MidAmeriCon
| Science Fiction Convention | |
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| Name: | MidAmeriCon |
| Dates: | September 2-6, 1976, August 17-21, 2016 |
| Frequency: | Twice, though part of the annually recurring Worldcon |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Type: | Fan run |
| Focus: | Science fiction generally |
| Organization: | World Science Fiction Society |
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1976
MidAmeriCon, the 34th Worldcon (often called Big Mac) was held September 2-6, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri. Professional Guest of Honor was Robert A. Heinlein, Fan Guest of Honor was George Barr. Wilson Tucker was Toastmaster; the convention chair was Ken Keller.
Joni Stopa ran the highly lauded masquerade, the judges included Sally Rand, and Patia von Sternberg did a strip tease while they deliberated.
MidAmeriCon hosted the 1976 Hugos and the 1978 Worldcon Site Selection, which chose Iguanacon. It was also the site of the first ever Hugo Losers' Party, a then-unofficial event organised by George R. R. Martin and his good friend Gardner Dozois, held in Martin's hotel room.[1]
The fan-related Hugo award winners were:
- Best Fanzine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
- Best Fan Writer: Richard E. Geis
- Best Fan Artist: Tim Kirk
Con Reports and Photos
- see Spectrum #28 for photos (including Marion Zimmer Bradley and Forry Ackerman) and a long report
2016
In 2016, the 74th Worldcon was held August 17-21, 2016 in the same location. The Professional Guests of Honour were artist Kinuko Y. Craft; author Tamora Pierce; author Michael Swanwick; editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden and editor Teresa Nielsen Hayden. The joint chairs were Ruth Lichtwardt and Diane Lacey and Pat Cadigan was the Toastmaster.
The fan-related Hugo award winners were:
- Best Fanzine: File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
- Best Fancast: no award
- Best Fan Writer: Mike Glyer
- Best Fan Artist: Steve Stiles
Con Reports and Photos
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References
- ^ Gardner Dozois and I threw the first party at my room at MidAmericon in 1976, with stale pretzels and leftover booze scrounged from other parties, but we’d been Hugo Losers long before that. GRRM on the Hugo Losers Party, File 770. Published August 31, 2019 (Accessed September 26, 2021).