Editing Vericon

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| name       = Vericon
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| status     = Defunct
| genre      = [[Science fiction]]
| venue      = Harvard University
| location   = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
| country    = United States
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| website    = http://www.vericon.org/
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'''Vericon''' is an annual [[science fiction convention]] at [[Harvard University]], organized by the [[Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association]]. Lasting over a three-day weekend, for the first nine years of its existence it took place on the last weekend of January; for 2010, however, it was moved to mid-March to accommodate changes in [[Harvard College]]'s academic calendar. It has been described as the largest college-based science fiction convention in the United States.<ref>[[Boston Globe]], 14 February 2006. [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/02/14/get_your_geek_on/ "Get Your Geek On"].</ref>

Vericon was held most recently in 2016, and is currently on hiatus.

The convention features [[anime]], [[boardgame]]s, [[cosplay]], [[Human Chess]], [[dance]]s, [[live action role-playing game|LARPs]], and [[role-playing game|RPGs]]. The convention is unusual for a [[college]] science fiction convention in that in addition to gaming, a number of prominent people involved in the genres of [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], [[game design]], and [[comics]] are invited each year to host panels and readings. Guests have included:

* 2016 (March 18–20): [[Ann Leckie]], [[John Chu (author)|John Chu]], [[Wesley Chu]], [[Pamela Dean]], [[Seth Dickinson]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[Malka Older]], [[Ada Palmer]], [[Jo Walton]], [[Fran Wilde]]
* 2015 (March 20–22): [[Ken Liu]], [[M. L. Brennan]], [[Carl Engle-Laird]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[Mary Robinette Kowal]], [[Andrew Liptak]], [[B. L. Marsh]], [[Will McIntosh]], [[Daniel José Older]], [[Ada Palmer]], [[Luke Scull]], [[Alex Shvartsman]], [[Jo Walton]]
* 2014 (March 21–23): [[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Max Gladstone]], [[Jo Walton]], [[Scott Lynch]], [[M. L. Brennan]], [[Shira Lipkin]], [[Saladin Ahmed]], [[Luke Scull]], [[Greer Gilman]]
* 2013 (March 22–24): [[Tamora Pierce]], [[Jeffrey Carver]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[N. K. Jemisin]], [[Shira Lipkin]], [[Seanan McGuire]], [[Jennifer Pelland]], [[Jo Walton]]	
* 2012 (March 16–18): [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[Lev Grossman]], [[Jennifer Pelland]], [[Thomas Sniegoski]], [[R.L. Stine]], [[Aaron Diaz]], [[Christopher Hastings]], [[Michael "Mookie" Terracciano|Michael Terracciano]]
* 2011 (March 18–20): [[Brandon Sanderson]], [[Austin Grossman]], [[Holly Black]], [[Catherine Asaro]], [[Sarah Smith (writer)|Sarah Smith]], [[Ellen Kushner]], [[Delia Sherman]]
* 2010 (March 19–21): [[Timothy Zahn]], [[Katherine Howe]], [[Resa Nelson]], [[Paul G. Tremblay]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]], [[Randall Munroe]], [[Dorothy Gambrell]], [[Michael "Mookie" Terracciano|Michael Terracciano]]. 
* 2009 (January 23–25): [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], [[Elizabeth Bear]], [[Paul Di Filippo]], [[Allen Steele]],  [[Chathrand Novels|Robert V. S. Redick]], [[Catherynne Valente|Catherynne M. Valente]], [[Don D'Ammassa]], [[Marie Brennan]], [[Brad Guigar]], [[Kris Straub]]
* 2008 (January 25–27): [[Orson Scott Card]], [[Lois Lowry]], [[M. T. Anderson]], [[Elizabeth Haydon]], [[James Patrick Kelly]], [[Kelly Link]], [[Donna Jo Napoli]], [[Sharyn November]], [[Cassandra Clare]], [[William Sleator]], [[Sluggy Freelance|Pete Abrams]], [[Jeph Jacques]], [[Randall Munroe]]
* 2007 (January 26–28): [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], [[R. A. Salvatore]], [[Jeffrey Carver]], [[Sharyn November]], [[Shaenon K. Garrity]], [[Jeffrey Rowland]]
* 2006 (January 27–29): [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Greer Gilman]], [[Elaine Isaak]], [[Marie Brennan]], [[Sarah Smith (writer)|Sarah Smith]], Tim Buckley, [[R. K. Milholland]], [[Jeph Jacques]], [[Michael "Mookie" Terracciano|Michael Terracciano]]
* 2005 (January 28–30): [[Jacqueline Carey]], [[Patrick Nielsen Hayden]], [[Teresa Nielsen Hayden]], [[James K. Morrow]], [[James Alan Gardner]], [[Debra Doyle]], [[James D. Macdonald]]
* 2004 (January 30 – February 1): [[Mike Carey (writer)|Mike Carey]], [[Brian Clevinger]], [[Peter David]]
* 2003 (January 24–26): [[Catherine Asaro]], [[Julie Czerneda]], [[Ellen Kushner]], [[Charles Vess]]
* 2002 (January 25–27): [[Henry Jenkins]], [[Scott McCloud]], [[Terry Moore (cartoonist)|Terry Moore]], [[Susan Shwartz]]
* 2001 (January 26–28): [[Sluggy Freelance|Pete Abrams]], [[James Ernest]], [[Paul Levinson]], [[Margaret Weis]], [[Don Perrin]], [[Michael A. Burstein]], [[Jeffrey Carver]], [[Esther Friesner]], [[Peter Heck]], [[James K. Morrow]], [[Donna Jo Napoli]] 

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