Albacon (Albany convention)
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Albacon is a regional science fiction convention held in the Albany, NY area since 1996. It is sponsored by LASTSFA.
1996
The first Albacon.
Oct 11-13, 1996.
The Guests of Honor were Nancy Kress, Jill Bauman, Shirley Maiewski.
1997
Albacon 1997 was a convention held October 17-19, 1997 at the Ramada Inn in Schenectady, NY.
Melissa Scott (GoH), Charles Lang and Wendy SnowLang (Artist GoH), Wayne Brown (FGoH), The Don't Quit Your Day Job Players (Musical GoH), Bill! the Starship Captain (Special GoH). Chairman: Kevin Allen.
Attendee Paul Edwin Zimmer died during this convention.
1998
Albacon 1998 (Albacon #3) was a convention held October 9-11, 1998 at the Ramada Inn in Schenectady, NY. Esther Friesner (GoH), Jael (Artist GoH), Joe Mayhew (Fan GoH), The Don't Quit Your Day Job Players (Musical GoH), Bruno the Hamster (aka Captain Bruno) (Special GoH). Chairman: Danielle Allen, Kevin Allen & Joe Berlant, Regents.
1999
Albacon 1999 was held September 17-19, 1999 at the Ramada Inn, in Schenectady, NY.
Hal Clement, (Grandmaster GoH), Vincent Di Fate (Artist GoH), Seth Briedbart (Fan GoH), Barlennen (Special GoH). Chairman: Paul Kraus.
2000
Oct 6-8, 2000.
Guests of Honor: Glen Cook, Joe DeVito, Jan Howard Finder.
2001
Oct 5-7, 2001.
Guests of Honor: Larry Niven, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge, Bonnie Atwood, Ted Atwood.
2002
Oct 4-6, 2002.
Guests of Honor: Mike Resnick, Tom Kidd, Sharon Sbarsky, Steve Miller, Sharon Lee.
2003
Oct 10-12, 2003.
Guests of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold, Allen Koszowski, Oz Fontecchio, Leslie Fish.
2004
Oct 8-10, 2004.
Guests of Honor: David Drake, Dave Kyle.
2005
Oct 7-9, 2005.
Guests of Honor: Terry Brooks, Rowena, Byron Connell, Tina Connell.
2006
Oct 6-8, 2006.
Guests of Honor: Peter David, Omar Rayyan.
2007
Suspended due to hosting World Fantasy Convention 2007.
2008
Oct 10-12, 2008.
Guests of Honor: Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, Gary S. Blog, Barclay Shaw, Eric Flint.
2009
Oct 9-11, 2009.
Guests of Honor: Elizabeth Hand, Alan F. Beck, D. Cameron Calkins, Igor's Egg.
2010
Oct 8-10, 2010.
Guests of Honor: Allen Steele, Ron Miller, Lisa Ashton.
2011
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2012
Oct 18-21, 2012.
Guests of Honor: Jody Lee, Erwin S. Strauss, Julie E. Czerneda, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Jan Howard Finder, Roberta Rogow.
2013
November 1-3, 2013.
There were no guests of honor.
2014
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2015
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2016
March 4-6, 2016.
Guests of Honor: David Weber, Dawn McKechnie, Heidi Hooper, Ramsey Campbell.
2017
March 31-April 2, 2017.
Guests of Honor: Charles E. Gannon, Stephen Hickman, Lawrence M. Schoen.
2018
September 14-16, 2018.
There were no guests of honor.
2019
September 13-15, 2019.
Guest of Honor: Bruce Coville.
2020
September 11-13, 2020, cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Guests of Honor: were to have been Sharon Lee, Steve Miller.