1983

March 11-13	First ConChord
Easter	Albacon II
June 13	Bob Pavlat dies
September 1-5 (Labor Day)	ConStellation (Worldcon)
December 9-11	First Czarkon held
	Avedon Carol TAFF trip
	DUFF: Jerry Kaufman (South)
	FFANZ: Tom Cardy (West)
	First Picocon

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Births and Deaths:

Bob Pavlat - Christopher Paolini - Dean Dickensheet - Eric Needham - Frederick Shroyer - George T. Wetzel - Larry Propp - Mack Reynolds - Oliver King Smith - Roy G. Krenkel - Rudolph Belarski - Thomas Olde Heuvelt - Zenna Henderson

Convention series started or ended:

ASFiCon - Aquacon - ConChord - ConTact - Contact - Costume-Con - Czarkon - Eucon - Foolcon - Hatcon - Humanicon - InstaCon - Lexicon - Life, the Universe, & Everything - Maxicon - MysteryKon - Novacon - Paracon - Picocon - SFeraKon - Spokon - Treasure-Con - Treasurecon - Wichacon - Xanadu

Onetime conventions:

Colorado Mountain Con - Conpanion - Constellation Con - Fantasy Festival - Incognicon - Invention II - Invention - King Kon - Microcon '83 - Millenium - Outre-vention - Pendulum - RA CON - Ratcon - Shorcon - Starcall - Valcon

Bids:

Adelaide in '83 - Australia in '83 - Baltimore in '83 - Britain in '84 - Johnstown in 1983 - Metrocon - New York in '83 - San Francisco in '83 - Vancouver in '83 - Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983

Publications started or ended:

A Cool Head - Abdump - Amon Hen - Anor - Beardmutterings - Boonfark - Born in the UK - Calma Mindon - Cheap Truth - Chocolates of Lust - Complete Quandry - Crab Droppings - DNQ - Dead Hedgehog - Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction - Dot - Drunkard's Talk - egoscan - Empties - Eta - FFANZ for the Memories - Faans - Famous Monsters of Filmland - For Paranoids Only - From the Cockpit - Gallimaufry - Give Dog Boiled Yak - Harlot - Helpmaboab - Hysteresis - Land of Laughs - Laurinque - Lost Palantir - Merulius Lacrymans - Mythos - Nabu - New Tolkien Newsletter - Not Science Fantasy News - Nouveau Revue Blue - Nutz - Out of the Blue - Paranoid - Phoenix - Prolapse - Proton - Rastus - Sappho's Dawn - Sci-Fi Club Bulletin - Scientifriction - Shire News - Sic Biscuit Disinergraaf - Sounding the Ritual Echo - South on Peachtree - Spell - Still It Moves - TAFF Talk - Taurendor - Texas SF Inquirer - The Insider - The Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter - The Westmarch Messenger - Theme - Tiger Tea - Trap Door - Twilight Zine - Twll-Ddu - Waste of a Tree - Whimsey - Worm Cravings - Xyster

Publishers founded or closed:

Baen Books

Awards made, started or ended:

1983 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1983 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1983 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1983 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1983 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1983 Best Novel Hugo - 1983 Best Novelette Hugo - 1983 Best Novella Hugo - 1983 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1983 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1983 Best Short Story Hugo - 1983 Campbell Award - 1983 Hugos - Compton Crook Award - Harry Harrison Award for Promoting Science Fiction Internationally - Mythopoeic Award - Philip K. Dick Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

ASFiC - Minas Tirith - SCOT - The Norse Alliance - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - The Society of the Ring - Tol-en-Estel - Westmarch

Fan History:

Beam's Choice Bob Tucker Special Label Project - ConStellation Bankruptcy - Lloyd Eshbach's ConStellation Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Adelaide in '83 - Advention 4 - Australia in '83 - Conpanion - FFANZ - Give Dog Boiled Yak - Ratcon - SCOT - Swancon 8 - Syncon '83

Britain:

A Cool Head - APA-B - Abdump - Albacon II - Amon Hen - Anor - BECCON '83 - Born in the UK - Britain in '84 - Calma Mindon - Chocolates of Lust - Crab Droppings - Cymrucon 3 - D. West Fan Fund - Dead Hedgehog - Dot - Drunkard's Talk - Empties - Eric Needham - Eta - Fantasycon VIII - For Paranoids Only - Helpmaboab - Invention - Land of Laughs - Laurinque - Merulius Lacrymans - Metrocon - Microcon 2 - Minas Tirith - Nabu - New Tolkien Newsletter - Not Science Fantasy News - Nouveau Revue Blue - Novacon 13 - Nutz - Out of the Blue - Oxonmoot 1983 - Paranoid - Picocon - Picocon 1 - Prolapse - Proton - RA CON - Rastus - Sappho's Dawn - Shire News - Shoestringcon 5 - Sic Biscuit Disinergraaf - Silicon 7 - Sounding the Ritual Echo - Spell - Still It Moves - TAFF Talk - Taurendor - The Norse Alliance - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - The Society of the Ring - The Westmarch Messenger - Theme - Tiger Tea - Tol-en-Estel - Twilight Zine - Twll-Ddu - Unicon 4 - Waste of a Tree - Westmarch - Xyster

Canada:

Ad Astra III - Boréal '83 - Constellation Con - Costume-Con - Halcon 6 - Incognicon - Maplecon 5 - Millenium - Noncon 6 - Pendulum - Rain Cinq - VCON 11 - Vancouver in '83

Europe:

Eurocon 7 - SFeraKon - Thomas Olde Heuvelt - Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983 - X-Con

Ireland:

New Zealand:

FFANZ - FFANZ for the Memories - Timeless Sands — a History of Science Fiction Fandom in New Zealand - Windycon

US:

APA-VCR - ASFiC - ASFiCon - ASFiCon 4 - AggieCon XIV - Apricon 6 - Aquacon - Aquacon II - Archon 7 - ArmadilloCon 5 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1983 - Baen Books - Balticon 17 - Baltimore in '83 - Baycon '83 - Beardmutterings - Bob Pavlat - Boonfark - Boskone 20 - Bubonicon 15 - Capricon 3 - ChambanaCon 13 - Chattacon VIII - Cheap Truth - Christopher Paolini - Coastcon '83 - Codclave IX - Colorado Mountain Con - Complete Quandry - Compton Crook Award - Con 1983 - Con*Stellation II - Con*Tretemps 2 - Con-Tex - ConChord - ConChord 1 - ConClave VIII - ConFusion 101 - ConQuesT 4+10 - ConStellation - ConStellation Bankruptcy - Lloyd Eshbach's ConStellation Reminiscence - ConTact - ConTact 1 - Concave 4 - Contact - Contradiction 3 - CopperCon 3 - Costume-Con - Costume-Con 1 - Courts of Chaos - Czarkon - Czarkon 1 - DNQ - Darkover Grand Council 6 - Dean Dickensheet - DeepSouthCon 21 - Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction - Disclave 27 - Earthcon III - Eatoncon 5 - egoscan - Empiricon 4 - Eucon - Eucon 1 - Faans - Famous Monsters of Filmland - Fantasy Festival - Fantasy Worlds Festival '83 - FilkCon 5.2 - Fool-Con VI - Foolcon - Frederick Shroyer - From the Cockpit - Gallimaufry - George T. Wetzel - Harlot - Harry Harrison Award for Promoting Science Fiction Internationally - Hatcon - Hexacon 6 - Humanicon - Humanicon I - Hysteresis - I-Con II - ICFA 4 - ICON 8 - InConJunction III - InstaCon - InstaCon 1 - Invention II - Johnstown in 1983 - King Kon - Kubla Khanvalescence - Larry Propp - LepreCon 9 - Lexicon - Life, the Universe, & Everything - Life, the Universe, & Everything 1 - Loscon 10 - Lost Palantir - Lunacon 26 - Mack Reynolds - Marcon XVIII - Maxicon - Maxicon 1 - Microcon '83 - Midwestcon 34 - MileHiCon 15 - Minicon 19 - MosCon V - Munchcon III - MysteryKon - MystiCon 2.5 - Mythcon 1983 - Mythcon XIV - Mythopoeic Award - Mythos - Necon 4 - Necronomicon '83 - New York in '83 - Norwescon VI - Novacon '83 - Novacon - OKon 6 - Oliver King Smith - Omacon 3 - OryCon V - Outre-vention - Paracon - Paracon VI - Philcon 1982.1 - Philcon 1983 - Philip K. Dick Award - Phoenix - Pulpcon 12 - Rivercon VIII - Roc*Kon 8 - Rovacon 8 - Roy G. Krenkel - Rudolph Belarski - San Francisco in '83 - Sci-Con 5 - Sci-Fi Club Bulletin - Scientifriction - Shorcon - South on Peachtree - Spokon - Spokon '83 - Starcall - StellarCon VIII - Swampcon 4 - Texarkon 1983 - Texas SF Inquirer - The Guide to Supernatural Fiction - The Insider - The Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter - Trap Door - Treasure-Con - Treasurecon - Tropicon II - TusCon 10 - Unicon 8 - UpperSouthClave XIII - Valcon - Valleycon 8 - Vikingcon 4 - Westerchron - Whimsey - Wichacon - Wichacon 2 - Windycon X - WisCon 7 - World Fantasy Convention 1983 - X-Con 7 - Xanadu - Xanadu I - Zenna Henderson

Rest of the World: