Due to the public health risk of COVID-19, Minicon 55 has been postponed until April 15-17, 2022. Please read the statement from the chairs for more information.
About Minicon 55
What is Minicon and who is running it.
Minicon is Minneapolis's longest running science fiction convention! We hope you'll join us this year. You'll be in the company of about 500 other fans of not only science fiction, but fantasy, horror, anime, gaming, music, and many other pursuits.
Minicon features panel discussions, readings, signings, costuming, films, gaming, an art show, a dealers' room, kids' programming, a teen lounge and teen programming, a science room, music, a consuite and bar, room parties, and various other special events. For all that, most people say they don't come for what we have scheduled, but because they want to hang out with others like them in a place that feels like home.
If you haven't been to Minicon before, you might not be familiar with our breed of convention. This is not a "show" where you are paying to get in and then paying again to get autographs, and again for food, etc. Our registration fee covers all of the con features … once you're in, you're in. (Ok, we'll admit that the t-shirts are extra.) It is primarily a participatory event where fans bring the fun to each other, not one where we primarily line up events to entertain you. Sure, there will be entertainment, but with the exception of the guests of honor, it is all fans (who have paid the same as you for their membership) entertaining fans because they enjoy it.
Minicon 55 will be April 15-17, 2022, which, as usual, is Easter weekend.
Convention Committee
The convention committee (or concom) are the people that organize and run the convention. Anybody can help out on the committee as long as you're willing to put in the work to put on a great convention. If you'd like to help, please email chaREMOVEir@miniconTHIS55.mnstf.org.
- Chairs
- Don & Sharla Stremski
- Art Show
- Rachel Traynham
- Badges
- Bill Christ
- Bar
- Susan Philbrook (head) & Brian Lundgren
- Bozo Bus Tribune
- Thorin Tatge
- Code of conduct
- Eric Forste
- Consuite
- Hershey Harris (head), Mark O'Pray
- Costume contest
- George Richard
- Dealer's room
- Jean Mlynczak
- Electronic PR delivery
- David Dyer-Bennet
- E-mail address handler
- Matt Strait
- Film room
- Michael Kingsley
- Green Room
- Karen Cooper, Sharon Kahn
- Guest Liaison
- Rick Snyder (head), Tom Hogan
- Hotel Liaison
- Aaron Vander Giessen
- Insurance
- Emily Stewart
- Logistics
- James Porter
- Medallion Hunt
- Jason Spitzer
- Music
- Beth Kinderman
- Next Gen/Teen Room
- Isaac Schneider
- Ceremonies
- Toni Brust
- Party Liaison
- Crystal Therese
- Programming
- Katie Clapham & Emily Stewart
- Publications
- Sharla Stremski, Susan Philbrook, Laramie Sasseville, Emily Stewart
- Photography
- David Dyer-Bennet
- Pre-registration
- Clay Harris
- Registration/Info table
- Matt Strait
- Rumpus Room (kids' programming)
- Bonnie Somdahl
- Science Room
- Ben Huset
- Social Media
- Aaron Vander Geissen
- Treasurer
- Matt Strait
- Volunteers
- Sharon Kahn
- Webmaster
- Joe Pregracke