ICON is an annual science fiction convention held in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area of Iowa since 1975, usually in late October or early November, under the auspices of the Mindbridge Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation also responsible for AnimeIowa and Gamicon.
[1] The organization was a branching off of the Science Fiction League of Iowa Students, which was founded by author Joe Haldeman.
[2] It is the oldest and largest science fiction convention in Iowa.
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa 27 - 2002 October 18–20 -Carrot Juice - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 28 - 2003 October 10–12 -Cheesy Poofs - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 29 - 2004 October 8–10 - - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 30 - 2005 October 28–30 - - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 31 - 2006 October 13–15 -Gallium: The Other Soft Metal - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 32 - 2007 November 2–4 -Rise of the Phoenix - Coralville, Iowa 33 - 2008 October 31-November 2 -Horror/Halloween - Coralville, Iowa 34 - 2009 October 23–25 -Adventures in the Secret Kingdom of Fandom - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 35 - 2010 November 5–7 -A Steam-Powered Convention of the Future - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 36 - 2011 October 28–30 -Genre Fusion: When Worlds Collide - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 37 - 2012 November 2–4 -The Convention at the End of the Universe - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 38 - 2013 November 15–17 -Recalling 1013 - The Year When Nothing Happened - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 39 - 2014 October 31 - November 2 -League of Extraordinary Gentlefen - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 40 - 2015 October 16–18 -Con of Futures Past - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 41 - 2016 October 28–30 -Back to the ICON - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 42 - 2017 September 29 - October 1, 2017 - Hitchhikers Guide to ICON42 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 43 - 2018 October 5–7, 2018 - Eruption!
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa 44 - 2019 November 1–3, 2019 - Unpacking Non-Binary Reality - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 45 - 2020 October 9–10, 2020 - V-ICON: The Year ICON Went Virtual - Online only 46 - 2021 October 15–17, 2021 - Seeking Further Horizons - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 47 - 2022 October 14–16, 2022 - The Prime Universe - Celebrating How Alternate Universes Intersect With Ours - Cedar Rapids, Iowa 48 - 2023 October 13-15 - We only work in outer space!