Swancon

Regional convention held in Perth, Western Australia

Swancon is held under the auspices of the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF).

The Western Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards, known as the Tin Duck Awards, are regularly presented at Swancon.

For more information see the Swancon website and the Swancon LiveJournal.

Year	Name	Chair	Date	Location	Guests
1976	Swancon 1	Anthony Peacey	Oct 9-11	Anthony Peacey's House
1977	Swancon 2	Bob Ogden		Bayswater Civic Centre
1978	Swancon 3	Roy Ferguson		Murdoch University
1979	Swancon 4 (WayCon)	Bob Ogden		Ozone Hotel	Leigh Edmonds
1980	Swancon 5 (19th Natcon)	Julia Curtis	Aug	Kings Ambassador Hotel	Anne McCaffrey, Grant Stone, Shayne McCormack
1981	Swancon 6	Barbara DeLaHuntey		Royal George Hotel	Anthony Peacey
1982	Swancon 7	Bob Ogden		Westos Hotel	Robin Johnson
1983	Swancon 8	Bob Ogden		Westos Motor Inn	Damien Broderick
1984	Swancon 9	David Luckett		Westos Motor Inn	Harry Harrison, Roy Ferguson
1985	Swancon 10	John McDouall		Airways Hotel	Ian Nichols
1986	Swancon 11 (25th Natcon)	Erik Harding	Mar	Miss Maud's	C. J. Cherryh, Jack Hermann
1987	Swancon 12	David Simmons		Airways Hotel	Roy Ferguson
1988	Swancon 13	Matthew Clarkson		Westos Hotel	Dave Luckett, Tim Richards
1989	Swancon 14	Cindy Clarkson	Mar 23-27	King's Ambassador Hotel	Bob Shaw, John Varley
1990	Swancon XV	Don Griffiths	Jan 26-29	Miss Maud's / Swy Theatre	Terry Dowling, Grant Stone
1991	Swancon 16	Greg Turkich		Freeway Motel	Barbara Hambly, Cindy Clarkson
1992	The Festival of the Imagination		Jan 24-27	Ascot Inn	Terry Dowling, Nick Stathopolous, Paul Kidd
1993	SwanCon 18	Dave Luckett	Apr 8-12	Ascot Inn	Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Craig Hilton
1994	Confusion '94	Sue Ann Barber	July 15-17	Perth International Hotel	Sylvia Anderson, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Danny Heap
1995	Swancon 95	Doug Burbidge		Sheraton	Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Peter Read
1996	Festival of the Imagination 1996	Richard Scriven	Apr 4-8	Kings Hotel	Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Robin Pen
1997	Swancon 22	Russell B. Farr		Metro	Howard Waldrop, Stephen Dedman, David Cake
1998	Swancon Twenty3	Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell	Apr 24-27	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Lois McMaster Bujold, Tess Wiliams, Gina Goddard
1999	SwanICon	Julian Ackermann		Metro	Janny Wurtz, Ippongi Bang, Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Dave Luckett
2000	Swancon 25 (39th Natcon)	Candice Schilder	Apr 20-24	Ascot Inn	Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Ian Nichols, Garth Nix, Mitch (Anthony Mitchell)
2001	Masquerade, Swancon 2001 (40th Natcon)	David Cake, Cathy Cupitt	Apr 13-15	Rydges Hotel	Robert Silverberg, Scott Frazier, Karen Haber, Sue Ackermann
2002	Swancon 2002, Dragons of the World	Sue Ackermann	Mar 28 - Apr 1	Kings Hotel	Kate Forsyth, Kim Wilkins, David Zindell, Lee Battersby, John McDouall
2003	Swancon 2003 (42nd Natcon)	Jason Watson, Brett Griggs	Apr 17-21	Kings Perth Hotel	Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Justin Ackroyd
2004	Swancon 2004, Chronopolis	Shay Telfer	Apr 8-12	Parmelia Hilton	Tim Powers, Eddie Campbell, Adrian Bedford, Shaun Tan, Emma Hawkes
2005	Swancon XXX	Elaine Kemp	Mar 24-28	Emerald Hotel	Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris, Grant Watson, Anna Hepworth
2006	Swancon 2006, Renaissances	Ken McCaw	Mar 3-6	Acacia	Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Danny Oz
2007	Swancon 32: Inconceivable!	Michael Dawson	Apr 5-9	All Seasons	Elizabeth Moon, David Gerrold, Matthew Reilly, Russell B. Farr, Damian Magee
2008	State of the Art: Swancon 2008 (47th Natcon)	Anna Hepworth	Mar 20-24	All Seasons	Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, Zara Baxter
2009	Contact: Swancon 2009	PRK	Apr 9-13	All Seasons	Richard Morgan, Trudi Canavan, Theresa Anns, Alicia Smith, Robert Masters
2010	Swancon 2010	Todd Rowlands, John Green	Apr 1-5	All Seasons	Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine, John Samuel
2011	Swancon 36 | Natcon 50	Alisa Krasnostein	Apr 21-25	Hyatt Regency Perth	Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, Sarah Xu
2012	DoomCon	Kitty Hemsley	Apr 5-9	Pan Pacific Hotel	Brandon Sanderson, Marianne de Pierres, Chris Creagh
2013	Swancon 2013: Perception - Discovery - Emergence		Mar 29 - Apr 1		Charles Stross, Gail Simone, John Birmingham, Lucy Sussex, John Parker, Sarah Parker

Information for this page has been obtained from the Swancon History page of the Australian SF Information site wiki.sf.org.au.