Windycon

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Windycon
StatusActive
GenreScience Fiction/Fantasy Convention
LocationsOak Brook, Illinois
CountryUnited States
InauguratedOctober 25-27, 1974
Most recent
November 10-12, 2023
Next event
November 8-10, 2024
Organized byISFiC
Filing statusNon-profit
Websitewww.windycon.org

Windycon is a science fiction and fantasy literature convention held annually in the Chicago, Illinois area. In the past, it was held on the weekend closest to Veterans Day; as of 2026, the date has been moved to the second weekend of October.

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Annually since 1986, ISFiC has hosted a writers contest, open to unpublished authors.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] From 2004 to 2015, ISFiC Press, the publishing arm of Windycon's parent organization, published a Guest of Honor book to be released at the convention.

References

  1. ^ a b Pavlac, Ross, What's an ISFiC, ISFiC Web Site, retrieved, 2015-11-10
  2. ^ The Windycon Big List Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, Windycon Web Site, retrieved, 2007-05-19
  3. ^ "ISFiC, Inc.: Writers Contest Winners". www.isfic.org. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ Foster, Adrienne (August–September 2009), "Next Manuscript, Please: Amazing Tales of the Worldcon Writers Workshop", SFWA Bulletin, p. 10


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