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)

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Births and Deaths:

Elmer Perdue - Julian S. Krupa - Mary Jameson - Norman Saunders - Rivers Solomon - William F. Temple - Wyman Guin

Convention series started or ended:

Apricon - Asm Conventions - BanffCon - British Filk Convention - Confabulation - Conjunction - Lucon - Nanocon - New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival - Nicon - Old Phart Con - Rubicon - Satyricon - Unicon

Onetime conventions:

"Xmas" Nanocon - Horrorfest - Octoberfeast - Prefab Trout

Bids:

Birmingham in 1995 - Boston in '89 - New York in 1989

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 - 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 - 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:

Science Fantasy Bookstore

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Crickhollow - FRED - Mt Holz Science Fiction Society - Nashville Science Fiction Club - Sacramento SF and Fantasy Society - Science Fiction Association of Victoria - The Esoteric Order of Dagon

Fan History:

Boxboro Fandom Writeup

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

"Xmas" Nanocon - Circulation IV - Conjunction - Conjunction 1 - Conspire - Cosmos - Golden Caterpillar Awards - Mumblings from Munchkinland - Nanocon - Octoberfeast - Sikander - Swancon 14 - Sweetness & Light - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - Time Loop - Yeti

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 - 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:

Ad Astra 9 - Banff International '89 - BanffCon - Boréal '89 - Con*Cept '89 - Con-Version VI - Keycon 6 - On Spec - Pinekone 2 - Science Fiction Association of Victoria - Smofcon 6 - VCON 17

Europe:

Connection - Eurocon 1989 - Fantastika 1989 - Finncon 1989 - Norcon 8 - Orbit

Ireland:

Nicon - Nicon 89

New Zealand:

New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Awards - Satyricon

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 - Baycon '89 - Blatant - Boskone 26 - Boston in '89 - Boxboro Fandom Writeup - Bubonicon 21 - Capricon 9 - ChambanaCon 19 - Chattacon XIV - 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

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