The Windycon Big List: A Chronological History

Chicagoland’s longest-running annual SF/F Convention

Windycon I (1974)

Windycon II (1975)

Windycon III (1976)

Windycon IV (1977)

  • Theme: "The Latvian Loganberry Festival"
  • Location: Arlington Park Hilton
  • Dates: October 7-9
  • Guest of Honor: Bill Rotsler
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Meade Frierson
  • Chair: Larry Propp
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Windycon V (1978)

Windycon VI (1979)

Windycon VII (1980)

Windycon VIII (1981)

  • Theme: "A Holiday Party"
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
  • Dates: December 18-20
  • Guest of Honor: Larry Niven
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Mike Glyer
  • Chairs: Ross Pavlac & Larry Propp
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Windycon IX (1982)

Windycon X (1983)

  • Location: Arlington Park Hilton
  • Dates: October 7-9
  • Guest of Honor: George R. R. Martin
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Victoria Poyser
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Ben Yalow
  • Chair: Tom Veal
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Windycon XI (1984)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: December 7-9
  • Guest of Honor: Alan Dean Foster
  • Artist Guest of Honor/Fan Guest of Honor: Joan Hanke-Woods
  • Toastmaster: Algis Budrys
  • Chair: Kathleen Meyer
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Windycon XII (1985)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: October 11-13
  • Guest of Honor: C. J. Cherryh
  • Artist Guest of Honor/Fan Guest of Honor: Todd Cameron Hamilton
  • Toastmaster: Algis Budrys
  • Chair: Kathleen Meyer
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Windycon XIII (1986)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 14-16
  • Guest of Honor: Harry Harrison
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Arlin Robins
  • Editor Guests of Honor: Donald & Elsie Wollheim of DAW Books
  • Toastmaster: Marta Randall
  • Chair: Debra A. Wright
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Richard Chwedyk, "Getting Along with Larga"
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Windycon XIV (1987)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 6-8
  • Guest of Honor: Vernor Vinge
  • Fantasy Guest of Honor: Jane Yolen
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Darlene P. Coltrain
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Beth Meacham
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Dick Spelman
  • Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
  • Chair: Debra A. Wright
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Eugenia M. Hayden, "The Library"
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Windycon XV (1988)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Guest of Honor: Orson Scott Card
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Erin McKee
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Lou Aronica
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Lynne & Mark Aronson
  • Toastmaster: Bob Tucker
  • Chair: Kathleen M. Meyer
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Richard Chwedyk, "A Man Makes a Machine"
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Windycon XVI (1989)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Guest of Honor: Barry B. Longyear
  • Artist Guest of Honor: David Lee Anderson
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Beth Fleischer
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Mike Glyer
  • Toastmaster: Bob Tucker
  • ISFiC Guests: Yuri Kagarlitsky, Kathy Tyers, Mitchell Burnside Clapp
  • Chair: Lenny Wenshe
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Windycon XVII (1990)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 9-11
  • Guest of Honor: Barbara Hambly
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Bob Eggleton
  • Publisher Guest of Honor: Brian Thomsen
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Martha Beck
  • Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
  • ISFiC Guest: Mark Rogers
  • Chair: Lenny Wenshe
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Robin Leigh Michaels, "Ailin's Castle"
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Windycon XVIII (1991)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 8-10
  • Guest of Honor: Mike Resnick
  • Artist Guest of Honor: P. D. Breeding Black
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Robert Weinberg
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Howard DeVore
  • Toastmaster: George Alec Effinger
  • ISFiC Guest: Del Harris
  • Chair: Marie Bartlett-Sloan
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Vanessa Crouther, "Soul to Take"
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Windycon XIX (1992)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 6-8
  • Guest of Honor: Robert Shea
  • Super Guest of Honor: Julius Schwartz
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Cameron Hamilton
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Wolf & Rick Foss
  • Toastmasters: Rick & Wolf Foss
  • ISFiC Guests: John Varley and Dean Ing
  • ISFiC Special Guests: Spider & Jeanne Robinson
  • Chair: Marie Bartlett-Sloan
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Sheila Insley, "Make-Up Magic"
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Windycon XX (1993)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 12-14
  • Guest of Honor: Joe Haldeman
  • Artist Guests of Honor: Kelly Freas & Laura Brodian-Freas
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Algis Budrys
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Bill Higgins
  • Toastmaster: Barry B. Longyear
  • ISFiC Guest: George Alec Effinger
  • Chair: Dina S. Krause
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: C. T. Fluhr, "Dead Chute"
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Windycon XXI (1994)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Guest of Honor: Sharyn McCrumb
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Janny Wurts
  • Scholar Guest of Honor: Dr. Clark E. Wilmarth
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Alice Bentley
  • Toastmaster: Barbara Hambly
  • ISFiC Guest: George Alec Effinger
  • Chair: Dina S. Krause
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Emmett Gard Pittman, "Packers"
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Windycon XXII (1995)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Guest of Honor: Poul Anderson
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Heather Bruton
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Stanley Schmidt
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Dick Smith & Leah Zeldes Smith
  • Toastmasters: Bob & Anne Passovoy
  • ISFiC Guests: Ben Bova and Harry Turtledove
  • Chair: Bill Roper
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: William McCahon, "In Memoriam"
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Windycon XXIII (1996)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 8-10
  • Guest of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Randy Asplund-Faith
  • Science Guest of Honor: Christian Ready
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Tom and Tara Barber
  • Toastmaster: Barry B. Longyear
  • ISFiC Guests: George Alec Effinger and Ricia Mainhardt
  • ISFiC Super Guest: Julius Schwartz
  • Chair: Bill Roper
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: C. T. Fluhr, "All Through the House"
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Windycon XXIV (1997)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 7-9
  • Guest of Honor: David M. Weber
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Doug Rice
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Charles Ryan
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Tim Lane and Elizabeth Garrott
  • Toastmaster: 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.)
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: David W. Crawford & Carol Johnson, "Little Girl Lost"
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Windycon XXV (1998)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 13-15
  • Guest of Honor: Allen Steele
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Phil Foglio
  • Science Guest of Honor: Mitchell Burnside Clapp
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Martin H. Greenberg
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Marcy and Barry Lyn-Waitsman
  • Toastmaster: Christian Ready
  • Silver Guest: Frederik Pohl
  • Chair: Rick Waterson
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Susan L. Wachowski, "Grandpa"
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Windycon XXVI (1999)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 12-14
  • Guests of Honor: Kris Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Steven Vincent Johnson
  • Science Guest of Honor: Mitchell Burnside Clapp
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Martin H. Greenberg
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Chaz Boston Baden
  • Toastmaster: Barry B. Longyear
  • Special Guest: David Lee Anderson
  • Special Filk Guest: T.J Burnside-Clapp
  • A Special Appearance by: David Brin
  • ISFiC Guests: Christian Ready & Peter David
  • Chair: Rick Waterson
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Sharon L. Nelson, "Passing Through"
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Windycon XXVII (2000)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Guest of Honor: Terry Brooks
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Lubov
  • Editor Guests of Honor: Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Larry and Sally Smith
  • Toastmaster: Phyllis Eisenstein
  • Chair: Amy Wenshe
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Windycon XXVIII (2001)

  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 9-11
  • Guest of Honor: Kevin Anderson
  • Artist Guest of Honor: David Egge
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Dave McCarty
  • Toastmasters: Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett
  • ISFiC Guest: David Brin
  • Chair: Amy Wenshe
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Windycon XXIX (2002)

  • Theme: "A Visit to Newford"
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 8-10
  • Guest of Honor: Charles de Lint
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Lisa Snellings
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Shawna McCarthy
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Mark & Evelyn Leeper
  • Toastmaster: Bob Eggleton
  • Chair: Steven H Silver
  • ISFiC Press CD Release: A Walk on the Windy Side
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Windycon XXX (2003)

  • Theme: "Space Station Windycon"
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
  • Dates: November 7-9
  • Guest of Honor: Gregory Benford
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Vincent di Fate
  • Science Guest of Honor: John G. Cramer
  • Publisher Guest of Honor: Tom Doherty
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Mark & Lynne Aronson
  • 30th Anniversary Guest of Honor: Phyllis Eisenstein
  • Chair: Steven H Silver
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: John D. Nikitow, "True Worth"
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Windycon 31 (2004)

  • Theme: "Innerspace"
  • Location: Wyndham O’Hare Hotel
  • Dates: November 12-14
  • Guest of Honor: Robert J. Sawyer
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Jael
  • Science Guest of Honor: Gil Pearson
  • Filk Guests of Honor: Barry & Sally Childs-Helton
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Dermot Dobson
  • Toastmaster: Christian Ready
  • Chair: Bonnie Jones
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Chris Krolczyk, "Orbital One"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Robert J. Sawyer, Relativity
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Windycon 32 (2005)

  • Theme: "Alternate History"
  • Location: Wyndham O’Hare Hotel
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Author Guest of Honor: Harry Turtledove
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Bill Holbrook
  • Science Guest of Honor: Mark Osier, Ph.D, D.A.B.T., D.I.
  • Media Guests of Honor: Erin Gray & Gil Gerard (Mr. Gerard was unable to attend because of illness)
  • Filk Guests of Honor: Nate & Louie Bucklin
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Jim Rittenhouse
  • Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
  • Chair: Bonnie Jones
  • ISFiC Press Releases: Harry Turtledove, Every Inch a King and Jeff Duntemann, The Cunning Blood
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Windycon 33 (2006)

  • Theme: "First Contact"
  • Location: Wyndham O’Hare Hotel
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Guest of Honor: Jack McDevitt
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Stephan Martiniére
  • Science Guest of Honor: Seth Shostak of SETI
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Jacob Weisman of Tachyon Publications
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Mark and Priscilla Olson
  • Toastmaster: Tom Smith
  • Chair: Pat Sayre McCoy
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: P.R. Gomez, "Ad Alienos"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Jack McDevitt, Outbound
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Windycon 34 (2007)

  • Theme: "The Worlds of the Others"
  • Location: Wyndham O’Hare Hotel
  • Dates: November 9-11
  • Author Guest of Honor: Tanya Huff
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Jody A. Lee
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books (Ms. Weisskopf was unable to attend because of the death of her husband shortly before the Con)
  • Fan Guest of Honor: George W. Price
  • Toastmaster: Richard Chwedyk
  • Special Media Guest: Richard Hatch
  • Chair: Pat Sayre McCoy
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Joe McCauley, "Ivan and the Plate of Fried Chicken"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Tanya Huff, Finding Magic
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Windycon 35 (2008)

  • Theme: "Military SF"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 14-16
  • Author Guest of Honor: John Ringo
  • Artist Guest of Honor: David Mattingly
  • Military Guest of Honor: LTC Ryan Yantis, USA (Retired)
  • Media Guest of Honor: Walter Koenig
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Kim Williams
  • Toastmaster: Eric Flint
  • Special Media Guest: Richard Hatch
  • Chair: Rick Waterson
  • ISFiC Press Release: Eric Flint & Mike Resnick (Eds), When Diplomacy Fails
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Windycon 36 (2009)

  • Theme: "Steampunk"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 13-15
  • Author Guest of Honor: James P. Blaylock
  • Artist Guests of Honor: Phil and Kaja Foglio, creators of Girl Genius Online Comics
  • Filk Guest of Honor: Tom Smith
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Chris Garcia
  • Toastmaster: Christian Ready
  • Chair: Joseph Stockman
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: John M. Cowan, "Oracle"
  • ISFiC Press Release: James P. Blaylock, The Shadow on the Doorstep
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Windycon 37 (2010)

  • Theme: "The Lands of Fae and Back Again"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 12-14
  • Literary Guest of Honor: Steven Barnes
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Nene Thomas
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Animal X
  • Filk Guests of Honor: Tricky Pixie
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Jason Schachat
  • Toastmaster: Eric Flint
  • Chair: Joseph Stockman
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Mary Mascari, "Lost and Found"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Steven Barnes, Assassin and Other Stories
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Windycon 38 (2011)

  • Theme: "The Periodic Table of the Science Fiction Elements"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Literary Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Joe Bergeron
  • Music Guest of Honor: Frank Hayes
  • Science Guests of Honor: Mike Brotherton
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Hugh Daniel
  • Toastmaster: Christian Ready
  • Special Guest of Honor: Greg Adams
  • Chair: Richard France
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Mary Mascari, "The Pod"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Catherine Asaro, Aurora in Four Voices
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Windycon 39 (2012)

  • Theme: "Zombies"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 9-11
  • Literary Guest of Honor: Seanan McGuire
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Pete Abrams (Mr. Abrams was unable to attend because his home was struck by Hurricane ["Superstorm"] Sandy)
  • Music Guest of Honor: Amy McNally
  • Gaming Guest of Honor: Steve Jackson
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Eric S. Raymond
  • Chairs: Richard France & Bill Roper
  • ISFiC Press Release: Seanan McGuire, Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots
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Windycon 40 (2013)

  • Theme: "The Big Tent"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 8-10
  • Literary Guest of Honor: Jim C. Hines
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Pete Abrams
  • Filk Guest of Honor: Michael "Moonwulf" Longcor
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Fyberdyne Laboratories
  • Science Guest of Honor: Steve Collins
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Bruce Schneier & Karen Cooper
  • Chair: Bill Roper
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Liz A. Vogel, "Windy van Hooten’s Was Never Like This"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Jim C. Hines, The Goblin Master’s Grimoire
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Windycon 41 (2014)

  • Theme: "Grimm Tales"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 14-16
  • Author Guest of Honor: A. Lee Martinez
  • Editor Guest of Honor: Lou Anders
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Peri Charlifu
  • Social Media Guest(s) of Honor: SF Squeecast
  • Music Guests of Honor: Bill & Brenda Sutton
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Sara Howard (Matrices)
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Lauren Faits (Geek Girl Chicago)
  • Toastmaster: Ursula Vernon
  • Chair: Deb Kosiba
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Siobhan Duffey, "Under the Hill"
  • ISFiC Press Release: SF Squeecast, Harvest Season
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Windycon 42 (2015)

  • Theme: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Windycon"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 13-15
  • Author Guest of Honor: Christopher Moore
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Christopher Moore
  • Gaming Guest of Honor: Andy and Kristin Looney
  • Music Guests of Honor: Jeff and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Maurine Starkey
  • Toastmaster: Mark Oshiro
  • Chair: Steven H Silver
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: M. Aruguete, "Catamount"
  • ISFiC Press Release: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Bimbo on the Cover
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Windycon 43 (2016)

  • Theme: "King of the Nerds"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Author Guest of Honor: Adam Selzer
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Art Baltazar
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Nerd Circus
  • Music Guests of Honor: Ookla the Mok
  • Fan Guests of Honor: Bob & Anne Passovoy
  • Toastmaster: Tanya Huff
  • Chair: Daniel Gunderson
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: Siobhan Duffy, "The Furrier"
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Windycon 44 (2017)

  • Theme: "Dystopia!"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Author Guest of Honor: Rudy Rucker
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Paul Taylor
  • Science Guest of Honor: Holly Wilper
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Tawny Letts
  • Music Guest of Honor: Erica Neely
  • Video Game Guest of Honor: David Abzug
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Judi Miller
  • Toastmaster: Alex Bledsoe (Mr. Bledsoe was unable to attend because of a serious illness that struck shortly before the con. Adam English served in his place.)
  • Chair: Daniel Gunderson
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Windycon 45 (2018)

  • Theme: "Unlikely Heroes"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 9-11
  • Author Guest of Honor: Faith Hunter
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Galen Dara
  • Costuming Guest of Honor: Kevin Roche
  • Music Guest of Honor: Jen Midkiff
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Bobbi Armbruster
  • Toastmaster: Andrew Trembley
  • Co-Chairs: Kerry Kuhn and Daniel Gunderson
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Windycon 46 (2019)

  • Theme: "Space Opera"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 15-17
  • Author Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Mitchell Bentley
  • Science Guest of Honor: Geoffrey Landis
  • Music Guests of Honor: The Harp Twins
  • Fan Guest of Honor: Chris M. Barkley
  • Toastmistress: Lee Martindale
  • Chair: Kerry Kuhn
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: John M. Cowan, "Dead Man Stalking""
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Windycon 47 (2021)

  • Theme: "Urban Fantastic"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 12-14
  • Author Guest of Honor: Carlos Hernandez
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Ray van Tilburg
  • Science/Maker Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Koprucki
  • Gaming Guest of Honor: Kenneth Hite
  • Poetry Guest of Honor: C.S.E. Cooney
  • Cosplay Guest of Honor: Alex "Galactic Elephant" DeMichael
  • Music Guest of Honor: Seanan McGuire
  • Toastmaster: Ada Palmer
  • Chair: Evan Reeves
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: None
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Windycon 48 (2022)

  • Theme: "Shattering the Glass Ceiling"
  • Location: The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois
  • Dates: November 11-13
  • Author Guests of Honor: A.M. Dellemonica and Kelly Robson
  • Artist Guest of Honor: Lauren Raye Snow
  • Cosplay Guest of Honor: Spinneret
  • Music Guest of Honor: Lauren Oxford
  • Science Guest of Honor: Bill Higgins
  • Toastmaster: Mary Anne Mohanraj
  • Chair: John Donat
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: None
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Windycon 49 (2023)

  • Theme: "Adventure is Out There"
  • Location: The DoubleTree by Hilton,Oak Brook, Illinois
  • Dates: November 10-12
  • Guest of Honor: April Choi
  • Guest of Honor: Rick Heinz
  • Guest of Honor: Trevor Mueller
  • Guest of Honor: Logan Roca
  • Guest of Honor: Jess Stary
  • Guest of Honor: Laser Webber
  • Toastmaster: Sean Daeley
  • Chair: Dana "Star" DeMichael
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: "Boxed" by David L. Wyatt Jr.
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Windycon 50 (2024)

  • Theme: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations"
  • Location: The DoubleTree by Hilton,Oak Brook, Illinois
  • Dates: November 8-10
  • Guest of Honor: Mike Brotherton
  • Guest of Honor: Christian Ready
  • Guest of Honor: Megen Leigh
  • Guest of Honor: Papa Bear Studios
  • Guest of Honor: Ben Riggs
  • Guest of Honor: The Faithful Sidekicks
  • Chairs: Vlad Stockman & Daniel Gunderson
  • ISFiC Writers Contest Winner: None
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