OryCon

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OryCon
StatusActive
GenreScience fiction
LocationsPortland, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1979
Most recent2025
Organized byOregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc
Website http://www.orycon.org/

OryCon is an annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held annually in Portland, Oregon since 1979. It is home to the Endeavour Award, a prize given each year in recognition of a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author (or authors) and published in the preceding year. [1] OryCon's parent organization, Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. ("OSFCI") has announced plans to end support for the event after OryCon 45, to be held in October 2025. [2]

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History

On November 11, 1978, the Portland Science Fiction Society and Portland State University English department presented a one-day, seven-hour "Science Fiction Symposium" at the Smith Memorial Student Union. [3] The organizers later established OSFCI, and presented the first OryCon the following year. [4]

The convention canceled its 2020 event due to COVID-19 restrictions, returning in 2021, and declared a "hiatus" for future events, citing staff burnout and the challenges of pandemic-era planning. [5] 2022 instead featured a free "Or-E-Con 2" virtual conference. [6]

In December 2024, OSFCI announced that the next year's event, OryCon 45, would be its final OryCon-branded convention. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Endeavour Award Home Page". Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. 1 2 OryCon (2024-12-12). "As many of you have heard by now, the OSFCI board of directors voted on the competing bids for OryCon 45". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  3. ↑ "Science Fiction Symposium (advertising flyer)" (PDF). The FANAC Fan History Project. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Orycon 1979 (program book)" (PDF). The FANAC Fan History Project. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  5. ↑ "Orycon on hiatus". Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field . 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  6. ↑ OryCon (2022-11-04). "OR-E-Con 2 is coming to you for free this November 4-6, 2022!" . Retrieved 2025-09-22.
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