2–4 March 2007
MARSCON 2007 (Indiana area SF conference) at Holiday Inn Select, Bloomington MN. Guest of Honor: Eleanor Arnason. Actor Guests of Honor: Don S. Davis and Gary Jones. Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Lockwood. Media Fan Guest of Honor: Eric Larson. Registration: $45 until 31 January 2007, $55 at the door. Info: http://marscon.org/2007; info07@marscon.org; MarsCon, Box 21213, Eagan MN 55121.
9–11 March 2007
POTLATCH 16 (Northwest SF conference) at Red Lion Hotel Portland-Convention Center, Portland OR. Membership: $35 to April 30, 2006. Info: www.spiritone.com/~jlorentz/potlatch; potlatch16@gmail.com; Potlatch 16 c/o OSFCI, Box 5703, Portland OR 97228-5703; (503) 283-0802.
29 March–1 April 2007
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007 (Horror conference) at Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Guests of Honor: Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick. Artist Guest of Honor: John Picacio. MC: Sephera Giron. Publisher Guest of Honor: Peter Crowther. Editor Guest of Honor: Don Hutchison. Info: www.whc2007.org; Amanda@whc2007.org.
6–9 April 2007
CONTEMPLATION (58th British National SF Convention) at Crowne Plaza (a.k.a. Chester Moat House), Chester, UK. Registration: GBP45 attending, GBP20 supporting. Info: http://contemplation.conventions.org.uk; membership@contemplation.conventions.org.uk; 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield S2 3HQ, UK.
13–15 April 2007
WILLYCON IV (Nebraska SF conference) at Wayne State College, Wayne, NE. Guest of Honor: James Alan Gardner; Artist Guests of Honor: Taki Soma and Zach Miller; Fan Guest of Honor: Terry Hickman and Will Pereira. Info: www.willycon.com; scifict@wsc.edu; WillyCon, c/o Ron Vick (or Stan Gardner), Wayne State College, 1111 Main St., Wayne NE 68787
20–22 April 2007
RAVENCON 2007 (Virginia SF conference) at Double Tree Hotel, Richmond Airport, Sandston, VA. Guest of Honor: Robert J. Sawyer; Artist Guest of Honor: Steve Stiles; Fan Guest of Honor: Jan Howard Finder. Registration: $35 until 19 April 2007, $40 at the door. Info: www.ravencon.com; info@ravencon.com.
30 August–3 September 2007
NIPPON 2007 (65th World Science Fiction Convention) at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. Guests of Honor: Sakyo Komatsu and David Brin. Artist Guests of Honor: Yoshitaka Amano and Michael Whelan; Fan Guest of Honor: Takumi Shibano. Registration: USD180/ JPY20,000 until 30 June 2006, for thereafter. This is the SF universe’s annual get-together. Professionals and readers from all over the world will be in attendance. Talks, panels, films, fancy dress competition—the works. Nominate and vote for the Hugos. This is only the third time Worldcon will be held in a non-English speaking country and the first time in Asia. Info: www.nippon2007.org; info@nippon2007.org; Nippon 2007/ JASFIC, 4-20-5-604, Mure, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0002. North American agent: Peggy Rae Sapienza, Nippon 2007, PO Box 314, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, USA. UK agent: Andrew A. Adams, 23 Ivydene Road, Reading RG30 1HT, England, U.K. European agent: Vincent Doherty, Koninginnegracht 75a, 2514A Den Haag, Netherlands. Australian agent: Craig Macbride, Box 274, World Trade Centre, Victoria, 8005 Australia.
