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==[[Chicago]]==
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==[[Australia]]==
  
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* 1940 -- [[Chicon I]]
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* 1975 -- '''[[Aussiecon One]]''' ([[Australia in 75]])
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* 1952 -- [[TASFiC]] ([[Chicon II]]).
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* 1983 -- [[Adelaide in '83]]
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* 1959 -- [[chicago 1959|Chicago: 1959]] (unsuccessful [[bid]])
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* 1984 -- [[Perth in '84]] (gave way to [[Australia in '83]])
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* 1960 -- [[Chicago in '60]] (unsuccessful [[bid]])
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* 1983 -- [[Australia in '83]] (lost to [[ConStellation]])
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* 1962 -- [[Chicon III]] ([[Chicago in 1962]])
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* 1985 -- '''[[Aussiecon Two]]''' ([[Melbourne in '85]] also known as [[Australia in '85]])
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* 1982 -- [[Chicon IV]] ([[Chicago in 1982]])
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* 1988 -- [[Sydney Cove in '88]] (bid was terminated before the vote)
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* 1991 -- [[Chicon V]] ([[Chicago in '91]])
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* 1991 -- [[Sydney in 91]] (lost to [[Chicon V]])
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* 2000 -- [[Chicon 2000]] ([[Chicago in 2000]])
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* 1994 -- [[Perth in '94]] (bid was terminated before the vote)
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* 2008 -- [[Chicago in 2008]] (unsuccessful [[bid]])
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* 1995 -- [[Sydney in 95]]
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* 2012 -- [[Chicon 7]] ([[Chicago in 2012]])
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* 1999 -- '''[[Aussiecon Three]]''' ([[Australia in 1999]])
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* 2005 -- [[Sydney in 2005]]
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==[[Denver]]==
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* 2010 -- '''[[Aussiecon 4]]''' ([[Australia in 2010]])
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* 2025 -- [[Perth, Australia in 2025]]
  
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* 1941 -- [[Denvention I]]
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See also [[Huttcon '90]], [[Ratcon in Ararat]], and [[Rottnest Island]].
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* 1981 -- [[Denvention Two]]
 
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* 2008 -- [[Denvention 3]]
 
  
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==[[L.A.]]==
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==[[Britain]]==
  
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* 1946 -- [[Pacificon 1]]
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* 1957 -- '''[[LonCon]]''' ([[London in 1957]])
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* 1965 -- '''[[LonCon II]]'''
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* 1979 -- '''[[Seacon '79]]'''
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* 1987 -- '''[[Conspiracy '87]]''' ([[Britain in '87]])
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* 1995 -- '''[[Intersection]]'''  ([[UK in '95]])
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* 2005 -- '''[[Interaction]]'''  ([[Glasgow in 2005]])
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* 2014 -- '''[[Loncon 3]]'''  ([[London in 2014]])
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==[[Canada]]==
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* 1948 -- '''[[Torcon]]'''
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* 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]'''
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* 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]'''
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* 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]'''
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* 2009 -- '''[[Anticipation]]'''
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==[[Europe]]==
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* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]''' ([[Germany]])
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* 1990 -- '''[[ConFiction]]''' ([[Netherlands]])
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* 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 75]]''' ([[Finland]])
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==[[Ireland]]==
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* 2019 -- '''[[Dublin 2019]]'''
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==[[New Zealand]]==
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* 2020 -- '''[[CoNZealand]]'''
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==[[US]]==
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===[[Baltiwash]]===
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* [[1960]] -- [[DC in 1960]] (lost to [[Pittcon]])
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* [[1963]] -- '''[[Discon]]'''
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* [[1966]] -- [[Baltimore in '67]] (lost to [[New York in 1967]] which ran [[NyCon III]])
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* [[1974]] -- '''[[Discon II]]'''
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* [[1980]] -- [[Baltimore in '80]] (lost to [[Boston in 1980]])
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* [[1983]] -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]])
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* [[1984]] -- [[DC in '84]] (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw)
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* [[1992]] -- [[DC in 1992]] (withdrew before the vote. Competition was [[Orlando in '92]])
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* [[1998]] -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]])
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* [[2007]] -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] (probably a [[hoax bid]])
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* [[2007]] -- [[DC in 007]] (short-lived serious bid)
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* [[2011]] -- [[DC in 2011]] (short-lived serious bid)
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* [[2017]] -- [[DC 17]]
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===[[Bay Area]]===
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* 1954 -- '''[[SFCon]]'''
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* 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]'''
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* 1968 -- '''[[Baycon]]'''
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* 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]'''
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* 2004 -- '''[[ConJose]]'''
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* 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 76]]'''
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Hear [[ConFrancisco]] chair [[David Clark]] and [[ConJose]] co-chair [[Kevin Standlee]] recount the bids and conventions along with [[Warren Buff]] and [[Lisa Hayes]] at [[Baycon 2014]]: [[file Bay Area Chairs.mp3|Bay Area Worldcon Reminiscences]].
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===[[Boston]]===
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* 1966 -- [[Boston in '67]] (lost to [[New York in 1967]] ([[NyCon III]]))
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* 1971 -- '''[[Noreascon]]'''  ([[Boston in 71]])
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* 1980 -- '''[[Noreascon Two]]'''  ([[Boston in 1980]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]])
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* 1989 -- '''[[Noreascon 3]]'''  ([[Boston in '89]]) (Bid by [[MCFI]])
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* 1994 -- abandoned [[bid]] for [[1998 Worldcon]] ([[Boston in '98]],  bid by [[MCFI]]))
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* 1995 -- failed bid for [[1998 Worldcon]]. ([[Boston in 1998]], bid by [[BCEC]].)
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* 1997 -- failed bid for [[2001 Worldcon]]. (Bid by [[MCFI]] for a [[Worldcon]] to be held in [[Orlando]], FL.)
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* 1999 -- [[Boston in 1999]], a [[hoax bid]]
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* 2004 -- '''[[Noreascon 4]]''' ([[Boston in 2004]])  (Bid by [[MCFI]])
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===[[Chicago]]===
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* 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]'''
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* 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (TASFiC).
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* 1959 -- [[Chicago: 1959]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 1960 -- [[Chicago in '60]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 1962 -- '''[[Chicon III]]''' ([[Chicago in 1962]])
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* 1982 -- '''[[Chicon IV]]''' ([[Chicago in 1982]])
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* 1991 -- '''[[Chicon V]]''' ([[Chicago in '91]])
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* 2000 -- '''[[Chicon 2000]]'''  ([[Chicago in 2000]])
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* 2008 -- [[Chicago in 2008]] (unsuccessful bid)
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* 2012 -- '''[[Chicon 7]]''' ([[Chicago in 2012]])
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===[[Denver]]===
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* 1941 -- '''[[Denvention I]]'''
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* 1981 -- '''[[Denvention Two]]'''
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* 2008 -- '''[[Denvention 3]]'''
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===[[L.A.]]===
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* 1946 -- '''[[Pacificon 1]]'''
 
* 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in 58]] bid.
 
* 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in 58]] bid.
 
* 1957 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid.
 
* 1957 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid.
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* 1958 -- [[Solacon]]
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* 1958 -- '''[[Solacon]]'''
 
* 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid.
 
* 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid.
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* 1972 -- [[L.A.con I]]
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* 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]'''
 
* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid
 
* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid
 
* 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid
 
* 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid
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* 1984 -- [[L.A.con II]]
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* 1984 -- '''[[L.A.con II]]'''
 
* 1987 -- Failed [[LA in '90]] bid
 
* 1987 -- Failed [[LA in '90]] bid
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* 1996 -- [[L.A.con III]] (Bid: [[LA in '96]])
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* 1996 -- '''[[L.A.con III]]''' ([[LA in '96]])
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* 2006 -- [[L.A.con IV]] (Bid: [[LA in 2006]])
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* 2006 -- '''[[L.A.con IV]]''' ([[LA in 2006]])
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===[[Philadelphia]]===
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* 1947 -- '''[[Philcon I]]'''
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* 1953 -- '''[[11th Worldcon]]'''
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* 1960 -- '''[[Philadelphia in 1960]]'''
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* 1976 -- Failed bid for [[1977 Worldcon]]
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* 1984 -- Failed bid for [[1986 Worldcon]]
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* 2001 -- '''[[Millennium Philcon]]''' ([[Philadelphia in 2001]])
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===[[New Orleans]]===
  
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* 1951 -- '''[[Nolacon]]'''
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* 1972 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '73]] bid
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* 1977 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '79]] bid
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* 1988 -- '''[[NOLAcon II]]'''
  
 
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Revision as of 04:04, 19 February 2019

Australia[edit]

See also Huttcon '90, Ratcon in Ararat, and Rottnest Island.

Britain[edit]

Canada[edit]

Europe[edit]

Ireland[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

United States[edit]

Baltiwash[edit]

Bay Area[edit]

Hear ConFrancisco chair David Clark and ConJosé co-chair Kevin Standlee recount the bids and conventions along with Warren Buff and Lisa Hayes at Baycon 2014: Bay Area Worldcon Reminiscences.

Boston[edit]

Chicago[edit]

Denver[edit]

L.A.[edit]

Philadelphia[edit]

New Orleans[edit]

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