Windycon
StatusActive
GenreScience Fiction/Fantasy Convention
Location(s)Oak Brook, Illinois
CountryUnited States
InauguratedOctober 25-27, 1974
Most recentNovember 10-12, 2023
Next eventNovember 8-10, 2024
Organized byISFiC
Filing statusNon-profit
Websitehttp://www.windycon.org/

Windycon is a science fiction and fantasy literature convention held in Oak Brook, Illinois, on the weekend closest to Veterans Day.

ISFiC, the parent corporation that runs Windycon,[1] was founded in 1973 in Chicago. The first Windycon was held the following year and has been held annually ever since either in Chicago or a Chicago suburb.[2] It is a general interest convention.

ISFiC and Windycon were founded to raise the profile of fandom in Chicago in preparation for a Worldcon bid.[1] In 1982, Chicon IV was the result. From its small beginnings, Windycon has grown to have an annual membership hovering around 1300. It is the largest of the two fan-run Chicago conventions.

Annually since 1986, ISFiC has hosted a writers contest, open to unpublished authors. The contest is judged by professional authors and editors.[3] Separately, Windycon has hosted a writers' workshop under the coordination of Richard Chwedyk since 2000.[4]

In addition to traditional con activities, Windycon has also run a series of on-line chats during the con, hosting by Cybling.[5][6]

Event Date Location Convention chair Theme Guests
Windycon I October 25-27, 1974
  • Author: Lou Tabakow
Windycon II October 3-5, 1975
  • Author: Bob Tucker
  • Author: Joni Stopa
Windycon 48 November 11-13, 2022 Westin Lombard Yorktown Center

Lombard, IL
  • Author: A.M. Dellamonica
  • Author: Kelly Robson
  • Artist: Lauren Raye Snow
  • Cosplay: Spinneret
  • Music: Lauren Oxford
  • Science: Bill Higgins
  • Toastmaster: Mary Anne Mohanraj
  • Special Guest: Jody Lynn Nye
  • Special Guest: Bill Fawcett
Windycon 49 November 10-12, 2023 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook

Oak Brook, IL

 Dana "Star" DeMichael Adventure is Out There
  • Science: April Choi
  • Gaming: Rick Heinz
  • Comic: Trevor Mueller
  • Artist: Logan Rocha
  • Cosplay: Jess Stary
  • Music: Laser Webber
Windycon 50 November 8-10, 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Oak Brook

Oak Brook, IL

 Joseph "Vlad" Stockman Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

References

  1. 1 2 Pavlac, Ross, What's an ISFiC, ISFiC Web Site, retrieved, 2015-11-10
  2. ↑ The Windycon Big List, Windycon Web Site, retrieved, 2007-05-19
  3. ↑ "ISFiC, Inc.: Writers Contest Winners". www.isfic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Foster, Adrienne (August–September 2009), "Next Manuscript, Please: Amazing Tales of the Worldcon Writers Workshop", SFWA Bulletin, p. 10
  5. ↑ Murphy, Janice, Windycon 26 Chats, Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19
  6. ↑ Murphy, Janice, Windycon 29 Chats, Cybling, retrieved, 2007-05-19


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