Note: Balticon 2018 has ended. Go to balticon.org to see the latest balticon website.
BALTICON! A Four Day, 24-hours-a-day Extravaganza!
The interactive program schedule is up at https://schedule.balticon.org/
RocketMail Friday May 25th
RocketMail Saturday May 26th
The complete pocket program as a pdf
Guests of Honor
Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
Author, Singer, PhD physicist
Artist Guest of Honor: Galen Dara
2016 World Fantasy award
Music Guest of Honor: Tim Griffin
Music with a science flavor
Fan Guest of Honor: Filthy Pierre
Filker, Musician
Editor Special Guest: Neil Clarke
Hugo-winning Editor of Clarkesworld
Author Special Guest: Larry Niven
Author, Multi-Hugo Winner (See notice.)
2017 Compton Crook Award: Ada Palmer
2017 John Campbell Award for Best New Writer
2018 Compton Crook Award: Nicky Drayden
2018 Robert A. Heinlein Award:
Neal Stephenson (Award to be accepted by his editor, Jennifer Brehl)
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Artist Guest of Honor
Galen Dara
2016 World Fantasy award
Music Guest of Honor
Tim Griffin
Music with a science flavor
Fan Guest of Honor
Filthy Pierre (Erwin Strauss)
Filker, Musician, and perennial con attendee
Special Guest
Neil Clarke
Hugo-winning Editor of Clarkesworld
2017 Compton Crook Award winner
Ada Palmer
2017 John Campbell Award for Best New Writer
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Programming and Events
Filking
Music inspired by science fiction and fantasy literature and media.
Listen to concerts and join in the bardic circle.
The program features several talks by the guests of honor and other notables.
Gaming -
The Hal Haag Memorial Gaming room is the place for board games, card games, and role playing games.
Listen to readings by the many attending authors
Opening Ceremonies
Introduces the guests of honor and major events for the weekend
Compton Crook Award
BSFS announces their award for the past year's best first novel in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror genre
Balticon Souvenirs.
Memories for sale. T-shirts, Balticon DVDs, and other stuff
Program schedule
The program features panel discussions by writers, publishers, scientists, and fans.
Costume not required, but lots of fun. Prizes for the most original Hall Costumes.
Separate rooms for anime and science fiction and fantasy films.
Wearing a costume is not required, but can be lots of fun.
Gaming -
The Hal Haag Memorial Gaming room is the place for board games, card games, and role playing games.
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Dealers Room
Find the thing you wanted and things you never knew you needed. Books, jewelry, costumes, games, and more
Young Writers Contest
Recognizes young, talented local writers
Exhibit your science fiction and fantasy art in the Art Show.
Art is for sale by an initial silent auction, and then a voice auction.
Opening Ceremonies
Introduces the guests of honor and major events for the weekend
Balticon Souvenirs.
Memories for sale. T-shirts, Balticon DVDs, and other stuff
Dealers Room
Find the thing you wanted and things you never knew you needed. Books, jewelry, costumes, games, and more
Young Writers Contest
Recognizes young, talented local writers
Filking
Music inspired by science fiction and fantasy literature and media.
Listen to concerts and join in the bardic circle.
Exhibit your science fiction and fantasy art in the Art Show.
Art is for sale by an initial silent auction, and then a voice auction.
Costume not required, but lots of fun. Prizes for the most original Hall Costumes.
Compton Crook Award
BSFS announces their award for the past year's best first novel in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror genre
Gaming -
The Hal Haag Memorial Gaming room is the place for board games, card games, and role playing games.
Listen to readings by the many attending authors
The program features several talks by the guests of honor and other notables.
Program schedule
The program features panel discussions by writers, publishers, scientists, and fans.
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Separate rooms for anime and science fiction and fantasy films.
Wearing a costume is not required, but can be lots of fun.
Gaming -
The Hal Haag Memorial Gaming room is the place for board games, card games, and role playing games.
Over 300 Hours of Multi-Track Programming featuring authors, publishers, editors, artists, scientists, musicians and other creative SF luminaries. Join over sixteen hundred SF fans for the area’s largest and longest running convention of its kind! Visit our huge art show, dealer’s room, concerts, gaming room and video room. Everything Science Fiction and Fantasy in one huge package.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.
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Date: May 25-28, 2018
Location: The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland
News
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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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.
Donate to BSFS Books for Kids

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