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Hugo Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer  ROBERT J. SAWYER  Author of WWW:Wake and FlashForward SFWRITER.COM > About Rob > Guest of Honorships   Sawyer Guest of Honorships   Science-fiction conventions are great fun, and many are held almost every weekend throughout North America. Each convention will have a Guest of Honor or "GoH." Sometimes, there will be more than on GoH; in that case they usually fall into different categories: a Writer GoH, an Artist GoH, a Fan GoH, and so on. Some conventions have a policy of never having the same GoH twice. Still, they may want to bring back a popular GoH from the past; that person is often designated a "Special Guest." Robert J. Sawyer has been Guest of Honor at SF Conventions from coast to coast in North America — from Los Angeles to Halifax — and as far away as Italy, China, and Japan. I'm providing a a few quotes from people who've enjoyed having me as Guest of Honor, as well as a complete list of my stints as GoH, Special Guest, Master of Ceremonies, or Toastmaster: Guest of Honor DucKon 21 Schaumburg (Chicago), Illinois June 1-3, 2012 Science Guest of Honor When Words Collide 2011 Calgary, Alberta August 12-14, 2011 Guest of Honor Confluence 23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 22-24, 2011 Guest of Honor Italian SF Con Milan, Italy June 2-5, 2011 Guest of Honor Hal-Con 2010 Tokyo, Japan April 9-10, 2011 Guest of Honor Millennicon 25 Cincinnati, Ohio March 18-20, 2011 Special Guest Futurecon Toronto, Ontario December 30, 2010, to January 1, 2011 Toastmaster SFContario Toronto, Ontario November 19-21, 2010 Guest of Honor Conjecture 2010 San Diego, California October 1-3, 2010 Special Guest Fencon VII Dallas, Texas September 17-19, 2010 Special Guest Dragon*Con Atlanta, Georgia September 3-6, 2010 Guest of Honor Pi-Con 4 Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts August 20-22, 2010 Guest of Honor OSFest 3 Omaha, Nebraska July 23-25, 2010 Special Guest Polaris 24 Toronto, Ontario July 16-18, 2010 Guest of Honour Ad Astra Toronto, Ontario April 9-11, 2010 Guest of Honor I-Con 29 Stony Brook, New York March 26-28, 2010 Guest of Honor Capricon 30 Wheeling (Chicago), Illinois February 11-14, 2010 Guest of Honour Con-Version 25 Calgary, Alberta August 23-25, 2009 Guest of Honor Xanadu Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada April 17-19, 2009 Special Guest FilkOntario Toronto, Ontario April 3-5, 2009 Guest of Honour Pure Speculation Edmonton, Alberta October 17-19, 2008 Guest of Honour Emeritus VCON 33 Vancouver, British Columbia October 3-5, 2008 Special Guest Comic-Con International: San Diego San Diego, California July 24-27, 2008 Guest of Honor Loscon 34 Los Angeles, California November 23-25, 2007 Aurora Awards Master of Ceremonies VCON 32 Vancouver, British Columbia October 19-21, 2007 Guest of Honor 2007 International SF/Fantasy Conference Chengdu, Sichuan, China August 24-27, 2007 Guest of Honor Oasis 20 Orlando, Florida May 25-27, 2007 Guest of Honour Genrecon 2007 Sarnia, Ontario May 12, 2007 Guest of Honor Ravencon 2007 Richmond, Virginia April 20-22, 2007 Guest of Honor Chattacon 32 Chattanooga, Tennessee January 26-28, 2007 Guest of Honor MileHiCon 38 Denver, Colorado October 27-29, 2006 Guest of Honour Keycon 23 Winnipeg, Manitoba May 19-21, 2006 Toastmaster Norwescon 29 Seattle, Washington April 13-16, 2006 Master of Ceremonies VCON 30 Vancouver, British Columbia October 7-9, 2005 Guest of Honor CopperCon 25 Phoenix, Arizona September 8-11, 2005 Special Guest Dragon*Con 2005 Atlanta, Georgia September 2-5, 2005 Guest of Honour Toronto Trek 19 Toronto, Ontario July 15-17, 2005 Guest of Honour Con-Version 21.5 held in conjuction with Westercon 58 Calgary, Alberta July 1-4, 2005 Guest of Honor Apollocon 2005 Houston, Texas June 24-26, 2005 Guest of Honor Windycon 2004 Chicago, Illinois November 11-14, 2004 Toastmaster Confusion 2004 Warren, Michigan January 23-25, 2004 Canadian Guest of Honour Con-Version XX Calgary, Alberta August 8-10, 2003 Guest of Honor Oasis 16 Orlando, Florida May 23-25, 2003 Guest of Honour KeyCon 20 Winnipeg, Manitoba May 16-18, 2003 Guest of Honor Minicon 38 Minneapolis, Minnesota April 18-20, 2003 Guest of Honor MidSouthCon 21 Memphis, Tennessee March 28-30 2003 Toastmaster Con-Version XIX (the 2002 Canadian National Science Fiction Convention) Calgary, Alberta August 9-11, 2002 Toastmaster Tropicon 20 Palm Beach, Florida November 9-11, 2001 Guest of Honour Can-Con 2001 Ottawa, Ontario August 17-19, 2001 Master of Ceremonies Aurora Awards Banquet Vancouver, BC May 5, 2001 Guest of Honor Eeriecon 3 Niagara, Falls, NY April 20-22, 2001 Toastmaster Ad Astra 2001 Toronto, ON February 23-25, 2001 Guest of Honor Kyoto SF Festival Kyoto, Japan November 12, 2000 Guest of Honor CONTACT Japan 4 Tokyo, Japan November 3-5, 2000 Guest of Honour VCON 25 Vancouver, British Columbia May 26-28, 2000 Guest of Honour Concinnity 1999 Ottawa, Ontario October 29-31, 1999 Master of Ceremonies InCONsequential II (the 1999 Canadian National Science Fiction Convention) Fredericton, New Brunswick October 15-17, 1999 Guest of Honor Context XII Columbus, Ohio October 8-10, 1999 Guest of Honor ConCat 10 Knoxville, Tennessee November 27-29, 1998 Guest of Honour and Master of Ceremonies Con*Cept 9 (The 1998 Canadian National Science Fiction Convention) Montreal, Quebec October 2-4, 1998 Guest of Honor Bubonicon 30 Albuquerque, New Mexico August 28-30, 1998 Special Guest Con-Version XV Calgary, Alberta July 17-19, 1998 Guest of Honour Ad Astra 18 Toronto, Ontario June 5-7, 1998 Master of Ceremonies National SF&F Society's Phyllis Gotlieb Celebration University of Toronto February 3, 1998 Master of Ceremonies 1997 Aurora Awards Banquet Markham, Ontario November 1, 1997 Guest of Honor ValleyCon 22 Fargo, North Dakota October 10-12, 1997 Canadian Guest of Honour Con-Version XIV Calgary, Alberta July 18-20, 1997 Guest of Honour Can-Con 7 Ottawa, Ontario May 2-4, 1997 Guest of Honor Capricon 17 Oak Brook (Chicago), Illinois February 20-23, 1997 Guest of Honor ConFurence 8 Anaheim (Los Angeles), California January 16-19, 1997 Guest of Honour Primedia '96 Mississauga, Ontario November 1-3, 1996 Guest of Honour Falcon 2 Halifax, Nova Scotia September 12, 1996 Special Guest Con-Version XIII (The 1996 Canadian National Science Fiction Convention) Calgary, Alberta July 19-21, 1996 Special Guest Ad Astra 16 Toronto, Ontario June 7-9, 1996 Special Guest Can-Con 6 Ottawa, Ontario May 18-19, 1996 Guest of Honor Astronomicon 5 Rochester, New York March 1-3, 1996 Guest of Honor Andromeda 2 Lincoln, Nebraska March 10-12, 1995 Guest of Honour Can-Con 3 Ottawa, Ontario May 14-16, 1993 Guest of Honour WilfCon VII Waterloo, Ontario June 1, 1991 Master of Ceremonies NorthStar (The First-Ever Conference on Canadian Science Fiction) Toronto, Ontario September 25, 1982   More Good Reading   Rob's keynote 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