Welcome to Demicon
Youth Lounge
Sometimes Teens just need a place to go to get away from those pesky parents. This is the place for you. Youth, ages 13-18, are welcome to this area to enjoy games, talking or just hanging around. It is located at the bottom of the stairs.
There are some special youth panels just for you! Stay tuned for more information.
If there are any that you wish to happen please contact
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Workshops
Learn some wonderful new skills or just have fun, we will be offering a wide range of workshops. If there is a particular workshop that you would like to attend or learn about, let us know.
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Dealer's Room
Welcome to the Dealer's Room page. Once again, we will have plenty of dealers selling a vast assortment of riches and treasures for your pockets. The Dealer's Room will be open for business at 2:00 p.m. on Friday May 3, 2013. Hours for Saturday will be 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM.
The following dealers have signed on so far, and will be happy to serve your purchasing needs! More to come, so tune back in to see an updated list.
Glen Cook (books galore!)
Chamber of Champions (hobby games)
Ziggy's West (blades and baubles)
Greg Parmentier
Mohr Creations (custom jewelry)
Mystic Waboose (clothier)
David J Pedersen (angst novels)
Dark River Pottery and Forge (pottery and forge!)
B's Trading Post (clothing and general neat stuff)
Wandering Mail (Steve Todd, the chainmail guy!)
Mike Cole (artist)
Ad Astra Games (Honorverse gaming)
Isabella's Treasures (unique jewelry and gifts)
Caroline Monaco (artist)
Welcome to DemiCon Programming
DemiCon is known for it’s wide range of programming. If you don’t see something that you wish to have at DemiCon please contact us This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We want to know what you would like for programming.
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History of DemiCon
DemiCon has a long and wonderful history. Please take a look at all of our guests of honor that have attended.
Full list of DemiCon conventions
- DemiCon 1: Witness the Birth was held on March 23 - March 25, 1990. Guests of Honor were C.J.Cherryh, J.R.Daniels and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 2: The Voyage Continues was held on April 26 - April 28, 1991. Guests of Honor were Joe Haldeman, Lucy Synk, Gay Haldeman and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 3: My God! - It's full of Stars was held on March 27 - March 29, 1992. Guests of Honor were Rob Chilson, David Cherry, Myrna Logan (The Dragon Lady) and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 4: The Dawn of Fan was held on March 26 - March 28, 1993. Guests of Honor were Mickey Zucker-Reichert, Erin Mckee, Mark Moore and Rusty Hevelin
- The Fifth of DemiCon: The Smoothest Convention Around was held on April 22 - April 24, 1994. Guests of Honor were Glen Cook, David Lee Anderson, Pierre and Sandy Pettinger and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon VI: The Undiscovered Con was held on May 5 - May 7, 1995. Guests of Honor were Roger Zelazny, Vincent Jo-Nè Wilson Tucker and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 7: God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days.../DemiCon VII. We may have taken 6 years with DemiCon but on the Seventh Con, We'll party was held on May 3 - May 5, 1996. Guests of Honor were author Algis Budrys, artist Keith Berdak, fan guests Otto and Ruth Sheller and toastmaster Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 8: Sorry, But We've Chosen Not to become Evolved - Supporting your Eternal right to Entropy was held on May 2 - May 4, 1997. Guests of Honor were author Barbara Hambly, artist Mitchell Bentley, fan guest Charles Piehl and toastmaster Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 9: Plan Nine from Des Moines was held on May 1 - May 3, 1998. Guests of Honor were author George Alec Effinger, artist William J. Hodgson, fan guests Marshall and Dee Willis and toastmaster Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 10: Generation X: Too old to be Neos...Too Young to be Nostalgic! was held on April 30 - May 2, 1999. Guests of Honor were Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Nè Nè, Bill Broughton and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 2000: Y2K Compliance is Futile. This one goes to Eleven was held on May 5 - May 7, 2000. Guests of Honor were Lois McMaster Bujold, Susan Van Camp, Alois and Wendy Tchampl and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 2001: A Con Oddity was held on May 4 - May 6, 2001. Guests of Honor were Harry Harrison, Sergey Poyarkov, Tadao Tomomatsu and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon the 13th: Con of the Living Dead was held on May 3 - May 5, 2002. Guests of Honor were F. Paul Wilson, Alan M. Clark, Dennis Lunch and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 14: Contemplating the FUTURE was held on May 2 - May 4, 2003. Guests of Honor were Octavia E. Butler, Lubov, Lynda Sherman and Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon XV: DemiCon-A-Fan-alistic-XV-Fun-A-Liscious was held on April 30 - May 2, 2004. Guest of honor were Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, Alan Gutierrez, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 16: Life, the Universe and DemiCon was held on July 29 - July 31, 2005. Guests of Honor were Brad Linaweaver, Mike Cole, Sheila Lenkman and Scott Corwin, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin
- DemiCon 17: Enter the Twilight Zone of Imagination was held July 28 - July 30, 2006. Guests of honor were Janet Chui, Ted Poovey and Darice Schirber-Poovey, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin. Frederik Pohl was not able to attend due to health reason but was able to participate over a conference call.
- DemiCon 18: You Can Go Home Again... Just Use Your Imagination was held May 18 - May 20, 2007. Guests of honor were author Catherine Asaro, artist Theresa Mather, actor James Koro, fan guest Steve "Wookie" Houle, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin.
- DemiCon 19: Back Where We Belong was held May 2 - May 4, 2008. Guests of honor were author Steven Barnes, artist Mitchell Davidson Bentley, fan guests Joe & Inger Myers, Tadao Tomomatsu and toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin.
- DemiCon 20: All of Our Cons Remembered was held May 1 - May 3, 2009. Guests of honor were author Joe Haldeman, artist Sara Butcher, fan guest Roger Tener, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin The convention was held at Hotel Fort Des Moines.
- DemiCon 21: Everything is Better with Pirates! was held May 14-16, 2010. It was held at the Holiday Inn West, Des Moines, Iowa. Guests of honor were Author Karl Schroeder, Artist Don Maitz, Fan Guest Gregg Parmentier, Tadao Tomomatsu and Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin.
- DemiCon 22: Here Be Dragons! was held April 29, 40 and May 1, 2011. It was held at the Holiday Inn West, Des Moines, Iowa. Guests of Honor were Sarah Prineas, Sarah Clemens, John and Denise Garner, Tadao Tomomatsu, Toastmaster Emeritus Rusty Hevelin and special Dragon of Honor Tiamat!
- Demicon 23: Full Moon Fantasy was held May 4-6, 2012. It was held at the Holiday Inn West, Des Moines, Iowa. Guests of Honor were Patricia Briggs, Allen Williams, Ange & Brian Anderson, Mike aka Adam Selene, and Tadao Tomomatsu.
- 24 Karat DemiCon: Celebrating the Golden Age of Science Fiction will be held May 3-5, 2013.
Quick Info
DemiCon 24: 24 Karat Demicon
May 3-5, 2013
Convention starts at 2 p.m Friday, May 3, 2013
Closing Ceremonies at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013
Guests of Honor
Author Guest of Honor: David Weber
Artist Guest of Honor: Scott Ross
Fan Guests of Honor: Mitch and Mary Thompson
Toastmaster: Tadao Tomomatsu
Registration Rates
Pre-registration: $50.00 Weekend adult rate through April 1, 2013
$20.00 Child (5-12 years of age)
Free for Infants (0-4 years of age)
At the Door:
$60.00 Weekend adult rate
$25.00 Child (5-12 years of age)
Free for Children 4 and under
$10 Explorer Pass, good for 3 hours (can be applied to upgrade to weekend)
$30 Friday only
$40 Saturday only
$10 Sunday only
Explorer Membership: $10 to explore the convention (except 5th floor where the hospitality suite and parties are) for three hours. If one wished to upgrade the explorer membership applies toward the day or weekend membership.
Program Book Advertising Rates
Inside Front Cover (live area 5" x 8"): $75
Full Page (live area 5" x 8"): $60
Half Page (live area 5" x 3 7/8"): $35
Quarter Page (live area 2 3/8" x 3 7/8"): $20
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Dealer's Room
Hours of Operation:
Friday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am - 2:00pm
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Anime
Konnichiwa mina san!
The Anime part of the convention is in the works. This year Anime will have its own room that is Anime all the time. Stay tuned for more information!
If you have any ideas of what you want for Anime events please contact
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Thank You Friends, Groups and Family
DemiCon has a wonderful mix of people - friends and family that sometime attend in a herd... ah group. Please take a look at some of these groups and friends that help make DemiCon even more special.
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Des Moines Science Fiction Society or DMSFS is your host for this convention. We are organization that seeks to work cooperatively with local individuals, organizations, and media to promote a variety of causes. Basically,we are a gathering of central Iowa science fiction and fantasy fans that support the arts of books, theater, costuming, writing, reading and so much more.
- Chamber of Champions is a community for people who enjoy playing games that invite depth of strategy and repeated play. From fantasy to science fiction genres we collectively teach, play and master hobby gaming. Visit them online to learn news of upcoming releases, industry rumblings and game reviews.
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Crew of the Imperial Klingon Vessel Black Thunder & Imperial Klingon Vessel Emperors Glory - The Klingons are back and they are here to bring justice... okay more fun than anything. The Crew have decided to take a brake from Galactic domination to raise funds for the conventions Donation - Kids Need to Read Foundation. Join them for the Klingon Jail & Bail where you can have your enemies and even your friends arrested for fun. Look for them on Saturday.
- DAGOBAH - The Davenport Area Gathering of Books and Humanoids is a Science Fiction and Fantasy book discussion group has been meeting at the Davenport Public Library for more than 25 years. So far the group has tackled such diverse topics as Post-Holocaust Science Fiction, Cloning, Robots & Androids, Utopias, Women in Science Fiction, and Science Fiction & Fantasy movies. We usually have a great many of these great people attending DemiCon. They host the game show Win Lose or Draw on Sunday afternoon. This group is lead by the Empress of DAGOBAH - Susan Leabhart.
- Denny Lynch - We are very lucky to have Denny as our Masquerade MC. His amazing voice and his love of costumes (which he has one each year for the Masquerade) just makes everything even more special. If you get a chance to talk to him be sure to discuss his love of horror genre.
- HOR-RIFF-IC Productions - Think the spirit of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and all the added stickiness of buckets of blood this group tears their more successful brethren to shreds with sharp wit and sharper tongues. With the supply of fresh brains their only limitation, no horror movie is safe! This great group joined us last year as the tore apart a classic horror movie. So if you want to dish about horror this group is for you!
- Modelers from Omaha- This group of avid modelers hail from the Omaha. Don't miss the chance to see this art form shown in the finest detail.
- The Trans-Iowa Canal CompanyTM - TICC is an eclectic collection of science fiction fans that enjoy parodying science fiction literature, tv shows, movies, and fandom in general. Originally formed in Iowa City, in 1980, its first performance, at ICON VI in 1981, was entitled "Smart Trek." In the past thirtyone years the troupe has grown, with both a Western company, based in Des Moines and an Eastern company, based in Iowa City. Over 170 actors, two stuffed fish, and an inflatable doll have participated in more than 65 performances at science fiction conventions.
Filking
Got Filk? What is filk?
One way to describe filk is as music parody (a la Weird Al). Another way is to think of your favorite folk song, and then try to sing it out loud in front of your friends. Most of what we call "filk" consists of parodies, SCA songs, folk or Celtic songs, silly songs, as well as whatever songs people want to share. Really narrows it down, doesn't it?
We'll have lots of filking at Demicon, mostly run in a "Bardic circle" format. In this format, everyone gets a turn where you can choose to sing a song yourself, call a tune for the group to sing, or pass your turn. This way everyone gets to participate and good times will be had by all!
In addition, we'll be having fun with "insta-filk"! Come share your ideas, rhymes and creative energies in helping us write a song parody in about an hour.
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Get Involved!
Join in the fun! DemiCon is an interactive Adventure!
Follow the links below to find fun, fhannish ways to be involved.
A con does not run itself! Help us navigate the weekend adventure. With your help we'll make it the best weekend ever for Sci-Fi and fantasy fans in Iowa.
What else can you do to get involved?
Put on your costumes and strut your stuff in the halls or on the stage! You can create a costume and enter it in the hall costume contest on Friday night or in the Masquerade on Saturday night. And, even if you don't want to enter the contests, you can still wear your costume around the convention.
You can enter one of your pieces of art in the Art show for display or even to sell. Fan favorite ribbons will be awarded in both amateur and professional categories. Be sure to vote for your favorite pieces!
You can become a ConSuite sponsor and help our ConSuite continue to be the best in the Midwest.
You can participate in several workshops and activities that are being planned in the programming events. As attendance is limited at most workshops, you can sign up over the web to reserve your spot.
Got a talent? You can perform your talent or your lightning talk or your belly dance at Venue D.
You can become a TICC sponsor.
You can participate in the events and contests that DemiCon is sponsoring.
