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Diversicon
Diversicon is an annual speculative fiction (science fiction and fantasy, or SF) convention held the first weekend of August in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota area. Diversicon provides programming and social opportunities to encourage the multicultural, multimedia exploration and celebration of SF by those within and outside of the traditional SF community. Diversicon includes both live and posthumous guests. It is sponsored by SF Minnesota.
- Diversicon 24 will be July 29-31, 2016 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The guests of honor will be Jessica Amanda Salmonson and Naomi Kritzer. The posthumous honorees will be Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, and Shirley Jackson.