Potlatch History Page
Potlatch History Page
Previous Potlatches
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Convention
Dates
Hotel
Place
Chair(s)
Book of Honor
Potlatch 1
Feb. 14-16, 1992
University Plaza Hotel
Seattle, WA
Kate Schaefer
Potlatch 2
Feb. 26-28, 1993
Hotel Shattuck
Berkeley, CA
Tom Whitmore
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Potlatch 3
Feb. 11-14, 1994
University Plaza Hotel
Seattle, WA
Jane Hawkins
Potlatch 4
Feb. 10-12, 1995
Waterfront Plaza Hotel
Oakland, CA
Deb Notkin
The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.
Potlatch 5
Feb. 2-4, 1996
Imperial Hotel
Portland, OR
David Levine
The Lathe of Heaven video
Potlatch 6
Feb. 28-Mar 2, 1997
University Plaza Hotel
Seattle, WA
Luke McGuff
Potlatch 7
Jan. 16-18, 1998
Jack London Inn
Oakland, CA
Guy Thomas
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Potlatch 8
Jan. 22-24,1999
Doubletree Inn Gateway
Springfield, OR
Lynn Adams
Potlatch 9
Feb. 25-27, 2000
University Plaza Hotel
Seattle, WA
Ian K. Hagemann
Potlatch 10
Feb. 23-25, 2001
Ramada Plaza Hotel International
San Francisco, CA
Janet Lafler, Guy Thomas
Thunder and Roses by Theodore Sturgeon
Potlatch 11
Feb. 22-24, 2002
The Best Western Executive Inn
Seattle, WA
Kate Schaefer, Jane Hawkins
Potlatch 12
Feb. 21-23, 2003
Ramada Plaza Hotel International
San Francisco, CA
Karen Schaffer
The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Potlatch 13
Feb. 27-29, 2004
The Best Western Executive Inn
Seattle, WA
Luke McGuff
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
Potlatch 14
Mar. 4-6, 2005
Ramada Plaza Hotel International
San Francisco, CA
Steven Schwartz, Janet Lafler
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Potlatch 15
Feb. 24-26, 2006
The Best Western Executive Inn
Seattle, WA
Ulrika O'Brien
The Avram Davidson Treasury
edited by Robert Silverberg and Grania Davis
Potlatch 16
Mar. 9-11, 2007
Red Lion Convention Center
Portland OR
Ruth Sachter
Dimensions of Sheckley: The Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley ,
edited by Sharon L. Sbarsky and Mike Resnick
Potlatch 17
Feb. 29 - March 2, 2008
Hotel Deca
Seattle, WA
Kate Schaefer
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Potlatch 18
Feb. 27 - March 1, 2009
Domain Hotel
Sunnyvale, CA
Matt Austern, Steven Schwartz
Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford and Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Potlatch 19
March 5-7, 2010
Hotel Deca
Seattle, WA
Mary Kay Kare
Suzanne Tompkins
Lord of Light
Potlatch Con Reports
Literary Links
Reading, talking about, and writing science fiction is what
Potlatch is all about. For the last several years we've been transcribing
the panel proceedings for members and interested bystanders. If you'd
like to catch up on the conversations that went down at previous Potlatches,
check out some of the links below.
Past Potlatch Books of Honor:
Potlatch 2, 1993 : Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Potlatch 4, 1995 : The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.
Potlatch 5, 1996 : The Lathe of Heaven (video, based on the novel by
Ursula K. Le Guin)
Potlatch 7, 1998 : The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Potlatch 10, 2001 : Thunder and Roses by Theodore Sturgeon
Potlatch 12, 2003 : The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Potlatch 13, 2004 : The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
Potlatch 14, 2005 : A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Potlatch 15, 2006 : The Avram Davidson Treasury edited by Robert Silverberg
and Grania Davis
Potlatch 16, 2007 : Dimensions of Sheckley: the Selected Novels of Robert
Sheckley
Potlatch 17, 2008: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Potlatch 18, 2009: Growing Up Weightless by John M. Ford and
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
Potlatch 19, 2010: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny