Con History
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 Scarbrough
Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger & George R. R. Martin
Fan Guest: Joe Pumilia
Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
ArmadilloCon 5 (1983)
Chair: Ed Scarbrough
Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
ArmadilloCon 6 (1984)
Chair: Ed Scarbrough
Guest of Honor: John Sladek
Fan Guests: James Corrick & 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. & Karen Meschke
Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
Fan Guests: Scott & Jane 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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. & Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Alex&er Jablokov
Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
Editor Guest: John Silbersack
Fan Guests: Dick Smith & 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 & Tom Becker
Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
ArmadilloCon 19 (1997)
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
ArmadilloCon 20 (1998)
Chairs: A. T. Campbell, III & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & Chuck Siros
Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
Artist Guests: Frank Cho & Scott Kurtz
Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
Fan Guests: Kurt Baty & 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 & 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 & 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
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ArmadilloCon 30 (2008)
Co-Chairs: Kurt Baty & Chuck Siros
Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
Toastmaster: Bill Crider
Editor Guest: Sheila Williams
Artist Guest: David Lee Anderson
Special Guest: Joe & Gay Haldeman
ArmadilloCon 31 (2009)
Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Scott Lynch
Fan Guest: Karen Meschke
Toastmaster: Scott A. Cupp
Editor Guest: Chris Roberson
Artist Guest: Stephan Martiniere
Special Guest: Joan D. Vinge
ArmadilloCon 32 (2010)
Chairs: Elizabeth Burton and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Rachel Caine
Fan Guest: Elspeth Bloodgood
Toastmistress: Nancy Kress
Editor Guest: Anne Sowards
Artist Guest: Cat Conrad
Special Guests: Ilona Andrews & Michael Bishop
ArmadilloCon 33 (2011)
Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Paolo Bacigalupi
Fan Guest: Fred Duarte, Jr.
Toastmaster: Mark Finn
Editor Guest: Lou Anders
Artist Guest: Vincent Villafranca
Special Guests: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
ArmadilloCon 34 (2012)
Chair: Sara Felix
Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop
Fan Guest: Bill Parker
Toastmaster: A. Lee Martinez
Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky
Artist Guest: Julie Dillon
Special Guest: Chloe Neill
ArmadilloCon 35 / GlyptoCon 3 (2013)
Chair: Willie Siros
Relaxacon after the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed “LoneStarCon 3,” was held in San Antonio.
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
ArmadilloCon 36 (2014)
Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Ted Chiang
Editor Guest: Jacob Weisman
Artist Guest: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Science Guest: Sigrid Close
Fan Guest: Michael Walsh
Toastmaster: Mario Acevedo
Special Guest: Ian McDonald
ArmadilloCon 37 (2015)
Chairs: Jennifer Juday & Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Ken Liu
Special Guest: James Morrow
Editor Guest: L. Timmel Duchamp
Fan Guest: John DeNardo
Artist Guest: Rocky Kelley
Toastmaster: Stina Leicht
ArmadilloCon 38 (2016)
Chair: Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Wesely Chu
Artist Guest: Christina Hess
Editor Guest: Joe Monti
Fan Guest: Ken Keller
Toastmaster: Joe McKinney
Special Guest (Artist): Dominick Saponaro
ArmadilloCon 39 (2017)
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Nisi Shawl
Toastmaster: Don Webb
Fan Guest: A.T. Campbell, III
Artist Guest: Mark A. Nelson
Editor Guest: Trevor Quachri
Special Guest: Tamora Pierce
ArmadilloCon 40 (2018)
Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Deji Bryce Olukotun
Artist Guest: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
Editor Guest: David Pomerico
Toastmaster: Aaron de Orive
Fan Guest: Craig W. Chrissinger
Special Guest: Holly Black
Special Guest: Robert J. Sawyer
ArmadilloCon 41 (2019)
Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Rebecca Roanhorse
Toastmaster: Marshall Ryan Maresca
Fan Guest: Dan Tolliver
Editor Guest: Patrice Caldwell
Science Guest: Moriba K. Jah
Special Guest: Martha Wells
ArmadilloCon 42 (2020)
Chair: Jennifer Juday
Special Guest: Tobias S. Buckell
Artist Guest: Priscilla Kim
Fan Guests: Clif & Margaret Davis
Featured Writer: Cadwell Turnbull
Featured Writer: Libia Brenda
ArmadilloCon 43 (2021)
Chair: Jonathan Miles
Guest of Honor: Nicky Drayden
Special Guest: Marshall Ryan Maresca
Special Guest: David Liss
Artist Guest: Gary Villareal (Villarrte)
ArmadilloCon 44 (2022)
Chair: Jennifer Juday
Guest of Honor: Darcie Little Badger
Special Guest: Fonda Lee
Special Guest: Ellen Klages
Toastmaster: Cass Morris
Artist Guest: Lauren Raye Snow
ArmadilloCon 45 (2023)
Chair: Jennifer Juday
Guest of Honor: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Special Guest: Cory Doctorow
Special Guest: Gabino Iglesias
Editor Guest: Rick Klaw
Toastmaster: Tonia Ransom
Artist Guest: Gonzalo Alvarez
ArmadilloCon 46 (2024)
Chair: Jennifer Juday
Guest of Honor: Andrea Stewart
Special Guest: Delilah S. Dawson
Special Guest: Austin Grossman
Editor Guest: Arthur A. Levine
Toastmaster: D.L. Young
Artist Guest: The Shiflett Brothers
ArmadilloCon 47 (2025)
Chair: Jonathan Miles
WesterCon 49 (1996)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Chairs: Richard Brandt & Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guests of Honor: James P. Blaylock & Howard Waldrop
Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
Fan Guests: Arnie & Joyce Katz
Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan
World Fantasy Convention 2000
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Chair: Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guests of Honor: K. W. Jeter & John Crowley
Artist Guest: Charles Vess
Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
World Fantasy Convention 2006
Chairs: Renee Babcock & Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guests of Honor: Glen Cook, Dave Duncan, & Robin Hobb
Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
Editor Guest: Glenn Lord
Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
Robert E. Howard Artist Guest: Gary Gianni