Fifty years is a lot of history, and Balticon’s invited back all former GOH’s who are willing and able to attend. So far, twenty-one have accepted:
Balticon 15, 1981R. A. MacAvoy —
Balticon 19, 1985
Nancy Springer —
Balticon 20, 1986
Michael F. Flynn —
Balticon 26, 1992
Donald Kingsbury —
Balticon 26, 1992
Allen Steele —
Balticon 27, 1993
Balticon 32, 1998Phil & Kaja Foglio —
Balticon 36, 2002
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller —
Balticon 37, 2003
Steve Barnes —
Balticon 39, 2005
Peter S. Beagle —
Balticon 40, 2006
Larry Niven —
Balticon 41, 2007
Balticon 42, 2008Charles Stross —
Balticon 43, 2009
Jody Lynn Nye —
Balticon 46, 2012
Joe Haldeman —
Balticon 47, 2013
Jo Walton —
Balticon 49, 2015
The full list of attendees is here: http://balticon.org/wp50/whos-coming/Index/
For those of us with writing aspirations, Charles Gannon’s put together a series of writing seminars, led by Catherine Asaro, Charles Gannon, Bud Sparhawk, Fran Wilde, Jody Lynn Nye, Tom Doyle, Sarah Pinsker, Alex Shvartsman, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Keith R. A. DeCandito, and Hildy Silverman.
Balticon’s only a few short days away. It offers over 400 hours of programming, and at over 1,000 fans is the region’s largest convention. If you haven’t already planned to attend, try to fit it into your schedule. You won’t be disappointed.