List of WisCon Guests of Honor

These include "Guests of Honor" and "Special Guests". During the years that the Tiptree Award is presented at WisCon, award recipients tend to have a de facto GoH status. They are listed separately below.

chronological

• WisCon 1 (1977) - Katherine MacLean, Amanda Bankier [#1-#2]
• WisCon 2 (1978) - Vonda N. McIntyre, Susan Wood [#3-#4]
• WisCon 3 (1979) - Suzy McKee Charnas, John Varley, Gina Clarke [#5-#7]
• WisCon 4 (1980) - Joan D. Vinge, Octavia Butler, David Hartwell, Beverly DeWeese [#8-#11]
• WisCon 5 (1981) - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Don Wollheim, Elsie Wollheim, Buck Coulson, Juanita Coulson, Catherine McClenahan, Steven Vincent Johnson [#12-#18]
• WisCon 6 (1982) - Terry Carr, Suzette Haden Elgin [#19-#20]
• WisCon 7 (1983) - Marta Randall, Lee Killough [#21-#22]
• WisCon 8 (1984) - Elizabeth A. Lynn, Jessica Amanda Salmonson [#23-#24]
• WisCon 9 (1985) - Lisa Tuttle, Alicia Austin [#25-26]
• WisCon 10 (1986) - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Suzette Haden Elgin [#27-28, consecutively; no new additions, uniquely]
• WisCon 11 (1987) - Connie Willis, Samuel Delany, Avedon Carol [#29-31, consecutively; #27-29, uniquely]
• WisCon 12 (1988) - R. A. MacAvoy, George R. R. Martin, Stu Shiffman [#32-34, consecutively; #30-32, uniquely]
• WisCon 13 (1989) - Gardner Dozois, Pat Cadigan [#35-36, consecutively; #33-34, uniquely]
• WisCon 14 (1990) - Iain Banks, Emma Bull [#37-38, consecutively; #35-36, uniquely]
• WisCon 15 (1991) - Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent [#39-40, consecutively; #37-38, uniquely]
• WisCon 16 (1992) - Howard Waldrop, Trina Robbins [#41-42, consecutively; #39-40, uniquely]
• WisCon 17 (1993) - Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold [#43-44, consecutively; #41-42, uniquely]
• WisCon 18 (1994) - Karen Joy Fowler, Melinda Snodgrass, Jim Frenkel [#45-47, consecutively; #43-45, uniquely]
• WisCon 19 (1995) - Barbara Hambly, Sharyn McCrumb, Nicola Griffith [#48-50, consecutively; #46-48, uniquely]
• WisCon 20 (1996) - Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril [#51-52, consecutively; #49-50, uniquely]
• WisCon 21 (1997) - Melissa Scott, Susanna Sturgis [#53-54, consecutively; #51-52, uniquely]
• WisCon 22 (1998) - Sheri Tepper, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner [#55-57, consecutively; #53-55, uniquely]
• WisCon 23 (1999) - Terri Windling, Mary Doria Russell [#58-59, consecutively; #56-57, uniquely]
• WisCon 24 (2000) - Charles de Lint, Jeanne Gomoll [#60-61, consecutively; #58-59, uniquely]
• WisCon 25 (2001) - Nancy Kress, Elisabeth Vonarburg [#62-63, consecutively; #60-61, uniquely]
• WisCon 26 (2002) - Nalo Hopkinson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman [#64-65, consecutively; #62-63, uniquely]
• WisCon 27 (2003) - Carol Emshwiller, China Miéville [#66-67, consecutively; #64-65, uniquely]
• WisCon 28 (2004) - Patricia McKillip, Eleanor Arnason [#68-69, consecutively; #66-67, uniquely]
• WisCon 29 (2005) - Gwyneth Jones, Robin McKinley [#70-71, consecutively; #68-69, uniquely]
• WisCon 30 (2006) - Kate Wilhelm, Jane Yolen [#72-73, consecutively; #70-71, uniquely]
• WisCon 31 (2007) - Kelly Link, Laurie Marks [#74-75, consecutively; #72-73, uniquely]
• WisCon 32 (2008) - L. Timmel Duchamp, Maureen McHugh [#76-77, consecutively; #74-75, uniquely]
• WisCon 33 (2009) - Ellen Klages, Geoff Ryman [#78-79, consecutively; #76-77, uniquely]
• WisCon 34 (2010) - Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nnedi Okorafor [#80-81, consecutively; #78-79, uniquely]
• WisCon 35 (2011) - Nisi Shawl, Elizabeth Moon [#82-83, consecutively; #80-81, uniquely]
• WisCon 36 (2012) - Joan Slonczewski and Jo Walton [#84/85 consecutively; #82/83, uniquely]

alphabetical

A-B-C

• Eleanor Arnason - WisCon 28 (2004)
• Alicia Austin - WisCon 9 (1985)

• Amanda Bankier - WisCon 1 (1977)
• Iain Banks - WisCon 14 (1990)
• Lois McMaster Bujold - WisCon 17 (1993)
• Emma Bull - WisCon 14 (1990)
• Octavia Butler - WisCon 4 (1980)

• Pat Cadigan - WisCon 13 (1989)
• Avedon Carol - WisCon 11 (1987)
• Terry Carr - WisCon 6 (1982)
• Suzy McKee Charnas - WisCon 3 (1979)
• Gina Clarke - WisCon 3 (1979)
• Buck Coulson - WisCon 5 (1981)
• Juanita Coulson - WisCon 5 (1981)

D-E-F

• Samuel Delany - WisCon 11 (1987)
• Charles de Lint - WisCon 24 (2000)
• Beverly DeWeese - WisCon 4 (1980)
• Gardner Dozois - WisCon 13 (1989)
• L. Timmel Duchamp - WisCon 32 (2008)

• Suzette Haden Elgin - WisCon 6 (1982), and WisCon 10 (1986)
• Carol Emshwiller - WisCon 27 (2003)

• Karen Joy Fowler - WisCon 18 (1994)
• Jim Frenkel - WisCon 18 (1994)

G-H-I

• Jeanne Gomoll - WisCon 24 (2000)
• Nicola Griffith - WisCon 19 (1995)

• Barbara Hambly - WisCon 19 (1995)
• David Hartwell - WisCon 4 (1980)
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman - WisCon 26 (2002)
• Nalo Hopkinson - WisCon 26 (2002)

J-K-L

• Steven Vincent Johnson - WisCon 5 (1981)
• Gwyneth Jones - WisCon 29 (2005)

• Lee Killough - WisCon 7 (1983)
• Ellen Klages - WisCon 33 (2009)
• Nancy Kress - WisCon 25 (2001)
• Ellen Kushner - WisCon 22 (1998)

• Ursula K. Le Guin - WisCon 20 (1996)
• Kelly Link - WisCon 31 (2007)
• Elizabeth A. Lynn - WisCon 8 (1984)

M-N-O-P

• R. A. MacAvoy - WisCon 12 (1988)
• Katherine MacLean - WisCon 1 (1977)
• Laurie Marks - WisCon 31 (2007)
• George R. R. Martin - WisCon 12 (1988)
• Catherine McClenahan - WisCon 5 (1981)
• Sharyn McCrumb - WisCon 19 (1995)
• Maureen McHugh - WisCon 32 (2008)
• Vonda N. McIntyre - WisCon 2 (1978)
• Patricia McKillip - WisCon 28 (2004)
• Robin McKinley - WisCon 29 (2005)
• Judith Merril - WisCon 20 (1996)
• China Miéville - WisCon 27 (2003)
• Mary Anne Mohanraj - WisCon 34 (2010)
• Elizabeth Moon - WisCon 35 (2011)
• Pat Murphy - WisCon 15 (1991)

• Nnedi Okorafor - WisCon 34 (2010)

Q-R-S-T

• Marta Randall - WisCon 7 (1983)
• Trina Robbins - WisCon 16 (1992)
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch - WisCon 17 (1993)
• Mary Doria Russell - WisCon 23 (1999)
• Geoff Ryman - WisCon 33 (2009)

• Jessica Amanda Salmonson - WisCon 8 (1984)
• Pamela Sargent - WisCon 15 (1991)
• Melissa Scott - WisCon 21 (1997)
• Nisi Shawl - WisCon 35 (2011)
• Delia Sherman - WisCon 22 (1998)
• Stu Shiffman - WisCon 12 (1988)
• Joan Slonczewski - WisCon 37 (2012)
• Melinda Snodgrass - WisCon 18 (1994)
• Susanna Sturgis - WisCon 21 (1997)

• Sheri Tepper - WisCon 22 (1998)
• Lisa Tuttle - WisCon 9 (1985)

U-V-W-X-Y-Z

• John Varley - WisCon 3 (1979)
• Joan D. Vinge - WisCon 4 (1980)
• Elisabeth Vonarburg - WisCon 25 (2001)

• Howard Waldrop - WisCon 16 (1992)
• Jo Walton - WisCon 37 (2012)
• Kate Wilhelm - WisCon 30 (2006)
• Connie Willis - WisCon 11 (1987)
• Terri Windling - WisCon 23 (1999)
• Don Wollheim - WisCon 5 (1981)
• Elsie Wollheim - WisCon 5 (1981)
• Susan Wood - WisCon 2 (1978)

• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - WisCon 5 (1981), and WisCon 10 (1986)
• Jane Yolen - WisCon 30 (2006)

Tiptree Award winners at WisCons

• WisCon 16 Tiptree winners: Eleanor Arnason, Gwyneth Jones
• WisCon 17 Tiptree winner: Maureen McHugh
• WisCon 20 Tiptree winners: Theodore Roszak, Elizabeth Hand (not present)
• WisCon 25 Tiptree winner: Molly Gloss
• WisCon 27 Tiptree winners: John Kessel, M. John Harrison (not present)
• WisCon 28 Tiptree winner: Matt Ruff
• WisCon 30 Tiptree winner: Geoff Ryman
• WisCon 31 Tiptree winners: Shelley Jackson, Catherynne M. Valente. Special Award: Julie Phillips
• WisCon 32 Tiptree winner: Sarah Hall (not present)
• WisCon 33 Tiptree winners: Nisi Shawl, Patrick Ness (not present)
• WisCon 34 Tiptree winners: Greer Gilman, Fumi Yoshinaga (not present)

sources

• wiscon.info