Here is the list of the Alumni who have accepted our invitation, pending our being able to raise the funds for the travel and lodging budget. With regrets, we announce that Sheila Finch, Gene Wolfe, Ben Bova, and Tananarive Due cannot attend.
Balticon Guest of Honor Alumni
We’re kicking it ‘old school’ and asking you to become a “Patron of the Arts.” Donate to the travel and lodging budget for a specific Alumnus or an Alumni couple. Include your donation with your Balticon 50 Mail-In Membership Registration Fill-In Form or click the paypal button next to their name below to become that guest’s Patron.
As a Get ‘Em Here Patron, you will cover travel expense for an Alumnus. As a Gimme Shelter Patron, you will cover lodging expense for an Alumnus. Either way, we’ll invite you to an exclusive, by-invitation-only Bring ‘Em Back Patron and Sponsor Autograph Reception. We promise we’ll have some cool surprises there!
As an I Made This Happen Patron, you will cover both lodging and travel for one (or more) Alumnus and we’ll also invite you to have dinner with the Con Chair, Guests of Honor and Alumni.
To submit your donation when you register, just select the name of the GoH Alumnus you wish to sponsor from the drop down list provided on the Balticon 50 Mail-In Membership Registration Fill-In Form. For information about more exciting membership opportunities, check out the Balticon 50 Membership Information packet.
If you prefer to avoid using snail mail, you can submit your Bring ‘Em Back donation via paypal, click the paypal button just under or next to the name(s). Write the name of the Alumnus in the Special Instructions to Seller box just to make sure we get it right. Paypal takes a wider variety of credit cards than the Balticon on-line payment system is able to process. To qualify for Patron status, the following minimum donations apply:
Bring ‘Em Back I Got ‘Em Here Travel Patron
Bring ‘Em Back I Made This Happen All-Expenses Patron
$1500 Minimum Donation
$2500 Minimum Donation
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| 15 1981 | John Varley | |||
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| 19 1985 | R. A. MacAvoy | |||
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| 20 1986 | Nancy Springer | |||
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| 26 1992 | Donald Kingsbury | Michael F. Flynn | ||
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| 27 1993 | Allen Steele | |||
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| 32 1998 | Harry Turtledove | |||
| Thanks to Hal3000 for being Harry Turtledove’s “Gimme Shelter” Patron! | ||||
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| 36 2002 | Phil Foglio | and | Kaja Foglio | |
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| 37 2003 | Sharon Lee & Steve Miller | |||
| Thanks to Martin & Shirley for being Sharon Lee & Steve Miller’s “Gimme Shelter” Patrons! | ||||
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| 39 2005 | Steve Barnes | |||
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| 41 2007 | Larry Niven | |||
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| 42 2008 | Connie Willis | |||
| Thanks to Eloise Echeverria for being Connie Willis’s “Gimme Shelter” Patron! | ||||
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| 43 2009 | Charles Stross | |||
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| 46 2012 | Jody Lynn Nye | |||
| Thanks to Patti Kinlock for being Jody Lynn Nye’s “Gimme Shelter” Patron! | ||||
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| 47 2013 | Joe Haldeman | |||
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| 49 2015 | Jo Walton | |||
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To become a CORPORATE SPONSOR for a specific Alumnus or Alumni couple, go to the SPONSORSHIPS page to learn about the options available.
When your donation exceeds the expenses for the VERY SPECIAL GUEST you want to help us bring to Balticon 50, the overage will be applied to the general alumni transportation and lodging fund. If we do not raise enough to bring in an author on whose behalf you have made a donation, your donation will be applied to the overall Balticon 50 fund.
We welcome donations in ANY amount, of course. Whatever you can toss our way will help us to Bring ‘Em Back!