FenCon IX - September 21-23, 2012 - Dallas, Texas

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FenCon V: October 3-5, 2008

2008 FenCon V Website Archive

  • Convention Chair: Russ Miller
  • Location: Crowne Plaza North Dallas
    14315 Midway Road; Addison, TX 75001
  • Theme: 50 Years of SF Conventions in Texas
  • Attendance: 616

  • GoH: Gregory Benford
  • Music GoH: Three Weird Sisters
  • Fen GoH: Gerald Burton
  • Artist GoH: Real Musgrave
  • Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop*
  • Special Guest: Jay Lake
  • ORAC Special Guest: Doris Egan

(* Due to health concerns, Howard Waldrop was unable to attend. He would attend FenCon VI the next year.)


FenCon Designated Charity

Our designated charity for FenCon V was Reading & Radio Resource. Our charity auction and the limited-edition Real Musgrave cover print raised a total of $2130 for this worthy cause. Reading & Radio Resource is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer agency, dedicated since 1969 to providing alternatives to reading for those who are visually or physically disabled and/or learning differenced.

Reading and Radio Resource logo


FenCon V Publications

2008 FenCon souvenir program book

2008 FenCon convention guide (available for download)

2008 FenCon cover print (limited edition of 50, signed by Kurt Miller)

Program Book
Artist: Real Musgrave

Convention Guide
Artist: Real Musgrave

Charity Print
Artist: Real Musgrave


2008 Short Story Contest Winners

  • First Place: "Dark Running" by Justin Macumber
  • Second Place: "Undying Love" by K.G. Anderson
  • Third Place: "The Color of Midnight" by Dan Hiestand

FenCon V T-shirts

2008 FenCon V T-Shirt

2008 FenCon V T-Shirt Art

2008 FenCon V Staff T-Shirt


Convention Shirt
Artist: Chris Barrett

Staff Shirt
Artist: Barry Whitewater


FenCon ION convention newsletter

2008 FenCon ION newsletter #1
Friday - Issue #5-1

2008 FenCon ION newsletter #2
Saturday - Issue #5-2

2008 FenCon ION newsletter #3
Sunday - Issue #5-3



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