Windycon
{{Short description|Literature convention held in Oak Brook, Illinois, US}}
{{Infobox Convention
| name = Windycon
| image =
| caption =
| status = Active
| genre = Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention
| venue =
| location = Oak Brook, Illinois
| country = United States
| first = October 25-27, 1974
| last = November 10-12, 2023
| next = November 8-10, 2024
| organizer = ISFiC
| filing = Non-profit
| website = http://www.windycon.org/
}}
Windycon is a science fiction and fantasy literature convention held in Oak Brook, Illinois, on the weekend closest to Veterans Day.
ISFiC, the parent corporation that runs Windycon,Pavlac, Ross, [http://www.isfic.org/WhatIs.asp What's an ISFiC], ISFiC Web Site, retrieved, 2015-11-10 was founded in 1973 in Chicago. The first Windycon was held the following year and has been held annually ever since either in Chicago or a Chicago suburb.[http://www.isfic.org/conspast.asp The Windycon Big List], Windycon Web Site, retrieved, 2007-05-19 It is a general interest convention.
ISFiC and Windycon were founded to raise the profile of fandom in Chicago in preparation for a Worldcon bid. In 1982, Chicon IV was the result. From its small beginnings, Windycon has grown to have an annual membership hovering around 1300. It is the largest of the two fan-run Chicago conventions.
Annually since 1986, ISFiC has hosted a writers contest, open to unpublished authors. The contest is judged by professional authors and editors.{{cite web|url=http://www.isfic.org/Winners.asp|title=ISFiC, Inc.: Writers Contest Winners|website=www.isfic.org|accessdate=15 September 2018}} Separately, Windycon has hosted a writers' workshop under the coordination of Richard Chwedyk since 2000.{{Citation | last = Foster | first = Adrienne | title = Next Manuscript, Please: Amazing Tales of the Worldcon Writers Workshop | newspaper = SFWA Bulletin | pages = 10 | date = August–September 2009 }} From 2004 to 2015, ISFiC Press, the publishing arm of Windycon's parent organization, published a Guest of Honor book to be released at the convention.
In addition to traditional con activities, Windycon has also run a series of on-line chats during the con, hosting by Cybling.Murphy, Janice, [http://cybling.hypermart.net/windycon/index.html Windycon 26 Chats], Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19Murphy, Janice, [http://www.cybling.com/conventions/windyconxxix/chats.html Windycon 29 Chats], Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19
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| Windycon I
|October 25-27, 1974 |Lynne & Mark Aronson | |
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| Windycon II
|October 3-5, 1975 |Lynne & Mark Aronson | |
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| Windycon III
|October 15-17, 1976 | Sheraton Chicago |Lynne & Mark Aronson | |
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| Windycon IV
|October 7-9, 1977 | Arlington Park Hilton |Larry Propp | The Latvian Loganberry Festival |
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| Windycon V
|October 6-8, 1978 | Arlington Park Hilton | Doug Rice | |
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| Windycon VI
|October 5-7, 1979 | Arlington Park Hilton |Larry Propp | |
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| Windycon VII
|October 24-26, 1980 |Midge Reitan & Marcy Lyn-Waitsman | |
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| Windycon VIII
|December 18-20, 1981 |Ross Pavlac & Larry Propp |A Holiday Party |
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| Windycon IX
|December 10-12, 1982 |Dick Spelman | |
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| Windycon X
|October 7-9, 1983 | Arlington Park Hilton |Tom Veal | |
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| Windycon XI
|December 7-9, 1984 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Kathleen Meyer | |
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| Windycon XII
|October 11-13, 1985 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Kathleen Meyer | |
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| Windycon XIII
|November 14-16, 1986 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Debra A. Wright | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Getting Along with Larga" by Richard Chwedyk |
| Windycon XIV
|November 6-8, 1987 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Debra A. Wright | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Library" by Eugenia M. Hayden |
| Windycon XV
|November 11-13, 1988 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Kathleen Meyer | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "A Man Makes a Machine" by Richard Chwedyk |
| Windycon XVI
|November 10-12, 1989 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Lenny Wenshe | |
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| Windycon XVII
|November 9-11, 1990 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Lenny Wenshe | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ailin's Castle" by Robin Leigh Michaels |
| Windycon XVIII
|November 8-10, 1991 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Marie Bartlett-Sloan | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Soul to Take" by Vanessa Crouther |
| Windycon XIX
|November 6-8, 1992 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Marie Bartlett-Sloan | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Make-Up Magic" by Sheila Insley |
| Windycon XX
|November 12-14, 1993 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Dina S. Krause | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Dead Chute" by C. T. Fluhr |
| Windycon XXI
|November 11-13, 1994 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield |Dina S. Krause | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Packers" by Emmett Gard Pittman |
| Windycon XXII
|November 10-12, 1995 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "In Memoriam" by William McCahon |
| Windycon XXIII
|November 8-10, 1996 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "All Through the House" by C. T. Fluhr |
| Windycon XXIV
|November 7-9, 1997 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Ross Pavlac | Scots in Space |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Little Girl Lost" by David W. Crawford & Carol Johnson |
| Windycon XXV
|November 13-15, 1998 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Rick Waterson | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Grandpa" by Susan L. Wachowski |
| Windycon XXVI
|November 12-14, 1999 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Rick Waterson | |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Passing Through" by Sharon L. Nelson |
| Windycon XXVII
|November 10-12, 2000 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Amy Wenshe | |
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| Windycon XXVIII
|November 9-11, 2001 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Amy Wenshe | |
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| Windycon XXIX
|November 8-10, 2002 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | A Visit to Newford |
| ISFiC Press release: A Walk on the Windy Side CD |
| Windycon XXX
|November 7-9, 2003 | Hyatt Regency Woodfield | Space Station Windycon |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "True Worth" by John D. Nikitow |
| Windycon 31
|November 12-14, 2004 | Wyndham O'Hare | Bonnie Jones | Innerspace |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Orbital One" by Chris Krolczyk ISFiC Press release: Relativity by Robert J. Sawyer |
| Windycon 32
|November 11-13, 2005 | Wyndham O'Hare | Bonnie Jones | Alternate History |
| ISFiC Press release: Every Inch a King by Harry Turtledove |
| Windycon 33
|November 10-12, 2006 | Wyndham O'Hare | Pat Sayre McCoy | First Contact |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ad Alienos" by P. R. Gomez ISFiC Press release: Outbound by Jack McDevitt |
| Windycon 34
|November 9-11, 2007 | Wyndham O'Hare | Pat Sayre McCoy | The Worlds of the Others |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Ivan and the Plate of Fried Chicken" by Joe McCauley ISFiC Press release: Finding Magic by Tanya Huff |
| Windycon 35
|November 14-16, 2008 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Rick Waterson | Military SF |
| ISFiC Press release: When Diplomacy Fails edited by Eric Flint & Mike Resnick |
| Windycon 36
|November 13-15, 2009 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Joseph Stockman | Steampunk |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Oracle" by John M. Cowan ISFiC Press release: The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock |
| Windycon 37
|November 12-14, 2010 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Joseph Stockman | The Lands of Fae and Back Again |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Lost and Found" by Mary Mascari ISFiC Press release: Assassin and Other Stories by Steven Barnes |
| Windycon 38
|November 11-13, 2011 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Richard France | The Periodic Table of the Science Fiction Elements |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Pod" by Mary Mascari ISFiC Press release: Aurora in Four Voices by Catherine Asaro |
| Windycon 39
|November 9-11, 2012 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Richard France & Bill Roper | Zombies |
| ISFiC Press release: Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots by Seanan McGuire |
| Windycon 40
|November 8-10, 2013 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | The Big Tent |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Windy van Hooten's Was Never Like This" by Liz A. Vogel ISFiC Press release: The Goblin Master's Grimoire by Jim C. Hines |
| Windycon 41
|November 14-16, 2014 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Deb Kosiba | Grimm Tales |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Under the Hill" by Siobhan Duffy ISFiC Press release: Harvest Season by SF Squeecast |
| Windycon 42
|November 13-15, 2015 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Windycon |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Catamount" by M. Arguete ISFiC Press release: Bimbo on the Cover by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff |
| Windycon 43
|November 11-13, 2016 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson | King of the Nerds |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "The Furrier" by Siobhan Duffy |
| Windycon 44
|November 10-12, 2017 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson | Dystopia |
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| Windycon 45
|November 9-11, 2018 | Westin Lombard Yorktown Center | Daniel Gunderson & Kerry Kuhn | Unlikely Heroes |
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| Windycon 46
|November 15-17, 2019 |Westin Lombard Yorktown Center |Kerry Kuhn |Space Opera |
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| Breezycon
|November 13-15, 2020 |Online |Evan Reeves | | | Online replacement due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Windycon 47
|November 12-14, 2021 |Westin Lombard Yorktown Center |Evan Reeves |Urban Fantastic |
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| Windycon 48
|November 11-13, 2022 |Westin Lombard Yorktown Center |John Donat |Shattering the Glass Ceiling |
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| Windycon 49
|November 10-12, 2023 |DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook |Dana "Star" DeMichael |Adventure Is Out There |
| ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Boxed" by David L. Wyatt Jr. |
| Windycon 50
|November 8-10, 2024 |DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook |Joseph "Vlad" Stockman & Daniel Gunderson |Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations | |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.windycon.org/}}
- [http://www.isfic.org ISFiC], Windycon's parent corporation
Category:Science fiction conventions in the United States
Category:Recurring events established in 1973
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