Westercon

Convention	Dates	Location	GoHs
Westercon 1	September 5, 1948	Los Angeles	none
Westercon 2	October 2, 1949	Los Angeles	none
Westercon 3	June 18, 1950	Los Angeles	Robert S. Richardson
Westercon 4	June 29-July 1, 1951	San Francisco	George Pal
Sou-Westercon	June 28-29, 1952	San Diego	Ray Bradbury, William Nolan
Westercon 6	May 30-31, 1953	Los Angeles	Gerald Heard
SFCon	September 3-4, 1954	San Francisco	Jack Williamson
Westercon 8	June 3-4, 1955	Los Angeles	Mel Hunter
Westercon 9	June 30-July 1, 1956	Oakland	Richard Matheson
Westercon 10	July 4-7, 1957	Hollywood	Mark Clifton
Solacon	September 1, 1958	Los Angeles	Richard Matheson
Westercon 12	June 3-5, 1959	Seattle	Alan E. Nourse
Boycon	July 2-4, 1960	Boise	Rog Phillips
Baycon	July 1-2, 1961	Oakland	Fritz Leiber, Jack Speer
Westercon 15	June 30-July 1, 1962	Los Angeles	Jack Vance, Alva Rogers
Westercon 16	July 4-7, 1963	San Francisco	Kris Neville, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby
Pacificon II	September 4, 1964	Oakland	Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Forrest J Ackerman
Westercon 18	July 3-5, 1965	Long Beach, CA	Frank Herbert, Anthony Boucher
Westercon 19	July 1-4, 1966	San Diego	Harlan Ellison, John Trimble, Bjo Trimble
Westercon 20	July 1-4, 1967	Los Angeles	Marion Zimmer Bradley, Lon Atkins
Baycon	September 1, 1968	Berkeley	Philip Jose Farmer, Walter J. Daugherty, Takumi Shibano
FUNcon II	July 3-6, 1969	Santa Monica	Randall Garrett, Roy Tackett
Westercon 23	July 2-5, 1970	Santa Barbara	Jack Williamson, Rick Sneary
SFCon '71	July 1-5, 1971	San Francisco	Avram Davidson, Don Simpson
Westercon 25	June 30-July 4, 1972	Long Beach	Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Len Moffatt
SFCon '73	June 30-July 4, 1973	San Francisco	Larry Niven, George Barr, James Coleman Nelson
Westercon 27	July 3-7, 1974	Santa Barbara	Philip K. Dick, Charles Burbee
OakLaCon	July 3-6, 1975	Oakland	David Gerrold, Dena Brown, Charlie Brown, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine
Westercon 29	July 2-5, 1976	Los Angeles	Horace L. Gold, Gregg Calkins
Westercon 30	July 1-4, 1977	Vancouver, BC	Damon Knight, Frank Denton, Kate Wilhelm
Westercone	June 30-July 4, 1978	Los Angeles	Poul Anderson, Don C. Thompson
Westercon 32	July 4-8, 1979	San Francisco	Richard Lupoff, Bruce Pelz, Sherry Gottlieb
Westercon 33	July 3-6, 1980	Los Angeles	Roger Zelazny, Bob Vardeman
Westercon 34	July 2-5, 1981	Sacramento	C. J. Cherryh, Grant Canfield
Westercon 35	July 2-5, 1982	Phoenix	Gordon R. Dickson, Fran Skene, Robert Asprin
Westerchron	July 1-4, 1983	San Jose	Phil Klass (William Tenn), Alicia Austin, Tom Whitmore
Westercon 37	June 29-July 3, 1984	Portland	Harlan Ellison, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Alex Schomburg
Westercon 38	July 3-7, 1985	Sacramento	James Hogan, Paula Christ
Westercon 39	July 3-6, 1986	San Diego	David Brin, Karen Turner
Episode XXXX	July 2-5, 1987	Oakland	Gregory Benford, Aubrey MacDermott, Lela Dowling, Ken Macklin, Leslie Fish
Westercon 41	July 1-4, 1988	Phoenix	Robert Silverberg, Real Musgrave, Craig Miller
Conosaurus	June 30-July 4, 1989	Anaheim	John Varley, Arthur Hlavaty
Westercon 43	July 5-8, 1990	Portland	Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda McIntyre, Kate Wilhelm, Art Widner
Westercon 44	July 2-6, 1991	Vancouver, BC	William Gibson, C. J. Cherryh, Jerry Kaufman, Suzanne Tompkins, Steve Jackson , Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Warren Oddsson, Verna Trestrail
Westercolt	July 2-5, 1992	Phoenix	Jennifer Roberson, Pat Mueller, Rick Sternbach
Westercon 46	July 2-5, 1993	Seattle	Greg Bear, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Wally Gonser
Conozoic	July 1-4, 1994	Los Angeles	George R. R. Martin, Bill Rotsler, Real Musgrave
Westercon 48	June 30-July 3, 1995	Portland	Vernor Vinge, Elayne Pelz, John R. Foster, Ray Villard
ConDiablo	July 4-7, 1996	El Paso	James P. Blaylock, Howard Waldrop, Brad W. Foster, Arnie Katz, Joyce Katz
Westercon 50	July 3-6, 1997	Seattle	Dr. Martin M. Greenberg, J. Michael Straczynski, Amy Thomson, Victoria Lisi, Jack Cohen, Walter J. Daugherty, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
Concept 1998	July 2-5, 1998	San Diego	Katherine Kurtz, Scott MacMillian, Sue Dawe, David W. Clark
Empirecon	July 2-5, 1999	Spokane	C. J. Cherryh, Barbara Hambly, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Alicia Austin, Wendy Pini, Ellen Datlow, Larry Baker
Conolulu	July 1-4, 2000	Honolulu	Dan Simmons, Ctein, John Lorentz
Westercon 54	July 5-8, 2001	Portland	Tim Powers, Mike Glyer, Frank Lurz
Conagerie	July 4-7, 2002	Los Angeles	Harry Turtledove, Robert Lichtman, Beth Meacham, Ross Chamberlin
Westercon 56	July 3-6, 2003	SeaTac, WA	Bruce Sterling, Lisa Snellings, Saul Jaffe, Claire Eddy
Conkopelli	July 2-5, 2004	Litchfield Park, AZ	C. J. Cherryh, David Cherry, Heather Alexander, Diana Gabaldon, Virginia Hey, John Hertz
Due North	July 1-4, 2005	Calgary	S. M. Stirling, Dave Duncan, Mark Ferrari, Tom Doherty, David Hartwell, Dr. Phil Currie, Cliff Samuels, Eileen Capes
Conzilla	July 1-4, 2006	San Diego	Walter Jon Williams, Bob Eggleton, Bobbi Armbruster
Gnomeward Bound	June 30-July 3, 2007	San Mateo	Tad Williams, Theresa Mather, Christian McGuire
Westercon 61	July 3-6, 2008	Las Vegas	Kage Baker, Lubov, Milt Stevens
Fiestacon	July 2-5, 2009	Tempe, AZ	Todd Lockwood, Alan Dean Foster, Stanley Schmidt, Jim Webber, Doreen Webber
Confirmation	July 1-4, 2010	Pasadena, CA	Rudy Rucker, Marc Schirmeister, John D. Berry
Westercon 64	July 1-4, 2011	San Jose, CA	Patricia A. McKillip, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Mike Willmoth
ConClusion	July 5-8, 2012	Seattle	Robin Hobb, Frank Wu, Brianna Spacekat Wu, Chaz Boston Baden, Art Bozlee, Vixy & Tony
Westercon 66	July 4-7, 2013	Sacramento, CA	Nicola Griffith, Kelley Eskridge, Eric Shanower, Steven Schapansky, Warren Frey, Chris Budgess, David Maxine, John Trimble, Bjo Trimble
Westercon 67	July 3-6, 2014	Salt Lake City, UT	Cory Doctorow, Chris Garcia, David Maxine, Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
Westercon 68	July 2-3, 2015	San Diego, CA	Mira Grant,John Picacio, Seanan McGuire, William F. Nolan
Westercon 69	July 1-4, 2016	Portland, OR	John Scalzi, Theresa Mather, Bobak Ferdowsi, Charles Stross, David D. Levine
Conalope	July 1-4, 2017	Tempe, AZ	Julie Dillon, Tom Deadstuff, Larry Elmore, Connie Willis, Gini Koch, Henry Vanderbilt, Val Ontell, Ron Ontell, Tim Griffin, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble
Westercon 71	July 4-8, 2018	Denver, CO	Nancy Kress, Rebecca Moesta Jeff Sturgeon, Margaret Davis, Kristoph Klover, Mem Morman, Kent Bloom, Andrew Mayne
Spikecon	July 4-7, 2019	Layton, UT	Jim Butcher, Vincent Villafranca, Tom Smith, Kitty Krell, Kevin Standlee, Lisa Hayes, Kuma Bear
None held	2020
Westercon 73	July 1-4, 2021	Seattle, WA	David Brin, Rob Carlos, Ethan Siegel, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley
Westercon 74	July 1-4, 2022	Tonopah, NV	Kevin Andrew Murphy, Myrna Donato

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