List of Worldcons
This World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) list includes prior and scheduled Worldcons. The data is maintained by the Long List Committee, a World Science Fiction Society sub-committee.
Notes:
- Name – a convention is normally listed by the least confusing version of its name. This is usually the name preferred by the convention, but fannish tradition is followed in retroactively numbering the first Worldcon in a series 1 (or I or One).
- Guests of honor – custom in designating guests of honor has varied greatly, with some conventions giving specific titles (Fan, Pro, Australia, US, Artist, etc.) and some simply call them all guests of honor. Specific labels have been used where they existed, as have regional variants in spelling.
- Size – where available, this column records two numbers: how many paying members attended the Worldcon and how many total members there were (in parentheses). The available data is very incomplete and imprecise and many of these numbers are probably substantially in error.
- No Worldcons were held between 1942 and 1945 due to World War II.
| Year | Name | City | Country | Guests of honor | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1939 | Nycon I | New York, New York | US | Frank R. Paul | 200 |
| 2nd | 1940 | Chicon I | Chicago, Illinois | US | E. E. "Doc" Smith | 128 |
| 3rd | 1941 | Denvention I | Denver, Colorado | US | Robert A. Heinlein | 90 |
| 4th | 1946 | Pacificon I | Los Angeles, California | US | A. E. van Vogt E. Mayne Hull |
130 |
| 5th | 1947 | Philcon I | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | US | John W. Campbell, Jr. | 200 |
| 6th | 1948 | Torcon I | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Robert Bloch (pro) Bob Tucker (fan) |
200 |
| 7th | 1949 | Cinvention | Cincinnati, Ohio | US | Lloyd A. Eshbach (pro) Ted Carnell (fan) |
190 |
| 8th | 1950 | Norwescon | Portland, Oregon | US | Anthony Boucher | 400 |
| 9th | 1951 | Nolacon I | New Orleans, Louisiana | US | Fritz Leiber | 190 |
| 10th | 1952 | TASFiC (Chicon II) | Chicago, Illinois | US | Hugo Gernsback | 870 |
| 11th | 1953 | Philcon II | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | US | Willy Ley | 750 |
| 12th | 1954 | SFCon | San Francisco, California | US | John W. Campbell, Jr. | 700 |
| 13th | 1955 | Clevention | Cleveland, Ohio | US | Isaac Asimov (pro) Sam Moskowitz (mystery GoH) |
380 |
| 14th | 1956 | NyCon II | New York, New York | US | Arthur C. Clarke | 850 |
| 15th | 1957 | Loncon I | London | UK | John W. Campbell, Jr. | 268 |
| 16th | 1958 | Solacon | South Gate, California | US | Richard Matheson | 211 |
| 17th | 1959 | Detention | Detroit, Michigan | US | Poul Anderson (pro) (fan) |
371 |
| 18th | 1960 | Pittcon | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | US | James Blish | 568 |
| 19th | 1961 | Seacon | Seattle, Washington | US | Robert A. Heinlein | 300 |
| 20th | 1962 | Chicon III | Chicago, Illinois | US | Theodore Sturgeon | 730 |
| 21st | 1963 | Discon I | Washington, D.C. | US | Murray Leinster | 600 |
| 22nd | 1964 | Pacificon II | Oakland, California | US | Leigh Brackett (pro) Edmond Hamilton (pro) Forrest J Ackerman (fan) |
523 |
| 23rd | 1965 | Loncon II | London | UK | Brian W. Aldiss | 350 |
| 24th | 1966 | Tricon | Cleveland, Ohio | US | L. Sprague de Camp | 850 |
| 25th | 1967 | Nycon 3 | New York, New York | US | Lester del Rey (pro) Bob Tucker (fan) |
1,500 |
| 26th | 1968 | Baycon | Berkeley, California | US | Philip José Farmer (pro) (fan) |
1,430 |
| 27th | 1969 | St. Louiscon | St. Louis, Missouri | US | Jack Gaughan (pro) Eddie Jones (fan) |
1,534 |
| 28th | 1970 | Heicon '70 | Heidelberg | West Germany | E.C. Tubb (UK) Robert Silverberg (US) Herbert W. Franke (Germany) (fan) |
620 |
| 29th | 1971 | Noreascon I | Boston, Massachusetts | US | Clifford D. Simak (pro) Harry Warner, Jr. (fan) |
1,600 |
| 30th | 1972 | L.A.con I | Los Angeles, California | US | Frederik Pohl (pro) Buck & Juanita Coulson (fan) |
2,007 |
| 31st | 1973 | Torcon II | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Robert Bloch (pro) William Rotsler (fan) |
2,900 |
| 32nd | 1974 | Discon II | Washington, D.C. | US | Roger Zelazny (pro) (fan) |
3,587 |
| 33rd | 1975 | Aussiecon 1 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | Ursula K. Le Guin (pro) Susan Wood (fan) Mike Glicksohn (fan) Donald Tuck (Australian) |
606 |
| 34th | 1976 | MidAmeriCon | Kansas City, Missouri | US | Robert A. Heinlein George Barr (fan) |
3,014 |
| 35th | 1977 | SunCon | Miami Beach, Florida | US | Jack Williamson (pro) (fan) |
3,240 (4,200) |
| 36th | 1978 | IguanaCon II | Phoenix, Arizona | US | Harlan Ellison (pro) (fan) |
4,700 |
| 37th | 1979 | Seacon '79 | Brighton | UK | Brian Aldiss (UK) Fritz Leiber (US) Harry Bell (fan) |
3,114 |
| 38th | 1980 | Noreascon Two | Boston, Massachusetts | US | Damon Knight (pro) Kate Wilhelm (pro) Bruce Pelz (fan) |
5,850 |
| 39th | 1981 | Denvention Two | Denver, Colorado | US | Clifford D. Simak (pro) C.L. Moore (pro) Rusty Hevelin (fan) |
3,792 |
| 40th | 1982 | Chicon IV | Chicago, Illinois | US | A. Bertram Chandler (pro) Frank Kelly Freas (pro) Lee Hoffman (fan) |
4,275 |
| 41st | 1983 | ConStellation | Baltimore, Maryland | US | John Brunner (pro) David A. Kyle (fan) |
6,400 |
| 42nd | 1984 | L.A.con II | Anaheim, California | US | Gordon R. Dickson (pro) (fan) |
8,365 |
| 43rd | 1985 | Aussiecon Two | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | Gene Wolfe (pro) Ted White (fan) |
1,599 |
| 44th | 1986 | ConFederation | Atlanta, Georgia | US | Ray Bradbury (pro)[1] Terry Carr (fan) |
5,811 |
| 45th | 1987 | Conspiracy '87 | Brighton | UK | Doris Lessing (UK) Alfred Bester (US) Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (USSR) Jim Burns (artist) Ray Harryhausen (film) and Ken Slater (fan) David Langford (special fan) |
4,009 (5,425) |
| 46th | 1988 | Nolacon II | New Orleans, Louisiana | US | Donald A. Wollheim (pro) (fan) |
5,300 |
| 47th | 1989 | Noreascon 3 | Boston, Massachusetts | US | Andre Norton (pro) Betty and Ian Ballantine (pro) (fan) |
6,837 (7,795) |
| 48th | 1990 | ConFiction | The Hague | Netherlands | Harry Harrison (pro) Wolfgang Jeschke (pro) Joe Haldeman (pro) Andrew I. Porter (fan) |
3,580 |
| 49th | 1991 | Chicon V | Chicago, Illinois | US | Hal Clement (pro) Martin H. Greenberg (pro) Richard Powers (pro) (fan) |
5,661 |
| 50th | 1992 | MagiCon | Orlando, Florida | US | Jack Vance (pro) Vincent Di Fate (artist) Walter A. Willis (fan) |
5,319 (6,368) |
| 51st | 1993 | ConFrancisco | San Francisco, California | US | Larry Niven Alicia Austin (fan) Jan Howard Finder Mark Twain (Dead GoH) |
6,602 |
| 52nd | 1994 | ConAdian | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Canada | Anne McCaffrey (pro) George Barr (artist) (fan) |
3,570 (7,725) |
| 53rd | 1995 | Intersection | Glasgow, Scotland | UK | Samuel R. Delany (writer) Gerry Anderson (media) Les Edwards (artist) Vin¢ Clarke (fan) |
4,173 (6,524) |
| 54th | 1996 | L.A.con III | Anaheim, California | US | James White (writer) Roger Corman (media) (special) Takumi and Sachiko Shibano (fan) |
6,703 |
| 55th | 1997 | LoneStarCon 2 | San Antonio, Texas | US | Algis Budrys (pro) Michael Moorcock (pro) Don Maitz (artist) Roy Tackett (fan) |
4,634 (5,614) |
| 56th | 1998 | BucConeer | Baltimore, Maryland | US | C. J. Cherryh Milton A. Rothman Stanley Schmidt Michael Whelan J. Michael Straczynski (special) |
6,572 |
| 57th | 1999 | Aussiecon Three | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | Gregory Benford, author George Turner, author Bruce Gillespie, fan |
1,626 (2,872) |
| 58th | 2000 | Chicon 2000 | Chicago, Illinois | US | Ben Bova (author) Bob Eggleton (artist) Jim Baen (editor) & Anne Passovoy (fan) |
5,794 (6,574) |
| 59th | 2001 | Millennium Philcon | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | US | Greg Bear (author) Stephen Youll (artist) Gardner Dozois (editor) George H. Scithers (fan) |
4,840 (6,269) |
| 60th | 2002 | ConJosé | San Jose, California | US | Vernor Vinge (author) David Cherry (artist) Bjo & John Trimble (fan) Ferdinand Feghoot (imaginary) |
5,162 (5,916) |
| 61st | 2003 | Torcon 3 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | George R. R. Martin (author) Frank Kelly Freas (artist) Mike Glyer (fan) Robert Bloch (GoHst of Honor) |
3,834 (4,986) |
| 62nd | 2004 | Noreascon 4 | Boston, Massachusetts | US | Terry Pratchett (pro) William Tenn (pro) Jack Speer (fan) Peter Weston (fan) |
5,651 (7,485) |
| 63rd | 2005 | Interaction | Glasgow, Scotland | UK | Greg Pickersgill Christopher Priest Robert Sheckley Jane Yolen |
4,115 (5,202) |
| 64th | 2006 | L.A.con IV | Anaheim, California | US | Connie Willis (Author) James Gurney (Artist) Howard DeVore (fan) Frankie Thomas (Special) |
5,738 (6,291) |
| 65th | 2007 | Nippon 2007 | Yokohama | Japan | Sakyo Komatsu (author) David Brin (author) Takumi Shibano (fan) Yoshitaka Amano (artist) Michael Whelan (artist) |
3,348 (5,149)[2] |
| 66th | 2008 | Denvention 3 | Denver, Colorado | US | Lois McMaster Bujold (pro) (fan) Rick Sternbach (artist) |
3,752[3] |
| 67th | 2009 | Anticipation | Montréal, Québec | Canada | Neil Gaiman (pro) Elisabeth Vonarburg (pro) Taral Wayne (fan) David Hartwell (editor) Tom Doherty (publisher) |
3,925 (4,499) |
| 68th | 2010 | Aussiecon Four | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | Kim Stanley Robinson (author) (fan) Shaun Tan (artist) |
2,101 (3,462) |
| 69th | 2011 | Renovation | Reno, Nevada | US | Tim Powers Ellen Asher Boris Vallejo Charles N. Brown (in memoriam) |
4,112 (5,526) |
| 70th | 2012 | Chicon 7 | Chicago, Illinois | US | Mike Resnick (author) Rowena Morrill (artist) Story Musgrave (astronaut) Peggy Rae Sapienza (fan) Jane Frank (agent) Sy Liebergot (special guest) John Scalzi (toastmaster) |
4,743 (6,197) |
| 71st | 2013 | LoneStarCon 3 | San Antonio, Texas | US | Ellen Datlow James Gunn Norman Spinrad Darrell K. Sweet (in memoriam) Paul Cornell (toastmaster) Leslie Fish Joe R. Lansdale |
4,311 (6,060) |
| 72nd | 2014 | Loncon 3 | London | UK | Iain M. Banks (in memoriam) John Clute Chris Foss Malcolm Edwards Jeanne Gomoll Robin Hobb Bryan Talbot |
6,946 (10,718) |
| 73rd | 2015 | Sasquan | Spokane, Washington | US | Brad Foster David Gerrold Vonda McIntyre Tom Smith |
4,644 (10,350) |
| 74th | 2016 | MidAmeriCon II | Kansas City, Missouri | US | Kinuko Y. Craft Patrick Nielsen Hayden Teresa Nielsen Hayden Tamora Pierce Michael Swanwick |
4,602 (7,338) |
| 75th | 2017 | Worldcon 75[4] | Helsinki | Finland | John-Henri Holmberg Nalo Hopkinson Johanna Sinisalo Claire Wendling Walter Jon Williams |
5,944 (8,748)[5] |
| 76th | 2018 | Worldcon 76 in San Jose[6] | San Jose, California | US | Spider Robinson Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Edgar Pangborn |
5,440 (7,812)[7] |
| 77th | 2019 | Dublin 2019 - An Irish Worldcon | Dublin | Ireland | Diane Duane Ginjer Buchanan Jocelyn Bell Burnell Ian McDonald Steve Jackson Bill and Mary Burns |
6,525 (8,430) [8] |
| 78th | 2020 | CoNZealand | Wellington | New Zealand | Mercedes Lackey Larry Dixon Greg Broadmore |
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| 79th | 2021 | DisCon III | Washington, D.C. | US | John Harris Nancy Kress Malka Older Sheree Renée Thomas |
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| 80th | 2022 | Chicon 8 | Chicago, Illinois | US | Charles de Lint Floyd Norman and Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders |
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| 81st | 2023 | Chengdu Worldcon 81st | Chengdu | China | Cixin Liu Sergey Lukianenko Robert J. Sawyer |
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Martin, Sue (September 4, 1986). "S-F Convention Proves Out of This World". Los Angeles Times. pp. 5–18. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
- ^ "Nippon 2007: The First Worldcon in Japan". Locus. Oakland, CA: Locus Publications. 59 (5): 7. November 2007.
- ^ "Denvention 3: The 66th World Science Fiction Convention". Locus. Oakland, CA: Locus Publications. 61 (4): 8. October 2008.
- ^ "SF Site News » Worldcon 75".
- ^ "Membership Statistics".
- ^ http://www.wsfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-WSFS-Minutes-Final.pdf>
- ^ locusmag (2018-10-09). "Worldcon 76 Report". Locus Online. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Membership Statistics". SMOF Info The Long List. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
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