World Fantasy Convention Past Guests of Honor
The following is a list of the official, announced Guests of Honour for the WFC's through 2005's Madison, Wisconsin (#31). Omissions are made of invitees who did not actually appear at past conventions. The designations of type of GoH (such as "GoH" versus "Artist") are those made by the conventions, which don't always assign guests to a specific category by profession or function.
The year links to that year's history listing.
| Year |
Name |
Title |
|---|
| 1997 |
Joan Aiken |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
Susan Allison |
GoH
|
| 1989 |
Yoshitaka Amano |
GoH
|
| 1993 |
Poul Anderson |
GoH
|
| 1987 |
Piers Anthony |
GoH
|
| 2005 |
Arkham House |
Special Recognition
|
| 1996 |
Ellen Asher |
GoH
|
| 1978 |
Alicia Austin |
Artist
|
| 2004 |
Betty Ballantine |
Publisher GoH
|
| 1988 |
Clive Barker |
Master of Ceremonies
|
| 1994 |
Jill Bauman |
Artist
|
| 1981 |
Peter S. Beagle |
GoH
|
| 1995 |
Rick Berry |
Artist
|
| 1992 |
Michael Bishop |
GoH
|
| 1995 |
Terry Bisson |
Writer GoH
|
| 1975 |
Robert Bloch |
GoH
|
| 1980 |
Robert Bloch |
Toastmaster
|
| 1983 |
Robert Bloch |
Toastmaster
|
| 1990 |
Robert Bloch |
Special Guest
|
| 1982 |
Joseph Payne Brennan |
GoH
|
| 1995 |
Edward W. Bryant, Jr. |
Toastmaster
|
| 1989 |
Ginjer Buchanan |
Toastmaster
|
| 1986 |
Ramsey Campbell |
GoH
|
| 2002 |
Jonathan Carroll |
GoH
|
| 1997 |
Hugh B. Cave |
Special Guest
|
| 2001 |
Joel Champetier |
GoH
|
| 1997 |
R. Chetwynd-Hayes |
Special Guest
|
| 1993 |
Basil Copper |
Special Guest
|
| 2005 |
Kinuko Y. Craft |
Artist
|
| 1993 |
John Crowley |
GoH
|
| 2000 |
John Crowley |
GoH
|
| 2004 |
Ellen Datlow |
GoH
|
| 1989 |
Avram Davidson |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
L. Sprague de Camp |
GoH
|
| 1999 |
Charles de Lint |
GoH
|
| 2001 |
Charles de Lint |
Toastmaster
|
| 1999 |
Samuel R. Delany |
Special Guest
|
| 1999 |
Leo & Diane Dillon |
GoH
|
| 1985 |
Stephen R. Donaldson |
GoH
|
| 1991 |
Stephen R. Donaldson |
Toastmaster
|
| 1994 |
George Alec Effinger |
GoH
|
| 1997 |
Bob Eggleton |
Artist
|
| 1991 |
Susan & Harlan Ellison |
Special Guests
|
| 1995 |
Lloyd Arthur Eshbach |
Publisher GoH
|
| 2002 |
Dennis Etchison |
GoH
|
| 1992 |
John Farris |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
Raymond E. Feist |
Toastmaster
|
| 1999 |
John M. Ford |
Toastmaster
|
| 1988 |
Michael Foreman |
Artist
|
| 1987 |
Frank Kelly Freas |
Artist
|
| 1981 |
Brian Froud |
Artist
|
| 1993 |
Neil Gaiman |
Toastmaster
|
| 2003 |
W. Paul Ganley |
Publisher GoH
|
| 2001 |
Donato Giancola |
GoH
|
| 1992 |
Robert Gould |
GoH
|
| 1979 |
Charles L. Grant |
Toastmaster
|
| 1982 |
Charles L. Grant |
Toastmaster
|
| 1986 |
Charles L. Grant |
GoH
|
| 1987 |
Charles L. Grant |
Toastmaster
|
| 1992 |
Martin H. Greenberg |
GoH
|
| 1988 |
James Herbert |
GoH
|
| 1997 |
Robert Holdstock |
Master of Ceremonies
|
| 1998 |
Cecelia Holland |
Special Guest
|
| 2000 |
K.W. Jeter |
GoH
|
| 1988 |
Diana Wynne Jones |
Special Guest
|
| 1984 |
Jeffrey Jones |
Artist
|
| 2004 |
Gwyneth Jones |
GoH
|
| 2002 |
Stephen Jones |
GoH
|
| 2005 |
Graham Joyce |
GoH
|
| 1979 |
Stephen King |
GoH
|
| 1994 |
Damon Knight |
GoH
|
| 2002 |
Kathe Koja |
GoH
|
| 2003 |
Allen Koszowski |
Artist
|
| 1996 |
Katherine Kurtz |
GoH
|
| 1996 |
Joe R. Lansdale |
GoH
|
| 2000 |
Joe R. Lansdale |
Toastmaster
|
| 1998 |
Richard Laymon |
Special Guest
|
| 1984 |
Tanith Lee |
GoH
|
| 1989 |
Ursula K. LeGuin |
GoH
|
| 1978 |
Fritz Leiber |
GoH
|
| 1987 |
Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn |
Special Guests
|
| 1979 |
Frank Belknap Long |
GoH
|
| 1996 |
Brian Lumley |
Toastmaster
|
| 2003 |
Brian Lumley |
GoH
|
| 1998 |
Richard A. Lupoff |
Toastmaster
|
| 1982 |
Don Maitz |
Artist
|
| 1994 |
George R. R. Martin |
GoH
|
| 1977 |
Richard Matheson |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
David Mattingly |
Artist
|
| 1992 |
Anne McCaffrey |
GoH
|
| 1989 |
Robert R. McCammon |
GoH
|
| 2002 |
Dave McKean |
GoH
|
| 1999 |
Patricia A. McKillip |
GoH
|
| 1976 |
Michael Moorcock |
GoH
|
| 1976 |
C. L. Moore |
GoH
|
| 1983 |
Rowena Morrill |
Artist
|
| 1987 |
Andre Norton |
Special Guest
|
| 1978 |
Andy Offut |
Toastmaster
|
| 1986 |
J. K. Potter |
Artist
|
| 1994 |
Tim Powers |
GoH
|
| 1985 |
Victoria Poyser |
Artist
|
| 1991 |
Arlin Robins |
Artist
|
| 2004 |
Jennifer Roberson |
Toastmistress
|
| 1998 |
Frank M. Robinson |
Special Guest
|
| 1984 |
Spider Robinson |
Toastmaster
|
| 2001 |
Fred Saberhagen |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
Julius Schwartz |
Special Guest
|
| 1995 |
Lucius Shepard |
Writer GoH
|
| 1999 |
Robert Silverberg |
GoH
|
| 1997 |
Iain Sinclair |
GoH
|
| 1989 |
S. P. Somtow |
GoH
|
| 1982 |
Peter Straub |
GoH
|
| 2005 |
Peter Straub |
Toastmaster
|
| 1980 |
Boris Vallejo |
Artist
|
| 1980 |
Jack Vance |
GoH
|
| 2000 |
Charles Vess |
Artist
|
| 1981 |
Karl Edward Wagner |
Toastmaster
|
| 1987 |
Karl Edward Wagner |
Special Guest
|
| 1995 |
Howard Waldrop |
Writer GoH
|
| 1996 |
Ron Walotsky |
Artist
|
| 1985 |
Evangeline Walton |
Special Guest
|
| 2005 |
Robert Weinberg |
GoH
|
| 1983 |
Manly Wade Wellman |
GoH
|
| 1979 |
Michael Whelan |
Artist
|
| 1994 |
Kate Wilhelm |
GoH
|
| 1990 |
F. Paul Wilson |
GoH
|
| 1975 |
Gahan Wilson |
Toastmaster
|
| 1976 |
Gahan Wilson |
Toastmaster
|
| 1977 |
Gahan Wilson |
Toastmaster
|
| 1998 |
Gahan Wilson |
GoH
|
| 2005 |
Terri Windling |
GoH
|
| 1986 |
Douglas E. Winter |
Toastmaster
|
| 2003 |
Douglas E. Winter |
Master of Ceremonies
|
| 1983 |
Gene Wolfe |
GoH
|
| 2004 |
Janny Wurts |
GoH
|
| 1985 |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
Toastmaster
|
| 1984 |
Jane Yolen |
GoH
|
| 1993 |
Roger Zelazny |
GoH |
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