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August 14, 2008

The Austin Chronicle published a great article about ArmadilloCon.

August 8, 2008

The World Fantasy awards were announced and several past ArmadilloCon guests of honor are on the ballot as well as two guests for next year's ArmadilloCon. (We aren't saying who, so you will have to come to ArmadilloCon 30 to get the official announcement.) Here is a list of our previous guests of honor and their nomination.

Name 2008 Nomination ArmadilloCon Guest
Emma Bull Novel:
Territory 		Toastmistress, 1991
Guy Gavriel Kay Novel:
Ysabel		 Special Guest, 1994
Gardner Dozois Anthology:
Wizards: Magical Tales From The Masters of Modern Fantasy 		Guest of Honor, 1980
Ellen Datlow Anthology:
Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales		 Special Guest, 1984
John Picacio Artist Artist Guest: 2003
Gordon Van Gelder Special Award, Professional for F&SF Editor Guest, 1994
Shawna McCarthy Special Award, Professional for Realms of Fantasy Editor Guest, 1999

Congratulations to all nominees.

>> View the full list of nominees

August 1, 2008

Plan your convention by viewing our Programming Schedule online.

July 12, 2008

Help us out by filling out our Fannish feud survey!

April 23, 2008

The Locus Award ballot is out, and 16 former or current ArmadilloCon major guests have nominations:

Emma Bull (Territory)
Gardner Dozois (The New Space Opera, Year's Best SF: 24th Annual Collection, Editor)
Neil Gaiman ("The Witch's Headstone")
Ellen Datlow (The Coyote Road, Editor)
William Gibson (Spook Country)
Joe Haldeman (The Accidental Time Machine)
David G. Hartwell (Editor)
Guy Gavriel Kay (Ysabel)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Editor)
John Picacio (Artist)
Dan Simmons ("Muse of Fire")
Charles Stross (Halting State, "Trunk and Disorderly")
Gordon Van Gelder (Editor)
Charles Vess (Artist)
Howard Waldrop (Things Will Never Be The Same)
Connie Willis ("All Seated on the Ground", The Windows of Marble Arch and Other Stories)

> View a complete list of nominees

March 24, 2008

See Joe Lansdale at ArmadilloCon 29.

> Watch the video

March 22, 2008

We are proud to announce that several of our Guests of Honor have been nominated for a HUGO in 2008!

Best Novel - The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form - Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)
Best Fan Writer - John Scalzi

Also, several of our previous Guests of Honor were also nominated.

Best Novel - Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
Best Novella - "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
Best Short Story - "Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2007)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form - Ellen Datlow (The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form - Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form - Gordon Van Gelder (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Best Professional Editor, Long Form - David G. Hartwell (Tor/Forge)
Best Professional Editor, Long Form - Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
Best Professional Editor, Long Form - Beth Meacham
Best Professional Editor, Long Form - Ginjer Buchanan
Best Professional Artist - Bob Eggleton
Best Professional Artist - John Picacio
Best Fan Artist - Brad Foster
Best Fan Artist - Teddy Harvia
Best Fanzine - File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

Congratulations to these and to all of the nominees!

> Read the full list

March 18, 2008

Photos taken by long-time fan Scott Bobo.

March 6, 2008

Programming has begun to post the participants list.

March 4, 2008

The hotel page for ArmadilloCon has been updated. You can now make reservations and get the con discount.

February 27, 2008

The webmistress finally found the time to build out the website. Isn't that nice of her?