Norwescon

(Did you mean the Worldcon or the Portland convention?)

Norwescon (without internal capitalization) is a regional convention that has been held in Seattle since 1978. The convention was founded by the Northwest Science Fiction Society to give its organizers experience and credentials for their ambitious Seattle in 1981 Worldcon bid. The first outing, held March 25-26, 1978, at the SeaTac Holiday Inn, was chaired by Greg Bennett. Theodore Sturgeon was the Author GoH, John Berry the Fan GoH, and Alan E. Nourse the Toastmaster. Except for an interruption in 1987, when it was replaced by a scaled-back "Alternacon", it has taken place annually since then and draws over 3,000 members. Originally held on the last weekend in March, it shifted to Easter weekend in 1995.

Not long after its founding, Norwescon gained a reputation as a meeting place for authors and publishers. It hosts the annual presentation of the Philip K. Dick Award for best original paperback novel, first presented at Norwescon VII in 1983.

• Website.
• 1988 interview with founder Greg Bennett, about Norwescon, on the public access cable show "Hadronic Charge."

Convention	Dates	GoHs, Notes
Norwescon 1	March 24-26, 1978	Theodore Sturgeon, John D. Berry
Norwescon 1.5	November 4-5, 1978	(relaxacon)
Norwescon 2	March 23-25, 1979	Philip José Farmer, Loren MacGregor
Norwescon III	March 29-30, 1980	Alfred Bester, Fred Pohl
Norwescon 3.5	October 25-26, 1980	(relaxacon)
Norwescon IV	March 27-29, 1981	Samuel R. Delany, Rowena Morrill, Jack Palmer, Pauline Palmer, Tilda Palmer
Norwescon 4.5	November 21-22, 1981	(relaxacon)
Norwescon V	March 18-21, 1982	Thomas M. Disch, Michael Whelan, Bob Shaw
Norwescon 5.5	October 30-31, 1982	(relaxacon)
Norwescon VI	March 17-20, 1983	Jack Williamson, Richard Powers, Art Widner
Norwescon VII	March 22-25, 1984	L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Don Maitz, Jack Speer
Norwescon 7.5	October 27-28, 1984	(relaxacon)
Norwescon VIII	March 14-17, 1985	Brian Aldiss, Jack Gaughan, rich brown, Gregory Benford
Norwescon 8.5	November 2-3, 1985	(relaxacon)
Norwescon IX	March 20-23, 1986	Anne McCaffrey, Kelly Freas, Greg Bennett, James Oberg
Alternacon	March 26-29, 1987	Orson Scott Card, Dan Reeder, Marty Cantor and Robbie Cantor
Norwescon 9.5	August 15, 1987	(relaxacon)
Norwescon X	March 24-27, 1988	Marion Zimmer Bradley, Rick Sternbach, Jon Gustafson, Avram Davidson
Norwescon 10.5	1988	(relaxacon)
Norwescon XI	March 23-26, 1989	Algis J. Budrys, David Mattingly, Mike Glyer, Dr. Alan E. Nourse, Avram Davidson
Norwescon XII	March 29-April 1, 1990	Roger Zelazny, David Cherry, Pat Mueller, John G. Cramer
Norwescon XIII	Number skipped, apparently to compensate for Alternacon!
Norwescon XIV	March 28-31, 1991	Stanley Schmidt, James Warhola, Becky Thomson, Forrest J Ackerman, Joe Laybourn
Norwescon 14.5	September 6-8, 1991	(relaxacon)
Norwescon XV	March 26-29, 1992	Poul Anderson, Alan Gutierrez, Willie Siros, Celia Smith
Norwescon XVI	March 25-28, 1993	Betty Ballantine, Janny Wurts, Pat Mueller, Chris Jonientz-Trisler, Anne McCaffrey, Mike Jittlov, Teresa Janssen
Norwescon XVII	March 31-April 3, 1994	Katherine Kurtz, Scott MacMillan, Darrell K. Sweet, Peggy Rae Pavlat, Deborah A. Wood
Norwescon XVIII	April 6-9, 1995	Robert Silverberg, James Gurney, Dr. Jane Robinson, Danny Rudesill
Norwescon XIX	April 4-7, 1996	A. C. Crispin, Tom Kidd, Kitty Canterbury, David Valentine
Norwescon XX	March 27-30, 1997	Larry Niven, A. E. van Vogt, Vincent Di Fate, Brad Foster, Robert L. Forward, Glenda Hedden
Norwescon XXI	April 9-12, 1998	Neil Gaiman, Brian Froud, John Lorentz, Ruth Sachter, Patricia MacEwen, Anthony Ward
Norwescon XXII	April 1-4, 1999	Harry Turtledove, Richard Hescox, Jack Chalker, Eva Whitley, Jack Horner, Susan Allen
Norwescon XXIII	April 20-23, 2000	David Brin, Gregory Benford, Barclay Shaw, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble
Norwescon XXIV	April 12-15, 2001	Connie Willis, Bob Eggleton, Charles N. Brown, James P. Hogan, Dragon Dronet
Norwescon XXV	March 28-31, 2002	Jack Vance, Brom, Andrew I. Porter
Norwescon XXVI	April 17-20, 2003	Jane Yolen, Jim Burns, Geoffrey Landis, Michael Whelan
Norwescon XXVII	April 8-11, 2004	Mike Resnick, Don Dixon, Joe Haldeman, Ben Bova
Norwescon XXVIII	March 24-27, 2005	Michael Bishop, John Howe, Alan Dean Foster, Suzette Haden Elgin
Norwescon XXIX	April 13-16, 2006	Lois McMaster Bujold, Donato Giancola
Norwescon XXX	April 5-8, 2007	Kim Stanley Robinson, Luis Royo, Donna Shirley
Norwescon XXXI	March 20-24, 2008	Dan Simmons, Ciruelo, Naomi Novik
Norwescon XXXII	April 9-12, 2009	R. A. Salvatore, Todd Lockwood, Geno Salvatore
Norwescon XXXIII	April 1-4, 2010	Vernor Vinge, John Jude Palencar, John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow
Norwescon XXXIV	April 21-24, 2011	Patricia McKillip, Kinuko Y. Craft, Marie D. Jones, Jim Butcher, Shannon Butcher
Norwescon XXXV	April 5-8, 2012	Stephen Baxter, John Picacio, Bridget Landry
Norwescon XXXVI	March 28-31, 2013	Catherine Asaro, Lee Moyer, Edward Tenner, Gardner Dozois
Norwescon XXXVII	April 17-20, 2014	Michael Moorcock, Robert Gould, Catherine Plesko, Seanan McGuire, Animal X
Norwescon 38	April 2-5, 2015	George R. R. Martin, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Amy Mainzer
Norwescon 39	March 24-27, 2016	Tanya Huff, Janny Wurts, William K. Hartmann, and DAW Books
Norwescon 40	April 13-16, 2017	Ian McDonald, Cory Ench, Catska Ench, Ethan Siegel, Angry Robot Books
Norwescon 41	March 29-April 1, 2018	Ken Liu, Wayne Barlowe, Mathew Wedel, Green Ronin Publishing
Norwescon 42	April 18–21, 2019	Mary Robinette Kowal Tran Nguyen, Dan Koboldt, Nancy Pearl, Neil Clarke, Subterranean Press
Norwescon 43	April 9-12, 2020 April 1-4, 2021 (virtual)	Jacqueline Carey, Sana Takeda, Susan Langley, Tor Books, Claire Eddy
Waypoint Norwescon	January 15, 2022 (virtual)
Norwescon 44	April 14-17, 2022	Cat Rambo, Rob Carlos, Fairwood Press, Connor Alexander, and Lydia K. Valentine
Norwescon 45	April 6-9, 2023	Phenderson Djèlí Clark, Grace P. Fong, Greg Dubos, Uncanny Magazine
Norwescon 46	March 28-31, 2024	Jim Butcher, Charles Vess, Kate Alice Marshall, Clarkesworld
Norwescon 47	April 17-20, 2025	Catherynne M. Valente, Wayne Barlowe, Tracy Drain, Isis Asare, Piazo

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