OryCon is Oregon’s premier, fan run, annual science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland since 1979. After taking our convention online for a free mini-con in 2020, we’re still hopeful that we can host our con in person for Orycon 42 November 12th – 14th, 2021! As we are still hopeful that the current pandemic climates will keep improving throughout the Summer, we are opening our room block at the hotel, The Red Lion Hotel on The River (located at Jantzen Beach). If you are planning to attend in person, now is the time to lock in your reservation, as rooms may be limited. Click on the link to book your room today:

https://book.passkey.com/go/OryCon2021

With this in mind, we are pleased to remind you that memberships are available at the current rate of $50 until July 15th, 2021, with discounted rates for youth memberships. If you have not already done so, please register at:

https://42.orycon.org/registration/

Each OryCon, we invite Guests of Honor from the science fiction and fantasy realms to be a part of our experience. For this year, we are proud to host our Author Guest of Honor, A. Lee Martinez, an award winning traditional fantasy novelist and author of The Constance Verity Trilogy. Visit our webpage for our Guests of Honor here:

https://42.orycon.org/guests-of-honor/

With this being a fan run and volunteer based convention, we need community support to bring the wonders of our convention to life! Want to help orchestrate the magical aspects of Orycon with your wits, experiences, and skills you’ve honed over the years? Would you like to help make the changes you’ve hoped to see in Orycon? Want to just help make sure things run smoothly for this event? We need the energy and fire from our volunteers to help make this convention a reality! We are currently looking for key personnel positions within the OryCon staff:

Secretary/Internal Communications (which may be split)
Registration
Vice Chair
Personnel (pre-convention)

If you are interested in any of these roles or would like to find out more, please visit this page for further details and to sign up. Department Head Level Staff are expected to be present at ConCom meetings, which are hosted online via Zoom. The ConCom meeting links are found on the homepage of our website, bottom left hand corner. Our meeting dates are as follows, Pacific Time:

Saturday, May 22nd, 1PM
Wednesday, June 16th, 7PM
Wednesday, July 14th, 1PM
Saturday, August 14th, 1PM
Wednesday, September 1st, 7PM
Saturday, September 25th, 1PM
Wednesday, October 13th, 7PM
Saturday, October 30th, 1PM

We will be giving special attention to the current progress in Oregon when it comes to any changes for the pandemic and occupancy restrictions. Please be sure to follow our social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and here on our website at 42.orycon.org.

*Also note: Our webmaster will be upgrading the theme and appearance of the site over the next week or so, please pardon our dust; everything should still work appropriately and most of it done in the background, but if you have issues, please email webmaster@orycon.org 

We also note that there are aspects of this website that are out of date, our webmaster is currently getting all of the info she can from the departments and as they update her, she will be adding the current info, thank you for your patience!

If you’ve already purchased a membership in 2020 that you want rolled over to this year, for more details, see here.

Red Lion Hotel, Jantzen Beach

Our Theme: “Humor, Satire and Parody in Science Fiction”

This year’s Guests of Honor:

Author: A. Lee Martinez