1980
| February 22-24 | Last Penulticon |
| March | First Concave |
| March 7-9 | First Canvention |
| Easter | Albacon 80, the first Scottish Albacon |
| May | Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop founded |
| June 13-15 | First Ad Astra |
| June 20-22 | First MidSouthCon |
| Summer | First Necon |
| July 4-6 | First MystiCon |
| July 4-7 | First British Unicon |
| August 28 - September 11 | Dave Langford TAFF trip. |
| August 29 - September 2 (Labor Day) | Noreascon Two (Worldcon) |
| September 12 | Susan Wood dies |
| October | North Alabama Science Fiction Association founded. |
| First ConQuesT held | |
| DUFF: Keith Curtis (North) |
Births and Deaths:
Convention series started or ended:
ASFiCon - Ad Astra - Albacon - AlterCon - Canvention - Capricon - Concave - DatClave - International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts - MidSouthCon - MystiCon - Necon - Not-Anokon - Penulticon - Solarcon - Swampcon - Torque - Unicon - Vikingcon
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
& - 1986 - A Foreign Fanzine - Acnestis - Airgedlamh - Amanita - Another Earth - Assegai and Voortrekker - Calma Mindon - Catnip - Chimera - Dead Hedgehog - Devil Take the Hindmost - Dr Faustenstein - Eniznaf - Eternity Science Fiction - Fantasy Media - Finlay Funnies - Forbidden Worlds - Fornost - Forth - GUFF Awe - Galaxy Science Fiction - Galileo - Gannetscrapbook - Gorbash and Thunder the Lame Newt - Harlot - Hawai'i - Higbo the Bear - Il Biche - Janus - Jimmy Carter. Warlord of Mars - Masquerade - Mein Tochas Dazwischen - Moonstone - Mota - Naginata - Napalm in the Morning - New Gwent Review - New Tolkien Newsletter - New Variant - News from Bree - Non Sequitur - One-Off - Orbit - Our Club - Phoenix - Pong - Prinked Matter - Pulp - Pungently - Quettar - Resolution - Second Hand Wave - Seeing-Stone - Sing Me a Song I Know - Snorkel - Spang Blah - Stulticiae Laus - Supernova - Telos - The Best of Elmer T. Hack - The Book of Mazarbul - The Echo Beach Quarterly Sixteen Fanzine Supplement - The House at Puh-Puh Platter Corner - The Middle-Earth Library - The Monthly Monthly - The Northern Guffblower - The Voice of the Lobster - This Farce - This Sure as Hell Ain't DNQ - Waif - Worlds Beyond
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1980 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1980 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1980 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1980 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1980 Best Novelette Hugo - 1980 Best Novella Hugo - 1980 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1980 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1980 Best Short Story Hugo - 1980 Campbell Award - 1980 Hugos - Invisible Little Man Award - Milford Award - Readercon Small Press Award - Seiun Award - Tin Duck Awards
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
& - Acnestis - Airgedlamh - Albacon - Albacon 80 - Alfred Hitchcock - Amanita - Another Earth - Assegai and Voortrekker - Calma Mindon - Chimera - Dead Hedgehog - Dr Faustenstein - Faancon 5 - Fantasy Media - Fantasycon VI - Fornost - Forth - Gannetscrapbook - Harrow College SF Society - Higbo the Bear - John Collier - Napalm in the Morning - New Gwent Review - New Tolkien Newsletter - News from Bree - North East Science Fiction Group - Novacon 10 - One-Off - Orbit - Oxonmoot 1980 - Quettar - SHSFG - Second Hand Wave - Seeing-Stone - Silicon 4 - Sing Me a Song I Know - Snorkel - Stulticiae Laus - Supernova - The Best of Elmer T. Hack - The Middle-Earth Library - The Northern Guffblower - This Farce - Unicon - Unicon 80 - Waif
Canada:
Ad Astra - Ad Astra I - Boréal '80 - Canvention - Dadapa - Halcon 3 - Maplecon 3 - Non Sequitur - Noncon 3 - Rain Too - Susan Wood - Torque - Torque 1 - V-Con 8
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1986 - 6th World Fantasy Convention - APA-Pi - APA-Slobbovia - ASFiCon - AggieCon XI - Alec Nevala-Lee - AlterCon - AlterCon 1 - Ambercon 2 - Apricon 3 - Apricon 7 - Apricon 8 - Apricon 9 - Archon 4 - ArmadilloCon 2 - AutoClave 4 - Balticon 1 - Balticon 14 - Boskone 17 - Boston in 1980 - Bubonicon 12 - Capricon - Catnip - ChambanaCon 10 - Chattacon V - Coastcon '80 - Codclave VI - ConClave V - ConFusion 6 and/or 7 - ConQuesT 1980 - Concave - Concave 1 - Daniel Jose Older - Darkover Grand Council 1980 - DatClave - DatClave 1 - DeepSouthCon 18 - Denebian Slime Devils - Devil Take the Hindmost - Disclave 24 - Doris Pitkin Buck - Empiricon 2 - Eniznaf - Eternity Science Fiction - Fan Tarot Deck - Fanatics - Fantasy Faire Ten - Fantasy Worlds Midwinter Festival - FilkCon II - Finlay Funnies - Flushing in '80 - Fool-Con III - Galaxy Science Fiction - Galileo - George Pal - Glyptocon 2 - Gorbash and Thunder the Lame Newt - Harlot - Hawai'i - Hexacon 2 - Hoosier Con - Houston Science Fiction Society - ICFA 1 - ICON 5 - Il Biche - Imaginitzacon - International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts - Interstellar Mercenaries Guild - Intervention Beta - Invisible Little Man Award - Janus - Jimmy Carter. Warlord of Mars - John Collier - John McGeehan - Kameron Hurley - Kris Neville - Kubla Khan Ate - LA in '80 - Lasfapacon - Leapcon - LepreCon 6 - Loscon 7 - Lunacon 23 - Lytheria - Marcon XV - Marie Brennan - Masquerade - MayBelle Anshutz - Mein Tochas Dazwischen - MidSouthCon - MidSouthCon 1 - Midwestcon 31 - MileHiCon 12 - Milford Award - Minicon 16 - Moonstone - MosCon II - Mota - MystiCon - MystiCon 1 - Mythcon XI - Naginata - Necon - Necon 1 - New Variant - Noreascon Two - Tony Lewis' Noreascon Two Reminiscence - Norwescon III - Not-Anokon - Not-Anokon 1 - Off Centaur Publications - OryCon '80 - Othercon IV - Our Club - Penulticon - Penulticon 3 - Philcon 1980 - Phoenix - Phoenix in '80 - Pong - Prinked Matter - Pulp - Pulpcon 9 - Pungently - Readercon Small Press Award - Resolution - Rivercon V - Roc*Kon 5 - Rochester Fantasy Fair 1 - Saga of the NESFA Clubhouse - Sci-Con 2 - Solarcon - Son of Paracon - Spacecon 2 - Spang Blah - Star Whores - StellarCon V - Susan Petrey - Swampcon - Telos - The Book of Mazarbul - The House at Puh-Puh Platter Corner - The Monthly Monthly - The Recent Future - The Voice of the Lobster - The Westerfilk Collection - This Sure as Hell Ain't DNQ - Tom Godwin - TusCon 17 - TusCon 7 - URCON II - Unicon 6 - UpperSouthClave 10 - Valleycon 5 - Vikingcon - Vikingcon 1 - Vul-Con - Wallace West - Westercon 33 - Western Pennsylvania SF Association - Whatcon II - William Morrison - Windycon VII - WisCon 4 - X-Con 4
Rest of the World:
| 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
