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DATE: May 23-26, 2025

In-Person and Virtual

VENUE:
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore MD
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel MD

Balticon 59 Program Book:
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      Read the Balticon 59 Program with Program Participants (one long pdf)





  • GoH: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • GoH: Sebastien de Castell
  • Artist GoH: Stephanie Law
  • Music GoH: Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra
  • 2025 Compton Crook Award Winner: Samantha Mills
  • 2024 Compton Crook Award Winner: Kemi Ashing-Giwa
  • 2025 Heinlein Award Winner: Sharon Lee
  • Science GOH: Marc Abrahams
  • Gaming GOH: Joanna Fang
  • Gaming GOH: Blake Collins



    Balticon 58 Committee & Staff:



    Chair : Kelly Shannon Pierce
    Vice Chair : Thomas Horman
    Balticon Treasurer : Steven Joel Zeve
    Balticon Secretary : Patti Kinlock
    Hotel Liaison : Dale Arnold
    Hotel Liaison Staff : Aurora Pierce
    BSFS Treasurer : Maria Markham Thompson


    COMMUNICATIONS

    Balticon Webmaster : Mike Mower
    Publicity and Social Media Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
    Publicity Committee : Morgan Hazelwood, Yakira Heistand, Patti Kinlock, Sako Tumi, Mike Mower, Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff, Amanda Coronado


    Print Publications

    BSFAN Editor/Advertising : Patti Kinlock
    Balticon Badges : Nora Echeverria
    T-Shirt Design : Nora Echeverria
    Signage : Lydia Jackson-Fryer
    Pocket Program : Gwyn Fireman
    Program Grid : Syd Weinstein, Program Staff
    Promo Loop : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer

    OPERATIONAL AREAS

    Registration Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
    Registration Staff : Sarah Kilkowski, Greg Seidman, Brian Kilkowski, Johnnie Johnson, Autumn McCullum
    Volunteer Coordinator : Bruce Kaplan
    Accessibility Desk Coordinator : Jamie Peddicord
    Accessibility Desk Assistant Coordinator : Ellen Montgomery
    Berserker Lair : Paul O’Neil
    Information Desk Coordinator : Abdul Hadi Sidahmed
    Balticon Information Team (pre-con) : Patti Kinlock, Dale Arnold
    Ops/Community Safety : Abdul Hadi Sidahmed, El Securidor
    Logistics Coordinator : Robert Summers
    Purchasing : Maria Markham Thompson
    Truck Driver : Gene Olmstead
    Logistics: Building Storage & Organization : Eric Gasior

    TECH*

    Director : Robert Markowitz
    Assistant Tech Director : Liana Olear
    Godfather of Tech : Marty Gear
    Build Captain : Larry Schroeder
    IT Coordinator : Sam Kopel
    Master Electrician : Leilani Macomber
    Lighting Designer : Matt Klein
    Sound Designer : Eric Honour
    Video Designers : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer, Jeff Poretsky
    Program AV Head : Rick Kovalcik
    Head Rigger : Jennifer Logsdon
    Tech Truck Driver : Martin Siemen
    Tech Truck Crew : Rory Pierce
    Science Program Tech : Paul Loeschke, Lauretta Nagel
    Post Con Video Wrangler : Eric "Dr Gandalf" Fleischer
    Tech Staff Techno-Fandom and a cast of thousands.
    *BIG THANK YOU TO THE TECH CREW!

    EVENTS

    GOH Liaison Lead : Debi Chowdhury
    GOH Liaison Staff : Emily Lewis, William Lawhorn, Elyzabeth Morgan, Lynn Duff, Paul O’Neil, John McWilliams
    BB4K Charity Auction Coordinator : Kelly Shannon Pierce
    Assistant Coordinator : Jim Wilmering
    Auctioneer : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
    Masquerade Director : "Dr Karen" Purcell
    Masquerade Staff : Abigail Welsher
    Masquerade Green Room Manager : Abigail Welsher
    Master of Ceremonies : Carl Cipra
    Presentation Judge : Jennifer Predmore
    Workmanship Judge : Allison Carswell
    Masquerade Photography Official Balticon Photography Staff
    Fan Photography Wrangler : James Welsher Film Festival Coordinator : Lance Oszko Film Festival Staff : Stephen Bartosz, Allison Brown, Eric "Dr Gandalf" Fleischer
    Concerts : Gary Ehrlich, Emily Lewis
    Writers’ Workshop : David Keener
    Poetry Workshop : Miguel Mitchell, PhD
    Hall Costume Awards : Patti Kinlock
    Hall Costume Judges : Debi Chowdhury, Marilyn Mix
    Opening Ceremonies MoC : Mark L. Van Name

    FIXED FUNCTIONS

    Hospitality/Con-Suite Staff : Janet Beane, Amy Kaplan, Michele Weinstein
    Staff Food Preparation : Brian Heslep, Robert Summers
    Program Participants’ Green Room : Sherri Moore Benoun
    Art Show Director : Nora Echeverria
    Art Show Co-Directors : Ethan Clarkewallis, Lucian Clarkewallis
    Art Show Assistants : Susan Wheeler, Paul Brinkley
    Art Show Staff : Brad Ackerman, Joni Dashoff, Meredith Martini, John McWilliams, Dustin Mogavero, Eric "hymie!" Hymowitz, Tristan Alexander
    Art Show Auctioneer : Eric "Dr. Gandalf" Fleischer
    Dealers Room Coordinator : Kelly Shannon Pierce
    Dealers Co-Coordinator : Molly Anderson
    Dealers Room Staff : (Loading Dock) Jim Wilmering, Ty McNeer, Jennifer Portas, Athena Portas
    Video Room : Thomas "the Red" Horman
    Anime Room : Leona Thompson
    Gaming (Hal Haag Game Room) Coordinators : Michelle Hymowitz, Eric "hymie!" Hymowitz
    Game Room Staff : Perrianne Lurie
    Role Playing Games (RPG) Coordinator : Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff
    Video Gaming Room Coordinator : Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff
    Artist Alley Coordinators : M. Bickers, Christiane Knight
    Fan Tables Coordinator : Cathy Green
    BSFS Fan Table Coordinator : Maria Markham Thompson Party Coordinator : Cathy Green
    Sales Table Coordinator : Patti Kinlock
    Sales Table Staff : Carol Reynolds, Amy Kaplan
    Restaurants/Parking Discounts : Miriam Winder-Kelly
    Filk Lounge : JT Thomas

    PROGRAMMING

    Programming Coordinator : Yakira Heistand
    Assistant Coordinator : Sam Lubell
    Konopas (Mobile Program App) : Gwyn Fireman
    Program Ops : Yakira Heistand, Sydney Fryer
    Brainstorming Committee : Yakira Heistand, Perrianne Lurie, Miguel Mitchell, Neil Ottenstein, Sydney Fryer, Josh "Yoshi" Perkowitz, Sara Itka, David Keener


    Program Track Leads*

    Anime : Leona Thompson
    Children’s : Eta Hack, Ben Allen-Kingsland
    Makers Track--3D Printing : Ty McNeer
    Costuming : Sydney Fryer, Yakira Heistand
    Kaffeeklatches : Eva Whitley
    Music/Filk : Gary Ehrlich, Emily Lewis, JT Thomas
    Content Creators : Morgan Hazelwood
    Science : Miriam Winder-Kelly
    Science Assistants : Bex Loeschke, John Monahan, Celia Greenberg, Ron Taylor, Chris Oakley
    Science Room Managers : Paul Loeschke, Lauretta Nagel
    Video : Thomas "the Red" Horman
    *All other tracks led by Yakira Heistand with input from other programming staff.

    VIRTUAL CONVENTION

    Discord Coordinator : Kristen Seibert

    AWARDS ADMINISTRATION

    Compton Crook Award Committee : Sam Lubell, Bruce Kaplan, Nora Echeverria
    Compton Crook Award Judges : The Members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society
    Jack L. Chalker Young Writers’ Contest Coordinator : Miriam Winder-Kelly
    JLC YW Contest 1st Round Judges : Miriam Winder Kelly, Zabeth Gallagher, Amy Kaplan, Beth Mizuno, Geary Mizuno, Marv Zelkowitz
    JLC YW Contest 2nd Round Judge : s Paul O’Neil, Perrianne Lurie
    Steve Miller Annual BSFS Poetry Contest Coordinator : Patti Kinlock
    Poetry Contest Judges : Vonnie Winslow Crist, Wendy Van Camp
    Amateur Writing Contest Coordinator : Allison Brown
    Amateur Writing Contest Judges : Perrianne Lurie, Sam Lubell, Dale Arnold, Yakira Heistand, Ann Marie Rudolph, Miguel Mitchell, PhD, Patti Kinlock
    Robert A. Heinlein Award Coordinator : Dale Arnold
    Heinlein Award Judges : The Heinlein Society Award Committee

    ADMINISTRATION

    BSFS Computer Admins : Michael Rafferty, Nora Echeverria
    Grants and Fundraising : Maria Markham Thompson, CPA, Steven Joel Zeve

    SPONSORING ORGANIZATION

    BSFS Board of Directors:

    President : Dale Arnold
    Parliamentarian : John R. Robison
    Board Chair/Corresponding Secretary : Patti Kinlock
    Recording Secretary : Michael Rafferty
    Treasurer Maria Markham : Thompson
    Assistant [Balticon] Treasurer : Steven Joel Zeve
    Publicity Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland
    Director-at-Large : Robert Markowitz
    Director-at-Large : Josh "Yoshi" Perkoff
    Director-at-Large : Rory Pierce
    Director-at-Large : Leona Thompson
    Balticon Chair : Kelly Shannon Pierce
    Balticon Vice-Chair : Thomas "the Red" Horman







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