CONVENTIONS

CopperCon 25 (Phoenix AZ) Sept 9-11, 2005 Embassy Suites Phoenix North, 2577 W Greenway Rd, Phoenix, AZ Guests Authors Greg Keyes, Robert J. Sawyer; Ghost GoH. Harry Stine; Music Escape Key Memberships, $35 thru 8/20/05 Hotel rates $89 S/D, $99 T/ $109 Q (plus tax) (602) 375-1777 CopperCon 25, PO Box 62613, Phoenix, AZ 85082, Phone(480) 945-6890 Email:Cu25@coppercon.org,Web www.coppercon.org

Conjecture 4 (San Diego CA) October 7-9 2005. Literary oriented SF&F con. Doubletree Club Hotel, Mission Valley, San Diego. GoH Jack McDevitt. Theme: Action/adventure SF. Mad Science Fair, Seat-of-the-Pants Engineering Contest, Iron Hack competition, and more! Vote on panel topics at our website. Memberships $40 until September 15, $45 at door. Mail to SanSFiS, PO Box 927388, San Diego, CA 92192 or register on our website. Hotel room rate: $99, any occupancy. Website: www.conjecture.org.

SiliCon 2005 (San Jose CA) Sci-Fi Through the Ages to be held October 7-9, 2005 in San Jose, CA. We’re an annual, non-profit, fan-run general science fiction/media convention with gaming and anime tracks. Info: info@siliconventions.com. Our 2005 website is www.siliconventions.com.

TusCon 32 (Tucson AZ) November 18-20, 2005 InnSuites Hotel in Tucson, AZ. We’ll again have a Short Story Writing Contest. We will offer gift certificates for prizes and the word limit will be 5000 words. So start writing! The Short Story Contest deadline is October 10, 2004. This year’s Author GoH will be David Brin! Memberships are $35 until 5/9, $40 until 9/12, and $45 after that and at the door. One-days are $15/30/15 for Fri/Sat/Sun. Children (ages 3-12) are 1/2 current adult rates. Also, we are now able to accept PayPal payments for membership registration: For more info write us at: TusCon, PO Box 2528, Tucson AZ 85702-2528 (note: this is a new PO Box and Zip as of 4/15/2003) FAX us at: 520-571-7180 TusCon email: basfa@earthlink.net Visit our website at http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/

Loscon 32 (Los Angeles CA) November 25-27, 2005 Author Guest of Honor: Steven Brust Artist Guest of Honor: Rowena Morrill Fan Guest of Honor: Bruce Farr Membership Rates: $35 (Adult) or $17.50 (Kids) Visit our website at www.loscon.org

Gilacon 2006 (Phoenix AZ) March 31 - April 2, 2006 Holiday Inn Phoenix - Midtown 4321 N. Central Ave., Phoenix AZ (602)200-8888 We will be featuring several Nyrond regional scenarios, Living Arcanis, and D&D Minis. Visit our website at www.warhorn.net/gilacon/

AniZona 2 (Phoenix AZ) April 14-16, 2006 Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ Arizona’s Own Anime Convention Guests TBA Memberships $25 until 07/30/05, $40 at the door Membership limited to 850. Hotel rates $99 S/D, $109 T/ $119 Q (plus tax) (602) 375-1777 www.anizona.org, Email chair@anizona.org

LepreCon 32 (Phoenix AZ) May 5-7, 2006 Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ Guests: Artist Guest: Alan M. Clark, Author Guest: John Vornholt, Media Guest: Bill Blair. Memberships $30 thru 10/31/2005; $35 thru 1/31/2006. Hotel $95 S/D, $105 T (plus tax) Reservations: (602)375-1777 Info LepreCon 32, PO Box 26665, Tempe AZ 85285 Phone (480)945-6890 Email: lep32@leprecon.org or www.leprecon.org/lep32

HexaCon 16 (Phoenix AZ) October 13-15, 2006 Embassy Suites Phoenix North, 2577 W Greenway Rd, Phoenix, AZ Gaming starts on Friday and runs 24 hours until Sunday 4PM. Planned events include RPGA, LARP, LAN Party, CCG, Battletech and much more. Also Anime and a full consuite. *THURSDAY EVENTS for pre-registered members only include Barry Bard’s Movie Previews and Giveaways. Memb: $15 thru 1/31/06; $20 thru 9/30/06 Hotel: Embassy Suites Phoenix North, 2577 W Greenway - Rooms $109 S/D. All rooms include breakfast and happy hour. Info: www.hexacon.org