ValleyCon | Oct 17th - Oct 19th 2025

ValleyCon saw many ups and downs for the next several years, always maintaining a certain size and scope but not exceeding it. Members and officers came and went and the mood of the country changed but ValleyCon was always held in the fall. It became a constant for many in the community. What had been started as a small get-together for fans of science fiction and fantasy was becoming an event in the area. It was time to address certain issues in that regard.

Planning for ValleyCon 11 continued at a certain pace, yet for some members that pace was a little too slow. ValleyCon was becoming something of a “private party” for fans in the area and was in some ways exclusionary to outside people with merely a passing interest in the event. This attitude was not limited to ValleyCon, but pervaded fan conventions across the country -partially as a reaction to the labels many fans had been unfairly tagged with. A convention of the size of ValleyCon, numbering in the 300-400 attendee range, was also in serious jeopardy if it did not protect itself in case of accidents, etc. Realizing the need to progress beyond the intimate gathering and to serve the community as a legitimate professional entity devoted to promoting science fiction and fantasy in all forms, it was proposed to create a non-profit organization.

The fall of 2001 brought many past and new members to the organization with two missions: to bring the non-profit corporation back into solid standing and to begin the growth process once again. Membership adjusted itself and the group began anew. Rather than concentrate on just the annual event, Red River Science Fiction and Fantasy now outlined a plan to sponsor other events, in which ValleyCon would be the largest.