A regional listing of science fiction conventions for the following areas:

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Eastern Nebraska, Northern Illinois, Northern Missouri, Northeastern Kansas, Southeastern Manitoba and Southwestern Ontario

News:

1. YACLU (Yet Another Convention List Update). Major update to the page with information on 2015/2016 conventions.
2. The version of this page at visi.com is dead. See the FAQ list for more information.

Conventions:

• SuperCon February 5-7, 2016, Hastings Country Inn, Hastings, MN
  
• Capricon February 11-14, 2016, Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, IL
  GoH: Erick Wilkerson, Wendy Zdrodowski
  
• MarsCon March 4-6, 2016, Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
  PD: October 31, 2015/January 31, 2016
  
• Minicon March 25-27, 2016, Bloomington, MN
  PD: February 29, 2016
  GoH: Seanan McGuire, Sara Butcher Burrier
  
• WillyCon Wayne, NE
  
• Odyssey Con April 8-10, 2016, Radisson Hotel Madison, Madison, WI
  PD: March 20, 2016
  HRD: March 10, 2016
  GoH: Brandon Sanderson, Margaret Weis, Marjorie Liu
  
• OmegaCon April 22-24, 2016 The Lodge at Crooked Lake, Siren, WI
  PD: March 15, 2016
  
• Constellation April 22-24, 2016, Lincoln, NE
  
• DemiCon April 29-May 1, 2016, Holiday Inn, Des Moines-Northwest Des Moines, IA
  GoH: Adam J. Whitlatch, Alan M. Clark, Gary & Erin Wickering TM: Tadao Tomomatsu
  
• Keycon May 20-22, 2016 Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown, Winnipeg, MB
  PD: December 31, 2015
  GoH: Peter David, Ken W. Kelly
  
• ConQuesT May 27-29, 2016, Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
  PD: December 31, 2015
  GoH: Nnedi Okorafor, Julie Dillon, Lindsay Ellis, Diane Lacey TM: Seanan McGuire
  
• WisCon May 27-30, 2016, The Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI
  GoH: Sofia Samatar, Justine Larbalestier, Nalo Hopkinson
  
• CONvergence June 30-July 3, 2016 Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington - Minneapolis South, Bloomington, MN
  PD: January 15, 2016/May 15, 2016
  GoH: Amal El-Mohtar, Christopher Jones, Joseph Scrimshaw, Mark Oshiro
  
• Diversicon July 29-31, 2016, St. Paul, MN
  PD: March 15, 2016/July 14, 2016
  GoH: Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  
• ICON October 16-18, 2015 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids Convention Complex, Cedar Rapids, IA
  PD: October 1, 2015
  GoH: David Gerrold, Sarah Clemens, Ann Leckie, Kalli McCandless, Gay & Joe Haldeman TM: Jim C. Hines
  
• Arcana October 23-25, 2015 Best Western Plus Bandana Square, St. Paul, MN
  PD: October 1, 2015
  GoH: Benjamin Percy, Catherine Lundoff
  
• Contra November 6-8, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn Independence, Independence, MO
  
• WindyCon November 13-15, 2015 Westin Lombard, Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL
  PD: October 23, 2015
  GoH: Christopher Moore, Christopher Moore, Andy & Kristin Looney, Maya Kaathryn & Jeff Bohnhoff, Maurine Starkey TM: Mark Oshiro
  
• OmegaCon November 13-15, 2015 The Lodge at Crooked Lake, Siren, WI
  PD: October 15, 2015
  

• Definitions:

  PD

  Preregistration Deadline

  HRD

  Hotel Reservation Deadline

  GoH

  Guest(s) of Honor

  TM

  Toastmaster

Worldcon and NASFiC Info:

• The World Science Fiction Society
• MidAmeriCon II - the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, August 17-21, 2016, Kansas City, MO
• Worldcon 75 -the 75th World Science Fiction Convention, August 9-13, 2017, Helsinki, FI

Convention Lists:

• Locus Online: Convention Listings
• Picofarad's recurring convention list
• Ansible International Convention List
• Southern Fandom Resource Guide - Convention Calendar
• Wikipedia List of science fiction conventions

Convention Reports:

• Minicon 50 part 1, 2 3, 4, 5, and 6 by njw
• Open Thread: Minicon 50 Report by SKJAM!
• Minicon 50 - Yowza! by Sharon Kahn
• Mini-con report/Minicon report by Marissa Lingen
• Minicon Regrets and Memories by mplspunky
• Method Con 2 by njw
• Convergence 2014 part 1, 2, 3, and 4 by njw
• Con Report: Minicon 39 by Becca
• Con Report: MiniCon by Becca
• CONvergence by Becca
• Cthulhu Coffee at CONvergence 2000 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at CONvergence 2001 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at Diversicon 2001 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at Marscon 2002 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at CONvergence 2002 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at Supercon 9 by Melissa Kaercher
• Cthulhu Coffee at CONvergence 2003 by Melissa Kaercher
• Minicon 33 by Leigh Kimmel
• Rachel at Convergence 2004 by Rachel Kronick
• Minicon Diary by Dave Langford
• MarsCon 2001 Mission Report by Sqo'tty MacKlingon
• CONvergence 2001 Mission Report by Sqo'tty MacKlingon
• CONvergence Con Report (Day 1, Friday), CONvergence Report Days 2 and 3: Saturday and Sunday by Kelly McCullough
• A Pirate's Eye View of Minicon 30 by Michael Nelson
• Minicon 35: Photos and Words. by Erik V. Olson
• I Survived Minicon; Part I, Part II, Part III by Laramie Sasseville
• Minicon 2005 by Laramie Sasseville
• MiniCon 2006 by Laramie Sasseville

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