=====Pulpcon=====
Pulpcon, the first [[PulpConventions|convention]] devoted strictly to the pulp magazines, ran annually from 1972 through 2008, with extra conventions held in 1994 and 1996.

===Background===
Pulpcon was founded by Ed Kessell, Earl Kussman, Nils Hardin and Rusty Hevelin. The first con was held at the Colony Motor Hotel in Clayton, Mo., on June 9-11, 1972. Around 100 people attended, including SF fictioneer [[HamiltonEdmond|Edmond Hamilton]] and pulp cover artist [[GladneyGraves|Graves Gladney]].

According to Don Ramlow's "Pulpcon: A Brief History of the Little Convention That Could" (//[[PulpsterThe|The Pulpster]]// #3, 1993), Pulpcon had been planned as a one-shot convention. But at the urging of those attending, it decided to continue the next year.

Pulpcon limited its focus to the pulp magazines. By the mid-2000s, newer members of the convention's organizing committee were pushing to consider broadening the con's focus, consider new locations and other options to grow. Pulpcon #38 was scheduled for Aug. 14-16, 2009, in Dayton, Ohio. After a schism, a portion of the committee decided to organize a competing convention, Pulpcon 2009, in Columbus, Ohio, on July 31-Aug. 2, 2009.

Eventually, Pulpcon #38 organizers canceled their event, but required the other convention to give up the Pulpcon name. Pulpcon 2009 was renamed [[PulpFest]] 2009.

Pulpcon #37, held in Dayton, Ohio, in 2008 was the final Pulpcon.

===Pulpcon activities===
Pulpcon began recognizing [[PulpconGuestsofHonor|Guests of Honor]] in 1976 for Pulpcon 5. The first Guest of Honor was [[GibsonWalter|Walter Gibson]], the main author of [[ShadowThe|The Shadow]].

===Pulpcon chronology===
|!|(t:Listing of Pulpcons, dates, and locations){width: 700px}||
|=|Event  |=|Date|=|Location||
||Pulpcon 1||June 9-11, 1972||Clayton, Mo.||
||Pulpcon 2||July 20-22, 1973||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 3||July 27-29, 1974||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 4||June 14-15, 1975||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 5||July 9-11, 1976||Akron, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 6||July 8-10, 1977||Akron, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 7||July 7-9, 1978||St. Louis||
||Pulpcon 8||June 28-July 1, 1979||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 9||Nov. 7-9, 1980||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 10||Aug. 14-16, 1981||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 11||July 8-11, 1982||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 12||July 7-10, 1983||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 13||Aug. 16-19, 1984||Cherry Hill, N.J.||
||Pulpcon 14||July 11-14, 1985||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 15||July 10-13, 1986||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 16||July 9-12, 1987||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 17||July 21-24, 1988||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 18||July 6-9, 2989||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 19||July 19-22, 1990||Wayne, N.J.||
||Pulpcon 20||June 20-23, 1991||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 21||July 16-19, 1992||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 22||July 29-Aug. 1, 1993||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 22-A||Jan. 6-9, 1994||Tucson, Ariz.||
||Pulpcon 23||Aug. 4-7, 1994||Bowling Green, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 24||Aug. 3-6, 1995||Bowling Green, Ohio||
||Pulpcon B||Feb. 8-11, 1996||Asheville, N.C.||
||Pulpcon 25||Aug. 1-4, 1996||San Jose, Calif.||
||Pulpcon 26||July 24-27, 1997||Bowling Green, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 27||July 30-Aug. 2, 1998||Bowling Green, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 28||July 9-11, 1999||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 29||July 7-9, 2000||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 30||July 12-15, 2001||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 31||July 11-14, 2002||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 32||July 31-Aug.2, 2003||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 33||July 8-11, 2004||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 34||July 7-10, 2005||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 35||Aug. 3-6, 2006||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 36||July 5-8, 2007||Dayton, Ohio||
||Pulpcon 37||July 31-Aug. 3, 2008||Dayton, Ohio||

===Outside links===
~- [[http://file770.com/?p=657|File 770: "Pulpcon Torn Apart"]]

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==Categories==
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