Vericon
Vericon is an annual science fiction convention at Harvard University, organized by the Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Lasting over a three-day weekend, for the first nine years of its existence it took place on the last weekend of January; for 2010, however, it was moved to mid-March to accommodate changes in Harvard College's academic calendar. It has been described as the largest college-based science fiction convention in the United States.
Vericon was held most recently in 2016, and is currently on hiatus.
The convention features anime, boardgames, cosplay, Human Chess, dances, LARPs, and RPGs. The convention is unusual for a college science fiction convention in that in addition to gaming, a number of prominent people involved in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, game design, and comics are invited each year to host panels and readings. Guests have included:
- 2016 : Ann Leckie, John Chu, Wesley Chu, Pamela Dean, Seth Dickinson, Greer Gilman, Malka Older, Ada Palmer, Jo Walton, Fran Wilde
- 2015 : Ken Liu, M. L. Brennan, Carl Engle-Laird, Greer Gilman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Andrew Liptak, B. L. Marsh, Will McIntosh, Daniel José Older, Ada Palmer, Luke Scull, Alex Shvartsman, Jo Walton
- 2014 : Patrick Rothfuss, Max Gladstone, Jo Walton, Scott Lynch, M. L. Brennan, Shira Lipkin, Saladin Ahmed, Luke Scull, Greer Gilman
- 2013 : Tamora Pierce, Jeffrey Carver, Greer Gilman, N. K. Jemisin, Shira Lipkin, Seanan McGuire, Jennifer Pelland, Jo Walton
- 2012 : Vernor Vinge, Greer Gilman, Lev Grossman, Jennifer Pelland, Thomas Sniegoski, R.L. Stine, Aaron Diaz, Christopher Hastings, Michael Terracciano
- 2011 : Brandon Sanderson, Austin Grossman, Holly Black, Catherine Asaro, Sarah Smith, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman
- 2010 : Timothy Zahn, Katherine Howe, Resa Nelson, Paul G. Tremblay, Greer Gilman, John Crowley, Randall Munroe, Dorothy Gambrell, Michael Terracciano.
- 2009 : Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Di Filippo, Allen Steele, Robert V. S. Redick, Catherynne M. Valente, Don D'Ammassa, Marie Brennan, Brad Guigar, Kris Straub
- 2008 : Orson Scott Card, Lois Lowry, M. T. Anderson, Elizabeth Haydon, James Patrick Kelly, Kelly Link, Donna Jo Napoli, Sharyn November, Cassandra Clare, William Sleator, Pete Abrams, Jeph Jacques, Randall Munroe
- 2007 : Guy Gavriel Kay, R. A. Salvatore, Jeffrey Carver, Sharyn November, Shaenon K. Garrity, Jeffrey Rowland
- 2006 : George R. R. Martin, Greer Gilman, Elaine Isaak, Marie Brennan, Sarah Smith, Tim Buckley, R. K. Milholland, Jeph Jacques, Michael Terracciano
- 2005 : Jacqueline Carey, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, James K. Morrow, James Alan Gardner, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald
- 2004 : Mike Carey, Brian Clevinger, Peter David
- 2003 : Catherine Asaro, Julie Czerneda, Ellen Kushner, Charles Vess
- 2002 : Henry Jenkins, Scott McCloud, Terry Moore, Susan Shwartz
- 2001 : Pete Abrams, James Ernest, Paul Levinson, Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Michael A. Burstein, Jeffrey Carver, Esther Friesner, Peter Heck, James K. Morrow, Donna Jo Napoli