As Co-Chairs of Can*Con, we are overwhelmed to have received our third straight Aurora Award nomination in the category of Best Fan Organizational. Can*Con is a little con that is consistently punching above its weight. Can*Con 2016 was proud to feature four Guests of Honour: Tanya Huff of DAW Books (Author), Sheila Williams of Asimov’s Magazine (Editor), Sam Morgan of the JABberwocky Agency (Agent), and Eric Choi of the Canadian Space Technology Field (Science).
The entire ballot of the 2017 Aurora Award is very strong and we are humbled to be sharing the ballot with so many luminaries. We would like to congratulate past and present Can*Con guests and panelists! Congratulations to Gerald Brandt, Madeline Ashby, A.M. Delamonica, Robert J. Sawyer, Brent Nichols, Ed Willett, Robert Runté, Hayden Trenholm, Amal El-Mohtar, Kari Maaren, Dominik Parisien, Mike Rimar, Claude Lalumière, Mark Shainblum, Susan Forest, Lucas Law, Dan O’Driscoll, S.M. Carrière, Derek Newman-Stille, Chadwick Ginther, Sandra Kasturi, Matt Moore, Nicole Lavigne, Charles de Lint, and Steven Erikson!
There are too many volunteers to list individually, but special thanks to Nicole Lavigne, Brandon Crilly, Evan May, Caycee Price, Morris Rothman, Hayley Halloran, Jaggy Sue, Dario Sciola and many others! You make the conference happen! 🙂
Last year was the first time we’d brought an Agent Guest of Honour (and the second time we’d brought a New York editor!), because we believe that the writing community in Ottawa deserves to meet New York industry professionals. And we brought Tanya Huff and Eric Choi because Ottawa fans ought to be treated to the best and brightest of Canada’s fantastic literature and science communities.
We are very pleased to be welcoming to Can*Con in 2017 our Guests of Honour Steven Erikson (Author), Sheila Gilbert (Editor) and Kim-Mei Kirtland (Agent) over the weekend of 13-15 October, 2017. Please spread the word and bring a friend to the fun!
Derek Künsken Marie Bilodeau
Co-Chair (Programming) Co-Chair (Corporate)