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| name = Cascadia Con | image = | caption = | status = | genre = Science fiction/Fantasy | venue = Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center | location = SeaTac, Washington | country = United States | first = September 1–5, 2005 | last = | organizer = Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee | filing = 501(c)(3) | attendance = 1785/2014 | website = http://www.swoc.org/cascadiacon/ (was at cascadiacon.org ) }}Cascadia Con was the eighth North American Science Fiction Convention, held in SeaTac, Washington, on September 1–5, 2005, at the Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center.[1][2] This NASFiC was held because Glasgow, Scotland, was selected as the location for the 2005 Worldcon.[3] Guests of honor
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Heinlein AwardThe Heinlein Award was presented by the Heinlein Society to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Site selectionAfter the "UK in 2005" bid was selected, essentially unopposed, as the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2005 (as "Interaction" in Glasgow, Scotland, the WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot election be held at {{nowrap|TorCon 3}}, the 2003 Worldcon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to select a NASFiC site for 2005. The Seattle bid won by "5 or 6" votes out of the roughly 400 cast.[4] At Cascadia Con, St. Louis won the vote for the 9th North American Science Fiction Convention in 2007. This is only the second time which a NASFiC site selection vote has been held at a NASFiC. Notable program participants{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
AnthologyThe anthology Northwest Passages was sponsored by Cascadia Con and released at the convention. It was published by Windstorm Creative and edited by Cris DiMarco. Over 950 authors submitted stories for this anthology, of which 25 were selected for publication. CommitteeCascadia Con was held under the auspices of SWOC, the Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee.
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References1. ^{{cite web |publisher=WSFS Long List Committee |title=The Long List of NASFiCs |url=http://www.smofinfo.com/LL/TheLongListNasfic.html |accessdate=August 12, 2010}} 2. ^{{cite news |first=Athima |last=Chansanchai |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |title=Sex in space? Sci-fi convention aims to please; Cascadia says it has something for every fan |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/238906_scifi01.html |date=September 1, 2005 |accessdate=August 14, 2009 |quote=If you have any interest in science fiction at all, you'll find something at Cascadia Con, an official North American Science Fiction Convention held only seven times since 1975. This makes eight, and for the first time, it's in the Seattle area. The five-day event, which begins today, is expected to draw 3,500 fans.}} 3. ^{{cite news|first=Jessica |last=Martin |work=SF Crowsnest |title=Science fiction Canadian style |url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2005/nz8563.php |date=August 29, 2005 |accessdate=August 14, 2009 |quote=Cascadia Con is the 8th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 30 years. A NASFiC is only held when the Worldcon for that year is outside of North America. In 2005 the Worldcon will be in Scotland and Seattle will host the NASFiC. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907200240/http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2005/nz8563.php |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }} 4. ^{{cite news|publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |title=LA & Seattle win site selection |url=http://www.sfwa.org/archive/news/lawins.htm |date=September 2, 2003 |accessdate=September 27, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605175228/http://www.sfwa.org/archive/news/lawins.htm |archivedate=June 5, 2011 |df= }} External links
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