Artist Guest of Honor

John Picacio

Award winning artist and illustrator including the World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, Chesley Award and several Hugo Award nominations. 

Author Guests of Honor

Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette

Elizabeth Bear has been awarded the John Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005 and has so far accumulated 1 Hugo Award.  Sarah Monette has co-written A Companion to Wolves with Elizabeth Bear and the four book The Doctrine of Labyrinths series.  They both are producers on Shadow Unit.

Music Guest

Seanan McGuire

Accomplished singer/songwriter/musician who is now also a published author under her both her real name and as Mira Grant.

 Shadow Unit Mini-Con

As part of LepreCon 37, we are planning a ‘con within a con’ focusing on Shadow Unit, the best TV series never made.  In addition to our author guests, we plan to have other Shadow Unit creators including Emma Bull and Will Shetterly on hand along with others that are involved with the series.  For more information on Shadow Unit, visit http://www.shadowunit.org.

LepreCon 37 will have many artists, authors, scientists and other experts appearing on panels, presentations and demos.   The LepreCon art show is the largest science fiction and fantasy art show in the southwest.  We will also have a dealers room, gaming, masquerade, music, and more.

 LepreCon 37 will be at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel in downtown Tempe, Arizona, with a variety of nearby restaurants, nightlife, and shopping with easy access to Phoenix Light Rail.    

Membership Rates:  Full Attending:  $25 thru 8/31/10, $30 thru 12/31/10, more later

Children 7-12  half price*, Kids 6 and under free*

*With adult membership

LepreCon 37 is sponsored by Leprecon, Inc., an Arizona non-profit corporation.