Holodiction:
A Star Trek convention that is touring across Australia. It will be in Perth & Adeliade on the 2nd, in Sydney from the 6th - 8th, and Melbourne on the 9th. The guests that will be at these locations are: LeVar Burton, Geordi Laforge; Nana Visitor, Kira; Dominic Keating, Malcolm Reed; and John Billingsley, Doctor Phlox.

Buffycon:
This Buffy and Angel convention will be in Saddle Brook, New Jersey from the 13th - 15th. Guests will be Robin Sachs, Ethan Rayne of Buffy as well as starring in numerous episodes of Babylon 5; and Laura Anne Gilman, author of Buffy novels Visitors and Deep Water, and Poltergeist: The Legacy's The Shadows Between.

CREATION Entertainment Sci-Fi Super-Sale:
Creation's sci-fi sale will be in Plano, Texas on the 14th & 15th and in Seattle, Washtington on the 22nd. There won't be any guest's here but, it will be a good time to buy items from your favorite Sci-fi Shows including, but not limited too: Star Trek, Xena, Buffy, Angel, Star Wars, Andromeda, and Farscape.

International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Creators Convention:
A Sci-fi, Fantasy & Comics con is going to be held in New York, New York from the 27th - the 29th. A great many guests will be there. These are Nichelle Nichols, Uhura of ST:OS; Lou Ferrigno, The Incredible Hulk t.v. series and movies; Richard Hatch, Capt. Apollo in Battlestar Galactica; Dirk Benedict, Face Man of The A-Team; and Virginia Hey, Z'haan on Farscape. Just some of the Comic creators that will be present are Bob Almond, Fred Antonacci, Jim Aparo, Jim Aparo, Terry Austin, Mark Bagley, Michael Bair, Chris Batista, and many, many more.

Past Conventions in May:

Starfury: End of Days:
A sci-fi convention that took place from the 2 - 4 in Blackpool, UK. Guests were Keith Szarabajka, Stephanie Romanov, Julie Benz, Juliet Landau, Andy Hallett, Vincent Kartheiser, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof and more.

Penguicon:
A unique convention mixing Linux and Sci-fi, Penguicon was held on the 2 - 4 in Warren, Missouri. Guests of this event were authors Terry Pratchett and Eric Raymond; artist and writer of Sluggy Freelance (www.sluggy.com) Pete Abrams; J.D "Illiad" Frazer who writes and draws User Friendly (www.userfriendly.org); Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, Co-founder of Slashdot (slashdot.org).

Highlander DownUnder 5:
Held from the 9 - 11 in Brisbane, Australia guests of this were Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, James Horan, and John Mosby.

SFX The Event:
A sci-fi convention held on the 17th & 18th in Blackpool, England. Guests here were Anna Louise Plowman, Osiris in Stargate SG-1; SAM JONES III, Pete Ross on Smallville; John Shea, Adam Kane in Mutant X & Lex Luthor in New Adventures of Superman; Michael Rosenbaum Lex Luthor in Smallville; and Michael Shanks, Dr Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1.

Tampa Star Trek Vulkon:
A Star Trek convention (with Stargate SG-1 guests too) that was held in Tampa, Florida from May 30 - June 1. The guests were Alexander Siddig & Michael Dorn of ST:DS9 & TNG; and Teryl Rothery & Corin Nemec of Stargate SG-1.

If you know of a convention that isn't listed at the OTF convention page (http://communications.outpost10f.com/~external/cons) please feel free to send me the info for it to my email at star_wars_guru@hotmail.com. Well that finishes this article up, and I hope to see you next time.