1989
February 2-5 | First British Filk Convention, Contabile, held |
Spring | WSFA Press started |
Easter | Contrivance |
July 14-16 | Last Maryland Unicon held |
August 31 - September 4 (Labor Day) | Noreascon 3 (Worldcon) |
Robert Lichtman TAFF trip | |
CUFF: Robert Runte | |
DUFF: John D. Berry (South) | |
FFANZ: Brian Howell (West) | |
GUFF: Roelof Goudriaan (South) |
Births and Deaths:
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Free Lunch - And All That Jazz - Art - Blatant - Cathay Contrivance - Chicken Bones - Civilisation Reviewed - Cooperative Cauliflower - Coruscant Spud - Cosmos - Cry of the Nameless - Crystal Ship - Diolch Yn Fawr - Dragon's Breath - Efilnekufusin - Fanfare - Figment - Free Radical - Impulse - In Lust We Trust - Jane's Fighting Smofs - Kamera Obscura - Kamera Obskura - Last Ripples - Mira - Moonshine - Mumblings from Munchkinland - Olaf - On Spec - Orbit - Organism - Rabbit Ears - Real Soon Now - Realtime - Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine - Screwed Up Letters - Shipyard Blues - Sikander - Sweetness & Light - Taffiles - The Caprican - The Caprician - The Dark Eidolon - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - The Fanhattonite - The Intermediate Reptile - The Mad 3 Party - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Time Loop - Worlds Apart - Yeti
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1989 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1989 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1989 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1989 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1989 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1989 Best Novel Hugo - 1989 Best Novelette Hugo - 1989 Best Novella Hugo - 1989 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1989 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1989 Best Semiprozine Hugo - 1989 Best Short Story Hugo - 1989 Campbell Award - 1989 Hugos - Andre Norton Award - Golden Caterpillar Awards - Kazoo Awards - New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Awards
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
A Free Lunch - And All That Jazz - Asm Conventions - Birmingham in 1995 - British Filk Convention - Cathay Contrivance - Chicken Bones - Civilisation Reviewed - Contabile - Contrivance - Cooperative Cauliflower - Coruscant Spud - Crystal Ship - Diolch Yn Fawr - Dragon's Breath - Efilnekufusin - Fantasycon XIV - Free Radical - Iconoclasm - Kamera Obscura - Kamera Obskura - Last Ripples - Lucon - Mexicon III - Microcon 9 - Mira - Novacon 19 - Olaf - Organism - Oxonmoot 1989 - Picocon 7 - Prefab Trout - Rabbit Ears - Real Soon Now - Realtime - Rubicon - Rubicon 4 - Screwed Up Letters - Shipyard Blues - Shoestringcon 11 - The Caprican - The Caprician - The Fanhattonite - The Intermediate Reptile - William F. Temple - Worlds Apart
Canada:
Europe:
New Zealand:
US:
15th World Fantasy Convention - 3 Days of the Khandor - AggieCon XX - Andre Norton Award - Apricon - Apricon X - Arcana 19 - Archon 13 - ArmadilloCon XI - Art - Astounding Days - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1989 - Balticon 23 - BayFilk - Baycon '89 - Blatant - Boskone 26 - Boston in '89 - Bubonicon 21 - Capricon 9 - ChambanaCon 19 - Chattacon XIV - ClipperCon - Coastcon XII - Con*Stellation VIII - ConChord 5 - ConClave XIV - ConFusion 102 - ConQuesT 20 - ConTact 7 - Concave 10 - Confabulation - Confection - Confluence 2 - Conosaurus - Context II - CopperCon 9 - Corflu 6 - Costume-Con 7 - Covert Contraption - Crickhollow - Cry of the Nameless - Darkover Grand Council 12 - DeepSouthCon 27 - Disclave 33 - Ditto 2 - Dreamcon 4 - Elmer Perdue - FRED - Fanfare - Figment - Fourth Street Fantasy 1989 - Genericon V - Grumbles from the Grave - Horrorfest - I-Con VIII - ICFA 10 - ICON 13 - ICON 14 - InConJunction IX - Jane's Fighting Smofs - Julian S. Krupa - Kazoo Awards - LepreCon 15 - LibertyCon 3 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 7 - Loscon Sixteen - Lunacon 32 - Marcon XXIV - Mary Jameson - Midwestcon 40 - MileHiCon 21 - Millennicon -12 - Minicon 24 - MisCon 4 - Moonshine - Mt Holz Science Fiction Society - Mythcon XX - NESFA Index - NJAC 5 - Nashville Science Fiction Club - Necon 9 - Necronomicon '89 - New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '89 - New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival - New York in 1989 - Noreascon 3 - Norman Saunders - Norwescon XI - OASIS 2 - OKon 12 - OVFF 5 - Octocon 26 - Old Phart Con - Omacon 9 - OryCon 11 - Philcon 89 - Phoenixcon 4 - Pulpcon 18 - Rivercon XIV - Rivers Solomon - Roc*Kon 14 - Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine - Rovacon 14 - Rustycon 6 - SMOFlahoma - Sacramento SF and Fantasy Society - Satyricon - Science Fantasy Bookstore - SoonerCon 5 - StellarCon XIV - Taffiles - The Dark Eidolon - The Mad 3 Party - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - The World Beyond the Hill - Travelling Fete II - Tropicon VIII - TusCon 16 - Unicon - Unicon 13 - Unicon 1989 - UpperSouthClave 19 - Valleycon 14 - Vikingcon 10 - Windycon XVI - WisCon 13 - Wyman Guin - Xanadu VI
Rest of the World:
1988 | 1989 | 1990 |