1941

January	First known use of BEM in print.
February 9, 1941	Earl Singleton pseuicide.
late February	First Boskone held.
June	N3F founded.
June–July	Widneride.
July 4–6	Denvention (Third Worldcon).
November 16	First Michiconference held.
	Mid-West Fantasy Fan Federation created.
December 7	US enters World War II.
	Fantasy Times begins publication.

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Births and Deaths:

Allan Rothstein - Allen L. Lewis - Anne Rice - Anthony R. Lewis - Barry Hansen - Bill Crider - Bill Desmond - Boris Vallejo - Bruce Newrock - Charles Naylor - Chris Miller - Dan Alderson - Daniel Pinkwater - David G. Hartwell - David Lunde - David R. Palmer - Don Studebaker - E. J. Gold - Ed Buckley - Ed Gorman - Frank Gasperik - Garry Kilworth - George Wagner - Glen GoodKnight - Gregory Benford - Hal Hall - Harry Nadler - Helena Binns - Howard Frank - Jack C. Haldeman II - Jack Calvert - Jack Heazlitt - James P. Hogan - Jane Gaskell - Jim Benford - Joe Wehrle, Jr. - John Foyster - John Salthouse - Joni Stopa - Jörgen Peterzén - Karin Boye - Ken Ozanne - Ken Rudolph - Kirby McCauley - Linda Kent - Lynette Mills - Martin H. Greenberg - Michael Kandel - Philip Harbottle - Rainer Eisfeld - Richard Koogle - Rick Brooks - Sam Lundwall - Sandra Miesel - Sandy Meschkow - Sergeant Saturn - Stanley Davies - Stella Nemeth - Steve Sneyd - Vaughn Bodé - YHOS

Convention series started or ended:

Boskone - Michiconference - Washington Confabulation

Onetime conventions:

Bombcon - Newarkon

Bids:

Denver in 1941 - New York in 1941

Publications started or ended:

A Tale of the 'Evans - Ackermaniac Presents Hoffmania - Austra-Fantasy - Bibliophan - Bizarre - Bonfire - CFS Review - Censored - Comet - The Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmic Stories - Cosmos - Cosmos - Dawn Shadows - Eclipse - Fan Dance - Fan-Atic - Fanart (Jenkins) - Fantascience Digest - Fantasia - Fantasy Faction Field - Fantasy Post - Fantasy Times - Fantasy War Bulletin - Fido's Litter - Fmz Digest - Future - Futuria - Gargoyle - The Gentlest Art - Guteto - He Said - Hellzapoppin - Hot Air - Hymn to Satan - Infinite - Interplanetary News - Jen - Jinx - Melbourne Bulletin - Mikros - Moonshine - Nachgemachte Schildkrotensuppe - Nepenthe - New Fandom - Nova - Phanny - Pluto - STF HASH - STF-ETTE - Sands of Time - Science Fantasy Fan - Science Fiction -- Hobby or Duty? - Science Fiction Terrier - Science and Fantasy Fan Reporter - Scienti-Snaps - Scorpio - Snide - Sound Off! - Space Tales - Spaceward - Spectra - Specula - Star Parade - Starlight - Stars - Stirring Science Stories - Strange Stories - Super Science Novels Magazine - Telefan - Tellus - Terror Tales - The Centaur - The Denventioneer - The Fly in the Ointment - The Gentlest Art - The National Fantasy Fan - The Science Fiction Fan - The Southern Star - The Stencil Duplicated Newspaper - The Time Scanner - The Unique Magazine - Tin Tacks - Ultra - Uncanny Stories - Vagabondia - Wavelength - With the Archeologists - X - YHOS - Yearbook of Science Fiction - Zenith

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Laureate Awards - Neffy Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Dixie Fantasy Federation - Fandom GPO - Frontier Society - Futurian Federation of Australia - Futurian Society of Melbourne - Golden Gate Futurians - Indiana Fantasy Association - N3F - New Fandom - Ontario Science Fictioneers - Science Fiction League

Fanhistory:

Forrest J Ackerman's Denvention I Reminiscence - FooFoo Special - List of Denvention Members - Sergeant Saturn - Skylark of Woo-Woo - Type Fifteen Fan

New fanspeak coined:

Actifan - Anywhen - Fido's Litter - Right to Buy Weapons Is the Right to Be Free - Space Opera - Type Fifteen Fan - YHOS

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Austra-Fantasy - Cosmos - Future - Futurian Federation of Australia - Futurian Society of Melbourne - Helena Binns - John Foyster - Ken Ozanne - Melbourne Bulletin - Science and Fantasy Fan Reporter - Second Sydney Conference - Spaceward - Telefan - Ultra

Britain:

Bibliophan - Bombcon - Chris Miller - Cosmos - Dawn Shadows - Ed Buckley - Fan Dance - Fandom GPO - Fantasy Post - Fantasy War Bulletin - Gargoyle - Garry Kilworth - The Gentlest Art - Harry Nadler - He Said - Hellzapoppin - Hot Air - Interplanetary News - Jane Gaskell - Jen - John Salthouse - Moonshine - Philip Harbottle - Sands of Time - Science Fantasy Fan - Stanley Davies - Star Parade - Steve Sneyd - The Fly in the Ointment - The Gentlest Art - The Unique Magazine - Tin Tacks - With the Archeologists - Zenith

Canada:

Censored - Ontario Science Fictioneers

Europe:

Jörgen Peterzén - Karin Boye - Rainer Eisfeld - Sam Lundwall

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Lynette Mills

US:

1941 Michiconference - A Tale of the 'Evans - Ackermaniac Presents Hoffmania - Allan Rothstein - Allen L. Lewis - Anne Rice - Anthony R. Lewis - Barry Hansen - Bill Crider - Bill Desmond - Bizarre - Bonfire - Boris Vallejo - Boskone - Boskone I - Bruce Newrock - CFS Review - Charles Naylor - Comet - The Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmic Stories - Dan Alderson - Daniel Pinkwater - David G. Hartwell - David Lunde - David R. Palmer - Denvention - Forrest J Ackerman's Denvention I Reminiscence - Denver in 1941 - Dixie Fantasy Federation - Don Studebaker - E. J. Gold - Eclipse - Ed Gorman - Fan-Atic - Fanart (Jenkins) - Fantascience Digest - Fantasia - Fantasy Faction Field - Fantasy Times - Fmz Digest - FooFoo Special - Frank Gasperik - Frontier Society - Futuria - Futurian Embassy - George Wagner - Glen GoodKnight - Golden Gate Futurians - Gregory Benford - Guteto - Hal Hall - Howard Frank - Hymn to Satan - Indiana Fantasy Association - Infinite - Jack C. Haldeman II - Jack Calvert - Jack Heazlitt - James P. Hogan - Jim Benford - Jinx - Joe Wehrle, Jr. - Joni Stopa - Ken Rudolph - Kirby McCauley - Laureate Awards - Linda Kent - List of Denvention Members - Martin H. Greenberg - Michael Kandel - Michiconference - Mikros - Nachgemachte Schildkrotensuppe - Neffy Awards - Nepenthe - New Fandom - New York in 1941 - Newarkon - Nova - Phanny - Pluto - Prime Base - Richard Koogle - Rick Brooks - STF HASH - STF-ETTE - Sandra Miesel - Sandy Meschkow - Science Fiction -- Hobby or Duty? - Science Fiction Terrier - Scienti-Snaps - Scorpio - Sergeant Saturn - Skylark of Woo-Woo - Snide - Sound Off! - Space Tales - Spectra - Specula - Starlight - Stars - Stella Nemeth - Steve Sneyd - Stirring Science Stories - Strange Stories - Super Science Novels Magazine - Tellus - Terror Tales - The Centaur - The Denventioneer - The National Fantasy Fan - The Science Fiction Fan - The Southern Star - The Stencil Duplicated Newspaper - The Time Scanner - Uncanny Stories - Vagabondia - Vaughn Bodé - Washington Confabulation - Washington Confabulation 2 - Wavelength - X - YHOS - Yearbook of Science Fiction

Rest of the World: