We’re excited to share this list of confirmed program participants who will be joining us, both virtually and onsite, for Chicon 8. More names will be added as they are confirmed, and this list will be updated up until the convention.
Guests of Honor
Erle Korshak (Erle Korshak died on August 25, 2021, but will still be honored at the convention)
Floyd Norman
Joe Siclari
Edie Stern
Toastmasters
Charlie Jane Anders
Annalee Newitz
Special Guests
Dr. Eve L. Ewing
Gene Ha
Eric Wilkerson
Confirmed Panelists
| Scott H. Andrews onsite only Catherine Asaro Ali Baker Chris M. Barkley Liz Batty Peter Adrian Behravesh Gautam Bhatia virtual only Casella Brookins onsite only Alex Brown virtual only Jennifer Brozek virtual only Cora Buhlert virtual only Sue Burke Pat Cadigan onsite only James L. Cambias Becky Chambers Wesley Chu onsite only Neil Clarke onsite only John Coxon virtual only Vida Cruz virtual only Ellen Datlow onsite only Suyi Davies Okungbowa virtual only Randee Dawn Vincent Di Fate S.B. Divya onsite only Vincent Docherty Shaun Duke Meg Elison onsite only Lorelei Esther onsite only Sara Felix onsite only Grace Fong virtual only Terry Gant Chris Garcia virtual only Laura Anne Gilman Jen Gunnels Joe Haldeman onsite only Gay Haldeman onsite only Frances Hardinge virtual only Jed Hartman Ariela Housman José Pablo Iriarte onsite only Bitter Karella Diane Kelly onsite only Marguerite Kenner virtual only Benjamin C. Kinney onsite only Marcin ‘Alqua’ Klak virtual only Mary Robinette Kowal Naomi Kritzer onsite only Mur Lafferty Geoffrey A. Landis onsite only Oriana Leckert Fonda Lee onsite only L. D. Lewis Darcie Little Badger virtual only Eddie Louise Dr. Bradford Lyau Maurizio Manzieri onsite only Gideon Marcus onsite only Marshall Ryan Maresca onsite only Freya Marske virtual only | Arkady Martine Seanan McGuire onsite only Foz Meadows onsite only Farah Mendlesohn virtual only Rowenna Miller onsite only Helen Montgomery onsite only Cheryl Morgan virtual only Cass Morris onsite only Andrew Nette virtual only Alec Nevala-Lee Brandon O’Brien Hannah Onoguwe virtual only Ada Palmer Suzanne Palmer onsite only Charles Payseur Tamora Pierce Sarah Pinsker Gillian Polack virtual only C. L. Polk virtual only Jennifer Rhorer virtual only Rebecca Roanhorse Olav Rokne Sumiko Saulson virtual only John Scalzi onsite only Isabel Schechter Lawrence M. Schoen onsite only Alison Scott Nibedita Sen Chuck Serface onsite only Alex Shvartsman onsite only Renée onsite only Steven H Silver onsite only Elsa Sjunneson Priya Sridhar Emily St. James onsite only Raven Stern Jonathan Strahan onsite only Charlie Stross K.M. Szpara onsite only Wole Talabi virtual only Kat Tanaka Okopnik Takayuki Tatsumi onsite only Lynne M Thomas onsite only Sheree Renée Thomas Michi Trota Valerie Valdes virtual only Jo Walton onsite only LaShawn M. Wanak Paul Weimer Martha Wells Fran Wilde onsite only Sheila Williams onsite only Alyssa Winans John Wiswell Navah Wolfe virtual only Gary K Wolfe onsite only Khan Wong onsite only Caroline M. Yoachim onsite only E. Lily Yu onsite only |