ConQuesT

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A regional convention sometimes called CQT which is sponsored by the Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society and held in Kansas City, MO since 1972, usually over the Memorial Day weekend.

It began as Mid-America Con in June 1972, followed by BYOB-Con from Fall 1972 to 1979. In 1983 the numbering of ConQuesT conventions was adjusted to accommodate Mid-America Con and nine BYOB-Cons.

Convention	Date	Location	GoHs
ConQuesT 1980	1980	Hotel President	Gordon R. Dickson, Garth Danielson
ConQuesT 2	May 22-24, 1981	Hotel Continental	Poul Anderson, Donald C. Thompson
ConQuesT 3	May 28-30, 1982	Hotel Continental	Norman Spinrad, Nancy Nutt
ConQuesT 4+10	May 27-29, 1983	downtown Howard Johnson's	Kate Wilhelm, Ken Moore
ConQuesT 15	1984	downtown Howard Johnson's	Frederik Pohl, Susan Satterfield
ConQuesT 16	May 17-19, 1985	downtown Howard Johnson's	George R. R. Martin, Dell Harris, Buck and Juanita Coulson
ConQuesT 17	1986	downtown Howard Johnson's	Tim Powers
ConQuesT 18	1987	downtown Howard Johnson's	John Varley, Don Maitz
ConQuesT 19	1988	downtown Howard Johnson's	Howard Waldrop, Carl Lundgren
ConQuesT 20	1989	downtown Howard Johnson's	Elizabeth Scarborough
ConQuesT 21	1990	downtown Howard Johnson's	Melinda M. Snodgrass
ConQuesT 22	1991		John Kessel
ConQuesT 23	May 22-24, 1992		Michael Kube-McDowell
ConQuesT 24	May 28-30, 1993		James P. Hogan
ConQuesT 25	May 27-30, 1994	Park Place Hotel	Steven Brust
ConQuesT 26	May 26-28, 1995	Park Place Hotel	Octavia Butler
ConQuesT 27	May 24-26, 1996	Park Place Hotel	Allen Steele, Myrna Logan, Lubov, Bob Tucker
ConQuesT 28	May 23-25, 1997	Park Place Hotel	Larry Niven
ConQuesT 29	May 22-24, 1998	Park Place Hotel	K. W. Jeter
ConQuesT 30	May 28-30, 1999	Park Place Hotel	David Drake
ConQuesT 31	May 26-28, 2000	Park Place Hotel	Walter Jon Williams
ConQuesT 32	May 25-27, 2001	Park Place Hotel	James K. Morrow
ConQuesT 33	May 24-26, 2002	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Connie Willis, Michael J. Walsh, Frank Kelly Freas
ConQuesT 34	May 23-25, 2003	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Elizabeth Moon, Vincent Di Fate, Suzanne Carnival-Reece
ConQuesT 35	May 28-30, 2004	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Jennifer Roberson, Jody Lee
ConQuesT 36	May 27-29, 2005	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Joe Haldeman, Lee Roth, Jeanette Roth, Theresa Mather
ConQuesT 37	May 26-28, 2006	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Kage Baker, Charles Piehl, Mitchell Davidson Bentley
ConQuesT 38	May 25-27, 2007	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Phyllis Eisenstein, Deb Geisler, Teddy Harvia
ConQuesT 39	May 23-25, 2008	Kansas City Airport Hilton	Joe R. Lansdale, Chris Felknor, Laurie Felknor, David Lee Anderson
ConQuesT 40	May 22-24, 2009	Hyatt Regency Crown Center	John Scalzi, Ed DeGruy, Oberon Zell
ConQuesT 41	May 28-30, 2010	Hyatt Regency Crown Center	Michael Swanwick, Geri Sullivan, Peri Charlifu, Pete Abrams, George R. R. Martin
ConQuesT 42	May 27-29, 2011	Hyatt Regency Crown Center	Tamora Pierce, Tadao Tomomatsu, Erin McKee
ConQuesT 43	May 25-27, 2012	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel	Steve Miller, Sharon Lee, Susan Satterfield, Ursula Vernon, Tim Miller
ConQuesT 44	May 24-26, 2013	Holiday Inn CoCo Key Water Resort, Kansas City	Patrick Rothfuss, Chris Garcia, John Picacio
ConQuesT 45	May 23–25, 2014	Kansas City Marriott Downtown	Glen Cook, Barb and Ray VanTillburg, David Lee Pancake, Bridget Landry, Caroline Spector
ConQuesT 46	May 22–24, 2015	Kansas City Marriott Downtown	Brandon Sanderson, Mark Oshiro, Nene Thomas, George R. R. Martin, Selina Rosen
ConQuesT 47	May 27–29, 2016	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Nnedi Okorafor, Diane Lacey, Julie Dillon, Seanan McGuire
ConQuesT 48	May 26-28, 2017	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Robert J. Sawyer, Zac Zacarola, Rachel Mayo, Jonathan Maberry
ConQuesT 49	May 25-27, 2018	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Steven Barnes, Aurora Celeste, Elizabeth Leggett, Scott Washington, Matt Jacobson
ConQuesT 50	May 24-26, 2019	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Timothy Zahn, Charles Urbach, Jennifer Liang, Jimmy Liang
ConQuesT 51	May 22-24, 2020 (CANCELLED)	Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center	Timothy Zahn, Charles Urbach, Jennifer Liang, Jimmy Liang

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