£21 / IR £25. Info: Octocon 2001, c/o Yellow Brick Road, 8 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Ireland; email: info@octocon.com; website: www.octocon.com. UK agent: Dave Lally, 64 Richborne Terrace, London SW8 1AX, England (Sterling cheques to ''Dave Lally #2 A/C'')

INT'L SF CONFERENCE: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL & MEDICAL THEMES IN SCIENCE FICTION (Oct 18-21 '01) Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. Guest Writers: Greg Bear, Joan L. Slonczewski. Guest Scholars: Susan M. Squier, Athena Andreadis, Darko Suvin. Info: Chair: Domna Pastourmatzi, +30 31 99 74 64, fax: +30 31 99 74 32; Dept. of Amer. Lit. & Culture, School of English, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 540 06, Greece; email: pastourm@enl.auth.gr; website: www.enl.auth.gr/sf

CON*STELLATION XX: CAMELOPARDALIS (Oct 19-21 '01) Airport Sheraton, Huntsville AL. GoH: John Ringo. AGoH: David Mattingly. FGoHs: Steve & Sue Francis. TM: Jack McDevitt. Memb: $40. Info: Con*Stellation XX: Camelopardalis, Box 4857; Huntsville AL 35815-4857; email: constell@con-stellation.org; website: www.con-stellation.org

INCON 2001 (Oct 19-21 '01) Spokane Shilo Hotel, Spokane WA. GoH: Jane Fancher. Artist Guest: Mark Ferrari. Memb: $25. Info: Incon 2001, Box 9112, Spokane WA 99209-9112; email: incon2000@hotmail.com; website: http://incon.skywalk.com

RAUKON 2001 (Oct 19-21 '01) Kolin, Czech Republic. Info: email: raukon@cswu.cz; website: www.cswu.cz/raukon/2001

RELAXACON 2001: CONSUME! (Oct 19-21 '01) Ramada Inn Northwest, Brooklyn Park MN. Posthumous GoH: Gordon R. Dickson. Memb: $35. Info: Rick Gellman, 1105 Bellecrest Dr., Maplewood MN 55109-1902; (651) 483-6290; email: relaxacon2001@hotmail.com; website: http://relaxacon.tripod.com

SILICON 2001 (Oct 19-21 '01) Four Points by Sheraton, Sunnyvale CA. GoH: Lillian Csernica. AGoH: Sergio Argones. FGoH: Gerry Perkins. Media GoH: Tim Dunigan. TM: Phil Yeh. Memb: $50. Info: Silicon 2001, PMB #151785/E, Oak Grove Rd., Concord CA 94518; website: http://www.siliconventions.org

CON*CEPT 2001 (Oct 20 '01) Days Inn Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Guests: Larry Stewart, Marc Coté. Memb: C$10. Info: MonSFFA, Attn: Con*Cept 2001 Registration, Box 1186, Place du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 2P4; email: cathypl@sympatico.ca; website: www.monsffa.com/concept2001.html

HANSECON 17 (Oct 25-29 '01) Lübeck, Germany. Memb: 30DM. Info: Heinrich R. Arenz, Burgstraße 33, 60316 Frankfurt, Germany; 069-494654; email: hra.hanse@freenet.de

IMLADRIS: 5TH KRAKOW WEEKEND OF SF (Oct 26-28 '01) Krakow, Poland. Info: website: http://konwenty.fandom.art.pl/imladris

MADCON 2001(Oct 26-28 '01) Alliant ExpoCenter / Hawthorne Suites, Madison WI. Guests: Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Peter David, Dan Simmons, Jim Frenkel, more. Memb: $45. Info: USS Andromeda, Box 2601, Madison WI 53701-2601; email: madcon@madcon.org; website: www.madcon.org

MILEHICON 33 (Oct 26-28 '01) Sheraton Hotel, Lakewood CO. GoHs: Hal Clement, Harry Turtledove. AGoH: Todd Lockwood. TM: Robert Vardeman. Memb: $30. Info: MileHiCon 33, Box 101322, Denver CO 80250-1322; (303) 657-5912; email: lindanel@ix.netcom.com; website: www.milehicon.org

2001: A NECRONOMICON ODYSSEY (Oct 26-28 '01) Holiday Inn - Crown Plaza, Tampa FL. GoHs: Orson Scott Card, Walter Jon Williams, Timothy Zahn. Memb: $30. Info: Necronomicon 2001, Box 2076, Riverview FL 33568; email: RaggedyAnn@stonehill.org; website: www.stonehill.org/necro.htm

NOVEMBER 2001

WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION (Nov 1-4 '01) Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. GoHs: Fred Saberhagen, Joel Champetier, Donato Giancola. TM: Charles de Lint. Memb: $200 / C$275. Banquet: $50 / C$75. Dealer table: $100 / C$145, limit 3. Info: 2001 WFC, Box 7191, Chandler AZ 85246-7191; (602) 395-1945; email: bruce.farr@intel.com or 2001wfc@yahoo.com website: www.2001worldfantasyconvention.com

HORROR CON (Nov 2-4 '01) Stockholm, Sweden. GoH Hans Arnold. email: j.n.alroth@telia.com

ARMADACON (Nov 9-11 '01) Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth, UK. Guests: Tom Holt, Roy Lowry, Stephen Palmer, Richard Freeman, Dave McItee, Roger & Linda Garland. Memb: £27. Info: ArmadaCon 2001, 4 Gleneagle Ave., Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5HL, UK; 01752 267873; email: enquiries@armadacon.org; website: www.armadacon.org

CONTHULHU (Nov 9-11 '01) Toronto Airport Days Hotel, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. GoHs: Tanya Huff, Robert Charles Wilson, Rod Gudino, Harry Groener. Memb: C$45 at door. Info: PRIMEDIA, Box 21146, RPO Meadowvale, Mississauga, ON L5N 6A2, Canada; (905) 820-3844; email: primedia@iname.com; website: www.primedia.ca

NOVACON 31 (Nov 9-11 '01) The Quality Hotel, Bentley, Walsall, UK. GoH: Gwyneth Jones. Memb: £40. Info: Steve Lawson, 379 Myrtle Rd., Sheffield, S2 3HQ, UK; 0114-281-1572; email: xl5@zoom.co.uk; website: www.novacon.org.uk/2001

ORYCON 23 (Nov 9-11 '01) Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River, Portland OR. GoH: Melanie Rawn. Ed. GoH: Laura Anne Gilman. AGoH: Real Musgrave. Filk guest: Steve Macdonald. Memb: $50. Info: OryCon 23, Box 5703, Portland OR 97228-5703; (503) 722-9900; email: david_schaber@hotmail.com; website: www.orycon.org/orycon23

TROPICON 20 (Nov 9-11 '01) Ambassador Resort, Hollywood FL. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold. AGoH: Jean Pierre Targete. TM: Robert J. Sawyer. Memb: $28 (checks to SFSFS). Banquet: $35. Info: Tropicon 20, c/o SFSFS Treasurer, Box 70143, Fort Lauderdale FL 33307-0143; email: tropicon20@yahoo.com; website: www.sfsfs.org/Tropicon/Tropicon20.html

TUS-CON 28 (Nov 9-11 '01) InnSuites Hotel & Resort, Tucson, AZ. GoH: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Artist GoH: Newton Ewell. TM: Edward Bryant. Memb: $45. Info: TusCon, Box 27307, Tucson AZ 85726-7307; (520) 293-1455 (Rebecca) or (520) 881-3709 (Cristi); fax: (520) 571-7180; email: basfa@earthlink.net; website: home.earthlink.net/~basfa

WINDYCON XXVIII (Nov 9-11 '01) Hyatt Regency Woodfield, Schaumburg IL. GoH: Kevin J. Anderson. AGoH: David Egge. FGoH: Dave McCarty. TMs: Jody Lynn Nye, Bill Fawcett. ISFiC Guest: David Brin. Special Guests: Rebecca Moesta, Esther Friesner, John Lewis, Christian Ready. Memb: $50. Info: WindyCon XXVIII, Box 184, Palatine IL 60078-0184; email: windycon@windycon.org; website: www.windycon.org

ARMADILLOCON 23 (Nov 16-18 '01) Hilton North, Austin TX. GoH: J. Gregory Keyes. Ed. GoH: Toni Weisskopf. AGoH: John Jude Palencar. FGoH: Teddy Harvia. TM: Walter Jon Williams. Special Guest: Esther Friesner. Special Artist Guest: Charles Vess. Memb: $35. Info: ArmadilloCon, Box 27277, Austin TX 78755; (512) 477-6259 (day), (512) 477-2294 (evening); email: ArmadilloConTX@hotmail.com or renegade@jump.net; website: www.fact.org/dillo

EXOTICON 4 (Nov 16-18 '01) Four Points Sheraton, Metairie LA. Guests: Steven Brust, Neil Gaiman, Bruce Campbell, The Morpheus Company. Memb: $40. Info: Exoticon, 102 Metairie Heights Ave., Suite A, Metairie, LA 70001-4236; (504) 831-1515; email: info@exoticon.net; website: www.exoticon.org

CHAMBANACON 31 (Nov 23-25 '01) Springfield Hilton, Springfield IL. GoH: Terry D. Barr. Interpreter: Todd C. Hamilton. FGoH: Ken Moore. TM: Bill Sutton. Memb: $35 (checks to ChamBanaCon). Info: ChamBanaCon, Box 199016, Indianapolis IN 46219-9016; email: turkey@chambanacon.org; website: www.chambanacon.org

CONCAT 13 (Nov 23-25 '01) Hyatt Regency, Knoxville TN. Guests: Yvonne Navarro, more TBA. Memb: $35. Info: ConCat13, 316 E. Scott Ave., Knoxville TN 37917; Mr. Sandman, (865) 523-6986; email: chloiea@excite.com; website: www.vic.com/~chloiea/ConCat.html

COZYCON 4 - RELAXACON (Nov 23-25 '01) City Hostel, The Hague, Netherlands. Memb: NLG 60 (EURO 27). Info: Cozycon4, Obrechtstraaat 4, 2517 VT Den Haag, The Netherlands; email: Annemarie van Ewyck, cozycon@cena.demon.nl

LOSCON 28 (Nov 23-25 '01) Hilton Burbank Airport, Burbank CA. GoH: Patricia C. Wrede. AGoH: Chris Butler. FGoH: Lynn Gold. Memb: $45. Info: Loscon 28, 11513 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood CA 91601; email: Chaz Baden, chair@loscon.org or Michael Molisani, information@loscon.org; website: www.loscon.org/loscon/28

UNCOMMONCON (Nov 23-25 '01) Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas TX. Guests: Aaron Allston, Sergio Aragones, Lee Martindale, Michael Stackpole, more. Memb: $40. Info: email: info@uncommoncon.com; website: www.uncommoncon.com/UC2001

BORDERLANDS: THE WORLD WITHIN (Nov 24-25 '01) Emerald Hotel, Perth, WA, Australia. GoHs: Chris Lawson, Jeremy Byrne, Tess Williams. Memb: A$55. Info: Borderlands, 14 Simons St., Coolbellup, WA 6163, Australia; email: committee@theworldwithin.org; website: http://borderlands.murdoch.edu.au

NORDCON 15 (Dec 5-9 '01) Jastrzebia Góra, Poland. Info: +48 58 5531073; Gdanski Klub Fantastyki, Box 76, 80-325 Gdansk 37, Poland; email: papier@gkf.3miasto.pl

SMOFCON 19 (Dec 7-9 '01) The Monkbar Hotel, Monkbar, York, UK. Memb: $40 / £25. International con-running con. Info: Kim Campbell, 69 Lincoln St., Leeman Rd., York YO2 4YP, UK; US memb. to Ben Yalow, 3242 Tibbett Ave., Bronx, NY 10463; email: smofcon19@hotmail.com; website: www.smofcon19.org