Swancon History

Date	Name	Convenor / chair / ringleader	Location	Guests
1976 Oct 9-11	Swancon 1	Anthony Peacey	Anthony Peacey's House	Maureen Smith
1977 Oct	Swancon 2	Bob Ogden	Belmont Comm. Rec. Centre / Bayswater Civic Centre
1978 July 21-23	Swancon 3	Roy Ferguson	Murdoch University
1979 March 2-5	Swancon 4 (WayCon '79)	Tony Pearcy	Ozone Hotel	Leigh Edmonds
1980 Aug 15-18	Swancon 5 (19th Natcon)	Julia Curtis	Park Towers / Kings Ambassador Hotel	Anne McCaffrey, Grant Stone, Shayne McCormack
1981 April 17-20	Swancon 6	Barbara De La Hunty	The Royal George, Fremantle	Anthony Peacey
1982 Jan 29 - Feb 1	Swancon 7	Bob Ogden	Westos Hotel	Robin Johnson
1983 Jan 28-31	Swancon 8	Bob Ogden	Westos Motor Inn	Damien Broderick
1984 Jan 27-30	Swancon Nine (Swancon icks)	David Luckett	Westos Motel	Harry Harrison, Roy Ferguson
1985 Jan	Swancon X	John McDouall	Airways Hotel	Ian Nichols
1986 March 28-31	Swancon XI (25th Natcon)	Erik Harding	Miss Maud's	CJ Cherryh, Jack Herman
1987 Feb 28 - March 2	Swancon 12	David Simmons	Airways Hotel	John McDouall
1988 Jan 29 - Feb 1	Swancon 13: the BLACK Swancon	Matthew Clarkson	Westos Hotel	Dave Luckett, Tim Richards
1989 March 23-27	Swancon 14 (Natcon)	Cindy Clarkson	King's Ambassador Hotel	Bob Shaw, John Varley, Paul J. Stevens
1990 Jan 26-29	Swancon XV	Don Griffiths	Miss Maud's / Swy Theatre	Terry Dowling, Grant Stone
1991 Jan 25-28	Swancon 16	Greg Turkich	Freeway Motel	Barbara Hambly, Cindy Clarkson
1992 Jan 24-27	The Festival of the Imagination	Mark Bivens?	Ascot Inn	Terry Dowling, Nick Stathopoulos, Paul Kidd
1993 April 8-12	SwanCon 18 (Natcon)	Dave Luckett	Ascot Inn	Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Craig Hilton
1994 July 15-17	Confusion '94	Sue Ann Barber	Perth International Hotel	Sylvia Anderson, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Danny Heap
1995 April 13-17	Swancon '95	Doug Burbidge	Sheraton	Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Peter Read
1996 April 4-8	Festival of the Imagination 1996 (Natcon and Media Natcon)	Richard Scriven	Kings Hotel	Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Robin Pen
1997 Jan 24-27	Swancon 22 - The Festival of the Imagination 1997	Russell B. Farr, David Yeates	Metro Inn	Howard Waldrop, Stephen Dedman, David Cake
1998 April 24-27	Swancon Twenty3	Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Lois McMaster Bujold, Tess Williams, Gina Goddard
1999 April 1-5	SwanICon	Julian Ackermann	Metro	Janny Wurts, Ippongi Bang, Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Dave Luckett
2000 April 20-24	Swancon 2000 (Natcon)	Candice Schilder	Ascot Inn	Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Ian Nichols, Garth Nix, Mitch?
2001 April 12-16	Masquerade Swancon 2001 (Natcon)	David Cake, Cathy Cupitt	Rydges Hotel	Robert Silverberg, Scott Frazier, Karen Haber, Sue Ackermann
2002 March 28-April 1	Swancon 2002, Dragons of the World	Sue Ackermann	Kings Hotel	Kate Forsyth, Kim Wilkins, David Zindell, Lee Battersby, John McDouall
2003 April 17-21	Swancon 2003 (Natcon)	Jason Watson, Brett Griggs	Kings Perth Hotel	Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Justin Ackroyd
2004 April 8-12	Swancon 2004, Chronopolis	Shay Telfer	Parmelia Hilton	Tim Powers, Eddie Campbell, Adrian Bedford, Shaun Tan, Emma Hawkes
2005 March 24-28	Swancon XXX, ConSensual	Elaine Kemp	Emerald Hotel	Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris, Grant Watson, Anna Hepworth
2006 March 3-6	Swancon 2006, Renaissances	Ken McCaw	Acacia	Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Danny Oz
2007 April 5-9	Swancon 32: Inconceivable!	Michael Dawson	All Seasons	Elizabeth Moon, David Gerrold, Matthew Reilly, Russell B. Farr, Damian Magee.
2008 March 20-24	State of the Art: Swancon 2008 (47th Natcon)	Anna Hepworth	All Seasons	Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, Zara Baxter.
2009 April 9-13	Contact: Swancon 2009	PRK	All Seasons	Richard Morgan, Trudi Canavan, Theresa Anns, Alicia Smith, Robert Masters
2010 April 1-5	Swancon 2010	Todd Rowlands, John Green	All Seasons	Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine, John Samuel.
2011 April 21-25	Swancon 36 | Natcon 50	Alisa Krasnostein	Hyatt Regency Perth	Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, Sarah Xu
2012 April 5-9	DoomCon	Kitty Hemsley	Pan Pacific Hotel	Brandon Sanderson, Marianne de Pierres, Chris Creagh
2013 March 29-April 1	Swancon 2013: Perception • Discovery • Emergence	Tom Eitelhuber, Andrew Sharp	Ibis Styles Hotel	Charles Stross, Gail Simone, John Birmingham, Lucy Sussex, Sarah and John Parker
2014 April 17-21	Swancon 39: Conjuration	Chris Coman, Samara Morgan	Ibis Styles Hotel	Anne Bishop, Tamora Pierce (no longer coming), Isobelle Carmody, Jim Butcher, Sally Beasley
2015 April 2-6	Swancon 40 (Natcon)	Kat Griffiths	Pan Pacific	John Scalzi, Kylie Chan, Anthony Peacey
2016 March 24-28	Swancon 41	Isobel White	Pan Pacific	Michael O'Brien, Jane Espenson, Fe Waters
2017 April 13-17	Swancon 42	Chris Coman, Brian Johnson	The Metro	Wesley Chu, Traci Harding, Douglas Adams (in memoriam), Michael Troughton, Davina Watson
2018 March 29-April 02	Swancon 43 (Natcon)	Jack Bridges	Pan Pacific	Kameron Hurley, Ryan Griffen, Emily Smith, Foz Meadows, Barb de la Hunty
2019 April 18-22	Swancon 44	Linda Sengsourinho and Davina Watson	Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle	Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz (no longer coming), Jonathan Strahan, Travis Johnson
2020 April 25-27	Swancon 45 (Natcon)	Sarah Parker, John Parker	The Duxton, Perth	Nalini Singh, John Robertson (in-person convention cancelled due to pandemic)
2021 June 5-7	Swancon 46	Sarah Parker, Laura Hodge	The Duxton, Perth	Claire Coleman (Con originally scheduled to run April 24-26. Postponed due to pandemic)
2022 April 30	Not-A-Con 2022	Michael Cogan	SCC Tuart Hill
2023 April 15-16	Swancon 47	Michael Cogan	The Rise, Maylands	Amanda Bridgeman, Scott Wilson, Lisa Rye
2024 April 20-21	Swancon 48	Michael and Cathy Cogan	The Rise, Maylands