The 71st World Science Fiction Convention (

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), also known as LoneStarCon 3, was held on 29 August–2 September 2013 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and

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, United States. The convention committee was chaired by Randall Shepherd. The convention was organized by Alamo Literary Arts Maintenance Organization, Inc. (ALAMO) which had previously organized LoneStarCon 2, the 55th

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, held in San Antonio in 1997.

Participants

Attendance was 4,311.

Guests of Honor

* Editor: Ellen Datlow * Author:

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* Author:

Norman Spinrad Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo Award, Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple N ...

* Artist: Darrell K. Sweet
(deceased in December 2011) * Fan: Willie Siros * Toastmaster:

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* Musician Leslie Fish (special guest) * Author: Joe R. Lansdale (special guest)

Other program participants

The convention's several hundred program participants included authors Lois McMaster Bujold, George R.R. Martin,

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Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop (September 15, 1946 – January 14, 2024) was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. Early life Born in Houston, Mississippi, ...

, and Bradley Denton plus artists John Picacio,

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, and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman.

Programming and events

Programming included hundreds of panels, screenings, concerts, signings, meetings, and other events on topics including women in aerospace, ''

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'', molecular gastronomy, the Vatican library, the histories of both science fiction and its fandom, plus readings of current work by attending authors. More than a dozen panels focused on Texas and its role in speculative fiction plus nearly as many on the life and work of author

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Masquerade

The LoneStarCon3 masquerade was held on Friday, 31 August with 29 entrants. The masquerade director was Jill Eastlake and the master of ceremonies was

. The judges were John O'Halloran, Pierre Pettinger and Sandy Pettinger for performance; and John Hertz and Michele Weinstein for workmanship. The winners, across four experience-based categories, were:

Young Fan division

Workmanship awards: * Best Leatherwork: "Lady Lattitude" and "Wingnut" by Robyn Facile, Lillian Facile and Steward Facile * Best Sewing and Applique: "

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Pikachu" by Candace Pohle Performance awards: * Most Royal: "Medieval Princesses" by Emma Jackson and Hope Jackson * Best Story: " Ni no Kuni" by Niki Hyatt, Micah Joel Hyatt, Tori Hyatt, and Malachi Hyatt * Best Recreation: "Kirby Pikachu" by Candace Pohler * Most Beautiful: "Lady Lattitude" by Robyn Facile * Best in Class: "Wingnut" by Lillian Facile

Novice division

Workmanship awards: * Best Construction of Fur Suit Heads: "Project F-Zero-X" by Jay Brandt * Most Ingenious Use of Mundane Substance: "AirProof" ( balloon modelling) by Don Clary * Best Entry Made on Site: "AirProof" (balloon modelling) by Don Clary * Best Additions and Alterations: "Emmaleen and her Flying Machine" by Sharon Bass and Barb Galler-Smith * Best Use of Found Objects: "Her Majesty Jadis, Empress of Charm and Queen of Narnia" by S. Kay Nash Performance awards: * Honorable Mention for Presentation: "Emmaleen and her Flying Machine" by Sharon Bass and Barb Galler-Smith * Honorable Mention for Chaos: "Randomly Generated Character" by Tamisan * Dr. Moreau Award: "Project F-Zero-X" by Jay Brandt and Victoria Brandt * Deep in the Heart of Texas Award: "AirProof" (balloon modelling) by Don Clary and James Cossaboon * Great Balloons of Fire Award: "AirProof" (balloon modelling) by Don Clary and James Cossaboon * Best in Class: " Daenerys Targaryen" by Andrea Morrison

Journeyman division

Workmanship awards: * Best Arrangement of Transformation: "A Crack in Time and Space" (

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) by Sabine Furlong * Best Engineering: "Stinza Nickerson, Half-Horse" by Wendy Snyder * Best in Class: " Beren and Luthien" by Lorretta Morgan Performance awards: * Best Transformation: "A Crack in Time and Space" (TARDIS) by Sabine Furlong * Most Beautiful: "The Dragon Lady" by April Korbel * Best in Class: "Beren and Luthien" by Tim Morgan and Lorretta Morgan

Master division

Workmanship awards: * Best Hand Painting: "TARDIS in Vortex" by Steward Facile * Best in Class: "Saucer Country" by Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Julie Zetterberg, Greg Sardo, Jerry Majors Patterson, Ken Patterson, Chuck Serface, and Nova Mellow as "Daisy" Performance awards: * Most Humorous: "Public Service Announcement" (Star Trek) by Rebecca Hewett, Kevin Hewett, Serge Mailloux, and Janice Gelb * Close Encounters of the Texas Kind Award: "Saucer Country" by Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Julie Zetterberg, Greg Sardo, Jerry Majors Patterson, Ken Patterson, Chuck Serface, and Nova Mellow as "Daisy" * Best in Class: "Saucer Country" by Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Julie Zetterberg, Greg Sardo, Jerry Majors Patterson, Ken Patterson, Chuck Serface, and Nova Mellow as "Daisy"

Overall

* Judge's Choice Award: "Stinza Nickerson, Half-Horse" by Wendy Snyder * Best in Show: "Otilia" (a character from the ''

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'' webcomic) by Aurora Celeste

Awards

2013 Hugo Awards

The base for the 2013 Hugo trophy was cast in bronze by artist

and depicts an astronaut and several aliens reading books while seated around the globe on which the traditional Hugo Award rocket has landed. The Hugo ceremony was hosted by toastmaster

in the Grand Ballroom of the

in downtown San Antonio. Presentations included the Big Heart Award to Tom Veal by

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, an '' in memoriam'' reel featuring music by Leslie Fish, and a comedy routine by author

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. The proceedings were broadcast in partnership with

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but technical issues on-site kept the entire ceremony from being broadcast live. * Best Novel: '' Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas'' by

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* Best Novella: " The Emperor's Soul" by

Brandon Sanderson Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the '' Mistb ...

* Best Novelette: " The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan * Best Short Story: " Mono no Aware" by Ken Liu * Best Related Work: '' Writing Excuses Season Seven'' by

, Dan Wells,

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, and Jordan Sanderson * Best Graphic Story: ''

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, Volume One'', written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by

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* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: '' The Avengers'', screenplay and directed by

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* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: ''

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'', " Blackwater", written by George R.R. Martin, directed by

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* Best Professional Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden * Best Professional Editor, Short Form: Stanley Schmidt * Best Professional Artist: John Picacio * Best Semiprozine: ''

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'', edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker * Best Fanzine: '' SF Signal'', edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester * Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts * Best Fan Artist: Galen Dara * Best Fancast: '' SF Squeecast'', by

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, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (presenters), and David McHone-Chase (technical producer)

Other awards

* John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Mur Lafferty *

Big Heart Award: Tom Veal *

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, Long Poem: ''Into Flight'' by Andrew Robert Sutton *

, Short Poem: "The Cat Star" by Terry A. Garey *

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, Long Form:

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, ''

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'' *

, Short Form: Rick Wilber, "Something Real"

LoneStarCon 3 Film Festival

* Best SF&F Short Film: ''Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope'' (USA), director: Eric Tozzi * Best Animation Short Film: ''Oh Super'' (USA), director: Mike Roberts * Best Horror Short Film: ''CARGOLS! (Snails)'' (Spain), director: Geoffrey Cowper * Best Fan Film: ''

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'': "Pilot - Pilgrim of Eternity" (USA), director:

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* Best Feature Film: ''Chill'' (USA), directors: Noelle Bye and Meredith Holland

Site selection

Committees who had announced bids to host the 2013 Worldcon included "

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in 2013", "Texas in 2013" (

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), and a hoax bid for "

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in 5773". Only "Texas in 2013" qualified to be on the official ballot. As such, Texas' bid to host the Worldcon was formally unopposed and won in balloting among members of Renovation, the

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, held in

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, in August 2011. With 760 valid ballots cast, Texas received 694 votes beating out No Preference with 25 and None of the Above with 14. Write-in candidates included Xerpes with 6, Minneapolis with 5, Denton with 5,

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with 3, and a number of single-vote entries.

Future site selection

2015 Worldcon

Three committees announced bids and qualified to be on the site selection ballot for the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention: "

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in 2015" to be held August 6–10, 2015, "

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in 2015" to be held August 19–23, 2015, and "

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in 2015" to be held September 2–6, 2015. The first contested Worldcon selection since the 2006 vote for the 2008 Worldcon site saw active campaigning and drew celebrity endorsements. Spokane won the site selection contest on the third round of ballot counting in Australian-style

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ing. Spokane finished with 645 votes, gaining a majority over Helsinki with 610. Orlando was dropped in the second round with 307 votes and "none of the above" had been eliminated in the first round. Spokane's Worldcon is named " Sasquan".

2014 NASFiC

Two committees announced bids and qualified to be on the site selection ballot for the 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC): "

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in 2014" to be held 17–20 July 2014, and " Phoenix in 2014" to be held 30 July–3 August 2014. Detroit's bid was certified as the winner with 231 votes over Phoenix with 210 votes. Detroit needed at least 223 votes to win in the first round, based on the total of 453 valid votes cast. Detroit's NASFiC is named " Detcon1".

References

External links

LoneStarCon 3 official website
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