The History of ArmadilloCon

Previous ArmadilloCon Guests:

ArmadilloCon 1 (1979)
Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: John Varley
Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop

ArmadilloCon 2 (1980)
Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
Fan Guest: Harry O. Morris
Toastmaster: Chad Oliver

ArmadilloCon 3 (1981)
Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
Fan Guest: Bob Wayne
Toastmaster: Ed Bryant

ArmadilloCon 4 (1982)
Chair: Ed Scarborough
Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger and George R. R. Martin
Fan Guest: Joe Pumilia
Toastmaster: Ed Bryant

ArmadilloCon 5 (1983)
Chair: Ed Scarborough
Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.

ArmadilloCon 6 (1984)
Chair: Ed Scarborough
Guest of Honor: John Sladek
Fan Guests: James Corrick and Gay Miller Corrick
Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
Special Guest: Ellen Datlow

ArmadilloCon 7 (1985)
(relaxacon)

ArmadilloCon 8 (1986)
Chair: Robert Taylor
Guest of Honor: William Gibson
Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
Fan Guest: Debbie Notkin
Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner

ArmadilloCon 9 (1987)
Chair: Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guest of Honor: Bruce Sterling
Artist Guest: J. R. Daniels
Editor Guest: Beth Meacham
Fan Guest: Mark Olson
Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan

ArmadilloCon 10 (1988)
Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Karen Meschke
Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
Fan Guests: Jane Dennis and Scott Dennis
Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner

ArmadilloCon 11 (1989)
Chair: Karen Meschke
Guest of Honor: Lewis Shiner
Artist Guest: Don Ivan Punchatz
Editor Guest: Pat LoBrutto
Fan Guest: Mike Glyer
Toastmaster: Connie Willis
Special Guests: William Gibson and Tom Maddox (sponsored by MCC)

ArmadilloCon 12 (1990)
Chair: Ed Graham
Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
Artist Guest: Jean Elizabeth Martin
Editor Guest: Susan Allison
Fan Guest: Debbie Hodgkinson
Toastmaster: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Special Guests: Vernor Vinge and Mark Stiegler (sponsored by MCC)

ArmadilloCon 13 (1991)
Chair: Casey Hamilton
Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
Artist Guest: Dell Harris
Editor Guest: Amy Stout
Fan Guest: Pat Mueller
Toastmistress: Emma Bull

ArmadilloCon 14 (1992)
Chairs: Lori Wolf and Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
Fan Guest: Al Jackson
Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson

ArmadilloCon 15 (1993)
Chairs: Willie Siros and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones
Artist Guest: Harry O. Morris
Editor Guest: John Douglas
Toastmaster: Michael Bishop

ArmadilloCon 16 (1994)
Chairs: Ed Graham and Casey Hamilton
Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
Artist Guest: David Cherry
Editor Guest: Gordon Van Gelder
Fan Guest: Gregory Benford
Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
Special Guest: Guy Gavriel Kay

ArmadilloCon 17 (1995)
Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Alexander Jablokov
Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
Editor Guest: John Silbersack
Fan Guests: Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith
Toastmaster: Terry Bisson

ArmadilloCon 18 (1996)
Chair: Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Jonathan Lethem
Artist Guest: Bob Eggleton
Editor Guest: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Fan Guests: Spike Parsons and Tom Becker
Toastmaster: Mike Resnick

ArmadilloCon 19 (1997)
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum

ArmadilloCon 20 (1998)
Chairs: A. T. Campbell, III and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: Bradley Denton
Artist Guest: Mitchell Bentley
Editor Guest: David Hartwell
Fan Guest: Peggy Ranson
Toastmaster: Steven Gould
Special Guest: Peter F. Hamilton (sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 21 (1999)
Chairs: Mona Gamboa and John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Sean Stewart
Artist Guest: Wayne Barlowe
Editor Guest: Shawna McCarthy
Fan Guest: Harry Stubbs
Toastmaster: William Browning Spencer
Special Guest: Neil Gaiman (sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 22 (2000)
Chairs: John Gibbons and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
Artist Guest: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz
Editor Guest: Betsy Mitchell
Fan Guest: Robert Taylor
Toastmaster: Mary Doria Russell
Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan (sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 23 (2001)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: J. Gregory Keyes
Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
Editor Guest: Toni Weisskopf
Fan Guest: Teddy Harvia
Toastmaster: Walter Jon Williams
Special Guest: Esther Friesner (sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 24 (2002)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
Artist Guests: Frank Cho and Scott Kurtz
Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
Fan Guests: Kurt Baty and Scott Bobo
Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
Special Guest: Robin Hobb (sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 25 (2003)
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Kage Baker
Fan Guest: Willie Siros
Toastmaster: Aaron Allston
Editor Guest: Anne Groell
Artist Guest: John Picacio
Special Guest: Vernor Vinge

ArmadilloCon 26 (2004)
Chairs: Kimm Antell and Chuck Siros
Guest of Honor: Sharon Shinn
Fan Guest: Chaz "Hazel" Boston Baden
Toastmaster: K.D. Wentworth
Editor Guest: Stanley Schmidt
Artist Guest: Charles Vess
Mystery Guests of Honor: Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly
(sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 27 (2005)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
Fan Guests: Jim & Laurie Mann
Toastmaster: Charles De Lint
Editor Guest: Jim Minz
Artist Guest: Ctein
Special Guest: Sean McMullen
(sponsored by ALAMO)

ArmadilloCon 28 (2006)
Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Julie Czerneda
Fan Guest: Grant Kruger
Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
Special Toastmaster: Mark Finn
Editor Guest: Diana Gill
Artist Guest: Ellisa Mitchell
Special Guest: James P. Hogan

ArmadilloCon 29 (2007)
Chair: Renee Babcock
Guest of Honor: Louise Marley
Fan Guest: Patty Wells
Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
Editor Guest: Sharyn November
Artist Guest: Gary Lippincott