1951

February	Australian Science Fiction Society announced in first issue of Woomera
March 25	First International Fantasy Award given out
Whitsun	Festivention
July	ASFO started
Mid	Little Monsters of America formed
Labor Day	Lee Hoffman unmasked as a girl!
Labor Day	Room 770 party held
September 1-3	Nolacon I (Worldcon)

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Births and Deaths:

A. A. Attanasio - Abigail Frost - Algernon Blackwood - Avedon Carol - Barbara Hambly - Beth Meacham - Bill Schelly - Brian Attebery - C. J. Henderson - Carl Freedman - Charlaine Harris - Charles Vess - Charles de Lint - Christopher Evans - Christopher Hinz - Dave Luckett - David Bischoff - David Grigg - David Marusek - Deborah Turner Harris - Delia Sherman - Don Keller - Ellen Vartanoff - Eric Vinicoff - Esther Friesner - Gary Westfahl - Geoff Ryman - Geraldine Harris - Greg Bear - Greg Pickersgill - Guy Snyder - James Patrick Kelly - Janeen Webb - Jim Glass - Jim Young - Joe Lansdale - John Andrews - John Caspell - John Steakley - Jon Courtenay Grimwood - K. D. Wentworth - Leigh Kennedy - Mark Evans - Mark Harrison - Michael A. Banks - Michael Scott Rohan - Mike Raub - Moshe Feder - Orson Scott Card - P. C. Hodgell - Peter Andrew Jones - Priscilla Olson - R. Graeme Cameron - R. H. Barlow - Rick Sternbach - Ross Pavlac - Russ Woodman - Ruth Sanderson - Sherwood Smith - Simon Hawke - Stepan Chapman - Stephen Briggs - Stephen Leigh - Taral Wayne - Timothy Lane - Timothy Zahn - Val Lakey Lindahn - W. H. Pugmire - Wendy Pini - William H. Patterson

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

1951 International - Festivention - NECON

Bids:

DripCon - New Orleans in 1950 - New Orleans in 1951

Publications started or ended:

A Tale of the 'Evans - Alpha and Omega - Approach to Infinity - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Beware - Bizarre - Black Mask - Censored - Confusion - Cosmag - Fantasia - Fantasias - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Art Society Leaflet - Fantasy Book - Futurist - Journal of Science Fiction - Mad - Operation Fantast Handbook - Operation Fantast Newsletter - Pamphrey - Photon - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Digest - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - Sludge - Sol - Stef HeadliNews - Stfanews - Super Science Stories - Tactium - Telepath - The Fanscient - The Harp That Once or Twice - The Little Monsters of America - Torquasian Times - Wild Hair - Worlds Apart - Worlds Beyond

Publishers founded or closed:

Prime Press

Awards made, started or ended:

1951 Best Dramatic Presentation Retro Hugo - 1951 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo - 1951 Best Novel Retro Hugo - 1951 Best Novella Retro Hugo - 1951 Best Professional Artist Retro Hugo - 1951 Best Professional Editor Retro Hugo - 1951 Retro Hugos - International Fantasy Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

BSAW - Bradford Science Fiction Association - Fantasy Artisans - Liverpool Group - Little Monsters of America - SF International - SFS

Fan History:

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

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Dave Luckett - David Grigg - Janeen Webb - Telepath

Britain:

1951 International - Abigail Frost - Algernon Blackwood - Avedon Carol - Bradford Science Fiction Association - Christopher Evans - Deborah Turner Harris - Fantasy Art Society Leaflet - Festivention - Geoff Ryman - Geraldine Harris - Greg Pickersgill - International Fantasy Award - Jon Courtenay Grimwood - Leigh Kennedy - Liverpool Group - Mark Harrison - Michael Scott Rohan - NECON - Operation Fantast Handbook - Operation Fantast Newsletter - Peter Andrew Jones - SFS - Sludge - Stephen Briggs

Canada:

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

Europe:

SF International

Ireland:

Pamphrey

New Zealand:

US:

1951 Open ESFA - A Tale of the 'Evans - A. A. Attanasio - All Our Yesterdays - Alpha and Omega - Approach to Infinity - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Barbara Hambly - Beth Meacham - Beware - Bill Schelly - Bizarre - Black Mask - Brian Attebery - C. J. Henderson - Carl Freedman - Charlaine Harris - Charles Vess - Christopher Hinz - Clean up Fandom Crusade - Confusion - Cosmag - David Bischoff - David Marusek - Delia Sherman - Disclave 2 - Don Keller - DripCon - Ellen Vartanoff - Eric Vinicoff - Esther Friesner - Fandora's Box - Fantasia - Fantasias - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Artisans - Fantasy Book - Fanvet Convention 1 - Futurist - Gary Westfahl - Greg Bear - Guy Snyder - James Patrick Kelly - Jim Glass - Jim Young - Joe Lansdale - John Andrews - John Steakley - Journal of Science Fiction - K. D. Wentworth - Little Monsters of America - Mad - Mark Evans - Michael A. Banks - Midwestcon 2 - Mike Raub - Moshe Feder - New Orleans in 1950 - New Orleans in 1951 - Nolacon - Sam Moskowitz' Nolacon I Reminiscence - Orson Scott Card - P. C. Hodgell - Photon - Prime Press - Priscilla Olson - R. H. Barlow - Rick Sternbach - Room 770 - Ross Pavlac - Russ Woodman - Ruth Sanderson - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Digest - Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - Sherwood Smith - Simon Hawke - Sol - Stef HeadliNews - Stepan Chapman - Stephen Leigh - Stfanews - Super Science Stories - Tactium - The Exploration of Space - The Fanscient - The Harp That Once or Twice - The Little Monsters of America - Timothy Lane - Timothy Zahn - Torquasian Times - Val Lakey Lindahn - W. H. Pugmire - Wendy Pini - Westercon 4 - Wild Hair - William H. Patterson - Worlds Apart - Worlds Beyond

Rest of the World:

R. H. Barlow