Context is a friendly convention focused on speculative fiction literature and related games, comics and films.
If you enjoy manga, anime, science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you'll find plenty to entertain you at this convention.
Our 2010 GoHs will include Tobias Buckell; there will be many other guests.
Context will be held August 27-29, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Doubletree Hotel.
Online registration is live! We will be posting our writing workshops and other programming details in April; check back for more information.
Guest of Honor: Tobias Buckell
Horror Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Massie
Special Art Guest: Cortney Skinner
Publisher Guest of Honor: Tim Deal
Music Guest of Honor: Bill Roper
Reader Guest of Honor: Cathy Callaghan
Participating Authors, Artists and Editors:
Gary A. Braunbeck, Lucy A. Snyder, S. Andrew Swann, and more to come.
Here's what some of our author guests have had to say about Context:
"It was a fabulous convention. Mike Resnick characterized it as the Readercon of the Midwest, and that's bang on target. I've been to SF conventions with five times as many people there with fewer actual readers. There was a great group of other writers present."
– Robert J. Sawyer on Context 12"Context was one of my favorite cons in recent years. The programming was interesting, the people on the panels (and in the audiences) were fascinating, the attendance at programming was great, and everything went off without a hitch. I'm going to recommend Context to everybody I know."
– Connie Willis on Context 17
If you'd like to see what attendees have said about Context, please visit the Con Reports section of our blog.