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The UK's oldest regional convention, founded in 1971. It is run each November by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. It was founded by the University of Aston Science Fiction Group at a time when Eastercon was the only regular convention in the UK, but since Novacon 2 has been run by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Novacon used to present the annual Nova Awards.
| Convention | Dates | Venue | GoHs | Att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novacon 1 | November 13-14, 1971 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | James White | 144 |
| Novacon 2 | November 4-5, 1972 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Doreen Rogers | 190 |
| Novacon 3 | November 2-4, 1973 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Bulmer | 146 |
| Novacon 4 | October 25-27, 1974 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Slater | 211 |
| Novacon 5 | November 7-9, 1975 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Dan Morgan | 272 |
| Novacon 6 | November 5-7, 1976 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | David Kyle | 317 |
| Novacon 7 | November 4-6, 1977 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | John Brunner | 278 |
| Novacon 8 | November 3-5, 1978 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham | Anne McCaffrey | 309 |
| Novacon 9 | November 2-4, 1979 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest | 290 |
| Novacon 10 | October 31-November 2, 1980 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Brian W. Aldiss | 495 |
| Novacon 11 | October 30-November 1, 1981 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Bob Shaw | 362 |
| Novacon 12 | November 5-7, 1982 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Harry Harrison | 373 |
| Novacon 13 | November 4-6, 1983 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Lisa Tuttle | 339 |
| Novacon 14 | November 9-11, 1984 | Grand Hotel, Birmingham | Robert Holdstock | 333 |
| Novacon 15 | November 1-3, 1985 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | James White, David Langford | 340 |
| Novacon 16 | October 31 - November 2, 1986 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | E. C. Tubb, Chris Evans | 257 |
| Novacon 17 | October 30 - November 1, 1987 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Iain M. Banks | 315 |
| Novacon 18 | November 4-6, 1988 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Garry Kilworth | 336 |
| Novacon 19 | November 17-19, 1989 | Excelsior, Solihull | Geoff Ryman | 303 |
| Novacon 20 | November 9-11, 1990 | Excelsior, Solihull | Jack Cohen | 330 |
| Novacon 21 | November 1-3, 1991 | Forte Poste House, Solihull | Colin Greenland | 200 |
| Novacon 22 | November 6-8, 1992 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Storm Constantine | 300 |
| Novacon 23 | November 5-7, 1993 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Stephen Baxter | 243 |
| Novacon 24 | November 4-6, 1994 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Graham Joyce | 214 |
| Novacon 25 | November 3-5, 1995 | Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham | Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Harry Harrison, Iain Banks (special guest) | 338 |
| Novacon 26 | November 8-10, 1996 | Hotel Ibis, Birmingham | David Gemmell | 281 |
| Novacon 27 | November 14-16, 1997 | Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern | Peter F. Hamilton | 277 |
| Novacon 28 | November 13-15, 1998 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Paul J. McAuley | 265 |
| Novacon 29 | November 5-7, 1999 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Ian Stewart | 239 |
| Novacon 30 | November 10-12, 2000 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest, Rog Peyton (special guest), David A. Hardy (guest artist) | 224 |
| Novacon 31 | November 9-11, 2001 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Gwyneth Jones | 219 |
| Novacon 32 | November 1-3, 2002 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Ian McDonald | 252 |
| Novacon 33 | November 7-9, 2003 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Jon Courtenay Grimwood | 203 |
| Novacon 34 | November 5-7, 2004 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Ian Watson | 217 |
| Novacon 35 | November 11-13, 2005 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Alastair Reynolds | 216 |
| Novacon 36 | November 10-12, 2006 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Ken MacLeod | 212 |
| Novacon 37 | November 2-4, 2007 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Charles Stross | 208 |
| Novacon 38 | November 14-16, 2008 | Quality Hotel, Walsall | Ian R. MacLeod, Vernon Brown (Fan Guest) | 177 |
| Novacon 39 | November 13-15, 2009 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Justina Robson | 210 |
| Novacon 40 | November 12-14, 2010 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Iain M. Banks, Brian W. Aldiss (special guest) | 262 |
| Novacon 41 | November 11-13, 2011 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | John Meaney | tbc |
| Novacon 42 | November 9-11, 2012 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Jaine Fenn | tbc |
| Novacon 43 | November 8-10, 2013 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Jo Walton | tbc |
| Novacon 44 | November 14-16, 2014 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Kari Sperring, John Gribbin | |
| Novacon 45 | November 13-15, 2015 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Anne Nicholls, Stan Nicholls | |
| Novacon 46 | November 11-13, 2016 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Juliet McKenna | |
| Novacon 47 | November 10-12, 2017 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Adrian Tchaikovsky | |
| Novacon 48 | November 9-11, 2018 | Park Inn, Nottingham, UK | Chris Beckett | |
| Novacon 49 | November 8-10, 2019 | Mercure, Nottingham, UK | Mike Carey | |
| Novacon 50 | Chris Priest, Fangorn, Emma Newman (did not attend), Claire North | |||
| Novacon 51 | November 11-13, 2022 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Gareth L. Powell | |
| Novacon 52 | November 10-12, 2023 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Jen Williams | |
| Novacon 53 | November 8-10, 2024 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Allen Stroud | |
| Novacon 54 | November 7-9, 2025 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Emily Tesh |
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