No. |
Convention |
Dates |
Locale |
GoHs, Notes
|
1 |
1st World Fantasy Convention |
October 31–November 2, 1975 |
Providence, RI |
Robert Bloch
|
2 |
2nd World Fantasy Convention |
October 29-31, 1976 |
New York City |
C. L. Moore, Michael Moorcock
|
3 |
World Fantasy Convention III |
October 28-30, 1977 |
Los Angeles |
Richard Matheson
|
4 |
4th World Fantasy Convention |
October 13-15, 1978 |
Fort Worth, TX |
Fritz Leiber, Alicia Austin
|
5 |
5th World Fantasy Convention |
October 12-14, 1979 |
Providence , RI |
Stephen King, Frank Belknap Long, Michael Whelan
|
6 |
6th World Fantasy Convention |
October 31–November 2, 1980 |
Hunt Valley, MD |
Jack Vance, Boris Vallejo
|
7 |
7th World Fantasy Convention |
October 30–November 1, 1981 |
Berkeley, CA |
Alan Garner, Peter S. Beagle, Brian Froud
|
8 |
World Fantasy Convention '82 |
October 29-31, 1982 |
New Haven, CT |
Peter Straub, Joseph Payne Brennan, Don Maitz
|
9 |
World Fantasy Convention 1983 |
October 28-30, 1983 |
Chicago |
Gene Wolfe, Manly Wade Wellman, Rowena Morrill
|
10 |
World Fantasy Convention 1984 |
October 12-14, 1984 |
Ottawa, ON |
Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Jeffrey Jones
|
11 |
1985 World Fantasy Convention |
October 31–November 3, 1985 |
Tucson, AZ |
Stephen R. Donaldson, Victoria Poyser, Evangeline Walton
|
12 |
12th World Fantasy Convention |
October 29–November 2, 1986 |
Providence, RI |
Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, J. K. Potter
|
13 |
13th World Fantasy Convention |
October 29–November 1, 1987 |
Nashville, TN |
Piers Anthony, Frank Kelly Freas
|
14 |
14th World Fantasy Convention / Fantasycon XIII |
October 28-31, 1988 |
London |
James Herbert, Michael Foreman, Diana Wynne Jones
|
15 |
15th World Fantasy Convention |
October 27-29, 1989 |
Seattle, WA |
Ursula K. LeGuin, Avram Davidson, S. P. Somtow, Robert McCammon, Yoshitaka Amano
|
16 |
16th World Fantasy Convention |
November 2-4, 1990 |
Schaumburg, IL |
F. Paul Wilson, L. Sprague de Camp, Susan Allison, David B. Mattingly
|
17 |
17th World Fantasy Convention |
November 1-3, 1991 |
Tucson, AZ |
Susan and Harlan Ellison, Arlin Robins
|
18 |
1992 World Fantasy Convention |
October 29–November 1, 1992 |
Pine Mountain, GA |
Michael Bishop, John Farris, Martin H. Greenberg, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Gould
|
19 |
1993 World Fantasy Convention |
October 28-31, 1993 |
Bloomington, MN |
Poul Anderson, John Crowley, Roger Zelazny, Tom Canty, Basil Copper
|
20 |
1994 World Fantasy Convention |
October 27-31, 1994 |
New Orleans |
Damon Knight, George Alec Effinger, George R. R. Martin, Tim Powers, Kate Wilhelm
|
21 |
1995 World Fantasy Convention |
October 26-29, 1995 |
Baltimore, MD |
Terry Bisson, Lucius Shepard, Howard Waldrop, Rick Berry, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
|
22 |
World Fantasy Convention 1996 |
October 31–November 3, 1996 |
Schaumburg, IL |
Katherine Kurtz, Joe R. Lansdale, Ellen Asher, Ron Walotsky
|
23 |
1997 World Fantasy Convention / Fantasycon XXI |
October 30–November 2, 1997 |
London |
Joan Aiken, Iain Sinclair, Bob Eggleton, Hugh B. Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Doug Bradley
|
24 |
World Fantasy Convention 1998 |
October 29–November 1, 1998 |
Monterey, CA |
Cecelia Holland, Richard Laymon, Frank M. Robinson, Gahan Wilson
|
25 |
25th World Fantasy Convention |
November 4-7, 1999 |
Providence, RI |
Charles de Lint, Leo & Diane Dillon, Patricia A. McKillip, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany
|
26 |
World Fantasy Convention 2000 |
October 26-29, 2000 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
K. W. Jeter, John Crowley, Charles Vess
|
27 |
World Fantasy Convention 2001 |
November 1-4, 2001 |
Montreal |
Fred Saberhagen, Joel Champetier, Donato Giancola
|
28 |
2002 World Fantasy Convention |
October 31–November 3, 2002 |
Minneapolis |
Dennis Etchison, Jonathan Carroll, Kathe Koja, Dave McKean, Stephen Jones
|
29 |
World Fantasy Convention 2003 |
October 30–November 2, 2003 |
Washington, DC |
Brian Lumley, Jack Williamson , Allen Koszowski, W. Paul Ganley
|
30 |
World Fantasy Convention 2004 |
October 28-31, 2004 |
Tempe, AZ |
Betty Ballantine, Gwyneth Jones, Janny Wurts, Ellen Datlow
|
31 |
World Fantasy Convention 2005 |
November 3-6, 2005 |
Madison, WI |
Graham Joyce, Robert Weinberg, Terri Windling, Kinuko Y. Craft
|
32 |
World Fantasy Convention 2006 |
November 2-5, 2006 |
Austin, TX |
John Jude Palencar, Glen Cook, Dave Duncan and Robin Hobb, Glenn Lord, Gary Gianni
|
33 |
World Fantasy Convention 2007 |
November 1-4, 2007 |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
Carol Emshwiller, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle, Jean Giraud (Moebius)
|
34 |
World Fantasy Convention 2008 |
October 30–November 2, 2008 |
Calgary, AB |
David Morrell, Barbara Hambly, Tom Doherty, Todd Lockwood
|
35 |
World Fantasy Convention 2009 |
October 29–November 1, 2009 |
San Jose, CA |
Garth Nix, Michael Swanwick, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Lisa Snellings
|
36 |
World Fantasy Convention 2010 |
October 28-31, 2010 |
Columbus, OH |
Dennis McKiernan, Esther Friesner, David Hartwell, Darrell K. Sweet
|
37 |
World Fantasy Convention 2011 |
October 27-30, 2011 |
San Diego, CA |
Jo Fletcher, Neil Gaiman, Parke Godwin, Shawna McCarthy, Ruth Sanderson, Connie Willis
|
38 |
World Fantasy Convention 2012 |
November 1-4, 2012 |
Toronto |
Elizabeth Hand, John Clute, Richard A. Kirk
|
39 |
World Fantasy Convention 2013 / FantasyCon 2013 |
October 31–November 3, 2013 |
Brighton, UK |
Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, Alan Lee
|
40 |
World Fantasy Convention 2014 |
November 6-9, 2014 |
Arlington, VA |
Guy Gavriel Kay, Les Edwards, Stuart David Schiff, Lail Finlay
|
41 |
World Fantasy Convention 2015 |
November 5-8, 2015 |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Steven Erikson, David Drake, Glen Cook
|
42 |
World Fantasy Convention 2016 |
October 27-30, 2016 |
Columbus, OH |
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Randal Spangler
|
43 |
World Fantasy Convention 2017 |
November 2-5, 2017 |
San Antonio, TX |
Karen Joy Fowler, Gordon Van Gelder, Gregory Manchess, David Mitchell
|
44 |
World Fantasy Convention 2018 |
November 1-4, 2018 |
Baltimore, MD |
Kaaron Warren, Scott Edelman, Tom Kidd, Michael J. Walsh, Aliette de Bodard
|
45 |
World Fantasy Convention 2019 |
October 31–November 3, 2019 |
Los Angeles |
Margo Lanagan, Beth Meacham, Tad Williams
|
46 |
World Fantasy Convention 2020 (virtual) |
October 29–November 1, 2020 |
Salt Lake City, UT Online |
Stephen Gallagher, Anne Groell, David Cherry Held as an online virtual convention due to the Covid-19 epidemic
|
47 |
World Fantasy Convention 2021 |
November 4-7, 2021 |
Montreal |
Nisi Shawl, John Picacio, André-François Ruaud
|
48 |
World Fantasy Convention 2022 |
November 3-6, 2022 |
New Orleans |
Ginjer Buchanan, Victor LaValle, Jo Walton, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Iris Compiet, Andrei Codrescu, Ursula Vernon, Brandon O'Brien
|
49 |
World Fantasy Convention 2023 |
October 26–29, 2023 |
Kansas City, MO |
Jonathan Strahan, Kij Johnson, Adam-Troy Castro, Elizabeth Leggett, Vincent Villafranca
|
50 |
World Fantasy Convention 2024 |
October 16-20, 2024 |
Niagara Falls, NY |
TBA
|
51 |
World Fantasy Convention 2025 |
October 31–November 3, 2025 |
Birmingham, UK |
TBA
|