Welcome to the Context 21 Webpage!
updated August 31, 2008
Context has been growing by leaps and bounds the last few years, and we plan to make Context an even bigger success in 2008.
If you'd like to see our schedule of events, visit our Programming Page.
If you'd like to see what attendees have said about Context, please visit the Con Reports section of our blog.
Guests, Party Hosts, and Programming Participants for 2008
Guest of Honor: Tanya Huff
Editor Guest of Honor: Paula Guran
Horror Guest of Honor: Brian Keene
Science Guest of Honor: Jeannine Davis-Kimball
Music Guest: Wild Mercy
Special Anime Friend: Tristan MacAvery
Special Guest: The Dead Body Guy
Special Guest Storyteller: Samuel T. Clemmons
Party Sponsors:
Attending/Participating Authors and Editors:
Michael A. Arnzen, Gary A. Braunbeck, Maurice Broaddus, Diana Dru Botsford, Tobias Buckell, Lawrence C. Connolly, Timons Esaias, Deena Fisher, Gary Frank, Fran Friel, Jackie Gamber, Erin Hoffman, Michael Knost, Alethea Kontis, Debbie Kuhn, Michael Laimo, Geoff Landis, Nick Mamatas, Tina Morgan, Diane Merlin, Lon Prater, Mike Resnick, Scott M. Sandridge, Jason Sizemore, Lucy A. Snyder, Mary Turzillo, Elizabeth Vaughn, Tim Waggoner, D. Harlan Wilson, Phoebe Wray, and more to come.
Participating Panelists:
Jer Alford, Barry and Sally Childs-Helton, Tracy Chowdhury, Greg Fisher, Carlos Glender, Josef Matulich, Kit Matulich, Aidan Matulich, Karen Nagel, Robin Nakkula, Michelle Pendergrass,Thomas Sigel, Michael West, Nick and Linda Winks, and more to come.
Context Kudos
Here's what some of our author guests have had to say about Context:
"It was a fabulous convention. Mike Resnick characterized it as the Readercon of the Midwest, and that's bang on target. I've been to SF conventions with five times as many people there
with fewer actual readers. There was a great group of other writers present."
– Robert J. Sawyer on Context 12
"Context was one of my favorite cons in recent years. The
programming was interesting, the people on the panels (and in the
audiences) were fascinating, the attendance at programming was great,
and everything went off without a hitch. I'm going to recommend Context
to everybody I know."
– Connie Willis on Context 17