ArmadilloCon


ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, Texas, USA, since 1979. As the second longest running science fiction convention in Texas, it is sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas and is known for its emphasis on literary science fiction. ArmadilloCon was originally held in mid-October during the weekend of the Texas-OU football game, but moved to a late-summer/early-fall weekend in 1998.

Traditions of ArmadilloCon

ArmadilloCon generally focuses on literary science-fiction, with guests of honor typically being up-and-coming writers. Unique programming includes a "Fannish Feud" which has been held regularly since ArmadilloCon 4 in 1982, and has been hosted by a variety of people, including Pat Cadigan, Walter Jon Williams, and . The convention typically includes a large number of readings, and for some years ended with a story reading by Howard Waldrop.
A key element of the convention is the ArmadilloCon Writers' Workshop. The workshop was started in 1998, instigated by Chairs A.T. Campbell III and Lori Wolf. The workshop is held during the day on the Friday of the convention, with a Writers' Track of sessions available during the rest of the weekend.

Past conventions

  • ArmadilloCon 1
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: John Varley
  • * Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
  • * Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
  • * Location: Villa Capri
  • ArmadilloCon 2
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Chad Oliver
  • ArmadilloCon 3
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
  • * Location: Ramada Riverside
  • ArmadilloCon 4
  • * Chair: Ed Scarbrough
  • * Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger and George R. R. Martin
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
  • ArmadilloCon 5
  • * Chair: Ed Scarborough
  • * Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
  • * Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
  • * Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
  • * Location: Villa Capri Motor Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 6
  • * Chair: Ed Scarborough
  • * Guest of Honor: John Sladek
  • * Fan Guests: and Gay Miller Corrick
  • * Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
  • * Special Guest: Ellen Datlow
  • ArmadilloCon 7
  • * Relaxacon after the third occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 1", was held in Austin.
  • ArmadilloCon 8
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: William Gibson
  • * Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
  • ArmadilloCon 9
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Bruce Sterling
  • * Artist Guest: J. R. Daniels
  • * Editor Guest: Beth Meacham
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan
  • ArmadilloCon 10
  • * Chairs: and
  • * Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
  • * Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
  • * Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
  • * Fan Guests: and
  • * Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
  • * Location: Wyndham Southpark
  • ArmadilloCon 11
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Lewis Shiner
  • * Artist Guest: Don Ivan Punchatz
  • * Editor Guest: Pat LoBrutto
  • * Fan Guest: Mike Glyer
  • * Toastmaster: Connie Willis
  • * Special Guests: William Gibson and Tom Maddox
  • * Location: Wyndham Southpark
  • ArmadilloCon 12
  • * Chair: Ed Graham
  • * Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest: Susan Allison
  • * Fan Guest: Debbie Hodgkinson
  • * Toastmaster: Melinda M. Snodgrass
  • * Special Guests: Vernor Vinge and Marc Stiegler
  • * Location: Wyndham Southpark
  • ArmadilloCon 13
  • * Chair: Casey Hamilton
  • * Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmistress: Emma Bull
  • * Location: Wyndham Southpark
  • ArmadilloCon 14
  • * Chairs: Lori Wolf and
  • * Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
  • * Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
  • * Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
  • * Fan Guest: Allan Jackson
  • * Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson
  • * Location: Wyndham Southpark
  • ArmadilloCon 15
  • * Chairs: and Lori Wolf
  • * Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Michael Bishop
  • * Location: Red Lion
  • ArmadilloCon 16
  • * Chairs: Ed Graham and Casey Hamilton
  • * Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
  • * Artist Guest: David A. Cherry
  • * Editor Guest: Gordon Van Gelder
  • * Fan Guest: Gregory Benford
  • * Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
  • * Special Guest: Guy Gavriel Kay
  • * Location: Red Lion
  • ArmadilloCon 17
  • * Chairs: and Dan Tolliver
  • * Guest of Honor: Alexander Jablokov
  • * Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Fan Guests: Dick Smith and
  • * Toastmaster: Terry Bisson
  • * Location: Red Lion
  • ArmadilloCon 18
  • * Chair: Dan Tolliver
  • * Guest of Honor: Jonathan Lethem
  • * Artist Guest: Bob Eggleton
  • * Editor Guest: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  • * Fan Guests: Spike Parsons and Tom Becker
  • * Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
  • * Location: Red Lion
  • ArmadilloCon 19
  • * Relaxacon after the 55th World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 2", was held in San Antonio.
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
  • * Location: Hunt, Texas
  • ArmadilloCon 20
  • * Chairs: and Lori Wolf
  • * Guest of Honor: Bradley Denton
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest: David G. Hartwell
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Steven Gould
  • * Special Guest: Peter F. Hamilton
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 21
  • * Chairs: Mona Gamboa and
  • * Guest of Honor: Sean Stewart
  • * Artist Guest: Wayne Barlowe
  • * Editor Guest: Shawna McCarthy
  • * Fan Guest: Harry Stubbs
  • * Toastmaster: William Browning Spencer
  • * Special Guest: Neil Gaiman
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 22
  • * Chairs: and Dan Tolliver
  • * Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
  • * Artist Guest: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz
  • * Editor Guest: Betsy Mitchell
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Mary Doria Russell
  • * Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 23
  • * Chairs: Renee Babcock and Lori Wolf
  • * Guest of Honor: J. Gregory Keyes
  • * Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
  • * Editor Guest: Toni Weisskopf
  • * Fan Guest: Teddy Harvia
  • * Toastmaster: Walter Jon Williams
  • * Special Guest: Esther Friesner
  • * Location: Austin Hilton North
  • ArmadilloCon 24
  • * Chairs: Renee Babcock and Charles Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
  • * Artist Guests: Frank Cho and Scott Kurtz
  • * Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
  • * Fan Guests: and Scott Bobo
  • * Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
  • * Special Guest: Robin Hobb
  • * Location:Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 25
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Kage Baker
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Aaron Allston
  • * Editor Guest: Anne Groell
  • * Artist Guest: John Picacio
  • * Special Guest: Vernor Vinge
  • * Location: Austin Hilton North
  • ArmadilloCon 26
  • * Chairs: Kimm Antell and Chuck Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Sharon Shinn
  • * Fan Guest: Chaz "Hazel" Boston Baden
  • * Toastmaster: K. D. Wentworth
  • * Editor Guest: Stanley Schmidt
  • * Artist Guest: Charles Vess
  • * Mystery Guests of Honor: Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly
  • * Location: Austin Hilton North
  • ArmadilloCon 27
  • * Chairs: Renee Babcock and
  • * Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
  • * Fan Guests: &
  • * Toastmaster: Charles de Lint
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Special Guest: Sean McMullen
  • * Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 28
  • * Chair: Kimm Antell
  • * Guest of Honor: Julie E. Czerneda
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Special Guest: James P. Hogan
  • * Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 29
  • * Chair: Renee Babcock
  • * Guest of Honor: Louise Marley
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
  • * Editor Guest: Sharyn November
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 30
  • * Chairs: and Chuck Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
  • * Toastmaster: Bill Crider
  • * Editor Guest: Sheila Williams
  • * Special Guests: Gay Haldeman and Joe Haldeman
  • * Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 31
  • * Chair: Kimm Antell
  • * Guest of Honor: Scott Lynch
  • * Artist Guest: Stephan Martinière
  • * Editor Guest: Chris Roberson
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Special Guest: Joan D. Vinge
  • * Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 32
  • * Chairs: Elizabeth Burton and Dan Tolliver
  • * Guest of Honor: Rachel Caine
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Nancy Kress
  • * Urban Fantasy Special Guest: Ilona Andrews
  • * Steampunk Special Guest: Michael Bishop
  • * Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 33
  • * Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Paolo Bacigalupi
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest: Lou Anders
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Mark Finn
  • * Special Guests: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
  • * Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 34
  • * Chair: Sara Felix
  • * Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop
  • * Fan Guest: Bill Parker
  • * Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky
  • * Special Guest: Chloe Neill
  • * Artist Guest: Julie Dillon
  • * Toastmaster: A. Lee Martinez
  • * Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
  • ArmadilloCon 35 / GlyptoCon 3
  • * Relaxacon after the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 3", was held in San Antonio.
  • * Chair:
  • * Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
  • ArmadilloCon 36
  • * Chair: Kimm Antell
  • * Guest of Honor: Ted Chiang
  • * Fan Guest: Michael Walsh
  • * Editor Guest: Jacob Weisman
  • * Artist Guest: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
  • * Science Guest: Sigrid Close
  • * Special Guest: Ian McDonald
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 37
  • * Chairs: Jennifer Juday & Charles Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Ken Liu
  • * Special Guest: James Morrow
  • * Fan Guest: John DeNardo
  • * Editor Guest: L. Timmel Duchamp
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Stina Leicht
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 38
  • * Chair: Charles Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Wesley Chu
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Special Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Joe McKinney
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 39
  • * Chair:
  • * Guest of Honor: Nisi Shawl
  • * Special Guest: Tamora Pierce
  • * Artist Guest Mark A. Nelson
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Don Webb
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • ArmadilloCon 40
  • * Chair: Jennifer Juday
  • * Guest of Honor:
  • * Special Guest:
  • * Special Guest:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Fan Guest:
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • * Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
  • * Guest of Honor: Rebecca Roanhorse
  • * Toastmaster: Marshall Ryan Maresca
  • * Fan Guest: Dan Tolliver
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Science Guest:
  • * Special Guest: Martha Wells
  • * Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
  • * Small virtual replacement for in-person event, due to COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2
  • * Chair: Jennifer Juday
  • * Special Guest: Tobias S. Buckell
  • * Featured Writer:
  • * Featured Writer:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Fan Guests: Clif & Margaret Davis
  • * Location: Virtual
  • * Chair: Jonathan Miles
  • * Guest of Honor:
  • * Special Guest: David Liss
  • * Special Guest: Marshall Ryan Maresca
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Chair: Jennifer Juday
  • * Writer Guest: Darcie Little Badger
  • * Special Guest: Fonda Lee
  • * Special Guest: Ellen Klages
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Location:
  • * Chair: Jennifer Juday
  • * Writer Guest: Sequoia Nagamatsu
  • * Special Guest: Cory Doctorow
  • * Special Guest:
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Editor Guest: Rick Klaw
  • * Fan Guest: Charles Siros
  • * Location:
  • * Chair: Jennifer Juday
  • * Writer Guest:
  • * Special Guest: Delilah S. Dawson
  • * Special Guest: Austin Grossman
  • * Editor Guest:
  • * Artist Guests: The Shiflett Brothers
  • * Toastmaster:
  • * Location:
  • * Chair: Jonathan Miles
  • * Writer Guest: Samantha Mills
  • * Special Guest: P. Djèlí Clark
  • * Artist Guest:
  • * Toastmaster: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
  • * Location: