2023

Date	Event
April 7–10	Conversation (Eastercon)
May 5	The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 no longer a "global health emergency." Fans continue to post photos of positive tests on Facebook.
May 6	Coronation of UK’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
June 2	Early femmefan Allison Williams Phillips died at 94.
July 20–23	Pemmi-con 2023, first NASFiC in Canada.
October 7	Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorists attacked Israeli civilians, starting the Israel–Hamas War.
October 18–22	Chengdu Worldcon, first Worldcon in China.

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Births and Deaths:

Allison Williams - Bernie Evans - Bill Ellern - Bill Laubenheimer - Bo Eriksson - Bruce Coulson - Christopher Fowler - D. G. Compton - Daphne Eftychia Arthur - David Drake - David K. M. Klaus - Denny Lien - Ed Hutnik - Ed Zed - Eva Hauser - Eve Harvey - Fuzzy Pink Niven - Grant McCormick - Gregg Trend - Hans Sidén - Helena Binns - Herbert Gold - Ira Mitchel Thornhill - Jack Heazlitt - Jerry Lapidus - Joe McNally - John Douglas - John Jakes - John Mansfield - John Teehan - Joseph Wrzos - Lee Harding - Leslie Smith - Marty Cantor - Maths Claesson - Michael A. Banks - Michael Bishop - Michael F. Flynn - Mike Blake - Pat Price - Rachel Pollack - Ric Bergman - Richard Bowes - Rickey Sheppard - Robert Osband - Shelley Adrienne Mimi Belsky - Steve Norris - Suzy McKee Charnas - Thomas D. Sadler - Tim Underwood - Tom Eitelhuber - Tom Jones - Valma Brown

Convention series started or ended:

ChambanaCon - Foolscap

Onetime conventions:

ReConnect

Bids:

Chengdu 2023 - Dublin in 2029 - France in 2023 - LA in 2026 - Memphis in 2023 - NY/NJ in 2023 - New Orleans in 2023 - Nice in 2023 - Orlando in 2023 - Paris in 2023 - Persistence 2023 - Providence in 2023 - Spokane in 2023 - Stockholm in 2023 - Tempe in 2023 - Winnipeg in '23

Publications started or ended:

A Little for ANZAPA - Brandy Hall - Brownian Motion - Bulgacon Fanzine - Dark Matter Magazine - Dark Toys - Frabjous - Into the Wild Purple Yonder - Knot Enough Time - LienZine - Portable Storage - SFnal - Taffluorescence! - The Harp Remembered - The Harp That Once or Twice - The Harp in England

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

2023 Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild - Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction

Fanhistory:

Beyond Fandom - Generation Femizine

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Chengdu 2023 - Chengdu Science Fiction Museum - Chengdu Worldcon - HAL-CON 2023

Australia:

A Little for ANZAPA - Brandy Hall - Conflux 17 - Frabjous - Helena Binns - Knot Enough Time - Lee Harding - Swancon 47 - Tom Eitelhuber - Valma Brown

Britain:

ArmadaCon 2023 - Bernie Evans - Beyond Fandom - BristolCon 2023 - Christopher Fowler - Conversation - Corflu 40 - D. G. Compton - Eve Harvey - Fantasycon 2023 - Generation Femizine - Into the Wild Purple Yonder - Joe McNally - Novacon 52 - Oxonmoot 2023 - Persistence 2023 - Picocon 40 - SFnal - Satellite 8 - Taffluorescence! - The Harp Remembered - The Harp in England - Tom Jones

Canada:

Brownian Motion - Can*Con 2023 - Dark Toys - FilKONtari-NO 4 - John Douglas - John Mansfield - Pemmi-con 2023 - Shelley Adrienne Mimi Belsky - Winnipeg in '23

Europe:

Bo Eriksson - Bulgacon Fanzine - DFDF 2023 - Eva Hauser - Eve Harvey - Finncon 2023 - France in 2023 - Hans Sidén - Intermezzo 2023 - Konflikt - Maths Claesson - Nice in 2023 - Paris in 2023 - Rachel Pollack - SFeraKon 2023 - Åcon 12

Ireland:

Corflu 40 - Dublin in 2029 - IDWCon 7a - Joe McNally - Octocon 2023 - The Harp in England

New Zealand:

ReConnect

US:

Aggiecon 52 - Albacon 2023 - Allison Williams - Arcana 2023 - Archon 46 - Arisia 2023 - Arisia 2024 - ArmadilloCon 2023 - Astronomicon 14 - Avatar: The Legend of ConFusion - Balticon 57 - Baycon 2023 - Bill Ellern - Bill Laubenheimer - Boskone 60 - Bruce Coulson - Bubonicon 54 - CONFelicity 1 - COSine 2023 - Capclave 2023 - Capricon 43 - ChambanaCon - Chambanacon 52 - Chattacon 48 - CoKoCon 2023 - Coastcon 45 - ConGregate 9 - ConQuesT 54 - ConStellation 12 - Concave 42 - Conflikt 14 - Confluence 2023 - Consonance 2023 - Costume-Con 39 - D. G. Compton - Daphne Eftychia Arthur - Dark Matter Magazine - David Drake - David K. M. Klaus - Denny Lien - Diversicon 30 - Ed Hutnik - Ed Zed - Foolscap - Foolscap 2023 - Fourth Street Fantasy 2023 - Fuzzy Pink Niven - GAFilk 2023 - Grant McCormick - Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild - Gregg Trend - HELIOsphere 2023 - Herbert Gold - ICON 48 - InConJunction 42 - Ira Mitchel Thornhill - Jack Heazlitt - Jerry Lapidus - John Douglas - John Jakes - John Teehan - JordanCon 2023 - Joseph Wrzos - LA in 2026 - Leslie Smith - LienZine - Life, the Universe, & Everything 41 - Loscon 49 - Marcon 2023 - MarsCon 2023 - Marty Cantor - Memphis in 2023 - Michael A. Banks - Michael Bishop - Michael F. Flynn - Mike Blake - MileHiCon 55 - Minicon 56 - Miscon 37 - Mysticon 2023 - NY/NJ in 2023 - Necronomicon 42 - New Orleans in 2023 - Norwescon 45 - OVFF 39 - Orlando in 2023 - Orycon 43 - P-CON 2023 - Pat Price - Philcon 2023 - Portable Storage - Providence in 2023 - PulpFest 2023 - Rachel Pollack - RadCon 8C - RavenCon 16 - Readercon 32 - Ric Bergman - Richard Bowes - Rickey Sheppard - Robert Osband - Shelley Adrienne Mimi Belsky - Smofcon 40 - Society for the Promotion of Speculative Fiction - Spiral Con 2 - Spokane in 2023 - Steve Norris - Stockholm in 2023 - Suzy McKee Charnas - Tempe in 2023 - The Harp That Once or Twice - Thomas D. Sadler - Tim Underwood - TusCon 50 - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 22 - Windycon 49 - WisCon 46 - World Fantasy Convention 2023

Rest of the World: