Balticon Events
Available on DVD!
Many Balticon events are recorded and are available on DVD, including Events and GoH Presentations, DVD sets starting with Balticon 40 (2006), Masquerade sets starting with Balticon 27 (1993) and Parody Play performances.
Orders help support the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Find detailed information about available DVDs on the Balticon DVDs page; download the order form here.
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Balticon is run entirely by volunteers.
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P.O. Box 686
Baltimore, MD 21203-0686
Email: balticoninfo@balticon.org
Phone: 410-JOE-BSFS (563-2737)
What is Balticon?
Join members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society as we embark on the second fifty years of Balticon, the premier non-profit fan-run Science Fiction Convention in the Mid-Atlantic region.
We’ll have multiple tracks of Programming over the four day weekend, featuring authors, artists, scientists, musicians, podcasters, publishers, editors, costumers and other creative SF luminaries. Visit our Art Show and Dealers Room, attend one of our concerts or a dance, or take a break in the Gaming room or Video or Anime Room if you can tear yourself away from our entertaining and educational panels. Attend a Writer’s or Poetry Workshop, watch the Masquerade, or learn a new craft.
So come and join with us to celebrate all of our guests, along with the 2018 Compton Crook winner. There is sure to be something that will interest you!
Current News
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5/23/2018 – Because of a medical condition, Larry Niven is unable to fly right now and has to miss Balticon. See notice. 5/23/2018 – See parking page. Water Street Parking limited. 5/21/2018 – Pre-paid $9/day parking at Water Street garage ends May 23. 5/12/2018 – Online registration ends Tuesday May 15. If you haven’t registered yet, do so now. At-the-door registration reopens at Balticon, but costs $3 more. 5/12/18 – The interactive program schedule is up at https://schedule.balticon.org/ 5/4/2018 – Thursday May 24 6pm middle school SF mathematics competition announced. See notice. 5/4/2018 – The preliminary schedule for Balticon is now online. It will be updated over the next week. Reminder – Hotel reservations are due tomorrow if you want the conference rate. 5/1/2018 – Space is still available for the art show. Deadline extended until May 14. See Art Show under Activities in above navigation menu. 4/30/2018 – Our room block at the Renaissance Harborplace expires May 5 at 5pm. If you plan on staying at the con hotel for Balticon – and we hope you are – please reserve your room today. After May 5 rooms cannot be guaranteed and may be more expensive if available. 4/25/2018 – BSFS is saddened to hear of the postponement of Universal FanCon as we had hoped to meet many fans at the fan table we had arranged at the convention. Because fandom is family we have decided to offer assistance to registered Universal FanCon attendees. Check out the Universal Fan Con link on the Balticon website. |
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Guest of Honor Catherine Asaro Author, Singer, PhD physicist |
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Artist Guest of Honor Galen Dara 2016 World Fantasy award |
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Music Guest of Honor Tim Griffin Music with a science flavor |
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Fan Guest of Honor Filthy Pierre Filker, Musician and perennial con attendee |
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Special Guest Neil Clarke Hugo-winning Editor of Clarkesworld |
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2017 Compton Crook Award winner Ada Palmer 2017 Campbell Award winner |
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Special Guest Larry Niven Author, Multi-Hugo Winner |
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2018 Robert A. Heinlein Award Neal Stephenson accepted by his editor, Jennifer Brehl |
| plus | the 2018 Compton Crook Award Winner and others TBA |