Baycon

BayCon
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction/Fantasy
Venue	San Mateo San Francisco Airport Marriott
Location(s)	San Mateo, California
Country	United States
Inaugurated	1982
Organized by	Artistic Solutions, Inc.
Website
http://www.baycon.org/

BayCon is the San Francisco Bay Area's longest-running fan-run science fiction and fantasy convention. It is held over Memorial Day weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. BayCon draws many attendees from throughout California and also as far away as Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. The next BayCon will be held from Friday, May 26, through Monday, May 29, 2017 in San Mateo, California. The Writer Guest of Honor is Daniel Abraham, the Artist Guest of Honor is Daniel Dociu, the Fan Guest of Honor is Dr. Christine Doyle, and the Toastmaster is Ty Franck. The theme is "Dystopia/Utopia".

Some of the better known regular attendees include Howard Hendrix, Diana Paxson, Lee Martindale, and Irene Radford. Past Writer Guests of Honor include Peter S. Beagle, David Brin, Orson Scott Card, Harlan Ellison, David Gerrold, James P. Hogan, Larry Niven, Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Brandon Sanderson, Harry Turtledove, and Gene Wolfe. Past Artist Guests of Honor include Bob Eggleton, Frank Kelly Freas, Stephan Martinière, John Picacio, Rick Sternbach, and Michael Whelan. Past Fan Guests of Honor include Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Glyer, and Art Widner. Past Special Guests include Poppy Z. Brite, Mike Jittlov, and Jerry Pournelle. Toastmasters have included Kent Brewster, Raymond E. Feist, Laura Brodian Freas, Richard A. Lupoff, George R. R. Martin, Seanan McGuire, Frank M. Robinson, and Scott Sigler.

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