Fandom's Firsts

Events

Conventions

• First SF convention, 1936.
• Other first convention, 1937.
  • Which Was the First SF Convention?
• First UK convention, 1937.
• First Worldcon, 1939.
• First Worldcon outside the U.S., 1948.
• First Worldcon in a convention center, 1978.
• First New England SF Conference, 1945.
• Actual first New England SF con, 1941.
• First Australian Science Fiction Convention, 1952.
• First NASFiC, 1975.
• First NASFiC outside continental U.S., 2017.
• First NASFiC in Canada, 2023.
• First Annual West Coast Scienti-Fantasy Conference, 1948.
• First relaxacon, 1950.
• First fanzine convention, 1976.
• First fanhistory convention, 1994.

Other Events

• First feud, 1930.
• First Staple War, 1934.
• First Exclusion Act, 1939.
• First Hugo Awards, 1954.
• First Interregnum.
• First Transition.
• First Contact.

Organizations

Clubs

• First Club, 1929.
  • Which Was the First Club?
• First chapter of the Science Fiction League, 1935.
• First state organization, 1936.

• First fan fund, 1947–49.

Publications

• First Fan Letter with Address, 1927.

Fanzines

• First work of fanhistory.
• First fanzine.
  • What Was the First Fanzine?
• First fanzine by an individual.
• First fanzine pubbed outside the U.S.
• First UK fanzine.
• First Canadian fanzine.
• First newszine.
• First fanzine published in Western Australia.
• First European fanzine.
• First German fanzine by an individual.
• First fanzine to feature multicolor mimeography.
• First fan apa.
• First weekly fan apa.
• First Draft.

Other Publications

• First faanfiction.

• First Word on Page 28.

• First filksong.

People

• First Fandom.

• First African American in fandom?
• First hoax Black fan.
• First faned.
• First female faned.
• First woman sf club president.
• First conrunner.
• First female con chair (Boskone V, 1945).
• First Worldcon chair.
• First woman to chair a Worldcon.
• First woman to win a Hugo.
• First woman faned to win a Hugo solo.
• First woman to be a Worldcon Fan GoH.
• First woman to be a Worldcon Fan GoH solo.

• First fan murderer.

• First gafiate.

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