{"id":71,"date":"2020-01-27T08:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T08:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demosites.io\/web-agency-gb\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2024-05-31T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T21:00:01","slug":"15c42-web-agency-gb-portfolio-single","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/15c42-web-agency-gb-portfolio-single\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Albacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most recent Albacons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/albacon.org\/2023\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"albacon.org\/2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albacon 2023<\/a><sup data-fn=\"e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286\" id=\"e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/albacon.org\/2022\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"albacon.org\/2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albacon 2022<\/a><sup data-fn=\"4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970\" id=\"4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970-link\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Albacon 2021 <sup data-fn=\"60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793\" id=\"60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793-link\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Albacon 2020 <sup data-fn=\"088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6\" id=\"088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6-link\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286\">In 2023 the convention was fully hybrid <a href=\"#e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970\">In 2022 the convention was fully hybrid <a href=\"#4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793\">In 2021 the convention was entirely remote <a href=\"#60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6\">There was no convention in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic <a href=\"#088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Albacon History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albacon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Albacon Wikipedia entry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Convention<\/th><th>Dates<\/th><th>Chair<\/th><th>Hotel<\/th><th>Guests of Honor<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Novacon 9 West 1979<\/td><td>November 2-4, 1979<\/td><td>The Wombat<\/td><td>Turf Inn, Albany<\/td><td> GOH \u2013 Bob Shaw<br>Fan GOH \u2013 Jack Cohen<br>Toastmaster \u2013 Wilson \u201cBob\u201d Tucker<br>Special \u2013 Flying Karamazov Brothers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The First LASTCon 1981<br><\/td><td>Jan 23-25 1981<\/td><td>Marla Baer<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Hal Clement<br>Fan \u2013 jan howard finder \u201cThe Wombat\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LASTCon Too 1982<br><\/td><td>Fall<\/td><td>Tina Connell<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Lee Killough<br>Toastmaster \u2013 Wilson \u201cBob\u201d Tucker<br>Fan \u2013 Leslie Turek<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LASTCon T\u2019ree 1985<\/td><td>June 14-16, 1985<\/td><td>Patrick Kennedy<br>Byron Connell<\/td><td>The Americana Inn, Colonie<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Christopher Stasheff<br>Artist \u2013 Jack Gaughan<sup>1<\/sup> &amp; John Schoenherr<br>Music \u2013 Clam Chowder<sup>2<\/sup><br>Special \u2013 Adrienne Martine-Barnes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LASTCon Fore 1986<\/td><td>1986<\/td><td>Byron Connell<br>Patrick Kennedy<\/td><td>Desmond Americana Hotel, Colonie<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Robin McKinley<br>GOH \u2013 Wayne Barlow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 1996<br>#1<\/td><td>October 11 \u2013 13, 1996<\/td><td>jan howard finder<\/td><td>Howard Johnson Washington Avenue Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Nancy Kress<br>Artist \u2013 Jill Bauman<br>Fan \u2013 Shirley Maiewski<br>Special \u2013 Bruce the Conqueror<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 1997<br>#2<\/td><td>October 17 \u2013 19, 1997<\/td><td>Kevin Allen<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH &#8211; Melissa Scott<br>Artist &#8211; Charles Lang &amp; Wendy Snow-Lang<br>Fan \u2013 Wayne Brown<br>Musical \u2013 The Don\u2019t Quit Your Day Job Players<br>Special \u2013 Bill! The Starship Captain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 1998<br>#3<\/td><td>October 9 -11, 1998<\/td><td>Danielle Allen, Kevin Allen, &amp; Joe Berlant, Regents<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Esther Friesner<br>Artist \u2013 Jael<br>Fan \u2013 Joe Mayhew<br>Musical \u2013 The Don\u2019t Quit Your Day Job Players<br>Special \u2013 Bruno the Hamster (aka Captain Bruno)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 1999<br>#4<\/td><td>September 17 \u2013 19, 1999<\/td><td>Paul Kraus<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Hal Clement<br>Artist \u2013 Vincent DiFate<br>Fan \u2013 Seth Breidbart<br>Special \u2013 Barlennen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2000<br>#5<\/td><td>October 6 -8, 2000<\/td><td>Deb Atwood (Allen)<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Glen Cook<br>Artist \u2013 Joe DeVito<br>Fan \u2013 The Wombat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2001<br>#6<\/td><td>October 5 &#8211; 7, 2001<\/td><td>Joe Berlant<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Larry Niven<br>Artist \u2013 Bob Eggleton &amp; Marianne Plumridge<br>Fan \u2013 Bonnie &amp; Ted Atwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2002<br>#7<\/td><td>October 4 &#8211; 6, 2002<\/td><td>Chris Ford<\/td><td>Ramada Inn, Schenectady<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Mike Resnick<br>Artist \u2013 Tom Kidd<br>Fan \u2013 Sharon Sbarsky<br>Special \u2013 Steve Miller &amp; Sharon Lee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2003<br>#8<\/td><td>October 10 \u2013 12 <sup>3<\/sup>, 2003<\/td><td>Jennifer Sternfeld<\/td><td>Roaring Brooke Dude Ranch, Lake Luzerne<\/td><td>GOH &#8211; Lois McMaster Bujold<br>Artist \u2013 Allen Koszowski<br>Fan \u2013 Oz Fontecchio<br>Filk \u2013 Leslie Fish<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2004<br>#9<\/td><td>October 8 \u2013 10, 2004<\/td><td>Steve Sawicki<\/td><td>Crowne Plaza, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 David Drake<br>Fan \u2013 David Kyle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2005<br>#10<\/td><td>October 7 &#8211; 9, 2005<\/td><td>Chuck Rothman (or Travis Tea)<\/td><td>Crowne Plaza, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Terry Brooks<br>Artist \u2013 Rowena<br>Fan \u2013 Byron &amp; Tina Connell<br>Special \u2013 Travis Tea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2006<br>#11<\/td><td>October 6 \u2013 8, 2006<\/td><td>Joel Lord<\/td><td>Crowne Plaza, Albany<\/td><td>GOH &#8211; Peter David<br>Artist \u2013 Omar Rayyan<br>Web Comic \u2013 J. Jacques, <em>Questionable Content<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2008<br>#12<\/td><td>October 10 &#8211; 12, 2008<\/td><td>The Wombat (jan howard finder)<\/td><td>Crowne Plaza, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Anne<sup>4<\/sup> &amp; Todd McCaffrey<br>Fan \u2013 Gary S. Blog<br>Artist \u2013 Barclay Shaw<br>Erotic \u2013 D. Cameron Calkins<br>Special \u2013 Travis Tea<br>Special \u2013 Eric Flint<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2009<br>#13<\/td><td>October 9 \u2013 11 <sup>5<\/sup>, 2009<\/td><td>Rick Ralston<\/td><td>Best Western Sovereign, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Elizabeth Hand<br>Artist \u2013 Alan F. Beck<br>Fan \u2013 D. Cameron Calkins<br>Musical \u2013 Igor\u2019s Egg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2010<br>#14<\/td><td>October 8 \u2013 10 <sup>6<\/sup>, 2010<\/td><td>Rick Ralston<\/td><td>Best Western Sovereign, Albany<\/td><td>GOH \u2013 Allen Steele<br>Artist \u2013 Ron Miller<br>Fan \u2013 Lisa Ashton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2011<\/td><td>Cancelled<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2012<br>#15<\/td><td>October 19 \u2013 21 <sup>7<\/sup>, 2012<\/td><td>Christopher Ford<\/td><td>Holiday Inn Express &amp; Suites, Latham<\/td><td>Editor \u2013 Julie Czernada<br>Artist &#8211; Jody A. Lee<br>Fan \u2013 Erwin Strauss \u201cFilthy Pierre\u201d<br>Filk \u2013 Roberta Rogow<br>Media \u2013 Keith R.A. DeCandido<br>Special \u2013 jan howard finder \u201cThe Wombat\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2013<\/td><td>November 1 &#8211; 3<\/td><td>Joe Berlant<\/td><td>Saratoga Residence Inn, Saratoga Springs<\/td><td>No guests, a relaxacon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2014.5<br>#16<\/td><td>May 8 -10, 2014<\/td><td>Paul Kraus &amp; Kevin Allen<\/td><td>Best Western Albany Airport Inn, Albany<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 Mur Lafferty<br>Ghost of Honor &#8211; jan howard finder \u201cThe Wombat\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2016<br>#18<\/td><td>March 4 \u2013 6, 2016<\/td><td>Byron Connell<\/td><td>Best Western Albany Airport Inn, Albany<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 David Weber<br>Remote &#8211; Ramsey Campbell<br>Artist \u2013 Heidi Hooper<br>Fan \u2013 Dan McKechnie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2017<br>#19<\/td><td>March 31 \u2013 April 2, 2017<\/td><td>Tina Connell<\/td><td>Best Western Albany Airport Inn, Albany<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 Charles E. Gannon<br>Artist &#8211; Steven Hickman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2018<br># 20<\/td><td>September 21 &#8211; 23, 2018<\/td><td>Joe Berlant<\/td><td>Albany Ramada Plaza Hotel, Albany<\/td><td>None<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2019<br>#21<\/td><td>September 13 \u2013 15, 2019<\/td><td>Lisa Hertel<\/td><td>Albany Ramada Plaza Hotel, Albany<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 Bruce Coville<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2020<\/td><td>Cancelled due to Covid-19<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2021<br># 22<\/td><td>September 17, 2021<\/td><td>Chuck Rothman<\/td><td>Virtual<\/td><td>Writers \u2013 Sharon Lee &amp; Steve Miller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2022<br># 23<\/td><td>September 16 \u2013 18, 2022<\/td><td>Chuck Rothman<\/td><td>Hybrid &amp; Courtyard by Marriott Albany, Clifton Park<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 Suzanne Palmer<br>Writer (remote) \u2013 Joe Haldeman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2023<br># 24<\/td><td>September 8 &#8211; 10, 2023<\/td><td>Jeff Warner<\/td><td>Hybrid &amp; Courtyard by Marriott Albany, Clifton Park<\/td><td>Writer \u2013 Walter H. Hunt<br>Writer (remote) \u2013 Linda D. Addison<br>Special \u2013 Allen Steele<br>Special (remote) \u2013 Daniel Kimmel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Albacon 2024<br># 25<\/td><td>September 13 &#8211; 15, 2024<\/td><td>Sharon Sbarsky<\/td><td>Hybrid &amp; Courtyard by Marriott Albany, Clifton Park<\/td><td>Writers \u2013 Elizabeth Bear &amp; Scott Lynch<br>Fan \u2013 Geri Sullivan<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8211;\u00a0Jack Gaughan passed away prior to the convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Special Order cassette was released in honor of the con<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Writers workshop October 9, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup> <\/sup>&#8211; Anne McCaffrey was unable to attend due to health reasons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Writers workshop October 8, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Writers workshop October 7, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Writers workshop October 18, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8211; Albacon 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most recent Albacons Albacon History Albacon Wikipedia entry Convention Dates Chair Hotel Guests of Honor Novacon 9 West 1979 November 2-4, 1979 The Wombat Turf Inn, Albany GOH \u2013 Bob ShawFan GOH \u2013 Jack CohenToastmaster \u2013 Wilson \u201cBob\u201d TuckerSpecial \u2013 Flying Karamazov Brothers The First LASTCon 1981 Jan 23-25 1981 Marla Baer Ramada Inn, Albany&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/15c42-web-agency-gb-portfolio-single\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History of Albacon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"default","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"axcn4pxgkxci1ianbdh0","footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"In 2023 the convention was fully hybrid\",\"id\":\"e83dbad2-ae34-440d-8898-bb6756ef6286\"},{\"content\":\"In 2022 the convention was fully hybrid\",\"id\":\"4c2230b9-7e3e-4572-b4a5-31a399e4a970\"},{\"content\":\"In 2021 the convention was entirely remote\",\"id\":\"60459d6e-cdc0-40aa-936c-ee5d21743793\"},{\"content\":\"There was no convention in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic\",\"id\":\"088f3ec0-2a74-4c5f-a4f8-15cc8487a9f6\"}]"},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albacon.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}