2015

Easter	Dysprosium
April 3	Cats Laughing reunion concert at Minicon 50
April 4	2015 Hugo Award finalists announced and found to be dominated by Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies candidates, except in Best Fan Artist category
April 17	Art Widner dies
August 19-23	Sasquan
August 12-September 14	Nina Horvath TAFF trip
August 22	No Award for five Hugo Award categories
August 23	Alfie Awards first presented
August 31	Ned Brooks dies
November 4	600th anniversary of Agincourt
December 23	Jack Robins dies
	TAFF: Nina Horvath
	CUFF: Paul Carreau
	FFANZ: David McDonald
	GUFF: Jukka Halme
	NAFF: Tehani Wessely

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Births and Deaths:

Adrienne Martine Barnes - Ann Dietz - Ann McKnight - Anne Morrel - Arnim Seielstad - Art Widner - Bruce E. Durocher II - Carol De Priest - Carol Severance - Chuck Miller - Colin Cameron - D. West - Dave Gibson - Dave Hiatt - Don Anderson - Doug Hoylman - Edythe Eyde - Felice Rolfe - Fred Duarte - Fred Hemmings - George Clayton Johnson - Jack Robins - Jon Arfstrom - Joël Champetier - Louis Kuslan - Margaret Ford Keifer - Melanie Tem - Mick O'Connor - Murphy Anderson - Nancy Nutt - Ned Brooks - Pat Adkins - Patrick H. Adkins - Paul Anderson - Pauline Ashwell - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Perry A. Chapdelaine - Pete Gilligan - Renee Alper - Rick Knobloch - Sam Basham, Jr. - Sandy Swank - Stan Burns - Suzette Haden Elgin - Tanith Lee - Ted Ball - Terry Pratchett - Wolfgang Jeschke

Convention series started or ended:

Anglicon - Apollocon - CONduit - Chi-Fi - ConChord - ConFuse - Conjecture - JOFcon - MantiCon - Microcon - NonCon - Pi-Con - Tynecon - Vul-Con - WetzCon - Wetzcon

Onetime conventions:

Archipelacon - Operacon

Bids:

Helsinki in 2015 - Orlando in 2015 - Spokane in 2015

Publications started or ended:

! and Don't Forget It! - A Rough Guide to GUFF - A Vince Clarke Treasury - Clickety Click - Fangirl Happy Hour - Faster Than Light Radio - Fornax - Fourth Age Lembas - Hearth & Heart - Lake Geneva - Madison Foursquare - Mithila Review - Obir Magazine - Reflections in the Shards - Rocket Stack Rank - The Art of Garthness - The MOTA Reader - The White Notebooks - The Winners Guide to Winning a Fan Fund - Tyne Capsule

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

2015 Hugos - Alfie Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fanhistory:

Gamergate

New fanspeak coined:

GNU

Miscellaneous:

Peggy Rae Sapienza Endowment

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Asia:

HAL-CON 2015 - The White Notebooks

Australia:

Con 70 - Conflux 11 - Continuum 11 - Continuum 15 - Nullus Anxietas V - Paul Anderson - Swancon 40 - The Winners Guide to Winning a Fan Fund

Britain:

A Vince Clarke Treasury - ArmadaCon 27 - Bristol-Con 2015 - Clickety Click - Con27ilkin - Corflu 32 - D. West - Dave Gibson - Don't Try This At Home - Dysprosium - Fangirl Happy Hour - FantasyCon 2015 - Fourth Age Lembas - Fred Hemmings - Microcon - Microcon 2015 - Nine Worlds 2015 - Novacon 45 - Oxonmoot 2015 - Pauline Ashwell - Pete Gilligan - Picocon 32 - Redemption '15 - Reflections in the Shards - Tanith Lee - Ted Ball - Terry Pratchett - TitanCon 2015 - Tyne Capsule - Tynecon

Canada:

Ad Astra 2015 - Boréal 2015 - CAN*CON 2015 - Copy Red Leader - FilKONtario 25 - Hal-Con 2015 - Joël Champetier - Keycon 32 - Obir Magazine - SFContario 6 - The Art of Garthness - VCON 40 - Vul-Con - When Words Collide 2015

Europe:

Archipelacon - ConFuse - ConFuse 2015 - DFDF 2015 - Eurocon 2015 - Fantasticon 2015 - FilkContinental 2015 - Helsinki in 2015 - WetzCon - WetzCon II - Wetzcon - Wolfgang Jeschke

Ireland:

A Rough Guide to GUFF - Mick O'Connor - Octocon 2015 - TitanCon 2015

New Zealand:

Reconnaissance

US:

! and Don't Forget It! - 9Pi-Con - Adrienne Martine Barnes - AggieCon 46 - Albacon 2014.5 - Alfie Awards - Anglicon - Ann Dietz - Ann McKnight - Apollocon - Apollocon 2015 - Arcana 45 - Archon 39 - Arisia '15 - ArmadilloCon 37 - Arnim Seielstad - Art Widner - Back to the ConFusion - Balticon 49 - Baycon 2015 - Boskone 52 - Bruce E. Durocher II - Bubonicon 47 - CONduit - CONduit 25 - CONtraflow IV - CONtraflow V - COSine 2015 - Capclave 2015 - Capricon 35 - Carol De Priest - Carol Severance - Chambanacon 45 - Chattacon 40 - Chessiecon 2015 - Chi-Fi - Chuck Miller - Coastcon 38 - Colin Cameron - Con*Stellation XXXIII - ConCertino 2015 - ConChord - ConChord 27 - ConClave 39 - ConComCon 22 - ConDFW XIV - ConDor XXII - ConGregate 2 - ConQuesT 46 - ConStellation VI - Concave 36 - Conflikt 8 - Confluence 2015 - Conglomeration 2015 - Conjecture - Consonance 2015 - Convolution 2015 - Costume-Con 33 - DarkCon 8 - Dave Hiatt - DemiCon 26 - Diversicon 23 - Don Anderson - Doug Hoylman - Edythe Eyde - FOGcon 2015 - Fangirl Happy Hour - Faster Than Light Radio - Felice Rolfe - FenCon XII - Foolscap 17 - Fornax - Fourth Street Fantasy 2015 - Fred Duarte - GAFilk 2015 - Genericon XXVIII - George Clayton Johnson - GrangeCon9 - Hearth & Heart - ICFA 36 - ICON 40 - IllogiCon iv - InConJunction XXXV - JOFcon - Jack Robins - Jon Arfstrom - JordanCon VII - Lake Geneva - LepreCon 41 - LibertyCon 28 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 33 - Loscon 42 - Louis Kuslan - Lunacon 2015 - Madison Foursquare - MantiCon - Marcon 50 - Margaret Ford Keifer - MarsCon 2015 - Melanie Tem - MidSouthCon 33 - Midwestcon 66 - MileHiCon 47 - Millennicon 29 - Minicon 50 - MisCon 29 - Murphy Anderson - Mythcon 46 - Myths and Legends 3 - NSCon 15 - Nancy Nutt - Nebula Award Weekend 2015 - Necon 35 - NecronomiCon Providence 2015 - Necronomicon 2015 - Ned Brooks - NonCon - Norwescon 38 - OASIS 27 - OVFF 31 - Odyssey Con XV - Operacon - Orlando in 2015 - OryCon 37 - Pat Adkins - Patrick H. Adkins - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Peggy Rae Sapienza Endowment - Perry A. Chapdelaine - Philcon 2015 - Pi-Con - PulpFest 2015 - RadCon 6C - RavenCon 10 - Readercon 26 - Renee Alper - Rick Knobloch - Rustycon 32 - Sam Basham, Jr. - Sandy Swank - Sasquan - Smofcon 33 - SoonerCon 24 - Spokane in 2015 - Stan Burns - Suzette Haden Elgin - The MOTA Reader - Tomorrow's Songs Today - Traincon 2 - TusCon 42 - Valleycon 41 - Westercon 68 - WillyCon XVII - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 15 - Windycon 42 - WisCon 39 - World Fantasy Convention 2015

Rest of the World:

Mithila Review