Westercon 70 in Tempe Announces Additional Guests of Honor
Westercon 70 (“ConAlope,” including LepreCon 43), the 2017 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference, has issued a press release that includes the announcement of two additional…
Utah Only Bid for 2019 Westercon
Westercon 70 in Tempe announced today that as of the April 15, 2017 filing deadline, one bid filed to host the 2019 West Coast Science…
2019 Westercon Bids Open to All Zones
No bids were filed to host the 2019 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference by January 1, 2017. Therefore, any site in North America west of…
Westercon Business Updated With 2016 Documents
The Westercon Business Page has been updated with the minutes of the Westercon 69 Business Meeting, the video of the meeting, and the Westercon Bylaws…
Thank you!
It was the best of times, it was… the best of times. 1,673 members, with 1,577 actually showing up for the biggest Westercon in 20 years. With Westerconpairing up with GEAR Con for the weekend, there were many new things to explore for most long-time Westercon attendees. The Tesla Coil crackled in a very satisfying and exciting fashion. The Masquerade had amazing cosplay. And the Monday event, watching the Juno spacecraft successfully achieve polar orbit around Jupiter, with commentary from Bobak Ferdowsi, was nearly standing room three hours after the convention “officially” ended. And of course, Bobak passed a jar of peanuts around the room because it is a NASA tradition to shell and eat peanuts to celebrate the success of the mission. It was great fun.
The Art Show and Masquerade award winners are listed on their individual pages. Look for the names of those people. If you don’t know them now, chances are that you will in the future. They were all that good.
Thank you to everyone who came, everyone who presented, everyone who enjoyed the weekend with us. We had a great time. 🙂
It’s Denver in 2018
The bid for Westminster, Colorado (Denver Area) was selected to host the 2018 Westercon by the members of Westercon 69 in Portland, Oregon. Westercon 71…
Hotel Reservation Room Blocks Closed
If you are still looking for a room, email our Hotel Liaison and we will attempt to get you a con-rate room at the Courtyard Marriott. Marriott rooms are subject to availability, however. All direct reservations with the hotels are now closed for all of our room blocks.
DoubleTree Hotel Reservation Room Block Closed
We still have rooms available at the Overflow Hotels and the Courtyard Marriott offers a free shuttle that can take you to the convention. More information can be found on the Hotel page.
The hotel room block for the Portland DoubleTree is closed for reservations. If for whatever reason you need to cancel a reservation at the Doubletree, please contact hotel@westercon69.org. Please do not call the hotel directly. We’ll assign your room to someone on the waiting list.
Hotel Rooms Are Almost Sold Out
We’ve added another Overflow Hotel, the Courtyard Marriott Lloyd Center. We will close down our discounted room blocks on the 3rd of June. If you don’t have your room by then, it will be full holiday pricing. More information can be found on the Hotel page.
Site Selection Ballot is Available
Site Selection rules and ballots will be mailed out in Progress Report #4. You may download a PDF copy of the Site Selection Ballot to print and mail in for Site Selection. Mail-in ballots must be received by June 21, 2016 to be counted. Follow the instructions carefully. More information about site selection can be found on the Business Information page.