1951

February	Australian Science Fiction Society announced in first issue of Woomera
March 25	First International Fantasy Award given out
April	Mari Wolf began her “Fandora's Box” column
May 10–14	Festivention
July	ASFO started
Mid	Little Monsters of America formed
September 1–3	Nolacon (Worldcon)
	Room 770 party held
	Lee Hoffman unmasked as a girl!
	“Klaatu borada nikto” and “Keep watching the skies!” become catchphrases.

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Births and Deaths:

A. A. Attanasio - Abigail Frost - Algernon Blackwood - Anna Vargo - Avedon Carol - Barbara Hambly - Beth Meacham - Betsy Wollheim - Bill Schelly - Brian Attebery - C. J. Henderson - Carl Freedman - Charlaine Harris - Charles Vess - Charles de Lint - Christopher Evans - Christopher Hinz - Dave Luckett - Dave Tompkins - David Bischoff - David Cargo - David Grigg - David Marusek - Dean Morrissey - Deborah Turner Harris - Delia Sherman - Dena Brown - Don Keller - Donya White - Ellen Vartanoff - Eric Vinicoff - Esther Friesner - Eve Harvey - Frank Richards - Gary McGath - Gary Westfahl - Geoff Ryman - Geraldine Harris - Gerry Adair - Greg Bear - Greg Eide - Greg Pickersgill - Guy Snyder - James Patrick Kelly - Jane Dennis - Jane Hawkins - Janeen Webb - Janis Ian - Jeanne Gomoll - Jeff Schalles - Jim Glass - Jim Young - Joe Lansdale - John Andrews - John Caspell - John Steakley - Jon Courtenay Grimwood - Jonh Ingham - K. D. Wentworth - Kathy Mar - Lanny Waitsman - Leigh Kennedy - Lester Boutillier - Lola Ann Andrew Center - Lynn Harris - Margaret Basta - Mark Evans - Mark Harrison - Mary Peek - Michael A. Banks - Michael Scott Rohan - Michael Short - Mike Raub - Moshe Feder - Nick Smith - Orson Scott Card - P. C. Hodgell - Per Insulander - Peter Andrew Jones - Priscilla Olson - R. Graeme Cameron - R. H. Barlow - Rick Sternbach - Robert Osband - Robert Sacks - Robert Whitaker Sirignano - Rosemary Pardoe - Ross Pavlac - Russ Woodman - Ruth Sanderson - Sherwood Smith - Simon Hawke - Stepan Chapman - Stephen Briggs - Stephen Leigh - Steve Norris - Taral Wayne - Tatiana Keller - The Turd - Timothy Lane - Timothy Zahn - Ulf Westblom - Val Lakey Lindahn - W. H. Pugmire - Wendy Pini - William H. Patterson

Convention series started or ended:

Fanvet Convention

Onetime conventions:

Festivention - NECON

Bids:

DripCon - New Orleans in 1950 - New Orleans in 1951

Publications started or ended:

A Tale of the 'Evans - Aberrations - Al la Baboom - Alpha and Omega - Aonia - Approach to Infinity - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Backtrack - Bend Sinister - Beware - Bizarre - Censored - Challenge - Confusion - Cosmag - Fantasia - Fantasias - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Art Society Leaflet - Fantasy Book - Fantasy Jackass - Futurist - Inphantasmagoria - It - Mad - Operation Fantast Handbook - Operation Fantast Newsletter - Pamphrey - Photon - Quibble - Renaissance - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Digest - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - Shadowland - Sludge - Sol - Standard Twins - Stef HeadliNews - Stfanews - Stopgap - Super Science Stories - Tactium - Telepath - The Chattahoochee, Okefenokee, & Ogeechee Occasional Gazette - The Committeeman - The Fanscient - The Harp That Once or Twice - The Harp in England - The Journal of Science Fiction - The Talisman - Torquasian Times - Wild Hair - Willish - Worlds Apart - Worlds Beyond

Publishers founded or closed:

Prime Press

Awards made, started or ended:

International Fantasy Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Australian Science Fiction Society - BSAW - BSFA - Bradford Science Fiction Association - British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society - Fantasy Art Society - Fantasy Artisans - Liverpool Group - Little Monsters of America - Nor'west Science Fantasy Club - Project Fan Club - SF International - SFS - Science Fantasy Society membership 1948-1951

Fanhistory:

Clean up Fandom Crusade - Sam Moskowitz' Nolacon I Reminiscence - Room 770 - The Turd

New fanspeak coined:

Avoidism - Fansmanship - In the Original German - Keep Watching the Skies! - Klaatu borada nikto - MYOB - Quote-Cover - Willish

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Australian Science Fiction Society - Dave Luckett - David Grigg - Janeen Webb - Stopgap - Telepath

Britain:

Abigail Frost - Algernon Blackwood - Avedon Carol - BSFA - Bradford Science Fiction Association - British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society - Christopher Evans - Dave Tompkins - Deborah Turner Harris - Eve Harvey - Fantasy Art Society - Fantasy Art Society Leaflet - Festivention - Geoff Ryman - Geraldine Harris - Greg Pickersgill - Inphantasmagoria - International Fantasy Award - Jon Courtenay Grimwood - Jonh Ingham - Leigh Kennedy - Liverpool Group - Mark Harrison - Mary Peek - Michael Scott Rohan - NECON - Nor'west Science Fantasy Club - Operation Fantast Handbook - Operation Fantast Newsletter - Pamphrey - Peter Andrew Jones - Quibble - Rosemary Pardoe - S-F Soap Opera Company - SFS - Science Fantasy Society membership 1948-1951 - Sludge - Stephen Briggs - The Harp in England - Willish

Canada:

Censored - Charles de Lint - John Caspell - R. Graeme Cameron - Taral Wayne

Europe:

Eve Harvey - Per Insulander - SF International - Ulf Westblom

Ireland:

Inphantasmagoria - Pamphrey - The Harp in England - Willish

New Zealand:

US:

1951 Open ESFA - A Tale of the 'Evans - A. A. Attanasio - Aberrations - Al la Baboom - All Our Yesterdays - Alpha and Omega - Anna Vargo - Aonia - Approach to Infinity - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Backtrack - Barbara Hambly - Beatley's - Bend Sinister - Beth Meacham - Betsy Wollheim - Beware - Bill Schelly - Bizarre - Brian Attebery - C. J. Henderson - Carl Freedman - Challenge - Charlaine Harris - Charles Vess - Christopher Hinz - Clean up Fandom Crusade - Confusion - Cosmag - David Bischoff - David Cargo - David Marusek - Dean Morrissey - Delia Sherman - Dena Brown - Disclave 2 - Don Keller - Donya White - DripCon - Ellen Vartanoff - Eric Vinicoff - Esther Friesner - Fantasia - Fantasias - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Artisans - Fantasy Book - Fantasy Jackass - Fanvet Convention - Fanvet Convention 1 - Frank Richards - Futurist - Gary McGath - Gary Westfahl - Gerry Adair - Greg Bear - Greg Eide - Guy Snyder - It - James Patrick Kelly - Jane Dennis - Jane Hawkins - Janis Ian - Jeanne Gomoll - Jeff Schalles - Jim Glass - Jim Young - Joe Lansdale - John Andrews - John Steakley - Jonh Ingham - K. D. Wentworth - Kathy Mar - Lanny Waitsman - Lester Boutillier - Little Monsters of America - Lola Ann Andrew Center - Lynn Harris - MYOB - Mad - Margaret Basta - Mark Evans - Michael A. Banks - Michael Short - Midwestcon 2 - Mike Raub - Moshe Feder - New Orleans in 1950 - New Orleans in 1951 - Nick Smith - Nolacon - Sam Moskowitz' Nolacon I Reminiscence - Orson Scott Card - P. C. Hodgell - Photon - Prime Press - Priscilla Olson - Project Fan Club - R. H. Barlow - Renaissance - Rick Sternbach - Robert Osband - Robert Sacks - Robert Whitaker Sirignano - Room 770 - Ross Pavlac - Russ Woodman - Ruth Sanderson - SF International - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Digest - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - Shadowland - Sherwood Smith - Simon Hawke - Sol - Standard Twins - Stef HeadliNews - Stepan Chapman - Stephen Leigh - Steve Norris - Stfanews - Super Science Stories - Tactium - Tatiana Keller - The Chattahoochee, Okefenokee, & Ogeechee Occasional Gazette - The Committeeman - The Fanscient - The Harp That Once or Twice - The Journal of Science Fiction - The Talisman - The Turd - Timothy Lane - Timothy Zahn - Torquasian Times - Ulf Westblom - Val Lakey Lindahn - W. H. Pugmire - Wendy Pini - Westercon 4 - Wild Hair - William H. Patterson - Willish - Worlds Apart - Worlds Beyond

Rest of the World:

Dena Brown - R. H. Barlow