Lunacon

A regional convention usually held in or near New York City since 1957 - also, various locations in New Jersey and Stanford CT. Sponsored by the Lunarians. The 2017 convention may be the last.

One of the features for many years had been the Book Raffle for the Wollheim Scholarship.

Convention	Date	Location	Guests
Lunacon 1	May 12, 1957	Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan	none
Lunacon 2	April 13, 1958	Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan	Frank R. Paul
Lunacon 3	April 12, 1959	Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan	Lester del Rey
Lunacon 4	April 10, 1960	Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan	Ed Emshwiller
Lunacon 5	April 9, 1961	Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan	Willy Ley
Lunacon 6	April 29, 1962	Adelphi Hall, Manhattan	Frederik Pohl
Lunacon 7	April 21, 1963	Adelphi Hall, Manhattan	Judith Merril
The 1964 Lunacon was cancelled because planning started too late, but it was officially due to the World's Fair.
Lunacon 8	April 24, 1965	Hotel Edison, Manhattan	Hal Clement
Lunacon 9	April 16-17, 1966	Hotel Edison, Manhattan	Isaac Asimov
Lunacon 10	April 29-30, 1967	Hotel Roosevelt, Manhattan	James Blish
Lunacon 11	April 19-21, 1968	Park Sheraton Hotel, Manhattan	Don Wollheim
Lunacon 12	April 11-14, 1969	Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan	Robert A. W. Lowndes
Lunacon 13	April 11-12, 1970	Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan	Larry T. Shaw
Lunacon 14	April 16-18, 1971	Hotel Commodore, Manhattan	John W. Campbell, Howard DeVore
Lunacon 15	March 31-April 2, 1972	Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan	Theodore Sturgeon
Lunacon 16	April 20-22, 1973	Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan	Harlan Ellison
Lunacon 17	April 12-14, 1974	Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan	Forrest J Ackerman
Lunacon 18	April 18-20, 1975	Hotel Commodore, Manhattan	Brian Aldiss
Lunacon 19	April 9-11, 1976	Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan	Amazing & Fantastic Magazines
Lunacon 20	April 8-10, 1977	Biltmore Hotel, Manhattan	L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp
Lunacon 21	February 24-26, 1978	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	Robert Bloch, Rosalyn S. Yalow
Lunacon 22	March 30 -- April 1, 1979	Sheraton Inn at La Guardia, NY	Ron Goulart, Gahan Wilson
Lunacon 23	March 14-16, 1980	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	Larry Niven, Vincent Di Fate, Rosalyn S. Yalow
Lunacon 24	March 20-22, 1981	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	James White, Jack Gaughan
Lunacon 25	March 19-21, 1982	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	Fred Saberhagen, John Schoenherr, Steve Stiles
Lunacon 26	March 18-20, 1983	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	Anne McCaffrey, Don Wollheim, Elsie Wollheim, Barbi Johnson
Lunacon 27	March 16-18, 1984	Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	Terry Carr, Cy Chauvin, Tom Kidd
Lunacon 28	March 15-17, 1985	Sheraton Inn at La Guardia, NY	Gordon R. Dickson, Don Maitz, Curt Clemmer
Lunacon 29	March 7-9, 1986	Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY	Madeleine L'Engle, Marta Randall, Dawn Wilson, Art Saha
Lunacon 30	March 20-22, 1987	Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY	Jack Williamson, Jack Chalker, Darrell Sweet
Lunacon 31	March 11-13, 1988	Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY	Harry Harrison, Pat Mueller, N. Taylor Blanchard
Lunacon 32	March 10-12, 1989	Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY	Roger Zelazny, David Hartwell, Ron Walotsky, Dave Kyle
Lunacon 33	March 16-18, 1990	Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY	Tom Doherty, Katherine Kurtz, Tom Canty
Lunacon 34	March 10-12, 1991	Sheraton, Stamford, CT	John Brunner, Frank Kelly Freas, Hal Clement, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, Gerald Feinberg
Lunacon 35	March 20-22, 1992	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Kristin Kathryn Rusch, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Lehr, Jon Singer
Lunacon 36	March 19-21, 1993	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Orson Scott Card, Barclay Shaw, Richard Curtis, Alexis Gilliland
Lunacon 37	March 18-20, 1994	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Vonda N. McIntyre, James Warhola, Walter R. Cole, Peter Grubbs, Dean Friedman
Lunacon 38	March 17-19, 1995	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Poul Anderson, Mike Glyer, Stephen Hickman, Graham Leathers
Lunacon 39	March 15-17, 1996	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Terry Pratchett, Esther Friesner, Stephen Hickman, Phil Foglio, Bruce Pelz, Mark Kennedy
Lunacon 40	March 7-9, 1997	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	David Cherry, C. J. Cherryh, Mike Walsh Michael O'Hare
Lunacon 41	1998	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Octavia Butler, Donato Giancola, John Boardman, Perdita Boardman
Lunacon 42	March 5-7, 1999	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Vernor Vinge, Bob Eggleton, Tony Lewis
Lunacon 43	March 24-26, 2000	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Lisa Snellings, Stu Shiffman
Lunacon 44	March 23-25, 2001	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Nancy Kress, Jody Lee, Charles Sheffield, John Hertz
Lunacon 45	March 15-17, 2002	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Peter F. Hamilton, Alan Dean Foster, James Gurney, Ron Ontell, Val Ontell
Lunacon 46	March 21-23, 2003	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Rowena Morrill, Joni Dashoff, Todd Dashoff
Lunacon 47	March 19-21, 2004	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Storm Constantine, Michael Whelan, Lucy Schmeidler, Peter Abrams, Rick Dick, Karen Dick
Lunacon 48	March 18-20, 2005	Sheraton Meadowlands, NJ	Michael Swanwick, Butch Honeck, Skip Morrison, Pierre Pettinger, and Sandy Pettinger
Lunacon 49	March 17–20, 2006	Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (same hotel as former Sheraton)	Jim Butcher, David B. Mattingly, Byron Connell, Lisa Ashton
Lunacon 50	March 16–18, 2007	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Christopher Moore, Dave Seeley, Frank Dietz
Lunacon 51	March 14–16, 2008	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Jacqueline Carey, Johnna Y. Klukas, Joseph D. Siclari, Winston A. Howlett
Lunacon 52	March 20–22, 2009	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Dave Freer, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Leigh Grossman
Lunacon 53	March 19–21, 2010	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Tanya Huff, Theresa Mather, Allison Lonsdale, Mercedes Lackey, Dominick Corrado
Lunacon 54	March 18–20, 2011	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	Lawrence M. Schoen, Rachael Mayo, Eric Zuckerman
Lunacon 55	March 16–18, 2012	Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY	John Ringo, Howard Taylor, Tamora Pierce, Andy & Kristin Looney
Lunacon 2013	March 15-17, 2013	Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY	Michael F. Flynn, William O'Connor, Leslie Fish
Lunacon 2014	March 14-16, 2014	Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY	Ryk Spoor, Randy Gallegos, Michael F. Flynn
Lunacon 2015	March 2015	Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY	Cancelled
Lunacon 2016	March 18-20, 2016	Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY	Robert Sawyer, Rick Sternbach, Naomi Novik
Lunacon 2017	April 7-9, 2017	Westchester Marriott Hotel, Tarrytown, NY	Ben Bova, Roberta Rogow, The Boogie Knights, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge
Lunacon 2018	Cancelled

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