1983

March 11-13	First ConChord
Easter	Albacon II
June 13	Bob Pavlat dies
September 1-5 (Labor Day)	ConStellation (Worldcon)
December 9-11	First Czarkon held
	Avedon Carol TAFF trip
	DUFF: Jerry Kaufman (South)
	FFANZ: Tom Cardy (West)
	First Picocon

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Births and Deaths:

Bert Campbell - Bob Pavlat - Bogi Takács - Bruce Angrave - Christopher Paolini - Clayton Hamlin - Dean Dickensheet - Eric Needham - Eva Firestone - Evelyn Barrett - Frances Tanner - Franz Ettl - Frederick Shroyer - George T. Wetzel - Joe Gilbert - Larry Propp - Leonard Wibberley - Lou Goldstone - Mack Reynolds - Mike Wood - Oliver King Smith - Roy G. Krenkel - Rudolph Belarski - Thomas Olde Heuvelt - Zenna Henderson

Convention series started or ended:

ASFiCon - Aquacon - ConChord - ConTact - Contact - Costume-Con - Czarkon - Electracon - Eucon - Foolcon - Hatcon - Humanicon - InstaCon - Lexicon - Life, the Universe, & Everything - MysteryKon - Novacon - Paracon - Picocon - SpoCon - Treasure-Con - Treasurecon - Vul-Con - Wichacon - Xanadu

Onetime conventions:

Colorado Mountain Con - Conpanion - Constellation Con - Fantasy Festival - Incognicon - Invention II - Invention - King Kon - Microcon '83 - Millenium - Outre-vention - Pendulum - RA CON - Ratcon - Shorcon - Starcall - Valcon

Bids:

Adelaide in '83 - Australia in '83 - Baltimore in '83 - Britain in '84 - Johnstown in 1983 - Metrocon - New York in '83 - Oakland in '83 - Portland in '83 - San Francisco in '83 - San Jose in '83 - Vancouver in '83 - Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983

Publications started or ended:

A Cool Head - A Meara for Observers - A New Settlement of Old Scores - Abdump - Amon Hen - Anor - Armadillos in the Skirting Board - Arthedain-Nytt - Beardmutterings - Blue Suede News - Boonfark - Born in the UK - Calma Mindon - Chalkdust - Cheap Truth - Chin Music - Chocolates of Lust - Complete Quandry - Crab Droppings - DNQ - Dead Hedgehog - Dernier Salon Avant l'Autoroute - Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction - Dot - Drunkard's Talk - egoscan - Empties - Enter the Lists - Eta - FFANZ for the Memories - Faans - Famous Monsters of Filmland - For Paranoids Only - From the Cockpit - Gallimaufry - Give Dog Boiled Yak - Harlot - Helpmaboab - Hysteresis - Land of Laughs - Laurinque - Lost Palantir - Love Makes the World Go Awry - Merulius Lacrymans - Mythos - Nabu - New Tolkien Newsletter - Not Science Fantasy News - Nouveau Revue Blue - Nutz - Out of the Blue - Paranoid - Penseroso - Phoenix - Prolapse - Proton - Rastus - Reflects - Sappho's Dawn - Sci-Fi Club Bulletin - Science Fiction Nytt - Scientifriction - Shark-Infested Custard - Shire News - Sic Biscuit Disintegraaf - Sneetche - Some Luck/It Figures - Sorgenkind - Sounding the Ritual Echo - South on Peachtree - Spaghetti Junction - Spell - Still It Moves - Strange Lands: A Guide to the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft - Suspect Device - TAFF Talk - Taurendor - Texas SF Inquirer - The Craters of the Moon - The Insider - The Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter - The Ring Bearer - The Westmarch Messenger - Theme - Tiger Tea - To the Stars - Trap Door - Twilight Zine - Twll-Ddu - Waste of a Tree - Weird Shit Tales - Whimsey - Worm Cravings - Xyster

Publishers founded or closed:

Baen Books

Awards made, started or ended:

1983 Hugos - Compton Crook Award - Harry Harrison Award for Promoting Science Fiction Internationally - Mythopoeic Award - Philip K. Dick Award

Stores opened or closed:

Galactic Enterprises

Clubs founded or disbanded:

ASFiC - Cosmic Hitchhikers Appreciation Society - Futura - Minas Tirith - Northview Association for Science Fiction Addicts - SCOT - The Norse Alliance - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - The Society of the Ring - Tol-en-Estel - Westmarch

Fanhistory:

Beam's Choice Bob Tucker Special Label Project - ConStellation Bankruptcy - Lloyd Eshbach's ConStellation Reminiscence - Prolapse

New fanspeak coined:

Cosplay

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Adelaide in '83 - Advention 4 - Australia in '83 - Conpanion - Cosmic Hitchhikers Appreciation Society - FFANZ - Funcon - Give Dog Boiled Yak - Ratcon - SCOT - Shark-Infested Custard - Sneetche - Swancon 8 - Syncon '83 - The Ring Bearer

Britain:

A Cool Head - A Meara for Observers - APA-B - Abdump - Albacon II - Amon Hen - Anor - Armadillos in the Skirting Board - BECCON '83 - Bert Campbell - Blue Suede News - Born in the UK - Britain in '84 - Bruce Angrave - Calma Mindon - Chalkdust - Chocolates of Lust - Crab Droppings - Cymrucon 3 - D. West Fan Fund - Dead Hedgehog - Dot - Drunkard's Talk - Empties - Eric Needham - Eta - Fantasycon VIII - For Paranoids Only - Frank's APA - Helpmaboab - Invention - Land of Laughs - Laurinque - Merulius Lacrymans - Metrocon - Microcon 2 - Minas Tirith - Mythcon 1983 - Nabu - New Tolkien Newsletter - Not Science Fantasy News - Nouveau Revue Blue - Novacon 13 - Nutz - Out of the Blue - Oxonmoot 1983 - Paranoid - Picocon - Picocon 1 - Prolapse - Proton - RA CON - Rastus - Sappho's Dawn - Shire News - Shoestringcon 5 - Sic Biscuit Disintegraaf - Silicon 7 - Sorgenkind - Sounding the Ritual Echo - Spell - Still It Moves - Surrey Limpwrists' APA - Suspect Device - TAFF Talk - Taurendor - The Norse Alliance - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - The Society of the Ring - The Westmarch Messenger - Theme - Tiger Tea - Tol-en-Estel - Twilight Zine - Twll-Ddu - Unicon 4 - Waste of a Tree - Westmarch - Xyster

Canada:

Ad Astra III - Boréal '83 - Constellation Con - Costume-Con - DNQ - Enter the Lists - Halcon 6 - Incognicon - Love Makes the World Go Awry - Maplecon 5 - Millenium - Noncon 6 - Northview Association for Science Fiction Addicts - Pendulum - Rain Cinq - VCON 11 - Vancouver in '83

Europe:

Arthedain-Nytt - Bogi Takács - Dernier Salon Avant l'Autoroute - Eurocon 8 - Franz Ettl - Futura - Science Fiction Nytt - Spaghetti Junction - Thomas Olde Heuvelt - Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983 - X-Con

Ireland:

New Zealand:

FFANZ - FFANZ for the Memories - Timeless Sands — a History of Science Fiction Fandom in New Zealand - Windycon

US:

A New Settlement of Old Scores - APA-VCR - ASFiC - ASFiCon - ASFiCon 4 - AggieCon XIV - Apricon 6 - Aquacon - Aquacon II - Archon 7 - ArmadilloCon 5 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1983 - Baen Books - Balticon 17 - Baltimore in '83 - Baycon '83 - Beardmutterings - Bob Pavlat - Bogi Takács - Boonfark - Boskone 20 - Bubonicon 15 - Capricon 3 - ChambanaCon 13 - Chattacon VIII - Cheap Truth - Chin Music - Christopher Paolini - Clayton Hamlin - Coastcon '83 - Codclave IX - Colorado Mountain Con - Complete Quandry - Compton Crook Award - Con 1983 - Con*Stellation II - Con*Tretemps 2 - Con-Tex - ConChord - ConChord 1 - ConClave VIII - ConFusion 101 - ConQuesT 4+10 - ConStellation - ConStellation Bankruptcy - Lloyd Eshbach's ConStellation Reminiscence - ConTact - ConTact 1 - Concave 4 - Contact - Contradiction 3 - CopperCon 3 - Costume-Con - Costume-Con 1 - Courts of Chaos - Czarkon - Czarkon 1 - Darkover Grand Council 6 - Dean Dickensheet - DeepSouthCon 21 - Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction - Disclave 27 - Earthcon III - Eatoncon 5 - egoscan - Electracon - Empiricon 4 - Eucon - Eucon 1 - Eva Firestone - Evelyn Barrett - Faans - Famous Monsters of Filmland - Fantasy Festival - Fantasy Worlds Festival '83 - FilkCon 5.2 - Fool-Con VI - Foolcon - Frances Tanner - Frederick Shroyer - From the Cockpit - Galactic Enterprises - Gallimaufry - George T. Wetzel - Harlot - Harry Harrison Award for Promoting Science Fiction Internationally - Hatcon - Hexacon 6 - Humanicon - Humanicon I - Hysteresis - I-Con II - ICFA 4 - ICON 8 - InConJunction III - InstaCon - InstaCon 1 - Invention II - Joe Gilbert - Johnstown in 1983 - King Kon - Krushenko's - Kubla Khanvalescence - Larry Propp - Leonard Wibberley - LepreCon 9 - Lexicon - Life, the Universe, & Everything - Life, the Universe, & Everything 1 - Loscon 10 - Lost Palantir - Lou Goldstone - Lunacon 26 - Mack Reynolds - Marcon XVIII - Maxicon 1 - Microcon '83 - Midwestcon 34 - Mike Wood - MileHiCon 15 - Minicon 19 - MosCon V - Munchcon III - MysteryKon - MystiCon 2.5 - Mythcon XIV - Mythopoeic Award - Mythos - Necon 4 - Necronomicon '83 - New York in '83 - Norwescon VI - Novacon '83 - Novacon - OKon 6 - Oakland in '83 - Oliver King Smith - Omacon 3 - OryCon V - Outre-vention - Paracon - Paracon VI - Penseroso - Philcon 1982.1 - Philcon 1983 - Philip K. Dick Award - Phoenix - Portland in '83 - Pulpcon 12 - Reflects - Rivercon VIII - Roc*Kon 8 - Rovacon 8 - Roy G. Krenkel - Rudolph Belarski - San Francisco in '83 - San Jose in '83 - Sci-Con 5 - Sci-Fi Club Bulletin - Scientifriction - Shorcon - Some Luck/It Figures - South on Peachtree - SpoCon - SpoCon '83 - Starcall - StellarCon VIII - Strange Lands: A Guide to the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft - Swampcon 4 - Texarkon 1983 - Texas SF Inquirer - The Craters of the Moon - The Guide to Supernatural Fiction - The Insider - The Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter - To the Stars - Trap Door - Treasure-Con - Treasurecon - Tropicon II - TusCon 10 - Unicon 8 - Valcon - Valleycon 8 - Vikingcon 4 - Vul-Con - Weird Shit Tales - Westerchron - Whimsey - Wichacon - Wichacon 2 - Windycon X - WisCon 7 - World Fantasy Convention 1983 - X-Con 7 - Xanadu - Xanadu I - Zenna Henderson

Rest of the World: