1971

April 9-10	First V-Con
April 9-11	Eastercon 22
May	British Fantasy Society founded
June 25	Birmingham Science Fiction Group re-founded.
July 3	KaCSFFS founded.
July 11	John W. Campbell, Jr. dies.
September 2-6 (Labor Day)	Noreascon I (Worldcon)
November 26-28	First ChambanaCon
November	First Novacon
	DAW Books founded by Donald A. Wollheim.
	Mario Bosnyak TAFF trip.
	British Weird Fantasy Society formed.

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Births and Deaths:

Alex McLintock - Allen Glasser - Alonzo Deen Cole - August Derleth - Cory Doctorow - David Louis Edelman - Ed Baker - Elizabeth Bear - Eugie Foster - George Heap - Gerald Heard - Holly Black - Holly Wilson - Jim Butcher - John W. Campbell, Jr. - Jonathan Clements - Mary Anne Mohanraj - P. Djèlí Clark - Philip Wylie - R. R. Winterbotham - Ray Courtis - Rebecca Roanhorse - Ruth Frances Long - Sofia Samatar - Steve Gerlach - Sydney Padua - Virgil Finlay

Convention series started or ended:

Arcana - ChambanaCon - Clarion West - Equicon - Fallcon - MidAmerica-Con - Novacon - Open ESFA - Q-Con - UpperSouthClave - V-Con

Onetime conventions:

Mini-Melcon - Mondo*Con

Bids:

Boston in 71 - Washington in '71

Publications started or ended:

4M - A Fanzine Newsletter - Alpha and Omega - An Open Letter to the British Tolkien Society - Arthur Rose Weir -- Memorial Anthology - Ashes to Ashes - Aspidistra - Australian Science Fiction Monthly - BCSFAzine - Balthus - Beardmutterings - Birmingham Science Fiction Group Newsletter - Boy's Own Fanzine - Brum Group News - Cipher - Council of Elrond - European Newsbulletin/Link - Gerbish Christmas Combo - Godfrey Daniel - Hell - Hermes - Hot Shit - Howl of Feedback - Interplanetary Corn Chips - Is - Karass - Kazoo! - Kratophany - Lowdown - Macrocosm - Magazine of Horror - Mathom - Mirage - Mistakes Are Mistakes - Moon Bane - Mota - Mythril - News from Bree - Oljeto - Page 94 - Pegasus - Phantasmagoria - Placebo - Prehensile - Quicksilver - SF Arena - Sanders - Sandworm Songbook - Seagull - Self Preservation - Shadowfax - Skyrack - The Bulletin - The Hog on Ice - Tolkien Society Bulletin - Twentieth Century Unlimited - UnterHelios - Wombat - Worlds of Tomorrow - Zimri

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1971 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1971 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1971 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1971 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1971 Best Novel Hugo - 1971 Best Novella Hugo - 1971 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1971 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1971 Best Short Story Hugo - 1971 Hugos - British Fantasy Award - Checkpoint Fan Poll - Commode d'Ore - Elron Award - Ken McIntyre Award - Locus Award

Stores opened or closed:

Andromeda Bookshop - Fantask - Space Age Books

Clubs founded or disbanded:

British Fantasy Society - Kingston SF Group - Sacramento Area Super Science and Fantasy Reading and Study Society

Fan History:

Increase in Convention Sizes in the 70s - Tony Lewis' Noreascon 1 Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Australian Science Fiction Monthly - Boy's Own Fanzine - Mini-Melcon - Q-Con - Q-Con I - Space Age Books - Steve Gerlach - Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention - Wombat

Britain:

4M - A Fanzine Newsletter - Alex McLintock - An Open Letter to the British Tolkien Society - Andromeda Bookshop - Arthur Rose Weir -- Memorial Anthology - Ashes to Ashes - Balthus - Birmingham Science Fiction Group Newsletter - British Fantasy Award - British Fantasy Society - Brum Group News - Checkpoint Fan Poll - Council of Elrond - Eastercon 22 - European Newsbulletin/Link - Gerbish Christmas Combo - Hell - Howl of Feedback - Jonathan Clements - Ken McIntyre Award - Kingston SF Group - Macrocosm - Mary Anne Mohanraj - Mathom - News from Bree - Novacon - Novacon 1 - Page 94 - Quicksilver - SF Arena - Seagull - Skyrack - Sydney Padua - The Bulletin - Tolkien Society Bulletin - Zimri

Canada:

Aspidistra - BCSFAzine - Cory Doctorow - Kratophany - Lowdown - V-Con - V-Con 1

Europe:

European Newsbulletin/Link - Fantask - SfanCon 2

Ireland:

BoSh Fund - Ruth Frances Long

New Zealand:

US:

1971 Open ESFA - Allen Glasser - Alonzo Deen Cole - Alpha and Omega - Arcana - August Derleth - Balticon 5 - Beardmutterings - BoSh Fund - Boskone 8 - Boston in 71 - Bubonicon 3 - ChambanaCon - ChambanaCon 1 - Cipher - Clarion West - Commode d'Ore - David Louis Edelman - DeepSouthCon 9 - Disclave 15 - Ed Baker - Elizabeth Bear - Elron Award - Equicon - Equicon '71 - Eugie Foster - Fallcon - George Heap - Gerald Heard - Godfrey Daniel - Guide to Middle Earth - Hermes - Holly Black - Holly Wilson - Hot Shit - Increase in Convention Sizes in the 70s - Interplanetary Corn Chips - Is - Jim Butcher - John W. Campbell, Jr. - Karass - Kazoo! - Locus Award - Lunacon 14 - Magazine of Horror - Marcon VI - MidAmerica-Con - Midwestcon 22 - MiniCon III - Minicon 4 - Minicon 5 - Mirage - Mistakes Are Mistakes - Mondo*Con - Moon Bane - Mota - Mythcon II - Mythril - Noreascon 1 - Tony Lewis' Noreascon 1 Reminiscence - Oljeto - Open ESFA - Ozarkon VI - P. Djèlí Clark - Pecon 2 - Pegasus - PgHLANGE III - Phantasmagoria - Philip Wylie - Placebo - Prehensile - R. R. Winterbotham - Ray Courtis - Rebecca Roanhorse - SFCon '71 - Sacramento Area Super Science and Fantasy Reading and Study Society - Sanders - Sandworm Songbook - Secondary Universe IV - Self Preservation - Shadowfax - Sofia Samatar - The Hog on Ice - Twentieth Century Unlimited - UnterHelios - UpperSouthClave - UpperSouthClave I - Virgil Finlay - Washington in '71 - Worlds of Tomorrow

Rest of the World: