The WindyCon Big List:
A Chronological History
Chicagoland's longest-running annual SF/F Convention
- Click on the YEAR of any of the WindyCons to see a miniature version of the cover of that year's program book in a pop-up window.
- Location: Blackstone Hotel
- Dates: October 25-27
- GoH: Joe Haldeman
- Fan GoH: Lou Tabakow
- TM: Bob Tucker
- Chairs: Lynne & Mark Aronson
- Location: Ascot House
- Dates: October 3-5
- GoH: Wilson Tucker
- Fan GoH: Joni Stopa
- TM: Bob Passovoy
- Chairs: Lynne & Mark Aronson
- Program Book Cover: Mike Stein
- Location: Sheraton Chicago
- Dates: October 15-17
- GoH: Algis Budrys
- Fan GoH: Bev Swanson
- TM: Mike Resnick
- Chairs: Lynne & Mark Aronson
- Program Book Cover: Doug Rice
- "The Latvian Loganberry Festival"
- Location: Arlington Park Hilton
- Dates: October 7-9
- GoH: Bill Rotsler
- Fan GoH: Meade Frierson
- Chair: Larry Propp
- Program Book Cover: Geoffrey Darrow
- Location: Arlington Park Hilton
- Dates: October 6-8
- GoH: Bob Shaw
- Fan GoH: George Scithers
- TM: Bob Tucker
- Chair: Doug Price
- Program Book Cover: Phil Foglio
- Location: Arlington Park Hilton
- Dates: October 5-7
- GoH: William Tenn (Philip Klass)
- Fan GoHs: Tony and Suford Lewis
- Chair: Larry Propp
- Program Book Cover: Joan Hanke-Woods
- Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
- Dates: October 24-26
- GoH: Robert Scheckley
- Fan GoH: Gardner Dozois
- TM: Bob Tucker
- Chairs: Midge Reitan & Marcy Lyn-Waitsman
- "A Holiday Party"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
- Date: December 18-20
- GoH: Larry Niven
- Fan GoH: Mike Glyer
- Chairs: Ross Pavlac & Larry Propp
- Program Book Cover: Kurt Erichsen
- Location: Lincolnwood Hyatt ("The Purple Hotel")
- GoHs: Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
- Chair: Dick Spelman
- Location: Arlington Park Hilton
- Dates: October 7-9
- GoH: George R. R. Martin
- Artist GoH: Victoria Poyser
- Fan GoH: Ben Yalow
- Chair: Tom Veal
- Program Book Cover: Victoria Poyser
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- GoH: Alan Dean Foster
- Artist GoH/Fan GoH: Joan Hanke-Woods
- TM: Algis Budrys
- Chair: Kathleen Meyer
- Program Book Cover: Joan Hanke-Woods
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- GoH: C. J. Cherryh
- Artist GoH/Fan GoH: Todd Cameron Hamilton
- TM: Algis Budrys
- Chair: Kathleen Meyer
- Program Book Cover: Todd Cameron Hamilton
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 14-16
- GoH: Harry Harrison
- Artist GoH: Arlin Robins
- Editor GoHs: Donald & Elsie Wollheim of DAW Books
- TM: Marta Randall
- Chair: Debra A. Wright
- Program Book Cover: Arlin Robins
- ISFiC Winner: Richard Chwedyk, Getting Along with Larga"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 6-8
- GoH: Vernor Vinge
- Fantasy GoH: Jane Yolen
- Artist GoH: Darlene P. Coltrain
- Editor GoH: Beth Meacham
- Fan GoH: Dick Spelman
- TM: Mike Resnick
- Chair: Debra A. Wright
- Program Book Cover: Darlene P. Coltrain
- ISFiC Winner: Eugenia M. Hayden, "The Library"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 11-13
- GoH: Orson Scott Card
- Artist GoH: Erin McKee
- Editor GoH: Lou Aronica
- Fan GoH: Lynne & Mark Aronson
- TM: Bob Tucker
- Chair: Kathleen M. Meyer
- Program Book Cover: Erin McKee
- ISFiC Winner: Richard Chwedyk, "A Man Makes a Machine"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 10-12
- GoH: Barry B. Longyear
- Artist GoH: David Lee Anderson
- Editor GoH: Beth Fleischer
- Fan GoH: Mike Glyer
- TM: Bob Tucker
- ISFiC Guests: Yuri Kagarlitsky, Kathy Tyers, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
- Chair: Lenny Wenshe
- Program Book Cover: David Lee Anderson
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 9-11
- GoH: Barbara Hambly
- Artist GoH: Bob Eggleton
- Publisher GoH: Brian Thomsen
- Fan GoH: Martha Beck
- TM: Mike Resnick
- ISFiC Guest: Mark Rogers
- Chair: Lenny Wenshe
- Program Book Cover: Bob Eggleton
- ISFiC Winner: Robin Leigh Michaels, "Ailin's Castle"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 8-10
- GoH: Mike Resnick
- Artist GoH: P. D. Breeding Black
- Editor GoH: Robert Weinberg
- Fan GoH: Howard DeVore
- TM: George Alec Effinger
- ISFiC Guest: Del Harris
- Chair: Marie Bartlett-Sloan
- Program Book Cover: P. D. Breeding Black
- ISFiC Winner: Vanessa Crouther, "Soul to Take"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 6-8
- GoH: Robert Shea
- Super GoH: Julius Schwartz
- Artist GoH: Todd Cameron Hamilton
- Fan GoH: Wolf & Rick Foss
- TM: Rick & Wolf Foss
- ISFiC Guests: John Varley and Dean Ing
- ISFiC Special Guests: Spider & Jeanne Robinson
- Chair: Marie Bartlett-Sloan
- Program Book Cover: Todd Cameron Hamilton
- ISFiC Winner: Sheila Insley, "Make-Up Magic"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 12-14
- GoH: Joe Haldeman
- Artist GoHs: Kelly Freas & Laura Brodian-Freas
- Editor GoH: Algis Budrys
- Fan GoH: Bill Higgins
- TM: Barry B. Longyear
- ISFiC Guest: George Alec Effinger
- Chair: Dina S. Krause
- Program Book Cover: Kelly Freas
- ISFiC Winner: C. T. Fluhr, "Dead Chute"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 11-13
- GoH: Sharyn McCrumb
- Artist GoH: Janny Wurts
- Scholar GoH: Dr. Clark E. Wilmarth
- Fan GoH: Alice Bentley
- TM: Barbara Hambly
- ISFiC Guest: George Alec Effinger
- Chair: Dina S. Krause
- Program Book Cover: Janny Wurts
- ISFiC Winner: Emmett Gard Pittman, "Packers"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 10-12
- GoH: Poul Anderson
- Artist GoH: Heather Bruton
- Editor GoH: Stanley Schmidt
- Fan GoHs: Dick Smith & Leah Zeldes Smith
- TM/M: Bob & Anne Passovoy
- ISFiC Guests: Ben Bova and Harry Turtledove
- Chair: Bill Roper
- Program Book Cover: Heather Bruton
- ISFiC Winner: William McCahon, "In Memoriam"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 8-10
- GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Artist GoH: Randy Asplund-Faith
- Science GoH: Christian Ready
- Fan GoH: Tom and Tara Barber
- TM: Barry B. Longyear
- ISFiC Guests: George Alec Effinger and Ricia Mainhardt
- ISFiC Super Guest: Julius Schwartz
- Chair: Bill Roper
- Program Book Cover: Randy Asplund-Faith
- ISFiC Winner: C. T. Fluhr, "All Through the House"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 7-9
- GoH: David M. Weber
- Artist GoH: Doug Rice
- Editor GoH: Charles Ryan
- Fan GoHs: Tim Lane and Elizabeth Garrott
- TM: Yale Edeiken
- ISFiC Guest: Christian Ready
- Chair: Ross Pavlac (Rick Waterson served as at-Con Chair when Ross was hospitalized two days before the con.)
- Program Book Cover: Doug Rice
- ISFiC Winner: David W. Crawford & Carol Johnson, "Little Girl Lost"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 13-15
- GoH: Allen Steele
- Artist GoH: Phil Foglio
- Science GoH: Mitchell Burnside Clapp
- Editor GoH: Martin H. Greenberg
- Fan GoH: Marcy and Barry Lyn-Waitsman
- TM: Christian Ready
- Silver GoH: Frederik Pohl
- Chair: Rick Waterson
- Program Book Cover: Phil Foglio
- ISFiC Winner: Susan L. Wachowski, "Grandpa"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 12-14
- GoHs: Kris Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
- Artist GoH: Steven Vincent Johnson
- Science GoH: Mitchell Burnside Clapp
- Fan GoH: Chaz Boston Baden
- TM: Barry B. Longyear
- ISFiC Guest: Christian Ready
- Chair: Rick Waterson
- Program Book Cover: Steven Vincent Johnson
- ISFiC Winner: Sharon L. Nelson, "Passing Through"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- GoH: Terry Brooks
- Artist GoH: Lubov
- Editor GoH: Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden
- Fan GoH: Larry and Sally Smith
- TM: Phyllis Eisenstein
- Chair: Amy Wenshe
- Program Book Cover: Lubov
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Date: November 9-11
- GoH: Kevin Anderson
- Artist GoH: David Egge
- Fan GoH: Dave McCarty
- TM/M: Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett
- ISFiC Guest: David Brin
- Chair: Amy Wenshe
- Program Book Cover: David Egge
- "A Visit to Newford"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 8-10
- GoH: Charles de Lint
- Artist GoH: Lisa Snellings
- Editor GoH: Shawna McCarthy
- Fan GoHs: Mark & Evelyn Leeper
- TM: Bob Eggleton
- Chair: Steven H Silver
- Program Book Cover: Lisa Snellings
- "Space Station Windycon"
- Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
- Dates: November 7-9
- GoH: Gregory Benford
- Artist GoH: Vincent di Fate
- Science GoH: John G. Cramer
- Publisher GoH: Tom Doherty
- Fan GoHs: Mark & Lynne Aronson
- 30th Anniversary GoH: Phyllis Eisenstein
- Chair: Steven H Silver
- Program Book Cover: Vincent di Fate
- ISFiC Winner: John D. Nikitow, "True Worth"
- "Innerspace"
- Location: Wyndham O'Hare Hotel
- Dates: November 12-14
- GoH: Robert J. Sawyer
- Artist GoH: Jael
- Science GoH: Gil Pearson
- Filk GoHs: Barry & Sally Childs-Helton
- Fan GoH: Dermot Dobson
- TM: Christian Ready
- Chair: Bonnie Jones
- Program Book Cover: Jael
- ISFiC Winner: Chris Krolczyk, "Orbital One"
- ISFiC Press Release:
Robert J. Sawyer, Relativity
- "Alternate History"
- Location: Wyndham O'Hare Hotel
- Dates: November 11-13
- Author GoH: Harry Turtledove
- Artist GoH: Bill Holbrook
- Science GoH: Mark Osier, Ph.D, D.A.B.T., D.I.
- Media GoHs: Erin Gray and Gil Gerard (Gil was unable to attend because of illness.)
- Filk GoHs: Nate & Louie Bucklin
- Fan GoH: Jim Rittenhouse
- TM: Esther Friesner
- Chair: Bonnie Jones
- Program Book Cover: Bill Holbrook
- ISFiC Press Releases:
Harry Turtledove, Every Inch a King
Jeff Duntemann, The Cunning Blood
- "First Contact"
- Location: Wyndham O'Hare Hotel
- Dates: November 10-12
- GoH: Jack McDevitt
- Artist GoH: Stephan Martiniére
- Science GoH: Seth Shostak of SETI
- Editor GoH: Jacob Weisman of Tachyon Publications
- Fan GoHs: Mark and Priscilla Olson
- TM: Tom Smith
- Chair: Pat Sayre McCoy
- Program Book Cover: Stephan Martiniére
- ISFiC Winner: P.R. Gomez, "Ad Alienos"
- ISFiC Press Release:
Jack McDevitt, Outbound
- "The Worlds of the Others"
- Location: Wyndham O'Hare Hotel
- Dates: November 9-11
- Author GoH: Tanya Huff
- Artist GoH: Jody A. Lee
- Editor GoH: Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books (Ms. Weisskopf was unable to attend because of the death of her husband shortly before the Con.)
- Fan GoH: George W. Price
- ToastMaster: Richard Chwedyk
- Special Media Guest: Richard Hatch
- Chair: Pat Sayre McCoy
- Program Book Cover: Jody A. Lee
- ISFiC Winner: Joe McCauley, for "Ivan and the Plate of Fried Chicken"
- ISFiC Press Release:
Tanya Huff, Finding Magic