AniMinneapolis is excited to announce additional guests of honor: voice actor Chris Rager, voice actor Spike Spencer, and nerdcore performer Dr. Awkward. AniMinneapolis is an exciting three day gathering of anime fans, industry professionals, and gamers. This minneapolis anime convention will be held July 8-10, 2011 at The Northland Inn in Minneapolis, MN.

I’ve just been notified that pre-registration for Gaslight Gathering, California’s newest steampunk convention, will close at 11:59 Saturday evening, April 30 (that’s tomorrow night). There are events that you must buy tickets for ahead of time.

A fuller collection of good convention lists and con calendar sites.

Malice Domestic is a “fun fan” literary convention dedicated to the traditional mystery as exemplified by Agatha Christie. It’s also one of the few conventions that goes out of its way to get plenty of female author guests.

GlitchCon has announced their Special Guest lineup for their September event; it forecasts GlitchCon 2011 as a diverse affair of probable awesomeness.