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Guests of Honor for Past BayCons

This page lists all of BayCon™'s Guests of Honor since the beginning. You can find all the Writers, Artists, Fans, ToastMasters or the Special Guests.

Notes:

  1. In 1984, BayCon switched from the Thanksgiving Weekend Convention to the Memorial Day Convention and skipped Thanksgiving (1984) in favor of the new 1985 date.
  2. 1992 was the Tenth Anniversary of BayCon. All previous GoH's were invited to attend in 1992. A majority of them attended.

Past Writer Guests Of Honor

YearWriter Guest of Honor
1982 Gene Wolfe [Link is to third-party page]
1983 James P. Hogan
1984 No convention due to date change.
1985 David Brin
1986 Spider & Jeanne Robinson
1987 Barry B. Longyear
1988 S. P. Somtow
1989 Orson Scott Card
1990 Ben Bova
1991 John M. Ford
1992 Tenth Anniversary
1993 Harlan Ellison
1994 Diane Duane (SF) & Peter Moorwood (Fantasy)
1995 Joe Haldeman
1996 Jennifer Roberson
1997 Jack L. Chalker
1998 S. M. Stirling
1999 Kevin Anderson & Rebecca Moesta
2000 Esther Friesner
2001 Rudy Rucker
2002 Harry Turtledove
2003 Greg Bear
2004 Michael Swanwick
2005 Jay Lake
2006 Larry Niven

Past Artist Guests Of Honor

YearArtist Guest of Honor
1982 Frank Kelly Freas
1983 Don Maitz
1984 No convention due to date change.
1985 Michael Whelan
1986 Gilbert, Jaime & Mario Hernandez
1987 Michael Kaluta
1988 Tom Kidd
1989 Stephen Hickman
1990 Iain McCaig
1991 David Mattingly
1992 Tenth Anniversary
1993 Arlin Robins
1994 Rick Sternbach
1995 Frank Lurz
1996 Mary Hanson Roberts
1997 Bob Eggleton
1998 Alicia Austin
1999 Nene Tina Thomas
2000 Baron Engel
2001 Bill Hartmann
2002 Theresa Mather
2003 Mark Ferrari
2004 Jael
2005 Frank Wu
2006 Jim Burns

Past Fan Guests Of Honor

YearFan Guest of Honor
1982 Lela Dowling
1983 (none)
1984 No convention due to date change.
1985 (none)
1986 Art Widner
1987 Mike Glyer
1988 John McLaughlin
1989 Terry Gish Berry
1990 (none)
1991 Forrest J. Ackerman
1992 Tenth Anniversary
1993 Kevin Standlee (elected by vote of attendees)
1994 Ray Nelson
1995 Jana Keeler
1996 Forrest J. Ackerman
1997 Craig & Sharon Nicolai
1998 Michael Siladi
1999 Jan Price
2000 Dave Clark
2001 Kathryn and James Stanley Daugherty
2002 Christian McGuire
2003 Janice Gelb
2004 Elayne Pelz
2005 Kevin Roche and Andy Trembley
2006 Craig Miller

Past Masters and Mistresses of Toast

YearToastmaster
1982 Frank Catalano
1983 Frank M. Robinson
1984 No convention due to date change.
1985 Richard A. Lupoff [Link is to third-party page]
1986 Raymond E. Feist [Link is to third-party page]
1987 Marta Randall
1988 Ron Montana
1989 Howard Waldrop
1990 (none)
1991 George R.R. Martin
1992 Tenth Anniversary
1993 (none)
1994 Laura Brodian Freas
1995 (none)
1996 Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta
1997 Tad Williams
1998 Lillian Csernica
1999 Kent Brewster
2000 Kent Brewster
2001 (none)
2002 Jane Mailander
2003 Rachel Holmen
2004 Esther Friesner
2005 Christopher Garcia
2006 James Stanley Daugherty

Past Special Guests Of Honor

YearSpecial Guest of Honor
1982 Mike Jittlov (Animator/Filmmaker)
1983 (none)
1984 No convention due to date change.
1985 (none)
1986 (none)
1987 (none)
1988 (none)
1989 Mamoru Nagano (Anime)
1990 Jerry Beck (Anime)
1991 Cynthia McQuillin (Filk)
1992 Tenth Anniversary
1993 (none)
1994 (none)
1995 Jordin Kare (special music guest)
1996 (none)
1997 (none)
1998 (none)
1999 (none)
2000 (none)
2001 Poppy Z. Brite
2002 Harlan Ellison
2003 (none)
2004 Chase Masterson & Mark Ryan
2005 Chase Masterson
2006 Jerry Pournelle (Science Guest of Honor) and Stephen Furst