| WisCon # |
Year |
Guests of Honor |
| 1 |
Feb. 11–13, 1977 |
Katherine MacLean, Amanda Bankier |
|
| 2 |
Feb. 17–19, 1978 |
Vonda N. McIntyre, Susan Wood |
|
| 3 |
Feb. 2–4, 1979 |
Suzy McKee Charnas, John Varley, Gina Clarke |
|
| 4 |
March 7–9, 1980 |
Joan D. Vinge, Octavia Butler, David Hartwell, Beverly DeWeese |
|
| 5 |
March 6–8, 1981 |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Donald_A._Wollheim & Elsie Wollheim, Buck_Coulson & Juanita Coulson, Catherine McClenahan, Steven Vincent Johnson |
|
| 6 |
March 5–7, 1982 |
Terry Carr, Suzette Haden Elgin |
|
| 7 |
March 4–7, 1983 |
Marta Randall, Lee Killough |
|
| 8 |
Feb. 24–26, 1984 |
Elizabeth A. Lynn, Jessica_Amanda_Salmonson (en) |
|
| 9 |
Feb. 22–24, 1985 |
Lisa Tuttle, Alicia_Austin (en) |
|
| 10 |
Feb. 21–23, 1986 |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Suzette Haden Elgin |
|
| 11 |
Feb. 20–22, 1987 |
Connie Willis, Samuel R. Delany, Avedon Carol (en) |
|
| 12 |
Feb. 19–21, 1988 |
R. A. MacAvoy, George R. R. Martin, Stu Shiffman |
|
| 13 |
Feb. 17–19, 1989 |
Gardner Dozois, Pat Cadigan |
|
| 14 |
March 9–11, 1990 |
Iain M. Banks, Emma Bull |
|
| 15 |
March 1–3, 1991 |
Pat Murphy, Pamela Sargent |
|
| 16 |
March 6–7, 1992 |
Howard Waldrop, Trina Robbins |
|
| 17 |
March 5–7, 1993 |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold |
|
| 18 |
March 4–6, 1994 |
Karen Joy Fowler, Melinda Snodgrass, James Frenkel (en) |
|
| 19 |
May 26–29, 1995 |
Barbara Hambly, Sharyn McCrumb, Nicola Griffith |
|
| 20 |
May 24–27, 1996 |
Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril |
|
| 21 |
May 23–26, 1997 |
Melissa Scott, Susanna Sturgis |
|
| 22 |
May 22–25, 1998 |
Sheri S. Tepper, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner |
|
| 23 |
May 28–31, 1999 |
Terri Windling, Mary Doria Russell |
|
| 24 |
May 26–29, 2000 |
Charles de Lint, Jeanne Gomoll |
|
| 25 |
May 25–28, 2001 |
Nancy Kress, Elisabeth Vonarburg |
|
| 26 |
May 24–27, 2002 |
Nalo Hopkinson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
|
| 27 |
May 23–26, 2003 |
Carol Emshwiller, China Miéville |
|
| 28 |
May 28–31, 2004 |
Patricia McKillip, Eleanor Arnason |
|
| 29 |
May 27–30, 2005 |
Gwyneth Jones, Robin McKinley |
|
| 30 |
May 26–29, 2006 |
Kate Wilhelm, Jane Yolen |
|
| 31 |
May 25–28, 2007 |
Kelly Link, Laurie Marks (en) |
|
| 32 |
May 23–26, 2008 |
L. Timmel Duchamp, Maureen McHugh |
|
| 33 |
May 22–25, 2009 |
Ellen Klages (en), Geoff Ryman |
|
| 34 |
May 28–31, 2010 |
Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nnedi Okorafor |
|
| 35 |
May 26–30, 2011 |
Nisi Shawl |
|
| 36 |
May 25–28, 2012 |
Andrea Hairston (en), Debbie Notkin |
|
| 37 |
May 24–27, 2013 |
Joan Slonczewski, Jo Walton |
|
| 38 |
May 23–26, 2014 |
Hiromi Goto, N. K. Jemisin |
|
| 39 |
May 22–25, 2015 |
Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
| 40 |
May 27–30, 2016 |
Justine Larbalestier, Sofia Samatar, Nalo Hopkinson |
|
| 41 |
May 26–29, 2017 |
Amal El-Mohtar, Kelly Sue DeConnick |
|
| 42 |
May 25–28, 2018 |
Saladin Ahmed, Tananarive Due |
|
| 43 |
May 24–27, 2019 |
G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders |
| 44 |
May 22–25, 2020 |
Rebecca Roanhorse, Yoon Ha Lee Traditional in-person convention cancelled due to COVID-19; converted to all-online format[1] |
| No# |
Online in 2021 |
Traditional in-person convention cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19. No traditional guests named. |
| 45 |
May 2022 online |
Zen Cho (not attending), Yoon Ha Lee (not attending), Rebecca Roanhorse, Sheree Renée Thomas |
| 46 |
May 26–29, 2023 |
Rivers Solomon, Martha Wells[2] |
