1981
| February 20-22 | First Capricon held |
| Easter | Yorcon 2 |
| April 10-24 | Stu Shiffman TAFF trip |
| early | Friends in Space formed |
| May 16 | Lou Tabakow dies |
| July 3-5 | First InConJunction held |
| September 3-7 (Labor Day) | Denvention Two (Worldcon) |
| late | Friends in Space schisms |
| November 14-15 | First Cymrucon held |
| November 19-21 | First Contradiction held |
| CUFF: Michael Hall | |
| DUFF: Joyce Scrivner (South) | |
| GUFF: Joseph Nicholas (South) |
Births and Deaths:
Ada Palmer - Charles Eric Maine - Compton N. Crook - Ed Cagle - George O. Smith - Harry Bates - James H. Schmitz - Janie Lamb - Jean Linard - Kendell Foster Crossen - Lee Brown Coye - Leslyn Heinlein - Lou Tabakow - Marjorie Hope Nicolson - Mark Reinsberg - Maurice K. Hanson - Philip Latham - Robert Aikman - Rudolpha Catherine Rigelsen Paul - Wally Wood
Convention series started or ended:
Aquacon - AutoClave - BECCON - Circulation - Con*Stellation - Contradiction - CopperCon - Cymrucon - Earthcon - Electracon - Faancon - Fancon - Future Party - Halfacon - Hillcon - Imagicon - InConJunction - Intervention - LASTCon - Munchcon - Norcon - Omacon - Panopticon West - Questicon - Satyricon - Skycon - Stucon - Wichacon
Onetime conventions:
A Mid-Winter Convention - Aelita - Augacon - Cinecon - ConNiption - Datclone - Expo '81 - Filkcon West - Nucon - Questcon - Tolkon - Triciticon '81 - ZerCon
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Cool Head - A Very Short OSFiC Newsletter - Aikakone - Amazing Adventures - Blatant - CHAT - Chocolates of Lust - Conspiracy Newsletter - Cosmos - Crypt of Cthulhu - Cullowhee Comments - Destinies - Dragonburst - Drifting Soul - Driftwood - Empire - Eyeballs in the Sky - Fan Exiled From Tyne Zine - Flash Point - Growing Old Disgracefully - Hard Knox - Harmonic Dissonance - Ignatz! - Jackie! - Just SF - Kenning - Kratophany - Lost Palantir - Megavore - Napalm in the Morning - Neldoreth - Neo - New Canadian Fandom - News From the Sun - Old Scrodd's Almanac - Omega Science Digest - Orcish Bugle - Overmatter - Patchin Review - Procrastination - Quartz - Raa - Requiem - Return from Caer Rigor - Richard E. Geis -- A Personal Journal - Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine - Science Fiction Digest - Scottishe - Shadow of a Fan - Sing Me a Song I Know - Staggerlee - Start Breaking Up - Still It Moves - Stop Breaking Down - Strange Punch - Swill - Tappen - Tasarion - The Eagle of the North - The Leaf - The Once and Future Worm - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - The Ravin' - Thyme - Time Loop - Tirith Aear - Trumpet - WeberWoman's Wrevenge - Wing Window - Zap - Zed
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1981 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1981 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1981 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1981 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1981 Best Novelette Hugo - 1981 Best Novella Hugo - 1981 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1981 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1981 Best Short Story Hugo - 1981 Campbell Award - 1981 Hugos - Gandalf Award - Kurd Lasswitz Preis
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Advention '81 - Cinecon - Circulation - Circulation One - Cosmos - Nucon - Omega Science Digest - Swancon 6 - The Phantom Zine - The Ravin' - Thyme - Time Loop - Tolkon - Tolkon '81 - WeberWoman's Wrevenge
Britain:
A Cool Head - APA-SFAF - BECCON - BECCON '81 - Charles Eric Maine - Chocolates of Lust - Cymrucon - Cymrucon 1981 - Dor-en-ernil - Dragonburst - Drifting Soul - Driftwood - Eyeballs in the Sky - Faancon - Faancon 6 - Faircon '81 - Fan Exiled From Tyne Zine - Fantasycon 1981 - Friends in Space - Hobbiton - Jackie! - Maurice K. Hanson - Napalm in the Morning - Neldoreth - News From the Sun - Novacon 11 - OMPA - Old Scrodd's Almanac - Orcish Bugle - Overmatter - Oxonmoot 1981 - Periannath - Quartz - Raa - Robert Aikman - Rompa - Shoestringcon 3 - Silicon 5 - Sing Me a Song I Know - Staggerlee - Start Breaking Up - Still It Moves - Stop Breaking Down - Tappen - Tasarion - The Eagle of the North - The Leaf - The Once and Future Worm - Tirith Aear - UK-APA - Unicon 2 - Yorcon 2
Canada:
A Very Short OSFiC Newsletter - BCAPA - Boréal '81 - CUFF - Canadapa - Halcon 4 - Kratophany - Maplecon 4 - New Canadian Fandom - Noncon 4 - Rain Tree - Swill - Torque 2 - V-Con 9
Europe:
Aelita - Aikakone - Bob Weber - Hillcon - Hillcon I - Jean Linard - Kurd Lasswitz Preis - SfanCon 12 - Stucon - Śląski Klub Fantastyki
Ireland:
US:
7th World Fantasy Convention - A Mid-Winter Convention - APA-55 - APA-69 - APA-DUD - APA-I - APA-Q - APANAGE - APATHY - ASFiCon 2 - Ada Palmer - AggieCon XII - Amazing Adventures - Ambercon 3 - Apa Filk - Apple - Apricon 4 - Aquacon - Aquacon I - Archon 5 - ArmadilloCon 3 - Augacon - AutoClave - AutoClave V - Background Noise - Balticon 15 - Blatant - Books of Wonder - Boskone 18 - Bozo Bus Building - Bubonicon 13 - CHAT - Capra - Capricon 1 - Carolina Fan Federation - ChambanaCon 11 - Chattacon VI - Coastcon '81 - Codclave VII - Compton N. Crook - Con*Stellation - ConClave VI - ConNiption - ConQuesT 2 - Concave 2 - Concave 2.5 - Conspiracy Newsletter - Contradiction - Contradiction 1 - CopperCon - CopperCon 1 - Cosmocon II - Crypt of Cthulhu - Cullowhee Comments - Dangerous Visions - Darkover Grand Council IV - Datclone - DeepSouthCon 19 - Denvention Two - Lloyd Arthur Eshbach's Denvention Two Reminiscence - Denver in '81 - Destinies - Disclave 22 - Disclave 25 - Earthcon - Earthcon I - Ed Cagle - Electracon - Electracon I - Empire - Empiricon 3 - Expo '81 - Fancon - FilkCon III - Filkcon West - Flash Point - Fool-Con IV - Future Party - Future Party '81 - Gandalf Award - George O. Smith - Growing Old Disgracefully - Halfacon - Hard Knox - Harmonic Dissonance - Harry Bates - Hawaii in 1981 - Hexacon 3 - High Plains II - Honolulu Science Fiction Society - ICFA 2 - ICON 6 - Ignatz! - Imagicon '81 - Imagicon - InConJunction - InConJunction I - Intervention - Intervention Gamma - James H. Schmitz - Janie Lamb - Just SF - Kendell Foster Crossen - Kenning - Kubla's Ninth Khanphony - LA in '81 - LASTCon - LASTCon I - Lee Brown Coye - LepreCon 7 - Leslyn Heinlein - Loscon 8 - Lost Palantir - Lou Tabakow - Lunacon 24 - Marcon XVI - Marjorie Hope Nicolson - Mark Reinsberg - Mark of Paracon - Megavore - Mentat - Midwestcon 32 - MileHiCon 13 - Minicon 17 - Mixed Company - MosCon III - Munchcon - Munchcon I - MysteryKon 6 - MystiCon 1.5 - Mythcon XII - Necon 2 - Neo - Nine Billion Names of ConFusion - Norwescon IV - Not-Anokon 2 - OMPA - Omacon - Omacon 1 - OryCon '81 - Othercon V - PHAPA - Panopticon West - Patchin Review - Philcon 1981 - Philip Latham - Procrastination - Pulpcon 10 - Questcon - Questicon - REHUPA - Requiem - Return from Caer Rigor - Richard E. Geis -- A Personal Journal - Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones - Rivercon VI - Roc*Kon 15 - Roc*Kon 6 - Rochester Fantasy Fair 2 - Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine - Rudolpha Catherine Rigelsen Paul - Satyricon - Satyricon I - Scapa Flow - Science Fiction Digest - Scottishe - Shadow of a Fan - Skycon - Spacecon 3 - Spinoff - Spiritual Frontiers - StellarCon VI - Strange Punch - Stucon 1 - Swampcon II - The Complete Index to Astounding - The Connection - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - The Science Fiction Reference Book - The Scribblies - Tillamook in 1981 - Triciticon '81 - Trumpet - TusCon 8 - URCON III - UpperSouthClave 11 - Valleycon 6 - Vikingcon 2 - Wally Wood - Westercon 34 - Wichacon - Wichacon I - Windycon VIII - Wing Window - WisCon 5 - X-Con 5 - Zap - Zed - ZerCon
Rest of the World:
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
