ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, Texas, USA, since 1979. As the second longest running science fiction convention in Texas, it is sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas and is known for its emphasis on literary science fiction. ArmadilloCon was traditionally held in mid-October during the weekend of the Texas-OU football game, but moved to a late-summer/early-fall weekend in 1998. The 34th annual convention was held in the Renaissance Hotel Austin from July 27–29, 2012. ArmadilloCon 35 in 2013 was a "relaxicon" due to the 71st World Science Fiction Convention to be held in San Antonio that year.
ArmadilloCon generally focuses on literary science-fiction, with guests of honor typically being up-and-coming writers. Unique programming includes a "Fannish Feud" which has been held regularly since ArmadilloCon 4 in 1982, frequently hosted by Pat Cadigan, Walter Jon Williams, and Rhonda Eudaly. The convention also often ends with a story reading by Howard Waldrop.
ArmadilloCon 1 (May 11–13, 1979)
Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: John Varley
Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
Location: Villa Capri
ArmadilloCon 2 (October 3–5, 1980)
Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
Fan Guest: Harry O. Morris
Toastmaster: Chad Oliver
ArmadilloCon 3 (October 1981)Chair: Willie Siros
Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
Fan Guest: Bob Wayne
Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
Location: Ramada Riverside
ArmadilloCon 4 (October 1–3, 1982)
Chair: Ed Scarbrough
Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger and George R. R. Martin
Fan Guest: Joe Pumilia
Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
ArmadilloCon 5 (October 7–9, 1983)Chair: Ed Scarborough
Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Location: Villa Capri Motor Hotel
ArmadilloCon 6 (October 5–7, 1984)
Chair: Ed Scarborough
Guest of Honor: John Sladek
Fan Guests: James A. Corrick and Gay Miller Corrick
Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
Special Guest: Ellen Datlow
ArmadilloCon 7 (1985)
Relaxacon after the third occasional North American Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 1", was held in Austin.
ArmadilloCon 8 (October 10–12, 1986)
Chair: Robert Taylor
Guest of Honor: William Gibson
Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
Fan Guest: Debbie Notkin
Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
ArmadilloCon 9 (October 9–11, 1987)
Chair: Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guest of Honor: Bruce Sterling
Artist Guest: J. R. Daniels
Editor Guest: Beth Meacham
Fan Guest: Mark Olson
Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan
ArmadilloCon 10 (October 7–9, 1988)
Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Karen Meschke
Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
Fan Guests: Jane Dennis and Scott Dennis
Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
Location: Wyndham Southpark
ArmadilloCon 11 (October 13–15, 1989)Chair: Karen Meschke
Guest of Honor: Lewis Shiner
Artist Guest: Don Ivan Punchatz
Editor Guest: Pat LoBrutto
Fan Guest: Mike Glyer
Toastmaster: Connie Willis
Special Guests: William Gibson and Tom Maddox (sponsored by MCC)
Location: Wyndham Southpark
ArmadilloCon 12 (October 12–14, 1990)Chair: Ed Graham
Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
Artist Guest: Jean Elizabeth Martin
Editor Guest: Susan Allison
Fan Guest: Debbie Hodgkinson
Toastmaster: Melinda M. Snodgrass
Special Guests: Vernor Vinge and Marc Stiegler (sponsored by MCC)
Location: Wyndham Southpark
ArmadilloCon 13 (October 11–13, 1991)Chair: Casey Hamilton
Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
Artist Guest: Dell Harris
Editor Guest: Amy Stout
Fan Guest: Pat Mueller
Toastmistress: Emma Bull
Location: Wyndham Southpark
ArmadilloCon 14 (October 9–11, 1992)Chairs: Lori Wolf and Fred Duarte, Jr.
Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
Fan Guest: Allan Jackson
Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson
Location: Wyndham Southpark
ArmadilloCon 15 (November 5–7, 1993)Chairs: Willie Siros and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones (novelist)
Artist Guest: Harry O. Morris
Editor Guest: John Douglas
Toastmaster: Michael Bishop (author)
Location: Red Lion
ArmadilloCon 16 (October 7–9, 1994)Chairs: Ed Graham and Casey Hamilton
Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
Artist Guest: David A. Cherry
Editor Guest: Gordon Van Gelder
Fan Guest: Gregory Benford
Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
Special Guest: Guy Gavriel Kay
Location: Red Lion
ArmadilloCon 17 (October 6–8, 1995)Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Alexander Jablokov
Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
Editor Guest: John Silbersack
Fan Guests: Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith
Toastmaster: Terry Bisson
Location: Red Lion
ArmadilloCon 18 (October 11–13, 1996)
Chair: Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Jonathan Lethem
Artist Guest: Bob Eggleton
Editor Guest: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Fan Guests: Spike Parsons and Tom Becker
Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
Location: Red Lion
ArmadilloCon 19 (1997)
Relaxacon after the 55th World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 2", was held in San Antonio.
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
Location: Hunt, Texas
ArmadilloCon 20 (August 28–30, 1998)Chairs: A. T. Campbell, III and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: Bradley Denton
Artist Guest: Mitchell Bentley
Editor Guest: David G. Hartwell
Fan Guest: Peggy Ranson
Toastmaster: Steven Gould
Special Guest: Peter F. Hamilton (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Omni Southpark
ArmadilloCon 21 (September 10–12, 1999)Chairs: Mona Gamboa and John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Sean Stewart
Artist Guest: Wayne Barlowe
Editor Guest: Shawna McCarthy
Fan Guest: Harry Stubbs
Toastmaster: William Browning Spencer
Special Guest: Neil Gaiman (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Omni Southpark
ArmadilloCon 22 (August 18–20, 2000)
Chairs: John Gibbons and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
Artist Guest: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz
Editor Guest: Betsy Mitchell
Fan Guest: Robert Taylor
Toastmaster: Mary Doria Russell
Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan[1] (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Omni Southpark
ArmadilloCon 23 (November 16–18, 2001)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and Lori Wolf
Guest of Honor: J. Gregory Keyes
Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
Editor Guest: Toni Weisskopf
Fan Guest: Teddy Harvia
Toastmaster: Walter Jon Williams
Special Guest: Esther Friesner (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Austin Hilton North
ArmadilloCon 24 (August 16–18, 2002)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
Artist Guests: Frank Cho and Scott Kurtz
Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
Fan Guests: Kurt Baty and Scott Bobo
Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
Special Guest: Robin Hobb (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Omni Southpark
ArmadilloCon 25 (August 8–10, 2003)Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Kage Baker
Fan Guest: Willie Siros
Toastmaster: Aaron Allston
Editor Guest: Anne Groell
Artist Guest: John Picacio
Special Guest: Vernor Vinge
Location: Austin Hilton North
ArmadilloCon 26 (August 13–15, 2004)
Chairs: Kimm Antell and Chuck Siros
Guest of Honor: Sharon Shinn
Fan Guest: Chaz "Hazel" Boston Baden
Toastmaster: K. D. Wentworth
Editor Guest: Stanley Schmidt
Artist Guest: Charles Vess
Mystery Guests of Honor: Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Austin Hilton North
ArmadilloCon 27 (August 19–21, 2005)
Chairs: Renee Babcock and John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
Fan Guests: Jim & Laurie Mann
Toastmaster: Charles de Lint
Editor Guest: Jim Minz
Artist Guest: Ctein
Special Guest: Sean McMullen (sponsored by ALAMO)
Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 28 (August 11–13, 2006)
Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Julie E. Czerneda
Fan Guest: Grant Kruger
Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
Editor Guest: Diana Gill
Artist Guest: Ellisa Mitchell
Special Guest: James P. Hogan
Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 29 (August 10–12, 2007)
Chair: Renee Babcock
Guest of Honor: Louise Marley
Fan Guest: Patty Wells
Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
Editor Guest: Sharyn November
Artist Guest: Gary Lippincott
Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 30 (August 15–17, 2008)Chairs: Kurt Baty and Chuck Siros
Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
Artist Guest: David Lee Anderson
Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
Toastmaster: Bill Crider
Editor Guest: Sheila Williams
Special Guests: Gay Haldeman and Joe Haldeman
Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 31 (August 14–16, 2009)Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Scott Lynch
Artist Guest: Stephan Martinière (cancelled)
Editor Guest: Chris Roberson
Fan Guest: Karen Meschke
Toastmaster: Scott A. Cupp
Special Guest: Joan D. Vinge
Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 32 (August 27–29, 2010)Chairs: Elizabeth Burton and Dan Tolliver
Guest of Honor: Rachel Caine
Artist Guest: Cat Conrad
Editor Guest: Anne Sowards
Fan Guest: Elspeth Bloodgood
Toastmaster: Nancy Kress
Urban Fantasy Special Guest: Ilona Andrews
Steampunk Special Guest: Michael Bishop
Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 33 (August 26–28, 2011)Chairs: Jennifer Juday and Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Paolo Bacigalupi
Artist Guest: Vincent Villafranca
Editor Guest: Lou Anders
Fan Guest: Fred Duarte, Jr.
Toastmaster: Mark Finn
Special Guests: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 34 (July 27–29, 2012)Chair: Sara Felix
Guest of Honor: Anne Bishop
Fan Guest: Bill Parker
Editor Guest: Liz Gorinsky
Special Guest: Chloe Neill
Artist Guest: Julie Dillon
Toastmaster: A. Lee Martinez
Location: Renaissance Hotel Austin
ArmadilloCon 35 / GlyptoCon 3 (October 25–27, 2013)
Relaxacon after the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, dubbed "LoneStarCon 3", was held in San Antonio.
Chair: Willie Siros
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
ArmadilloCon 36 (July 25–27, 2014)
Chair: Kimm Antell
Guest of Honor: Ted Chiang
Fan Guest: Michael Walsh
Editor Guest: Jacob Weisman
Artist Guest: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Science Guest: Sigrid Close
Special Guest: Ian McDonald
Toastmaster: Mario Acevedo
Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
ArmadilloCon 37 (July 24–26, 2015)
Chairs: Jennifer Juday & Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Ken Liu
Special Guest: James Morrow
Fan Guest: John DeNardo (SF Signal)
Editor Guest: Timmel Duchamp
Artist Guest: Rocky Kelley
Toastmaster: Stina Leicht
Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
ArmadilloCon 38 (July 29-31, 2016)
Chairs: Charles Siros
Guest of Honor: Wesley Chu
Fan Guest: Ken Keller
Editor Guest: Joe Monti
Artist Guest: Christina Hess
Special Guest: Dominick Saponaro
Toastmaster: Joe McKinney (author)
Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
ArmadilloCon 39 (August 4-6, 2017)
Chair: John Gibbons
Guest of Honor: Nisi Shawl
Fan Guest: A.T. Campbell, III
Toastmaster: Don Webb
Location: Omni Southpark Hotel
