Åcon | |
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![]() Guest of Honour
Catherynne M. Valente at Åcon 2012. | |
Status | active |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Frequency | Annual |
Venue | 60°05′42″N 19°55′42″E / 60.09489°N 19.92825°E |
Location(s) | Mariehamn, Åland |
Country | Finland |
Previous event | Åcon 12 |
Next event | Åcon 13 |
Åcon is an annual science fiction convention, held in May or June every year in Mariehamn, Åland. [1] [2] It was founded in 2007 [3] with the goal of bringing Swedish and Finnish science fiction fandom together, and described as being a literary relaxacon with all programming in English. [4] While a few of the participants are Ålanders, the majority travel from mainland Finland and Sweden for the convention. [5]
Year | Guest of Honour | |
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1 | 2007 | Hal Duncan [6] |
2 | 2008 | Ian McDonald [7] |
3 | 2009 | Steph Swainston [8] [9] |
4 | 2010 | Geoff Ryman [10] |
5 | 2012 | Cat Valente [11] |
6 | 2013 | Tricia Sullivan [12] |
7 | 2014 | Karen Lord [13] |
8 | 2016 | Zen Cho [14] |
9 | 2018 | Emma Newman |
10 | 2019 | Amal El-Mohtar [15] |
11 | 2022 | No Guest of Honour |
12 | 2023 | No Guest of Honour |
13 | 2024 | Fiona Barnett |
Åcon | |
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![]() Guest of Honour
Catherynne M. Valente at Åcon 2012. | |
Status | active |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Frequency | Annual |
Venue | 60°05′42″N 19°55′42″E / 60.09489°N 19.92825°E |
Location(s) | Mariehamn, Åland |
Country | Finland |
Previous event | Åcon 12 |
Next event | Åcon 13 |
Åcon is an annual science fiction convention, held in May or June every year in Mariehamn, Åland. [1] [2] It was founded in 2007 [3] with the goal of bringing Swedish and Finnish science fiction fandom together, and described as being a literary relaxacon with all programming in English. [4] While a few of the participants are Ålanders, the majority travel from mainland Finland and Sweden for the convention. [5]
Year | Guest of Honour | |
---|---|---|
1 | 2007 | Hal Duncan [6] |
2 | 2008 | Ian McDonald [7] |
3 | 2009 | Steph Swainston [8] [9] |
4 | 2010 | Geoff Ryman [10] |
5 | 2012 | Cat Valente [11] |
6 | 2013 | Tricia Sullivan [12] |
7 | 2014 | Karen Lord [13] |
8 | 2016 | Zen Cho [14] |
9 | 2018 | Emma Newman |
10 | 2019 | Amal El-Mohtar [15] |
11 | 2022 | No Guest of Honour |
12 | 2023 | No Guest of Honour |
13 | 2024 | Fiona Barnett |