The 58th World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon), also known as Chicon 2000, was held on 31 August–4 September 2000 at the

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, Sofitel Hotel and Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The organizing committee was chaired by Tom Veal.

Participants

Attendance was 5,794, out of 6,574 paid memberships.

Guests of Honor

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of '' Analog Science Fiction and F ...

(author) * Bob Eggleton (artist) * Jim Baen (editor) * Bob Passovoy &

Anne Passovoy Anne Passovoy is active in science fiction fandom and filk music, and has won two Pegasus Awards. She is married to Bob Passovoy. She has written many filk songs, including "Marcon Ballroom" and writing perhaps the most widely sung tune for Poul And ...

(fan) * Harry Turtledove (toastmaster)

Other program participants

In addition to the guests of honor, Chicon 2000 had 613 program participants taking part in over 1,000 programming items. Some of the notable science fiction writers participating to the convention included: *

Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files literature#Novels, The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the ...

Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, singer and teacher. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Biography Catherine Asaro was ...

* David Brin * Jack L. Chalker *

John Clute John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part o ...

* Esther M. Friesner *

Richard Garfinkle Richard Garfinkle (born 1961) is an American List of science fiction authors, writer of science fiction. He is best known as the author of ''Celestial Matters'', a novel published by Tor Books, which won the Compton Crook Award in 1997. Garfinkle ...

Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer. Life and career Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine ...

* Harry Harrison * Paul Levinson * George R. R. Martin * Jack McDevitt * Larry Niven *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

* Terry Pratchett * Mike Resnick * Robert Silverberg * Michael Swanwick * Connie Willis * Gene Wolfe

Future site selection

The

61st World Science Fiction Convention The 61st World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Torcon 3, was held on 28 August–1 September 2003 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Fairmont Royal York and Crowne Plaza (now the InterContinental Toronto Centre) ...

to be held in 2003 was awarded to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Awards

2000 Hugo Awards

The awards were administered by Michael Nelson, Covert Beach, Robert MacIntosh, Tom Veal, Mike Jencevice, and Becky Thomson. The base was designed by Johnna Klukas. * Best Novel: '' A Deepness in the Sky'' by Vernor Vinge * Best Novella: " The Winds of Marble Arch" by Connie Willis * Best Novelette: " 10¹⁶ to 1" by James Patrick Kelly * Best Short Story: "Scherzo with Dinosaur" by Michael Swanwick * Best Related Book: ''Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History'' by

Frank M. Robinson Frank Malcolm Robinson (August 9, 1926 – June 30, 2014) was an American science fiction and techno-thriller writer. He was a speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk and Milk's designated successor in the event of his death but decli ...

* Best Dramatic Presentation: Galaxy Quest * Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois * Best Professional Artist: Michael Whelan * Best Semiprozine: '' Locus'', edited by

Charles N. Brown Charles Nikki Brown (June 24, 1937 – July 12, 2009) was an American publishing editor, the co-founder and editor of ''Locus (magazine), Locus'', the long-running news and reviews magazine covering the genres of science fiction and fantasy litera ...

* Best Fanzine: '' File 770'', edited by Mike Glyer * Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford * Best Fan Artist: Joe Mayhew (posthumous)

Other awards

* John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Cory Doctorow

The bid

During the bidding process, Chicago in 2000 issued approximately forty trading cards depicting a variety of science fiction authors and artists, including Gordon R. Dickson, Terry Pratchett, and Larry Niven. Anyone who collected twenty of the cards and voted in site selection received a free membership conversion to Chicon 2000. When Chicago in 2000 won, they issued a trading card #0 that announced their guests of honor.

References

External links

Chicon 2000 official website
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Table of Contents for 82 Online Author Chats conducted at Chicon 2000
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