May 1-3, 2009
Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
Lombard, IL
This Year's Theme: 75th Anniversary of the SPICY line of pulps

May 1-3, 2009
Penguicon
Troy, MI.
SF / fantasy & Linux / Open Source software
Author Guests: Spider Robinson

May 1-3, 2009
OutlandaCon
GLBT science fiction, fantasy, horror and gaming convention


May 14-16, 2009
Leprecon
Mesa, AZ
Science fiction and fantasy, with an emphasis on art
Author Guest of Honor: George R. R. Martin

May 15-17, 2009
Mobicon
Mobile, AL
Science fiction, fantasy, comic, anime, and gaming
Guests: Debra Walter

May 15-17, 2009
KeyCon
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Science fiction and fantasy
Guests: Katherine Kurtz, Kelley Armstrong
May 22-25, 2009
Balticon
Baltimore, MD
Sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction and Fantasy Society
Guests of Honor: Charles Strauss

May 22-25, 2009
Baycon
San Jose, CA
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Guests of Honor: Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon

May 22-24, 2009
ConQuest
Kansas City, MO
Science Fiction
Guest of Honor: John Scalzi

May 22-24, 2009
Marcon
Columbus, OH
Multiple Alternative Realities Convention (science fiction & fantasy)
Author Guest of Honor: Simon R. Green

May 22-25, 2009
MisCon
Missoula, MT
Science Fiction
Author Guest: Steven Burst

May 22-24, 2009
Oasis
Orlando, FL
Writer Guest of Honor: Peter David

May 22-25, 2009
WisCon
Madison, WI
Feminist Science Fiction
Guests of Honor: Ellen Klages and Geoff Ryman

May 28-31, 2009
CONduit
Salt Lake City, UT
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Guest of Honor: Peter S. Beagle

May 29-31,2009
ConCarolinas
Charlotte, NC
Speculative fiction
Writer Guest of Honor: Katherine Kurtz