1976
| January 2-4 | First Chattacon held |
| March 5 | Metro Detroit Science Fiction Society, Inc. incorporated |
| March 27 | First Conclave held |
| Easter | Mancon 5 |
| April 9 -- April 29 | Roy Tackett TAFF trip |
| May 28-31 | First AutoClave held |
| September 2-6 (Labor Day) | MidAmeriCon (Worldcon) |
| October 9-11 | First Swancon held |
| October 16 | First Rovacon held |
| November | Northwest Science Fiction Society formed |
| Imperial College Science Fiction and Fantasy Society founded | |
| DUFF: Christine McGowan (North) | |
| ICSF founded | |
| National Association for Science Fiction founded |
Births and Deaths:
Alvar Appeltofft - Ben H. Winters - Carrie Tabakow - Chuck Wendig - Dalton Trumbo - Daniel F. Galouye - Dorothy McIlwraith - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Edgar Pangborn - Emma Newman - Fritz Lang - Gail Carriger - Graves Gladney - John Joseph Adams - Ken Liu - Lauren Beukes - Lavie Tidhar - Margaret Brundage - Martin Alger - Mary Gnaedinger - Rhianna Pratchett - Sean Wallace - Simon Guerrier - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Thomas Burnett Swann - Tim Pratt - Trevor Quachri - Wesley Chu
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Alpha Draconis - Arkon-Orlando - Blackpool Fan Con - Buscon - Communicon - Condome I - Des Moines Con - Fourth Dimension Con - Intercon - Lexicon - New York Star Trek '76 - Romecon - SF Expo - Sflaggcon - Spring-Con - Texacon - Watercon
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
After the Flood - Antares - Awry - BSFA Newsletter - BSFA Yearbook - Bland - Bullsheet - Carl Barks Calendar - Cloud Chamber - Corr - Crumbly Cowboy - Crux - Cyclotron - Cygnus - Cynic - Daisnaid - Dimension: Praecox - Don't Go Columbus, You'll Fall Off the Crunchy Bit - Dreamtree - Drilkjis - Eniznaf - Epsilon - Erelas - Fanthology 76 - Fanzine Index - Fanzine Production Handbook - Galileo - Ghas - Goblin's Grotto - Grand Delusions - Granfalloon - Grimling Bosch - Gryphon - Helios - ISFA News - Ichneumon Flyer - In Tenebris - In the Beginning - Inverted Ear Trumpet - Is - K - Lan's Lantern - Lightboard - Little Dictionary of SF Fan Terms - Log of the Starship Aniara - MI - Marc - Mead Is a Sickening...Drink - Megavore - Moondust - My Labor Day Holiday - Nazgul - Nickelodeon - One-Off - Pablo Lennis - Paradox - Parker's Patch - Prehensile - Resounding Haldeman Stories - Risteria - Rotsler for DUFF - SFinctor - Sardonic Worlds - Scabby Tales - Science Fiction International News - Science Fiction Monthly - Scrambled Eggs Benedict - Son of the WSFA Journal - Southern Vole - Spi - Stop Breaking Down - Swoon - Tekeli-Li - The Greater Metropolitan Yorba Linda Herald News Sun Tribune Journal Dispatch Post and San Francisco Discordian Society Cabal Intergalactic Report and Poop - The Grimling Bosch - The INFO Journal - The Mae Strelkov Trip Report - The Middle Earthworm - The Once and Future Worm - The Reinhardt Roast - The Rogue Roman - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Theriaca - Treaders of Starlight - Twll-Ddu - UnterHelios - Visions - Zimri
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1976 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1976 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1976 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1976 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1976 Best Novelette Hugo - 1976 Best Novella Hugo - 1976 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1976 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1976 Best Short Story Hugo - 1976 Campbell Award - 1976 Hugos - Frank R. Paul Award - Futura Award - Green Slime Award - J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award - Nebulous Award
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
APES - Bofcon - Crux - Marc - Q-Con - Ratcon in Ararat - Swancon - Swancon 1 - The Harding Fund - Unicon II
Britain:
After the Flood - Astral Leauge - BSFA Newsletter - BSFA Yearbook - Blackpool Fan Con - Bland - Cloud Chamber - Crumbly Cowboy - Cyclotron - Cygnus - Cynic - Daisnaid - Don't Go Columbus, You'll Fall Off the Crunchy Bit - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Drilkjis - Emma Newman - Epsilon - Erelas - Faancon - Faancon 1 - Fantasycon II - Fanzine Production Handbook - Ghas - Goblin's Grotto - Grimling Bosch - ICSF - Ichneumon Flyer - Inverted Ear Trumpet - K - Lavie Tidhar - Little Dictionary of SF Fan Terms - MI - Mancon - Mancon 5 - Nazgul - Novacon 6 - One-Off - Oxonmoot 1976 - Paper Tiger Books - Parker's Patch - Rhianna Pratchett - Scabby Tales - Science Fiction International News - Science Fiction Monthly - Silicon - Silicon 1 - Simon Guerrier - Southern Vole - Spi - Stop Breaking Down - The Grimling Bosch - The Middle Earthworm - The Once and Future Worm - The War of Hazel's Nose - Twll-Ddu - Zimri
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
2nd World Fantasy Convention - A Wealth of Fable - A Women's APA - APA-69 - APARIA - AggieCon VII - An Index & Short History of Unknown - Anatomy of Wonder - Anonycon - Anonycon 2 - Antares - Apalon - Apple - Arkon-Orlando - Artkane - Artkane 1 - Atention - AutoClave - AutoClave 1 - Awry - BYOB-Con 6 - Balticon 10 - Ben H. Winters - Boskone 13 - Bubonicon 8 - Bullsheet - Buscon - CONTRAception - Carl Barks Calendar - Carrie Tabakow - ChambanaCon 6 - Chattacon - Chattacon '76 - Chuck Wendig - Columbus in 1976 - Communicon - ConClave - ConClave I - Condome I - Corr - Crickhollow - D-Con - D-Con 1976 - Dalton Trumbo - Daniel F. Galouye - Dark Carnival - DeepSouthCon 14 - Des Moines Con - Desertcon IV - Detroit in '79 - Dimension: Praecox - Disclave 20 - Dorothy McIlwraith - Dragon Press - Edgar Pangborn - Eniznaf - Equicon '76 - Fanthology 76 - Fanzine Index - Fourth Dimension Con - Frank R. Paul Award - Futura Award - Gail Carriger - Galileo - Grand Delusions - Granfalloon - Graves Gladney - Green Slime Award - Gryphon - Helios - Highmore in '76 - ICON 2 - In Tenebris - In the Beginning - Intercon - Is - J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award - John Joseph Adams - KC in '76 - Ken Liu - Kubla Khwandry - LAPA - LASFAPA - Lan's Lantern - Lauren Beukes - LepreCon 2 - Lexicon - Lightboard - Log of the Starship Aniara - Loscon 2 - Lunacon 19 - Marcon XI - Margaret Brundage - Martin Alger - Mary Gnaedinger - Mead Is a Sickening...Drink - Megavore - MidAmeriCon - Fred Pohl's MidAmeriCon Reminiscence - Midwestcon 27 - MileHiCon 8 - Minicon 11 - Moondust - My Labor Day Holiday - Mythcon VII - Nebulous Award - New Orleans in '76 - New York Star Trek '76 - Nickelodeon - Noreascon Proceedings - PHAPA - Pablo Lennis - Paradox - PgHLANGE VIII - Prehensile - Pulpcon 5 - Rhocon - Rhocon I - Risteria - Rivercon II - Romecon - Rotsler for DUFF - Rovacon - Rovacon 1 - SF Expo - SFinctor - Sardonic Worlds - Science Fiction Organization of La Crosse - Science Fiction and Fantasy Pseudonyms - Scrambled Eggs Benedict - Sean Wallace - Seattle in 1981 - Sflaggcon - Solarcon II - Son of the WSFA Journal - Spring-Con - StellarCon - StellarCon I - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Swoon - Tekeli-Li - Texacon - The Capture - The Collector's Poul Anderson - The Greater Metropolitan Yorba Linda Herald News Sun Tribune Journal Dispatch Post and San Francisco Discordian Society Cabal Intergalactic Report and Poop - The INFO Journal - The Mae Strelkov Trip Report - The Reinhardt Roast - The Rogue Roman - The Space Machine - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Theriaca - Thomas Burnett Swann - Tim Pratt - Traincon - Trevor Quachri - TusCon IV - Unicon 2B - UnterHelios - UpperSouthClave VI - Visions - WOOF - Wesley Chu - Westercon 29 - Windycon III - Wintercon 2
Rest of the World:
| 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
