Bubonicon 56 is Past! Sales Are Closed!
The 57th convention will be August 21-23, 2026 – we’re very early in the process so details to come...
Bubonicon is New Mexico’s best and longest-running Sci-Fi & Fantasy literary and arts convention. Join us in Albuquerque for a great weekend of fun! We have panels and presentations (featuring top authors, artists, and scientists), a costume contest, art show, dealer’s room, Green Slime Awards, charity auctions, fan programming, and much more!
Co-Guest of Honor
Joe Haldeman
Sci-Fi Author – SFWA Grand Master, The Forever War, The Hemingway Hoax, Mindbridge, Camouflage, The Accidental Time Machine, Robot Jox, Star Trek: World Without End
www.joehaldeman.com
Co-Guest of Honor
Delilah S. Dawson
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author – It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, Midnight at the Houdini, Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd, Bloom, Star Wars: Phasma, Wicked as They Come, No Country for Old Gnomes, Firefly: The Sting, Camp Scare
whimsydark.com
Toastmaster
Jeffe Kennedy
Fantasy Author – Reluctant Wizard, Rogue’s Pawn, Bright Familiar, The Orchid Throne, Sorcerous Moons, The Pages of the Mind, The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince, The Promised Queen, Familiar Winter Magic
jeffekennedy.com
Guest Artist
John Sumrow
Artist & Illustrator – Cover art for rock band albums, tabletop role playing games, and horror novels. Analog and Asimov’s Sci Fi Magazines, Call of Cthulhu game & book, space rock band Monster Magnet albums
johnsumrow.com
Science Speaker
Dr. J.L. Doty
PhD in Electrical Engineering – Specializing in laser physics. Interested in orbital mechanics, space travel, laser weapons and the future. He lives in Tucson, AZ.
jldoty.com
2025 Con Theme was: 🧙♂️ Mages & Mad Scientists 🧑🏾🔬
The appeal of magicians & mixed-up doctors from Frankenstein to Gandalf. What is the appeal of lab coats, wild hair, and staffs anyway?
Here are examples:
📚 BOOKS: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, and more…
🎬 MOVIES/TV SHOWS: The Hobbit, Young Frankenstein, The Raven, Back to the Future, Wizards, Wicked, Attack of the Puppet People, and several more…
💬 COMIC BOOKS: Zatanna, Doctor Octopus, Lex Luthor, Doctor Doom, Mr. Freeze, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Fate, and many, more…
🎼 MUSIC: Black Magic Woman by Santana, Weird Science by Oingo Boingo, You Can Do Magic by America, She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, and even more…
Announcements
FUTURE B’CON DATES: Bubonicon 57 will be August 21-23, 2026 (a week early), as Los Angeles, CA, is hosting Worldcon August 27-31 – our usual weekend. Special B57 Guests are Patricia Briggs, Martha Wells, Travis Baldree and artist Jon Sanchez!
And Bubonicon 58 will be August 27-29, 2027, as Montreal, Canada, is hosting the Worldcon September 2-6 that year…
AT THE GUILD CINEMA: We encourage everyone to support our local independent cinema by attending (masks welcome)! — Coming Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Dec 27-29, Basket Case Dec 27, The Commitments & Detroit Rock City Dec 31-January 1, The Babadook Jan 3, Tank Girl Jan 9, Cherry 2000 Jan 10, Spirited Away Jan 16, Mars Express Jan 17, War of the Worlds Jan 18, Gwen and the Book of Sand & Bubble Bath Jan 20-22, City Wide Fever Jan 23-24, Godzilla vs Hedorah Jan 30, and Iron Lung Jan 31…
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 3rd MORGUE & KRYPT HORROR FEST this past September 26-28 at Isleta Resort & Casino. It was very successful, fun, and well run! They had guests from The Terrifer, Night of the Creeps, The Fog, Halloween, Carrie, The Last Starfighter, Hellraiser, Shivers, Beyond the Darkness, and more…
— Morgue & Krypt has announced that they are taking a break, and will not do the convention in 2026. But fear not, they will be doing several small events in the next year – and should be back in 2027.
—- Bubonicon supports the M&K Horror Fest, and hopes everyone had fun all three years. www.MorgueandKryptABQ.com.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE CAN’T STOP THE SERENITY event Saturday, December 6, at Flix Brewhouse, Indian School Rd & Tramway Blvd NE. You all are “Big Damn Heroes” for your charity efforts and being part of the NM sci-fi community! Stay shiny!
STAY STRONG, NEW MEXICO! These are challenging times, and lots of people are going to need assistance with food, public television, and such.
ALBUQUERQUE SF SOCIETY was featured in a May 5, 2021, UNM Daily Lobo article. You can read it here: www.dailylobo.com/article/2021/05/abq.
AWARDS NEWS: CONGRATS!
+ Congratulations to 2025 Hugo Award Winners with ties to New Mexico and/or Bubonicon: Best Series: Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse, and Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award]: Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger. The Hugo Awards were presented at the Seattle Worldcon on August 16.
+ Congratulations to 2025 Locus Award Winners with ties to New Mexico and/or Bubonicon: Fantasy Novel: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher; Novella: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher; and Artist: Charles Vess. Winners were announced June 21 in Oakland, CA.
OUR CONDOLENCES to the friends & family — of actress June Lockhart (Lost in Space, Lassie, She-Wolf of London, General Hospital, Babylon 5, Troll, Bewitched, Strange Invaders, Whiz Kids, Amazing Stories, The Greatest American Hero), who died October 23 at the age of 100 years old; of author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Bubonicon 14 Guest of Honor in 1982 (Count Saint-Germain novels, Outrageous Fortune, Dead & Buried, False Dawn, Ariosto, Arcane Wisdome, A Mortal Glamour, Quadruple Whammy, Apprehensions and Other Delusions, Poison Fruit, Shining Phantoms), who died August 31, at the age of 82 years old; of author Peter David, Bubonicon 42 Guest of Honor (Imzadi, Q-in-Law, The Return of Swamp Thing, Sir Apropos of Nothing, Howling Mad, Babylon 5: In the Beginning, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Captain Marvel, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Oblivion, Trancers 4, Space Cases, Psi-Man), who died May 24, at the age of 68 years old; and of actor George Wendt (House, Cheers, Forever Young, Dreamscape, Masters of Horror, Space Truckers, The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Fletch), who died May 20, at the age of 76 years old. They all will be missed.
BUBONICON FEEDBACK is always welcome – especially ideas, constructive criticism and what you enjoyed at the most recent convention. How was Bubonicon 55 (2024) for you? Send your thoughts to to the Con Chair
2025 PARTICIPANTS were…
We posted info on the Confirmed Participants page as B’con 56 info became available!
BENEFICIARIES:
Bubonicon 56 has given away $3,370 to the Williamson Library Special Collection at Eastern NM University, the Roadrunner Food Bank, World Central Kitchen, The Storehouse of NM, the American Red Cross of New Mexico, Meals on Wheels NM, New Mexico PBS, and the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation…
Bubonicon 55 gave away $3,175 to the Williamson Library Special Collection at Eastern NM University, the Roadrunner Food Bank, World Central Kitchen, The Storehouse of NM, the American Red Cross of New Mexico, New Mexico PBS, and the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation…
Bubonicon 54 gave away $1,850 to the Williamson Library Special Collection at Eastern NM University, the Roadrunner Food Bank, World Central Kitchen, the American Red Cross of New Mexico, New Mexico PBS, and the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation…
Bubonicon 53 gave away $1,450 to the Williamson Library Special Collection at Eastern NM University, the Roadrunner Food Bank, World Central Kitchen, the American Red Cross of New Mexico, New Mexico PBS, and the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation…
Bubonicon 52: Take Two gave away $240 to the Roadrunner Food Bank, World Central Kitchen, American Red Cross, and New Mexico PBS. Your financial donations, auction bids & t-shirt purchases made these donations possible…
Bubonicon 2020 gave away $725 to the Roadrunner Food Bank, Meals on Wheels America, No Kid Hungry, World Central Kitchen, American Red Cross, Direct Relief, Feeding America, KRQE’s Masks for Kids, NAACP Empowerment Programs, and Gavi: the Vaccine Alliance to help feed people, advocate for them, and assist medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also made donations to New Mexico PBS and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation.
Bubonicon 51 gave away $1,650 to the Williamson Library Special Collection at Eastern NM University, the Roadrunner Food Bank, the Albuquerque Public Library Foundation, New Mexico PBS, and the Red Cross of New Mexico…
Bubonicon 2025 Location & Hotel was
The Albuquerque Marriott Uptown
2101 Louisiana Blvd NE (Louisiana & I-40)
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Bubonicon 52: Take 2 was Virtual August 20-21, 2021
Here’s the 2021 Schedule for Friday evening and all-day Saturday. Videos still are on Facebook and on Bubonicon’s YouTube. And you can support our artists on their websites, listed on our Art Show page.
“Buboni-Virtual Con 2020” was Sat, Aug 29th, 2020
Here is the 2020 Schedule for the 9 1/2 hours of events we did in the first year of the pandemic. Videos are on our Facebook page and on Bubonicon’s YouTube.
Mailing Address
Bubonicon, Inc.
933 San Mateo Blvd NE, Suite 500-208
Albuquerque, NM 87108
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