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Year || Date || Convention || Size || Location || Notes
 
Year || Date || Convention || Size || Location || Notes
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'''1936''' || October 22 || '''[[First Convention]]''' || 12–18 || [[Philadelphia]] || later called the [[First Eastern]]
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colspan="5"|'''1936'''
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October 22, 1936 || '''[[First Convention]]''' || 12–18 || [[Philadelphia]] || later called the [[First Eastern]]
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rowspan="3"|'''1937''' || January 3|| [[Other First Convention]] || ~20 || [[Leeds, UK]] ||  
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colspan="5"|'''1937'''
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February 21 || [[Second Eastern]] || 30–40 || [[New York]] ||  
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January 3, 1937 || [[Other First Convention]] || ~20 || [[Leeds, UK]] ||  
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October 30 || [[Third Eastern]] || ~30 || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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February 21, 1937 || [[Second Eastern]] || 30–40 || [[New York]] ||  
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October 30, 1937 || [[Third Eastern]] || ~30 || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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rowspan="3"|'''1938''' || April 10|| [[Second British Convention]] || 43 || [[London]] || called Necronomicon in '57
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colspan="5"|'''1938'''
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May 29 || [[Newark Convention]] || >100 || [[Newark, NJ]] || aka [[Fourth Eastern]] aka [[First National]]
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April 10, 1937 || [[Second British Convention]] || 43 || [[London]] || called Necronomicon in '57
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October 16|| [[1938 Philadelphia Conference]] || > 25 || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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May 29, 1938 || [[Newark Convention]] || >100 || [[Newark, NJ]] || aka [[Fourth Eastern]] aka [[First National]]
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October 16, 1938 || [[1938 Philadelphia Conference]] || > 25 || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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rowspan="4"|'''1939''' || May 21|| [[Third British Convention]] || ~40 || [[London]] ||  
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colspan="5"|'''1939'''
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July 2–4|| '''[[NyCon]]''' || 150–<wbr />200 || [[New York]] || the first [[Worldcon]]
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May 21, 1939 || [[Third British Convention]] || ~40 || [[London]] ||  
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Fall || [[Philcon 1939]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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July 2–4, 1939 || '''[[NyCon]]''' || 150–<wbr />200 || [[New York]] || the first [[Worldcon]]
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Early June || [[OSA Pow-Wow]] || 3 || [[Tulsa, OK]] || [[Oklahoma]] state convention  
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Fall 1939 || [[Philcon 1939]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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Early June 1939 || [[OSA Pow-Wow]] || 3 || [[Tulsa, OK]] || [[Oklahoma]] state convention  
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rowspan="5"|'''1940''' || Early 1940|| [[Washington Confabulation 1]] || 3 || [[Washington, DC]]||
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colspan="5"|'''1940'''
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April || [[Third Chicago Conference]] || 4 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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Early 1940 || [[Washington Confabulation 1]] || 3 || [[Washington, DC]]||
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September 1–2|| '''[[Chicon]]''' || 128 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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April 1940 || [[Third Chicago Conference]] || 4 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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November 10|| [[Phillycon 1940]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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September 1–2, 1940 || '''[[Chicon]]''' || 128 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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December 6 || [[First Sydney Conference]] || 10 ||[[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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November 10, 1940 || [[Phillycon 1940]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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December 6, 1940 || [[First Sydney Conference]] || 10 ||[[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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rowspan="7"|'''1941''' || Late February || [[Boskone I]] || ~25 || Winchester, MA || at [[the Swishers]]’ home
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colspan="5"|'''1941'''
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April 6 || [[Second Sydney Conference|Second&nbsp;Sydney&nbsp;Conference]] || ~12 || [[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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Late February 1941 || [[Boskone I]] || ~25 || Winchester, MA || at [[the Swishers]]’ home
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May 4|| [[All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] || May not have been held
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April 6, 1941 || [[Second Sydney Conference|Second&nbsp;Sydney&nbsp;Conference]] || ~12 || [[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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Summer || [[Washington Confabulation 2]] || 6? || [[Washington, DC]] || issued [[Washington Manifesto]]
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May 4, 1941 || [[All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] || May not have been held
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July 4–6|| '''[[Denvention]]''' || ~100 || [[Denver]] ||  
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Summer 1941 || [[Washington Confabulation 2]] || 6? || [[Washington, DC]] || issued [[Washington Manifesto]]
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September 20–21|| [[Bombcon]] || 13 || [[London]] ||  
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July 4–6, 1941 || '''[[Denvention]]''' || ~100 || [[Denver]] ||  
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November 16|| [[1941 Michiconference]] || || [[Jackson, MI]] ||  
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September 20–21, 1941|| [[Bombcon]] || 13 || [[London]] ||  
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November 16, 1941|| [[1941 Michiconference]] || || [[Jackson, MI]] ||  
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rowspan="7"|'''1942''' || <s>January</s> || <s>[[PhilCo 1942]]</s> || || <s>[[Philadelphia]]</s>|| Belatedly announced, called off in favor of [[Boskone II]]
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colspan="5"|'''1942'''
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January 4 || [[Third Sydney Conference]] || 8 || [[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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<s>January 1942</s> || <s>[[PhilCo 1942]]</s> || || <s>[[Philadelphia]]</s>|| Belatedly announced, called off in favor of [[Boskone II]]
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February 22 || [[Boskone II]] || 25 || Boston, MA ||  
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January 4, 1942 || [[Third Sydney Conference]] || 8 || [[Sydney, NSW]], [[Australia]]||
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September 27|| [[1942 Michiconference]] || ~25 || [[Jackson, MI]] ||  
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February 22, 1942 || [[Boskone II]] || 25 || Boston, MA ||  
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November 22 || [[Bloomington Conference]] || 9 || style="white-space:nowrap" | [[Bloomington, IL]] || possibly a poker game
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September 27, 1942 || [[1942 Michiconference]] || ~25 || [[Jackson, MI]] ||  
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November 29 || [[Hastings S-F Conference]] || v. small || [[Hastings, MN]] || possibly a [[drinking]] party   
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November 22, 1942 || [[Bloomington Conference]] || 9 || style="white-space:nowrap" | [[Bloomington, IL]] || possibly a poker game
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November 29, 1942 || [[Hastings S-F Conference]] || v. small || [[Hastings, MN]] || possibly a [[drinking]] party   
 
Late 1942 || [[Pacificon Jr.]] || || [[Los Angeles]] ||  
 
Late 1942 || [[Pacificon Jr.]] || || [[Los Angeles]] ||  
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colspan="5"|'''1943'''
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rowspan="13"|'''1943''' || February 28|| [[Boskone III]] || 14 || [[Boston, MA]] ||  
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February 28, 1943 || [[Boskone III]] || 14 || [[Boston, MA]] ||  
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Spring || [[Live Oak Conference]] || 3 || Live Oak, FL || A [[Cosmic Circle]] event
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Spring 1943 || [[Live Oak Conference]] || 3 || Live Oak, FL || A [[Cosmic Circle]] event
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April 23–26 || [[Midvention 1]] || 14 || Leicester, [[UK]] || i. e. over Easter
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April 23–26, 1943 || [[Midvention 1]] || 14 || Leicester, [[UK]] || i. e. over Easter
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April 26–27 || [[Midgicon]] ("Midget&nbsp;Chicon") || 8 || [[Chicago]] || [[Al Ashley]] et al. on [[book]]buying spree, moots [[Slan Center]]
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April 26–27, 1943 || [[Midgicon]] ("Midget&nbsp;Chicon") || 8 || [[Chicago]] || [[Al Ashley]] et al. on [[book]]buying spree, moots [[Slan Center]]
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May 16 || [[Staplecon 1]] || ~12 || [[San Francisco]] ||  
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May 16, 1943 || [[Staplecon 1]] || ~12 || [[San Francisco]] ||  
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June 26/28–July 1 || [[Mainecon]] or Maine Stf Conference || 3 || Rockland, ME || [[Art Widner]], [[Russ Chauvenet]] bike to [[Norm Stanley]]’s
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June 26/28–July 1, 1943 || [[Mainecon]] or Maine Stf Conference || 3 || Rockland, ME || [[Art Widner]], [[Russ Chauvenet]] bike to [[Norm Stanley]]’s
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Early July || [[Mainecon, Jr.]] || 2 || Rockland again || visit by [[Claude Degler]]
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Early July 1943 || [[Mainecon, Jr.]] || 2 || Rockland again || visit by [[Claude Degler]]
 
Mid-1943 || [[Schenectacon]] || 2-4 || [[Schenectady, NY]] ||  
 
Mid-1943 || [[Schenectacon]] || 2-4 || [[Schenectady, NY]] ||  
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October 30|| [[1943 Michiconference]] || 22 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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October 30, 1943 || [[1943 Michiconference]] || 22 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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November 21|| [[Staplecon 2]] || || [[San Francisco]] ||  
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November 21, 1943 || [[Staplecon 2]] || || [[San Francisco]] ||  
 
"Around the end" of 1943 || [[Fancon]] || || [[Bloomington, IL]] ||
 
"Around the end" of 1943 || [[Fancon]] || || [[Bloomington, IL]] ||
 
Late 1943? ||[[Councilcon]]||||[[Newcastle, IN]]|| Possibly occurred only in [[Claude Degler]]’s imagination
 
Late 1943? ||[[Councilcon]]||||[[Newcastle, IN]]|| Possibly occurred only in [[Claude Degler]]’s imagination
 
{{nowrap| December 31, 1943}}–January 2, 1944 || [[Norcon (UK)]] || small || [[Manchester, UK]] ||  
 
{{nowrap| December 31, 1943}}–January 2, 1944 || [[Norcon (UK)]] || small || [[Manchester, UK]] ||  
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colspan="5"|'''1944'''
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rowspan="8"|'''1944''' || April 8–9|| [[Eastercon 1944]] || || [[London]] ||  
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April 8–9, 1944 || [[Eastercon 1944]] || || [[London]] ||  
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May 28 || [[Staplecon 3]] || 9 || [[San Francisco]] ||  
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May 28, 1944 || [[Staplecon 3]] || 9 || [[San Francisco]] ||  
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June 17–19 || [[Michicon 4]] || 23 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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June 17–19, 1944 || [[Michicon 4]] || 23 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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August 27 || [[Dovention]] || 11 || [[Dover, NJ]] ||  
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August 27, 1944 || [[Dovention]] || 11 || [[Dover, NJ]] ||  
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September 1–2 || [[Midvention 2]] || 6–8 || Leicester, UK || or "Midventionette"
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September 1–2, 1944 || [[Midvention 2]] || 6–8 || Leicester, UK || or "Midventionette"
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October 7–9 || [[Little Chicon]] || "small" || [[Chicago]] ||  
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October 7–9, 1944 || [[Little Chicon]] || "small" || [[Chicago]] ||  
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? || [[Bufflocon]] || || [[Buffalo, NY]] || [[Slan Shack]] visiting [[Ken Krueger]]
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1944 || [[Bufflocon]] || || [[Buffalo, NY]] || [[Slan Shack]] visiting [[Ken Krueger]]
 
December 29, 1944–January 1, 1945 || [[Norcon (UK)]] 2 || small || [[Manchester, UK]] || Announced &mdash; did it occur?
 
December 29, 1944–January 1, 1945 || [[Norcon (UK)]] 2 || small || [[Manchester, UK]] || Announced &mdash; did it occur?
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colspan="5"|'''1945'''
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rowspan="3"|'''1945''' || February 3–4 || [[Boskone IV]] || 5 || [[Winchester, MA]] || at [[the Swishers]]’ home
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February 3–4, 1945 || [[Boskone IV]] || 5 || [[Winchester, MA]] || at [[the Swishers]]’ home
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July 7–8 || [[1945 Michiconference]] || 15-20 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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July 7–8, 1945 || [[1945 Michiconference]] || 15-20 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] ||  
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September 2 || [[Boskone V]] || 9 || [[Salem, MA]] || AKA [[First New England SF Conference]]  
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September 2, 1945 || [[Boskone V]] || 9 || [[Salem, MA]] || AKA [[First New England SF Conference]]  
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colspan="5"|'''1946'''
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rowspan="5"|'''1946''' || March 3|| [[FPWESFC]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] ||  
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March 3, 1946 || [[FPWESFC]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] ||  
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April 6–7 || [[First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con]] || 16 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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April 6–7, 1946  || [[First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con]] || 16 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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July 4–7|| '''[[Pacificon]]''' || 130 || [[Los Angeles]] ||  
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July 4–7, 1946  || '''[[Pacificon]]''' || 130 || [[Los Angeles]] ||  
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October 12–13|| [[Centracon]] || 25 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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October 12–13, 1946  || [[Centracon]] || 25 || [[Chicago]] ||  
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October 27 || [[Phillycon 1946]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
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October 27, 1946  || [[Phillycon 1946]] || || [[Philadelphia]] ||  
 
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See also the ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'' (1959) articles on [[Con]], [[fan visit]]s and [[fan gatherings]].  
 
See also the ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'' (1959) articles on [[Con]], [[fan visit]]s and [[fan gatherings]].  
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{{fanhistory | start=1936 | end=1946}}

Revision as of 10:44, 8 July 2023

The first ten years of SF conventions were a mixed bag, but even the largest was small by modern standards, and some were literally a few guys getting together for a day. But travel was difficult and the tendency of the time was to call nearly any planned get-together (of fans from different cities a "convention" (or a "conference." See the Fancyclopedia 2 article on “con” for the baroque early terminology).

Anglofan historians tend to take a hard line on what was or wasn’t a convention (they would omit the First Convention if they could). We are inclined to take the participants’ estimation, even if they declared conhood after the event.

Year Date Convention Size Location Notes
1936
October 22, 1936 First Convention 12–18 Philadelphia later called the First Eastern
1937
January 3, 1937 Other First Convention ~20 Leeds, UK
February 21, 1937 Second Eastern 30–40 New York
October 30, 1937 Third Eastern ~30 Philadelphia
1938
April 10, 1937 Second British Convention 43 London called Necronomicon in '57
May 29, 1938 Newark Convention >100 Newark, NJ aka Fourth Eastern aka First National
October 16, 1938 1938 Philadelphia Conference > 25 Philadelphia
1939
May 21, 1939 Third British Convention ~40 London
July 2–4, 1939 NyCon 150–200 New York the first Worldcon
Fall 1939 Philcon 1939 Philadelphia
Early June 1939 OSA Pow-Wow 3 Tulsa, OK Oklahoma state convention
1940
Early 1940 Washington Confabulation 1 3 Washington, DC
April 1940 Third Chicago Conference 4 Chicago
September 1–2, 1940 Chicon 128 Chicago
November 10, 1940 Phillycon 1940 Philadelphia
December 6, 1940 First Sydney Conference 10 Sydney, NSW, Australia
1941
Late February 1941 Boskone I ~25 Winchester, MA at the Swishers’ home
April 6, 1941 Second Sydney Conference ~12 Sydney, NSW, Australia
May 4, 1941 All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference Newark, NJ May not have been held
Summer 1941 Washington Confabulation 2 6? Washington, DC issued Washington Manifesto
July 4–6, 1941 Denvention ~100 Denver
September 20–21, 1941 Bombcon 13 London
November 16, 1941 1941 Michiconference Jackson, MI
1942
January 1942 PhilCo 1942 Philadelphia Belatedly announced, called off in favor of Boskone II
January 4, 1942 Third Sydney Conference 8 Sydney, NSW, Australia
February 22, 1942 Boskone II 25 Boston, MA
September 27, 1942 1942 Michiconference ~25 Jackson, MI
November 22, 1942 Bloomington Conference 9 Bloomington, IL possibly a poker game
November 29, 1942 Hastings S-F Conference v. small Hastings, MN possibly a drinking party
Late 1942 Pacificon Jr. Los Angeles
1943
February 28, 1943 Boskone III 14 Boston, MA
Spring 1943 Live Oak Conference 3 Live Oak, FL A Cosmic Circle event
April 23–26, 1943 Midvention 14 Leicester, UK i. e. over Easter
April 26–27, 1943 Midgicon ("Midget Chicon") 8 Chicago Al Ashley et al. on bookbuying spree, moots Slan Center
May 16, 1943 Staplecon 1 ~12 San Francisco
June 26/28–July 1, 1943 Mainecon or Maine Stf Conference 3 Rockland, ME Art Widner, Russ Chauvenet bike to Norm Stanley’s
Early July 1943 Mainecon, Jr. 2 Rockland again visit by Claude Degler
Mid-1943 Schenectacon 2-4 Schenectady, NY
October 30, 1943 1943 Michiconference 22 Battle Creek, MI
November 21, 1943 Staplecon 2 San Francisco
"Around the end" of 1943 Fancon Bloomington, IL
Late 1943? Councilcon Newcastle, IN Possibly occurred only in Claude Degler’s imagination
December 31, 1943–January 2, 1944 Norcon small Manchester, UK
1944
April 8–9, 1944 Eastercon London
May 28, 1944 Staplecon 3 9 San Francisco
June 17–19, 1944 Michicon 4 23 Battle Creek, MI
August 27, 1944 Dovention 11 Dover, NJ
September 1–2, 1944 Midvention 2 6–8 Leicester, UK or "Midventionette"
October 7–9, 1944 Little Chicon "small" Chicago
1944 Bufflocon Buffalo, NY Slan Shack visiting Ken Krueger
December 29, 1944–January 1, 1945 Norcon 2 small Manchester, UK Announced — did it occur?
1945
February 3–4, 1945 Boskone IV 5 Winchester, MA at the Swishers’ home
July 7–8, 1945 1945 Michiconference 15-20 Battle Creek, MI
September 2, 1945 Boskone V 9 Salem, MA AKA First New England SF Conference
1946
March 3, 1946 FPWESFC Newark, NJ
April 6–7, 1946 First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con 16 Chicago
July 4–7, 1946 Pacificon 130 Los Angeles
October 12–13, 1946 Centracon 25 Chicago
October 27, 1946 Phillycon 1946 Philadelphia

See also the Fancyclopedia 2 (1959) articles on Con, fan visits and fan gatherings.

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