OryCon
{{Infobox Convention
| name = Orycon
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| status = Active
| genre = Science fiction
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| location = Portland, Oregon
| country = United States
| first = 1979
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| website = http://www.orycon.org/
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Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.
Event history
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| Event | Dates | Guests | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OryCon 0
|Nov 11, 1978 | No GOHs |align=right|~125 |The Symposium | ||||
| OryCon
|Nov 9-11, 1979 |John Varley (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Richard Geis (Fan) |align=right|525 | | ||||
| OryCon '80
|Nov 14-16, 1980 |Fritz Leiber (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Elton Elliott (Fan) |align=right|1,010 | | ||||
| OryCon '81
|Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981 |Frederik Pohl (Pro), Steve Fahnestalk (TM) & Kennedy Poyser (Fan) |align=right|965 | | ||||
| OryCon '82
|Nov 12-14, 1982 |Robert Silverberg (Pro) & Jeff Frane (Fan) |align=right|979 | | ||||
| OryCon 5
|Nov 11-13, 1983 |Octavia Butler (Pro), Terry Carr (TM) & Wilson Tucker (Fan) |align=right|937 | | ||||
| OryCon '84
|Nov 9-11, 1984 |Reginald Bretnor (Pro) & Steve Perry (TM) |align=right|424 |"The Relaxicon" | ||||
| OryCon '85
|Nov 8-10, 1985 |Somtow Sucharitkul (Pro), Steven Barnes (TM), William Rotsler (Artist) & Jon Singer (Fan—chosen by lot) |align=right|889 | | ||||
| OryCon '86
|Nov 7-9, 1986 |Edward Bryant (Pro), George R. R. Martin (TM) & Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Editor) |align=right|873 | | ||||
| OryCon '87
|Nov 13-15, 1987 |Tim Powers (Pro), Michael P. Kube-McDowell (TM) & Ben Yalow (Fan) |align=right|954 | | ||||
| OryCon 10
|Nov 11-13, 1988 |Lucius Shepard, John Varley, Connie Willis (Pros) & Mona Clee (Special Petrey Guest) |align=right|973 | | ||||
| OryCon 11
|Nov 10-12, 1989 |Michael Bishop (Pro) & David Langford (Special Guest) |align=right|1,069 | | ||||
| OryCon 12
|Nov 9-11, 1990 |Howard Waldrop & K. W. Jeter (Pros) |align=right|1,055 | | ||||
| OryCon 13
|Nov 8-10, 1991 |Emma Bull & Will Shetterly (Pros) |align=right|1,196 | | ||||
| OryCon 14
|Nov 20-22, 1992 |Esther Friesner (Pro), James Warhola (Artist) & Steve Forty (Fan) |align=right|1,342 | | ||||
| OryCon 15
|Nov 12-14, 1993 |Terry Pratchett Pro), Mark Ferrari (Artist) & Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest) |align=right|1,358 | | ||||
| OryCon 16
|Nov 11-13, 1994 |Tappan King (Pro), Beth Meachem (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist) & Pat Cadigan (Special Guest) |align=right|1,451 | | ||||
| OryCon 17
|Nov 10-12, 1995 |Joel Rosenberg (Writer), Heather Hudson & Dameon Willich (Artists), Kristine Kathryn Rusch |align=right|1,385 | | ||||
| OryCon 18
|Nov 8-10, 1996 |Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (Writers), Patricia Davis (Artist), Gardner Dozois (Editor) |align=right|1,624 | | ||||
| OryCon 19
|Nov 7-9, 1997 |Steven Barnes (Writer), Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Editors), Frank Lurz (Artist) |align=right|1,600 | | ||||
| OryCon 20
|Nov 13-15, 1998 |Lois McMaster Bujold (Writer), Ellen Asher (Editor), David Langford & Howard Waldrop (Returning GOHs), |align=right|~1,600 | | ||||
| OryCon 21
|Nov 12-14, 1999 |Néné Thomas (Artist), Warren Lapine & Angela Kessler (Editors), Nicola Griffith (Writer), Charles Sheffield |align=right|~1,550 | | ||||
| OryCon 22
|Nov 17-19, 2000 |Kara Dalkey & John Barnes (Writers), Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), Dr. Robert Forward (Science), Gail Butler |align=right|~1,600 | | ||||
| OryCon 23
|Nov 9-11, 2001 |Melanie Rawn (Writer), Laura Anne Gilman (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist), Steve Macdonald |align=right|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), | | | ||||
| 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 28
|Nov 17 - 19, 2006 |Cory Doctorow (Writer), Chair Mary Olsen | | | ||||
| OryCon 29
|Nov 16-18, 2007 |Robert Charles Wilson (Writer), Liz Scheier (Editor), Molly Harrison (Artist), Vic & Kelly | | | ||||
| OryCon 30
|Nov 21-23, 2008 |Harry Turtledove (Writer), Ginjer Buchanan (Editor), Jeff Fennel (Artist), Cecilia Eng | | | ||||
| OryCon 31
|Nov 27-29, 2009 |Patricia Briggs (Author), Lou Anders (Editor), Lubov (Artist), Jeff Hitchin (Fan), Chris | | | ||||
| OryCon 32
|Nov 12-14, 2010 |P.N. Elrod (Author), Sharyn November (Editor), Chad Savage (Artist), Seanan McGuire (Filk), | | | ||||
| OryCon 33
|Nov 11-13, 2011 |E. E. Knight (Author), Scott Allie (Editor), Jim Pavelec (Artist), Tempest (Music), Chair Devlin Perez | | | ||||
| OryCon 34
|Nov 2-4, 2012 |Mike Shepherd (Author), Jess Hartley (Editor), Vance Kovacs (Artist), Aaron Duran (Media), Michael Longcor (Music), Chair Tracy Penner | | | ||||
| OryCon 35
|Nov 8–10, 2013 |Ann Bishop (Author), Liz Gorinsky (Editor), Jay Lake (Special), Matt Vancil (Media), Larry Elmore (Artist), Debs and Errol (Filk), Chair Lea Rush |1,632 | | ||||
| OryCon 36
|Nov 7–9, 2014 |William F. Nolan (Author), Jason Andrew (Editor), Mark Roland (Artist), Jesse Lagers (Cosplay), Vixy & Tony (Music), Jay Lake (Ghost), Chair Devlin Perez | | | ||||
| OryCon 37
|Nov 20-22, 2015 |Tanya Huff (Author), Alan M. Clark (Artist), Jason V. Brock (Editor), Ryan Wells (Cosplay), The PDX Broadsides (Music) | | | ||||
| OryCon 38
|Nov 18–20, 2016 |David Weber (Author), Diana Gill (Editor), David Mattingly (Artist) | | | ||||
| OryCon 39
|Nov 17-19, 2017 |Timothy Zahn (Author), Sarah Clemens (Artist), David Boop (Editor), Solovox (Musical), Brichibi Cosplay (Cosplay) | | | ||||
| OryCon 40
|Nov, 2018 | | | | ||||
| OryCon 41
|Nov, 2019 | | | | ||||
| OryCon 42
|Nov 12-14, 2021 |Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio (Artists), A. Lee Martinez (Author) | | |
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.
;Finalists for 2012
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Tor)
- City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr)
- River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
- Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday)
- When the Saints by Dave Duncan (Tor)
;2011 Winner:
- Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
External links
- [http://www.orycon.org Orycon website]
- [http://www.osfci.org/orycon OSFCI links to past Orycons]
- [http://www.osfci.org/endeavour/ Endeavour Award webpage]
- [http://www.osfci.org/ Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI)]
- [http://www.gamestorm.org Game Storm website]
Category:Culture of Portland, Oregon