SpoCon

Originally SpoKon, a convention held in Spokane, WA, from 1983 to 1986, hosted by The Spokane Association for Imaginary Fiction, and later recontinued. The 2022 convention was the last.

• Website (archived).
• “SpoCon, an approachable, smaller geek convention, finishes 15-year run on Halloween weekend,” The Spokesman-Review, October 31, 2022.

Convention	Dates	GoHs, Notes
SpoCon '83	July 15-17, 1983	David Eddings, Jon Gustafson
SpoCon '84	July 13-15, 1984	Paul Edwin Zimmer, Dameon Willich, Steve Fahnestalk
SpoCon '85	July 19-21, 1985	Katherine Kurtz, Alan Dean Foster
SpoCon '86	July 18-20, 1986	Robert Asprin, Lynn Abbey
SpoCon 2008	August 1-3, 2008	Timothy Zahn, Mark Ferrari, Steve Perrin, Vixy & Tony
SpoCon 2009	July 31–August 2, 2009	L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Steve Long, Alan Boyle, John Picacio, Kathy Mar
SpoCon 2010	July 30–August 1, 2010	Tanya Huff, Michael Whelan
SpoCon 2011	August 13–15, 2011	Patricia Briggs, Dragon Dronet, Dead Gentlemen Productions, Dan Dos Santos
SpoCon 2012	August 10–12, 2012	Peter S. Beagle, Rob Alexander
SpoCon 2013	August 9–11, 2013	Brandon Sanderson, Mark Osier, Chub Chub Maximus
SpoCon 2014	August 15–17, 2014	C. J. Cherryh, Aimee Stewart, Rayce Bird
SpoCon 2015	August 19–23, 2015	Held in conjunction with Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon.
SpoCon 2017	August 11–13, 2017	Kat Richardson, Betsy Mott, Epic Gaming
SpoCon 2018	August 10–12, 2018	Dr. James C. Glass, Dave Anderson of the 501st Legion, Jim Humble, William C. Dietz, The Grammar Club
SpoCon 2019	August 9–11, 2019	Ellipsis Hana Stephens, Alan M. Clark, Dr. Kempe Ames
SpoCon 2020	October 30–November 1, 2020	Canceled due to Covid-19
SpoCon 2021	October 29–31, 2021	Canceled due to Covid-19
SpoCon 2022: Revamped	October 28-30, 2022	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Michael Brugger, Dragon Dronet. Final SpoCon.

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Convention
	1983—2022

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