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| − | ||July 4 ||[[NyCon]] the first [[Worldcon]] ||150-200 | + | ||July 4 ||[[NyCon I]] the first [[Worldcon]] ||150-200 |
||Fall ||[[Philcon 1939]] || | ||Fall ||[[Philcon 1939]] || | ||
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Revision as of 14:01, 7 January 2020
The first ten years of SF conventions:
| Date | Convention | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | October 22 | First Convention in Philadelphia later called the First Eastern. | 10-20 |
| 1937 | January 3 | Other First Convention in Leeds, UK | ~20 |
| February 21 | Second Eastern in New York | 30-40 | |
| October 30 | Third Eastern Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia | ||
| 1938 | April 10 | Second British Convention (aka Necronomicon) | |
| May 29 | Newark Convention aka Fourth Eastern aka First National | >100 | |
| October 17 | Philadelphia Conference | > 2 dozen | |
| 1939 | Third British Convention in London | ||
| July 4 | NyCon I the first Worldcon | 150-200 | |
| Fall | Philcon 1939 | ||
| OSA Pow-Wow | Oklahoma state convention | ||
| 1940 | April | Third Chicago Conference | 4 |
| Sept 1-2 | Chicon | 128 | |
| November 10 | Phillycon 1940 | ||
| 1941 | late Feb | Boskone I | ~ 25 |
| July 4-6 | Denvention | ~100 | |
| September 20-21 | Bombcon | 13 | |
| November 16 | 1941 Michiconference | ||
| 1942 | Feb 22 | Boskone II | 25 |
| September 27 | 1942 Michiconference | ~25 | |
| November 29 | Hastings S-F Conference | v. small, possibly a drinking party | |
| Pacificon Jr. | |||
| 1943 | Feb 28 | Boskone III | 14 |
| Spring | Midgicon in Chicago | 10? | |
| Spring | Live Oak Conference | 3 | |
| Easter | Midvention | ||
| May 16 | The first Staplecon in San Francisco | ~12 | |
| Summer | MeCon in Rockland, ME | 3 | |
| mid | Mainecon Jr somewhere in Maine | 2 | |
| "mid" | Schenectacon | 2-4 | |
| October 30 | 1943 Michiconference | 22 | |
| November 21 | The second Staplecon in San Francisco | ||
| "around the end" | Fancon | ||
| 1944 | Easter | Eastercon | |
| May 28 | The last Staplecon in San Francisco | 9 | |
| June 17-19 | Michicon 4 | 23 | |
| October 7-9 | Little Chicon | "small" | |
| 1945 | February 3-4 | Boskone IV | 5 |
| July 7-8 | 1945 Michiconference | 15-20 | |
| September 2 | First New England SF Conference AKA Boskone V | 9 | |
| 1946 | March 3 | FPWESFC | |
| August 30-September 1 | Pacificon I | 130 | |
| October 27 | Phillycon 1946 | ||
See the Fancyclopedia 2 article on Conventions.
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