All Disclave and Capclave Guests of Honor, Featured Artists, Special Guests, and Ghosts of Honor are listed, with links to their web pages. When someone is known under two names, they're listed under both names. Please notify WSFA's webmaster of any corrections, additions, or broken links. Thank you.
The 1950 through 1997 conventions were Disclaves, as was the cancelled 1998 convention. The 2001 and later conventions are Capclaves.
| Charlie Jane Anders | 2023 |
| Patricia Anthony | 1997 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Isaac Asimov | 1981 |
| Alicia Austin | 1991 |
| Paolo Bacigalupi | 2014 |
| Peter S. Beagle | 2021 |
| Doug Beekman | 1990 Featured Artist |
| David Bischoff | 1995 Special Guest |
| Terry Bisson | 1998 |
| Holly Black | 2014 |
| Eric Blair | 1984 Ghost of Honor |
| Ben Bova | 1972 |
| Edward Bryant | 1985 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | 1994 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Jim Burns | 1988 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Pat Cadigan | 1992 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Terry Carr | 1971 |
| Jack Chalker | 1980 Featured Writer |
| Neil Clarke | 2017 |
| Darlene P. Coltrain | 1994 Special Guest |
| Ellen Datlow | 2007 Editor Guest of Honor |
| Patricia Davis | 1993 |
| Lester del Rey | 1969 |
| Chick Derry | 1987 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Gordon R. Dickson | 1975 |
| Michael Dirda | 2008 Critic Guest of Honor |
| Gardner Dozois | 1973, 2001 |
| Sarah Beth Durst | 2016, 2020 |
| Bob Eggleton | 1995 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Kelly Freas | 1974 |
| Eric Flint | 2021 |
| Jeffrey Ford | 2007 Author Guest of Honor |
| Irene Gallo | 2022 |
| Jack Gaughan | 1967, 1983 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Marty Gear | 1990 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Gordon Van Gelder | 2015 |
| William Gibson | 1986 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Alexis Gilliland | 1989 Fan Guest of Honor, 2002 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Doll Gilliland | 1989 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Joe Haldeman | 1977 |
| Barbara Hambly | 1988 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Butch Honeck | 2004 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Nicholas Jainschigg | 1998 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Will Jenkins | 1970 |
| Steven Vincent Johnson | 1994 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Tom Kidd | 1992 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Phillip Klass | 1976, 2003 |
| Nancy Kress | 2018, 2020 |
| Katherine Kurtz | 1993 |
| Lissanne Lake | 1997 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Barbara Lantry-Miller | 1982 Featured Artist |
| Murray Leinster | 1970 |
| Willy Ley | 1950 Featured Speaker |
| Ken Liu | 2017, 2020 |
| Elizabeth A. Lynn | 1982 |
| Nick Mamatas | 2012 Author/Editor Guest of Honor |
| George R.R. Martin | 1983 Writer Guest of Honor; 2013 Author Guest of Honor |
| Joe Mayhew | 2001 Ghost of Honor |
| Dennis McCunney | 2004 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Peggy Rae McKnight | 1997 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Tom Miller | 1982 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Marnie M. Montgomery | 1983 Featured Artist |
| James Morrow | 2008 Author Guest of Honor, 2020 |
| Chris Moskowitz | 1965 |
| Sam Moskowitz | 1951, 1965 |
| Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 2005 Editor Guest of Honor |
| Teresa Nielsen Hayden | 2005 Editor Guest of Honor |
| Sharyn November | 2013 Editor Guest of Honor |
| George Orwell | 1984 Ghost of Honor |
| Peggy Rae Pavlat | 1997 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Sarah Pinsker | 2023 |
| Nick Pollotta | 2004 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Jeffrey K. Potter | 1989 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Tim Powers | 2016 |
| Kim Stanley Robinson | 2006 Author Guest of Honor |
| Mike Resnick | 1990 |
| Alastair Reynolds | 2015 |
| Jeanne Robinson | 1980 |
| Spider Robinson | 1980 |
| Peggy Rae Sapienza | 1997 Fan Guest of Honor, 2015Ghost of Honor |
| Robert J. Sawyer | 2019 |
| John Scalzi | 2012 Author Guest of Honor |
| Stanley Schmidt | 2002 |
| Hannah M.G. Shapero | 1996 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Barclay Shaw | 1987 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Charles Sheffield | 1995 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Lucius Shepard | 1989 Writer Guest of Honor |
| Lewis Shiner | 1991 |
| Robert Silverberg | 1968 |
| S.P. Somtow | 1980 Featured Writer, 1990 Movie Mogul Guest of Honor |
| Steve Stiles | 1986 Featured Artist; 2013 Fan Artist Guest of Honor |
| Somtow Sucharitkul | 1980 Featured Writer, 1990 Movie Mogul Guest of Honor |
| Michael Swanwick | 1996 Writer Guest of Honor |
| William Tenn | 1976, 2003 |
| Wilson (Bob) Tucker | 1978 |
| Harry Turtledove | 2009 Author Guest of Honor |
| Catherynne Valente | 2011 Author/Editor/Poet Guest of Honor, 2020 |
| Genevieve Valentine | 2014 |
| Ann VanderMeer | 2010 Guest of Honor |
| Jeff VanderMeer | 2010 Guest of Honor |
| Carrie Vaughn | 2011 Author/Editor/Poet Guest of Honor, 2020 |
| Ursula Vernon | 2022 |
| Howard Waldrop | 2005 Author Guest of Honor; 2013 Special Guest |
| Martha Wells | 2019 |
| Bob Walters | 1985 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Michael Whelan | 1979 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Tom Whitmore | 2006 Fan Guest of Honor |
| Troy L. Wiggins | 2020 |
| Sheila Williams | 2009 Editor Guest of Honor |
| Connie Willis | 1984, 2020 |
| Dawn Wilson | 1990 Artist Guest of Honor |
| Gene Wolfe | 1987, 1998 Special Guest |
| Robin Wood | 1980 Featured Artist |
| Alyssa Wong | 2018, 2020 |
| Paul Yurek | 1984 Featured Artist |
| Roger Zelazny | 1966, 1979 Writer Guest of Honor |
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