LepreCon
leprecon annual science fiction convention emphasis art held around phoenix arizona usually may around mother day weekend second oldest science fiction convention arizona sponsored leprecon inc arizona nonprofit corporation leprecon held july – november leprecon inc chose cancel leprecon previously announced format phoenix scifi fantasy art expo scheduled march unexpected art gallery early leprecon convention held around st patrick day weekend thus giving birth name convention pun leprechaun tourist season expanded arizona normal date convention moved may time frame occasional foray june leprecon inc arizona nonprofit corporation sponsor annual leprecon convention leprecon inc also sponsored world horror convention world fantasy convention nebula award nd annual westercon also called fiestacon held first ever north american discworld convention special event leprecon fan gathering relaxacon leprecon returned traditional leprecon renovation worldcon reno nv leprecon inc announced bid host north american science fiction convention nasfic london uk win worldcon bid chicon worldcon chicago il london win bid phoenix nasfic bid became official wwwphoenixinorg vote nasfic worldcon held worldcon lonestarcon san antonio tx leprecon inc decided start gaming convention conflagration wwwconflagorg held june – tempe mission palm hotel tempe arizona convention broke even organization debating whether continue running annually leprecon inc decided make convention emphasis art artist guest given top billing well featuring local artist guest starting leprecon leprecon film festival started provide additional focus filmmaking leprecon guest honor read like who science fiction fantasy artist author past artist guest include frank kelly freas michael whelan phil foglio donato giancola janny wurts maitz liz danforth stephen hickman bob eggleton larry elmore alan clark dave dorman jael howard tayler monte moore lubov kevin ward laura brodian freas sue dawe rowena morrill jim fitzpatrick richard hescox alan gutierrez kim poor lela dowling real musgrave george barr alicia austin author guest included marion zimmer bradley roger zelazny gordon r dickson ray feist larry niven robert silverberg poul anderson jack williamson chelsea quinn yabro tim power david drake kevin j anderson cancelled resulting covid pandemic th deferred phoenix new time declared leprecon best scifi convention annual best phoenix award leprecon inc website leprecon website fiestacon website north american discworld convention website phoenix nasfic bid website conflagration website