I, Sept. 4-7, 1970. (Location:) Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
Combined with Tolkien Conference III. Guest of Honor: Clyde S. Kilby (Inklings
scholar and curator); Chairman, Glen GoodKnight.
II, Sept. 3-6, 1971. Francisco Torres Conference Center, Santa Barbara,
California. Guests of Honor, Mary McDermott Shideler (Williams scholar)
and Clyde S. Kilby; Chairman, Glen GoodKnight.
III, June 30-July 4, 1972 (in conjunction with Westercon XXV), Edgewater
Hyatt, Long Beach, California. Guest of Honor, Poul Anderson (Fantasy author);
Chairman, Glen GoodKnight.
IV, August 17-20, 1973. Francisco Torres Conference Center, Santa Barbara,
California. Guests of Honor, Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy author) and Richard
Plotz (founder of the Tolkien Society of America); Chairman, Glen GoodKnight.
V, August 23-26, 1974. Scripps College, Claremont, California. (Theme:)
"The MabinogiCon: Celtic and Welsh Influence in Mythopoeic Literature."
Guests of Honor, Evangeline Walton (Fantasy author) and Kathryn Lindskoog
(Lewis scholar).
VI, August 15-18, 1975. Scripps College, Claremont, California. "The
Fictional Worlds of C.S. Lewis." Guests of Honor, Walter Hooper (Lewis
scholar and executor) and Ed Meskys (former Thain of the Tolkien Society
of America); Chairman, Bruce McMenomy.
VII, August 13-16, 1976. Westbridge Conference Center, Sacramento, California.
"Arthurian Elements in Williams, Lewis and Tolkien." Guest of
Honor, Thomas Howard (Inklings scholar); Chairman, Bruce McMenomy, Conference
Co-ordinator, Mary Morman.
VIII, August 26-29, 1977. University of California-San Diego, La Jolla.
"The 'Lesser' Works of J.R.R. Tolkien." Guest of Honor, Richard
Purtill (Inklings scholar and Fantasy author); Chairman, Bruce McMenomy,
Local Coordinators, Andy and Sandi Howard.
IX, August 11-13, 1978. Ambassador Inn, West Sacramento, California. "Deryni."
Guest of Honor, Katherine Kurtz (Fantasy author); Chairman, Michael Morman.
X, July 12-15, 1979. Hyatt House, San Jose, California. "The Silmarillicon."
Guests of Honor, Jim Allan (Tolkien linguist) and Annette Harper (fantasy
artist); Chair, Lisa Deutsch Harrigan.
XI, July 25-28, 1980. University of Nevada, Reno. "Joy in the Great
Dance." Guest of Honor, Glen GoodKnight (founder of The Mythopoeic
Society); Chairperson, Debbie Smith.
XII, August 7-10, 1981. Mills College, Oakland, California. "A Festival
in Faerie." Guests of Honor: Elizabeth M. Pope (Fantasy author and
scholar) and J.R. Christopher (Lewis scholar and Inklings bibliographer);
Chair, Diana L. Paxson.
XIII, August 13-16, 1982. Chapman College, Orange, California. "Celtic
Con: The Celtic Influence on Fantasy Literature." No guest of honor,
seven special guests were: Nancy-Lou Patterson (keynote speaker), Marion
Zimmer Bradley (fantasy author), Tim Kirk (fantasy artist), Katherine Kurtz
(fantasy author), Kathryn Lindskoog (Lewis scholar), Ataniel Noel (Tolkien
scholar), Paul Edwin Zimmer (Fantasy author), Bernie Zuber (fantasy artist).
Director, Lisa Cowan
XIV, August 12-15, 1983. Scripps College, Claremont, California. "Mythic
Structures in Tolkien, Lewis and Williams." Guests of Honor: Stephen
R. Donaldson (fantasy author) and Clyde S. Kilby (Inklings scholar and curator);
Chairman, Glen GoodKnight.
XV, August 10-13, 1984. Mills College, Oakland, California. "The Wood
Between the Worlds." Guests of Honor, Jane Yolen (fantasy author) and
Paul Ford (Lewis scholar); Chair, Eric Rauscher.
XVI, July 26-29, 1985. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. "A Kinship
of Dancers: Interplay in the lives and works of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams."
Guests of Honor: Patricia McKillip (Fantasy author) and Peter Schakel (Lewis
scholar); Chairman, Diana Lynne Pavlac
XVII, August 8-11, 1986. California State University-Long Beach. "The
Daughters of Beatrice: Women in Fantasy." Guests of Honor: Charles
DeLint (Fantasy author) and Judith Kollman (Williams scholar); Special Guest,
Marion Zimmer Bradley; Co-Chairs, Sarah Beach and Peter Lowentrout.
XVIII, July 24-27, 1987. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Looking
Back From Weathertop: A Fifty Years' Retrospective on The Hobbit."
Guests of Honor: John Bellairs (Fantasy author) and Christopher Tolkien
(Tolkien scholar and executor); Chair, Gregory Rihn.
XIX, July 29-August 1, 1988. Clark Kerr Campus, University of California,
Berkeley. "Legends for a New Land: Fantasy in America." Guests
of Honor, Ursula Le Guin (Fantasy author) and Brian Attebery (Fantasy scholar);
Chair, David Bratman.
XX, July 28-31, 1989, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. "Mythic Elements in Fantasy." Guests of Honor,
Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy author) and Raymond H. Thompson (Arthurian scholar);
Chairman, Lynn J.R. Wytenbroek
XXI, August 3-6, 1990, University of California, Long Beach. "Aspects
of Love in Fantasy." Guests of Honor, Diana L. Paxson (Fantasy author,
scholar, artist and musician) and Patrick Wynne (Fantasy illustrator, Tolkien
scholar); Chairman, Jo Alida Wilcox, Conference Co-ordinator, Bill Welden.
XXII, July 26-29, 1991, The Clarion Hotel at Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
"The Hero Cycle: Archetypes in Fantasy Literature." Guests of
Honor, C.J. Cherryh (Fantasy author) and Stephen W. Potts (Campbell scholar);
Chair, Linda Sundstrom.
XXIII, August 17-24, 1992, Keble College, Oxford University, England. "The
J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference." Sixteen Guests, including Christopher
Tolkien. Chairman, Christina Scull.
XXIV, July 30-August 2, 1993, The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus.
"Down the Hobbit-hole and Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy in Children's
Literature." Guests of Honor, Carol Kendall and Jane Yolen; Keynote
Speaker, Jack Zipes. Committee: The Rivendell Group.
XXV, 1994, Washington, D.C. "The Language of Myth." Guests of
Honor: Madeleine L'Engle and Verlyn Flieger. Chair, Wendell Wagner.
XXVI, August 4-7, 1995, Berkeley, CA. "Fairies in the Garden, Monsters
at the Mall: Fantasy in the World Around Us." Guests of Honor: Tim
Powers and Michael R. Collings. Chair, Ellie Farrell.
XXVII, July 26-29, 1996, Boulder, CO. "The
Inklings and Nature." Guests of Honor:
Doris Myers, Ph.D., and Ted Nasmith. Chair, Bruce Leonard.
XXVIII. August, 1997, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. Guests of Honor:
Orson Scott Card, Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull. Chair, Glen GoodKnight.
XXIX. The C.S. Lewis Centenary Conference will be chaired by Diana Pavlac,
and held at Wheaton College, near Chicago. Contact Diana at dglyer@apu.edu.
Bree Moot 4/MYTHCON XXX. Guests of Honor: Gary &
Sylvia Hunnewell and Douglas A. Anerson