OryCon

Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.

Orycon
StatusActive
GenreScience fiction
Location(s)Portland, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1979
Websitehttp://www.orycon.org/

Event historyedit

EventDatesGuestsAttendanceNotes
OryCon 0Nov 11, 1978No GOHs~125The Symposium
OryConNov 9-11, 1979John Varley (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Richard Geis (Fan)525
OryCon '80Nov 14-16, 1980Fritz Leiber (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Elton Elliott (Fan)1,010
OryCon '81Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981Frederik Pohl (Pro), Steve Fahnestalk (TM) & Kennedy Poyser (Fan)965
OryCon '82Nov 12-14, 1982Robert Silverberg (Pro) & Jeff Frane (Fan)979
OryCon 5Nov 11-13, 1983Octavia Butler (Pro), Terry Carr (TM) & Wilson Tucker (Fan)937
OryCon '84Nov 9-11, 1984Reginald Bretnor (Pro) & Steve Perry (TM)424"The Relaxicon"
OryCon '85Nov 8-10, 1985Somtow Sucharitkul (Pro), Steven Barnes (TM), William Rotsler (Artist) & Jon Singer (Fan—chosen by lot)889
OryCon '86Nov 7-9, 1986Edward Bryant (Pro), George R. R. Martin (TM) & Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Editor)873
OryCon '87Nov 13-15, 1987Tim Powers (Pro), Michael P. Kube-McDowell (TM) & Ben Yalow (Fan)954
OryCon 10Nov 11-13, 1988Lucius Shepard, John Varley, Connie Willis (Pros) & Mona Clee (Special Petrey Guest)973
OryCon 11Nov 10-12, 1989Michael Bishop (Pro) & David Langford (Special Guest)1,069
OryCon 12Nov 9-11, 1990Howard Waldrop & K. W. Jeter (Pros)1,055
OryCon 13Nov 8-10, 1991Emma Bull & Will Shetterly (Pros)1,196
OryCon 14Nov 20-22, 1992Esther Friesner (Pro), James Warhola (Artist) & Steve Forty (Fan)1,342
OryCon 15Nov 12-14, 1993Terry Pratchett Pro), Mark Ferrari (Artist) & Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest)1,358
OryCon 16Nov 11-13, 1994Tappan King (Pro), Beth Meachem (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist) & Pat Cadigan (Special Guest)1,451
OryCon 17Nov 10-12, 1995Joel Rosenberg (Writer), Heather Hudson & Dameon Willich (Artists), Kristine Kathryn Rusch
& Dean Wesley Smith (Special Guests)
1,385
OryCon 18Nov 8-10, 1996Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (Writers), Patricia Davis (Artist), Gardner Dozois (Editor)1,624
OryCon 19Nov 7-9, 1997Steven Barnes (Writer), Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Editors), Frank Lurz (Artist)1,600
OryCon 20Nov 13-15, 1998Lois McMaster Bujold (Writer), Ellen Asher (Editor), David Langford & Howard Waldrop (Returning GOHs),
Kathe Koja (Special Petrey Guest), Alan Clark (Artist), Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest)
~1,600
OryCon 21Nov 12-14, 1999Néné Thomas (Artist), Warren Lapine & Angela Kessler (Editors), Nicola Griffith (Writer), Charles Sheffield
(Science), Bill Bowers (Fan)
~1,550
OryCon 22Nov 17-19, 2000Kara Dalkey & John Barnes (Writers), Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), Dr. Robert Forward (Science), Gail Butler
(Artist), Larry Warner (Music), Richard Dansky (Gaming)
~1,600
OryCon 23Nov 9-11, 2001Melanie Rawn (Writer), Laura Anne Gilman (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist), Steve Macdonald
(Special Friends of Filk guest)
1,628
OryCon 24Nov 22-24, 2002Susan R. Matthews (Writer), Lee Seed (Artist), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
OryCon 25Nov 14-16, 2003Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Writer), Ken Goddard (Science and Author), Toni Weisskopf (Editor),
Martin Greenberg (Editor), Gail Butler (Artist), Uffington Horse (Friends of Filk)
OryCon 26Nov 5-7, 2004Jerry Oltion (Writer), Mark Roland (Artist), Jennifer Heddle (Editor)
OryCon 27Nov 4-6, 2005Brian Herbert (Writer), Kevin J. Anderson (Writer), Paul Guinan (Artist), Tom Smith (Filk)
OryCon 28Nov 17 - 19, 2006Cory Doctorow (Writer), Chair Mary Olsen
OryCon 29Nov 16-18, 2007Robert Charles Wilson (Writer), Liz Scheier (Editor), Molly Harrison (Artist), Vic & Kelly
Bonilla (Media), Jonas Saunders (Fan), Peter S. Beagle (Filk)
OryCon 30Nov 21-23, 2008Harry Turtledove (Writer), Ginjer Buchanan (Editor), Jeff Fennel (Artist), Cecilia Eng
(Fan), Tricky Pixie (Filk)
OryCon 31Nov 27-29, 2009Patricia Briggs (Author), Lou Anders (Editor), Lubov (Artist), Jeff Hitchin (Fan), Chris
Lester(Filk), Chair Debra Stansbury
OryCon 32Nov 12-14, 2010P.N. Elrod (Author), Sharyn November (Editor), Chad Savage (Artist), Seanan McGuire (Filk),
Chair Tammy J. Lindsley
OryCon 33Nov 11-13, 2011E.E. Knight (Author), Scott Allie (Editor), Jim Pavelec (Artist), Tempest (Music), Chair Devlin Perez
OryCon 34Nov 2-4, 2012Mike Shepherd (Author), Jess Hartley (Editor), Vance Kovacs (Artist), Aaron Duran (Media), Michael Longcor (Music), Chair Tracy Penner
OryCon 35Nov 8–10, 2013Ann Bishop (Author), Liz Gorinsky (Editor), Jay Lake (Special), Matt Vancil (Media), Larry Elmore (Artist), Debs and Errol (Filk), Chair Lea Rush1,632
OryCon 36Nov 7–9, 2014William F. Nolan (Author), Jason Andrew (Editor), Mark Roland (Artist), Jesse Lagers (Cosplay), Vixy & Tony (Music), Jay Lake (Ghost), Chair Devlin Perez
OryCon 37Nov 20-22, 2015Tanya Huff (Author), Alan M. Clark (Artist), Jason V. Brock (Editor), Ryan Wells (Cosplay), The PDX Broadsides (Music)
OryCon 38Nov 18–20, 2016David Weber (Author), Diana Gill (Editor), David Mattingly (Artist)
OryCon 39Nov 17-19, 2017Timothy Zahn (Author), Sarah Clemens (Artist), David Boop (Editor), Solovox (Musical), Brichibi Cosplay (Cosplay)
OryCon 40Nov, 2018
OryCon 41Nov, 2019
OryCon 42Nov 12-14, 2021Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio (Artists), A. Lee Martinez (Author)

The one-day Symposium in 1978 was held at Portland State University. OryCon was held at the Lloyd Center Sheraton in 1979, at the Portland Hilton 1980-83 and 1985, at the Portland Cosmopolitan Hotel in 1984, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center (formerly the Lloyd Center Sheraton) in 1986, at the Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River Hotel from 1987 to 2003, at the Marriott (waterfront downtown) from 2003 to 2008, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center beginning 2009.

Highlightsedit

Orycon promotes science fiction and fantasy works of all kinds.

There are many panels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science, as well as numerous filk sessions and concerts. Some of the recent panel topics have included:

  • Writing
    • When is enough research too much?
    • How to write about something you don't really know about
    • Using Your Imagination to Write and Draw
    • Inventing Languages: Alien Linguistics
    • Balancing Writing with Family/Real Life—Deadlines vs. diapers
  • Current events
    • What impact does technology really have on history
    • Murdering stemcells and frankenfood: modern biology and the far left and right
    • The web in 2015 - a look ahead
    • The rest of the world's last year in space/Japanese Space Program. What they've done, what they are doing, what they have planned.
  • Costuming
    • Making an original costume: What you need to get started
    • Fabric manipulation-How to twist, dye, stitch, fold, pleat and otherwise bully your fabric into submission
    • Period costumes beyond Victorian and medieval: Why don't we see more eras?
    • Costuming 101: Pattern bashing for beginners
  • Art
    • Art Jam - Everybody Draws
    • Selling the Offspring: Your Emotional Investment in Your Art and How Much do You Charge for It?
    • The Business of Art
    • My inspiration - My art: Why I did what I did

The Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West)

The Endeavour Awardedit

The Endeavour Award is presented to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.

Finalists for 2012
  • Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Tor)
  • City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr)
  • River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
  • Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday)
  • When the Saints by Dave Duncan (Tor)
2011 Winner

External linksedit

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