1950

April 30	First Disclave held
June	The first Midwestcon was held
August	Lee Hoffman's Quandry, the focal point fanzine of Sixth Fandom begins publication
Labor Day	NorWesCon (Worldcon)
October	Galaxy starts publication
	VAPA ends

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Births and Deaths:

Alfred Korzybski - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Asenath Hammond - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Charles Lee Jackson II - David Brin - David Pringle - Dean Wesley Smith - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Evelyn Leeper - G. Sutton Breiding - Gale Burnick - George Orwell - James P. Blaylock - Jay Kinney - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John Kessel - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Kees Huizer - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Olaf Stapledon - Owen K. Laurion - Paul Brazier - Paul Watson - Randy Bathurst - Richard Pini - Roger Garland - Stephen R. Lawhead - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Tade Thompson - Terry Hughes

Convention series started or ended:

Disclave

Onetime conventions:

Hydracon - Lynnhavention

Bids:

Capicon in '50 - New York in '50 - Portland in 1950

Publications started or ended:

A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Alpha and Omega - Asmodeus - BEM - Bizarre - Bobolings - Cry of the Nameless - Destiny - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy Review - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Fanvets - Futurist - Galaxy Science Fiction - Hurkle - Imagination (prozine) - Irusaben - Nebula - Orb - Out of this World Adventures - Peace on Sol III - Phantasmagoria - Quandry - Renascence - STEFCARD - Science Fantasy - Science Fiction Newscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - The Insider - Thrills Incorporated - Timewarp - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Worlds Beyond

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1950 Retro Hugos - Invisible Little Man Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fanvets - ISFA - University of Chicago Science Fiction Club

Fan History:

1950 Fan Directory - Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Thrills Incorporated

Britain:

David Pringle - Fantasy Review - George Orwell - Olaf Stapledon - Paul Brazier - Phantasmagoria - Roger Garland - Science Fantasy - Stephen R. Lawhead - Tade Thompson

Canada:

Europe:

Kees Huizer

Ireland:

Peace on Sol III

New Zealand:

US:

1950 Open ESFA - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - APA-50 - Activity Party - Alfred Korzybski - Alpha and Omega - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Archon 16 - Asenath Hammond - Asmodeus - BEM - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bizarre - Bobolings - Boskone 16 - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Capicon in '50 - Charles Lee Jackson II - Cry of the Nameless - David Brin - Dean Wesley Smith - Destiny - Disclave - Disclave 1 - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Evelyn Leeper - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Fanvets - Futurist - G. Sutton Breiding - Galaxy Science Fiction - Gale Burnick - Hurkle - Hydracon - ISFA - Imagination (prozine) - Invisible Little Man Award - Irusaben - James P. Blaylock - Jay Kinney - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John Kessel - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Lynnhavention - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Midwestcon 1 - Nebula - New York in '50 - NorWesCon - Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence - Orb - Out of this World Adventures - Owen K. Laurion - Paul Watson - Philcon 1950 - Portland in 1950 - Quandry - Randy Bathurst - Renascence - Richard Pini - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Newscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Terry Hughes - The Insider - Timewarp - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - University of Chicago Science Fiction Club - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Weird Tales Index - Westercon 3 - Worlds Beyond

Rest of the World: