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class="infobox-above">Chattacon</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chattacon_train_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Chattacon_train_logo.png/235px-Chattacon_train_logo.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Chattacon_train_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="307" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/tennessee/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-chattanooga-downtown-CHACHDT/index.html">DoubleTree by Hilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Chattanooga, Tennessee</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugurated</th><td class="infobox-data">1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">1,200+ (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp140123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organized by</th><td class="infobox-data">Chattanooga Speculative Fiction Fans, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Filing status</th><td class="infobox-data">501(c)(3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.chattacon.org/">http://www.chattacon.org/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chattacon</b> is an annual <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_convention" title="Science fiction convention">science fiction convention</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga, Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wrcb140125_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrcb140125-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The convention is organized by the nonprofit Chattanooga Speculative Fiction Fans, Inc. First held in 1976, the convention drew more than 1,200 attendees to the <a href="/wiki/Terminal_Station_(Chattanooga)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminal Station (Chattanooga)">Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp140123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wrcb140124_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrcb140124-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chattacon was founded by Chattanooga native Irv Koch;<sup id="cite_ref-ajc051122_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajc051122-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first Chattacon was held in January 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-mim23_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mim23-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formatted as a "relaxacon", it drew 81 guests, and lost money. By Chattacon III in 1978, it was a more traditional science fiction convention, with <a href="/wiki/A._E._van_Vogt" title="A. E. van Vogt">A. E. van Vogt</a> as Guest of Honor, and had returned the costs of its original organization to Koch, with enough left over to serve as <a href="/wiki/Seed_money" title="Seed money">seed money</a> for Chattacon IV.<sup id="cite_ref-c7pb_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c7pb-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventions">Conventions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chattacon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chattacon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-36/">Chattacon 36</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ct110123_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct110123-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-def110121_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-def110121-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> held January 21–23, 2011, included guests of honor writers <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch" title="Kristine Kathryn Rusch">Kristine Kathryn Rusch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Quinn_Yarbro" title="Chelsea Quinn Yarbro">Chelsea Quinn Yarbro</a>, artist <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Thompson" title="Ruth Thompson">Ruth Thompson</a>, filkers Bill and Brenda Sutton, and <a href="/wiki/Baen_Books" title="Baen Books">Baen Books</a> publisher <a href="/wiki/Toni_Weisskopf" title="Toni Weisskopf">Toni Weisskopf</a> as toastmaster.<sup id="cite_ref-ct110121_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct110121-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attendance for this event was estimated at over 1,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-ct110123_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct110123-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-37/">Chattacon 37</a>, held January 20–22, 2012, included writers <a href="/wiki/Steve_Miller_(science_fiction_writer)" title="Steve Miller (science fiction writer)">Steve Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Lee_(writer)" title="Sharon Lee (writer)">Sharon Lee</a>, author <a href="/w/index.php?title=Laura_Ann_Gilman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laura Ann Gilman (page does not exist)">Laura Ann Gilman</a>, and artist <a href="/wiki/John_Picacio" title="John Picacio">John Picacio</a>, plus <a href="/wiki/The_Morganville_Vampires" title="The Morganville Vampires"><i>The Morganville Vampires</i></a> writer Rachel Caine as Special Guest and author <a href="/wiki/Mark_L._Van_Name" title="Mark L. 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Van Name</a> as Toastmaster.<sup id="cite_ref-ctfp120120_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp120120-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ctfp120122_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp120122-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-38/">Chattacon 38</a>, held January 25–27, 2013, included guests of honor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Powers" title="Tim Powers">Tim Powers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherie_Priest" title="Cherie Priest">Cherie Priest</a>, artist guest <a href="/wiki/William_Stout" title="William Stout">William Stout</a>, and toastmistress Wendy Webb.<sup id="cite_ref-puls130124_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-puls130124-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ctfp130127_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp130127-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-39/">Chattacon 39</a>, held January 24–26, 2014, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Tobias_Buckell" title="Tobias Buckell">Tobias Buckell</a>, featured guests John Kaufmann, Jean Johnson, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Buettner" title="Robert Buettner">Robert Buettner</a>, plus toastmistress Wendy Webb and special music guest Matthew Ebel.<sup id="cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp140123-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wrcb140125_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrcb140125-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chat140107_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chat140107-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-40/">Chattacon 40</a>, held January 30–February 1, 2015, included guests of honor <a href="/wiki/Julie_Czerneda" title="Julie Czerneda">Julie Czerneda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Ann_Goonan" title="Kathleen Ann Goonan">Kathleen Ann Goonan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tobias_Buckell" title="Tobias Buckell">Tobias Buckell</a>, artist guests <a href="/wiki/Alan_M._Clark" title="Alan M. Clark">Alan M. Clark</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Deitrick" title="David Deitrick">David Deitrick</a>, special guest <a href="/wiki/Adam-Troy_Castro" title="Adam-Troy Castro">Adam-Troy Castro</a>, and toastmistress Wendy Webb.<sup id="cite_ref-wsmv150201_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsmv150201-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-41/">Chattacon 41</a>, held January 29–31, 2016 at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/William_C._Dietz" title="William C. Dietz">William C. Dietz</a>, artist guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Scott_Grimando" title="Scott Grimando">Scott Grimando</a>, special guest <a href="/wiki/Larry_Correia" title="Larry Correia">Larry Correia</a> and toastmistress <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Webb" title="Wendy Webb">Wendy Webb</a>. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-42/">Chattacon 42</a>, held January 20–22, 2017 at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Alan_Pollack" title="Alan Pollack">Alan Pollack</a> as the artist guest of honor, special guest Jennifer Mulvihill and toastmistress <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Webb" title="Wendy Webb">Wendy Webb</a>. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-43/">Chattacon 43</a>, held January 19-21, 2018 at the Chattanoogan, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Peter_David" title="Peter David">Peter David</a> and artist guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Todd_McCaffrey" title="Todd McCaffrey">Todd McCaffrey</a>, as well as artist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Flegal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Flegal (page does not exist)">Sam Flegal</a> and gaming aficionado <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Bielaczyc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Bielaczyc (page does not exist)">Michael Bielaczyc</a>. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-44/">Chattacon 44</a>, held January 19-21, 2019 at the Read House, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Zahn" title="Timothy Zahn">Timothy Zahn</a> and artist guest of honor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Urbach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Urbach (page does not exist)">Charles Urbach</a>, as well as author <a href="/wiki/Tim_Waggoner" title="Tim Waggoner">Tim Waggoner</a> and toastmaster D. Alan Lewis. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-45/">Chattacon 45</a>, held January 26-28 2020 at the DoubleTree Hilton Chattanooga, included guest of honor <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._McCammon" title="Robert R. McCammon">Robert McCammon</a>, artist guest of honor <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/melissa-gay/">Melissa Gay</a>, special guest <a href="/wiki/Faith_Hunter" title="Faith Hunter">Faith Hunter</a> and toastmaster <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/big-daddy-voodoo/">Big Daddy Voodoo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ctfp202101_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctfp202101-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent">Recent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chattacon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/chattacon-history/chattacon-46/">Chattacon 46</a></b>, was held January 22-24 2021, originally scheduled for the DoubleTree Hilton Chattanooga, was held live online on <a href="/wiki/Discord_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Discord (software)">Discord</a>. Guests included guest of honor <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/m-d-cooper/">M. D. Cooper</a>, artist guest of honor <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/amanda-makepeace/">Amanda Makepeace</a>, special guest <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/brian-cooksey/">Brian Cooksey</a> and toastmistress Brandy Bolgeo Hendren. </p><p><br /> <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/">Chattacon 47</a></b>, was held January 14-16 2022 at the DoubleTree Hilton Chattanooga. Guests included author guest of honor M.D. Cooper, artist guest of honor Amanda Makepeace, special guest Brian Cooksey, and toastmistress Brandy Bolgeo Hendren. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upcoming">Upcoming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chattacon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Upcoming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/">Chattacon 48</a></b>, will be held in January 2023 in Chattanooga. Guests include will include guest of honor <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/martin-powell/">Martin Powell</a>, artist guest of honor <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/leia-powell/">Leia Powell</a>, special guest <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/b-l-blankenship/">B.L. Blankenship</a>, special guest <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/paige-gardner/">Paige Gardner</a> (originally scheduled to attend Chattacon 47) and toastmaster <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chattacon.org/person/michael-corrie/">Michael Corrie</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chattacon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ctfp140123-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ctfp140123_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPhillips2014" class="citation news cs1">Phillips, Casey (January 23, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213628/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/23/chattacon-turns-39-this-weekend/">"Chattacon turns 39 this weekend"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Times_Free_Press" title="Chattanooga Times Free Press">Chattanooga Times Free Press</a></i>. 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