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| − | "Newarkon" was sometimes used as a series name for the [[FPWESFC]] and subsequent [[Open ESFA]] series in [[Newark, NJ]]. | + | First, a name for a proposed 1941 [[convention]] that never happened, "'''Newarkon'''" was later sometimes used as a series name for the [[FPWESFC]] and subsequent [[Open ESFA]] series in [[Newark, NJ]]. |
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| − | From '''Conference''' – This Newark Conference was intended as something for Easterners to attend who couldn't go to the [[Denvention]] in 1941. [[Fandom]] generally refused to support the idea because it was believed that it would conflict with the [[Denvention]], and [[Sykora]] and [[Moskowitz]] laid the responsibility for the idea to [[Taurasi]], who wasn't at the [[1938 Philadelphia Conference|Philadelphia meeting]]. The Newarkon did not take place. | + | From '''Conference''' – This Newark Conference was intended as something for Easterners to attend who couldn't go to the [[Denvention]] in 1941. [[Fandom]] generally refused to support the idea because it was believed that it would conflict with the [[Denvention]], and [[Will Sykora|Sykora]] and [[Sam Moskowitz|Moskowitz]] laid the responsibility for the idea to [[John V. Tsurasi|Taurasi]], who wasn't at the [[1938 Philadelphia Conference|Philadelphia meeting]]. The Newarkon did not take place. |
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The proposed [[Newark]] Conference. | The proposed [[Newark]] Conference. | ||
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Revision as of 18:11, 21 July 2023
First, a name for a proposed 1941 convention that never happened, "Newarkon" was later sometimes used as a series name for the FPWESFC and subsequent Open ESFA series in Newark, NJ.
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| From Conference – This Newark Conference was intended as something for Easterners to attend who couldn't go to the Denvention in 1941. Fandom generally refused to support the idea because it was believed that it would conflict with the Denvention, and Sykora and Moskowitz laid the responsibility for the idea to Taurasi, who wasn't at the Philadelphia meeting. The Newarkon did not take place. |
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| The proposed Newark Conference. |
| Convention | |
| 1941 |
| This is a convention page. Please extend it by adding information about the convention, including dates, GoHs, convention chairman, locale, sponsoring organization, external links to convention pages, awards given, the program, notable events, anecdotes, pictures, scans of publications, pictures of T-shirts, con reports, etc. |
