# |
Convention |
Dates |
Location |
GoHs |
Attendance (attending/total)
|
1 |
Nycon I |
2-4 July 1939 |
New York |
Frank R. Paul |
200
|
2 |
Chicon I |
1-2 Sep 1940 |
Chicago |
E. E. Smith |
128
|
3 |
Denvention I |
4-6 Jul 1941 |
Denver |
Robert A. Heinlein |
90
|
War years |
1942-1945 |
No Worldcon held
|
4 |
Pacificon I |
30 Aug-1 Sep 1946 |
Los Angeles |
A. E. van Vogt, E. Mayne Hull |
130
|
5 |
Philcon |
30 Aug-1 Sep 1947 |
Philadelphia |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
200
|
6 |
Torcon I |
3-5 Jul 1948 |
Toronto |
Robert Bloch, Bob Tucker |
200
|
7 |
Cinvention |
3-5 Sep 1949 |
Cincinnati |
Lloyd A. Eshbach, Ted Carnell |
190
|
8 |
NorWesCon |
1-4 Sep 1950 |
Portland |
Anthony Boucher |
400
|
9 |
Nolacon I |
1-3 Sep 1951 |
New Orleans |
Fritz Leiber |
190
|
10 |
Chicon II |
30 Aug-1 Sep 1952 |
Chicago |
Hugo Gernsback |
870 / 1,175
|
11 |
11th Worldcon |
5-7 Sep 1953 |
Philadelphia |
Willy Ley |
750
|
12 |
SFCon |
3-6 Sep 1954 |
San Francisco |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
700
|
13 |
Clevention |
2-5 Sep 1955 |
Cleveland |
Isaac Asimov, Sam Moskowitz |
380
|
14 |
NyCon II |
31 Aug-3 Sep 1956 |
New York |
Arthur C. Clarke |
850
|
15 |
Loncon I |
6-9 Sep 1957 |
London |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
268
|
16 |
Solacon |
29 Aug-1 Sep 1958 |
Los Angeles |
Richard Matheson |
322 / 601
|
17 |
Detention |
4-7 Sep 1959 |
Detroit |
Poul Anderson, John Berry |
371
|
18 |
Pittcon |
3-5 Sept 1960 |
Pittsburgh |
James Blish |
568
|
19 |
Seacon |
2-4 Sep 1961 |
Seattle |
Robert A. Heinlein |
300
|
20 |
Chicon III |
31 Aug-3 Sep 1962 |
Chicago |
Theodore Sturgeon |
730 / 830
|
21 |
Discon I |
31 Aug-2 Sep 1963 |
Washington, D.C. |
Murray Leinster |
600
|
22 |
Pacificon II |
4-7 Sep 1964 |
Oakland |
Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Forrest J Ackerman |
523
|
23 |
Loncon II |
27-30 Aug 1965 |
London |
Brian W. Aldiss |
350
|
24 |
Tricon |
1-5 Sep 1966 |
Cleveland |
L. Sprague de Camp |
850
|
25 |
NyCon3 |
31 Aug-4 Sep 1967 |
New York |
Lester del Rey, Bob Tucker |
1,500
|
26 |
Baycon |
29 Aug-2 Sep 1968 |
Berkeley |
Philip José Farmer, Walter J. Daugherty |
1,430
|
27 |
St. Louiscon |
28 Aug-1 Sep 1969 |
St. Louis |
Jack Gaughan, Eddie Jones |
1,534
|
28 |
Heicon '70 |
20-24 Aug 1970 |
Heidelberg, Germany |
E. C. Tubb, Robert Silverberg, Herbert W. Franke, Elliot K. Shorter |
620
|
29 |
Noreascon I |
2-6 Sep 1971 |
Boston |
Clifford D. Simak, Harry Warner, Jr. |
1,600
|
30 |
L.A.Con I |
1-4 Sep 1972 |
Los Angeles |
Frederik Pohl, Buck Coulson, Juanita Coulson |
2,007
|
31 |
Torcon II |
31 Aug-3 Sep 1973 |
Toronto |
Robert Bloch, Bill Rotsler |
2,900
|
32 |
Discon II |
29 Aug-2 Sep 1974 |
Washington, D.C. |
Roger Zelazny, Jay Kay Klein |
3,587
|
33 |
Aussiecon One |
14-17 Aug 1975 |
Melbourne |
Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood, Mike Glicksohn, Donald Tuck |
606
|
34 |
MidAmeriCon |
2-6 Sep 1976 |
Kansas City |
Robert A. Heinlein, George Barr |
3,014 / 4,200
|
35 |
SunCon |
2-5 Sep 1977 |
Miami Beach |
Jack Williamson, Robert A. Madle |
3,240
|
36 |
IguanaCon II |
30 Aug-4 Sep 1978 |
Phoenix |
Harlan Ellison, Bill Bowers |
4,700
|
37 |
Seacon '79 |
23-26 Aug 1979 |
Brighton |
Brian Aldiss, Fritz Leiber, Harry Bell |
3,114
|
38 |
Noreascon Two |
29 Aug-1 Sep 1980 |
Boston |
Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, Bruce Pelz |
5,850
|
39 |
Denvention Two |
3-7 Sep 1981 |
Denver |
Clifford D. Simak, C. L. Moore, Rusty Hevelin |
3,792
|
40 |
Chicon IV |
2-6 Sep 1982 |
Chicago |
A. Bertram Chandler, Frank Kelly Freas, Lee Hoffman |
4,275
|
41 |
ConStellation |
1-5 Sep 1983 |
Baltimore |
John Brunner, David A. Kyle |
6,400
|
42 |
L.A.con II |
30 Aug-3 Sep 1984 |
Los Angeles |
Gordon R. Dickson, Dick Eney |
8,365 / 9,282
|
43 |
Aussiecon Two |
22-26 Aug 1985 |
Melbourne |
Gene Wolfe, Ted White |
1,599
|
44 |
ConFederation |
28 Aug-1 Sep 1986 |
Atlanta |
Ray Bradbury, Terry Carr |
5,811
|
45 |
Conspiracy '87 |
27 Aug-1 Sep 1987 |
Brighton |
Doris Lessing, Alfred Bester, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Jim Burns, Ray Harryhausen Joyce Slater, Ken Slater, David Langford |
4,009 / 5,425
|
46 |
Nolacon II |
1-5 Sep 1988 |
New Orleans |
Donald A. Wollheim, Roger Sims |
5,300
|
47 |
Noreascon 3 |
31 Aug-4 Sep 1989 |
Boston |
Andre Norton, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, the Stranger Club |
6,837 / 7,795
|
48 |
ConFiction |
23-27 Aug 1990 |
The Hague |
Harry Harrison, Wolfgang Jeschke, Joe Haldeman, Andrew Porter |
3,580
|
49 |
Chicon V |
29 Aug-2 Sep 1991 |
Chicago |
Hal Clement, Martin H. Greenberg, Richard Powers, Jon Stopa, Joni Stopa |
5,661
|
50 |
MagiCon |
3-7 Sep 1992 |
Orlando |
Jack Vance, Vincent Di Fate, Walter A. Willis |
5,319 / 6,368
|
51 |
ConFrancisco |
2-6 Sep 1993 |
San Francisco |
Larry Niven, Alicia Austin, Mark Twain, Tom Digby, Jan Howard Finder |
6,602 / 7,725
|
52 |
ConAdian |
1-5 Sep 1994 |
Winnipeg |
Anne McCaffrey, George Barr, Robert Runte |
3,570
|
53 |
Intersection |
24-28 Aug 1995 |
Glasgow |
Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards, Vincent Clarke |
4,173/ 6,524
|
54 |
L.A.con III |
29 Aug-2 Sep 1996 |
Los Angeles |
James White, Roger Corman, Elsie Wollheim, Takumi Shibano, Sachiko Shibano |
6,703
|
55 |
LoneStarCon 2 |
28 Aug-1 Sep 1997 |
San Antonio |
Algis Budrys, Michael Moorcock, Don Maitz, Roy Tackett |
4,634 / 5,614
|
56 |
BucConeer |
5-9 Aug 1998 |
Baltimore |
C. J. Cherryh, Stanley Schmidt, Michael Whelan, J. Michael Straczynski, Milton A. Rothman |
6,572
|
57 |
Aussiecon Three |
2-6 Sep 1999 |
Melbourne |
George Turner, Greg Benford, Bruce Gillespie |
1,548 / 2,872
|
58 |
Chicon 2000 |
31 Aug-4 Sep 2000 |
Chicago |
Ben Bova, Bob Eggleton, Jim Baen, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy |
5,794 / 6,574
|
59 |
Millennium Philcon |
30 Aug-3 Sep 2001 |
Philadelphia |
Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George Scithers |
4,840 / 6,269
|
60 |
ConJosé |
29 Aug-2 Sep 2002 |
San Jose |
Vernor Vinge, David Cherry, Ferdinand Feghoot, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble |
5,162 / 5,916
|
61 |
Torcon 3 |
28 Aug-1 Sep 2003 |
Toronto |
George R. R. Martin, Frank Kelly Freas, Robert Bloch, Mike Glyer |
3,834 / 4,986
|
62 |
Noreascon 4 |
2-6 Sep 2004 |
Boston |
Terry Pratchett, William Tenn, Jack Speer, Peter Weston |
6,008 / 7,485
|
63 |
Interaction |
4-8 Aug 2005 |
Glasgow |
Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Jane Yolen, Greg Pickersgill, Lars-Olov Strandberg |
4,115 / 5,202
|
64 |
L.A.con IV |
23-27 Aug 2006 |
Los Angeles |
Connie Willis, James Gurney, Howard DeVore, Frankie Thomas |
5,738 / 6,291
|
65 |
Nippon 2007 |
30 Aug-3 Sep 2007 |
Yokohama |
Sakyo Komatsu, David Brin, Yoshitaka Amano, Michael Whelan, Takumi Shibano |
3,348 / 5,149
|
66 |
Denvention 3 |
6-10 Aug 2008 |
Denver |
Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Kathy Mar, Robert A. Heinlein, Tom Whitmore |
3,752 / 4,854
|
67 |
Anticipation |
6-10 Aug 2009 |
Montreal |
Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth Vonarburg, David Hartwell, Tom Doherty, Taral Wayne |
3,925 / 4,499
|
68 |
Aussiecon 4 |
2-6 Sep 2010 |
Melbourne |
Kim Stanley Robinson, Shaun Tan, Robin Johnson |
2,101 / 3,462
|
69 |
Renovation |
17-21 Aug 2011 |
Reno |
Ellen Asher, Tim Powers, Charles N. Brown, Boris Vallejo |
4,112 / 5,526
|
70 |
Chicon 7 |
30 Aug-3 Sep 2012 |
Chicago |
Mike Resnick, Story Musgrave, Jane Frank, Rowena Morrill, Peggy Rae Sapienza |
4,743 / 6,197
|
71 |
LoneStarCon 3 |
29 Aug-2 Sep 2013 |
San Antonio |
James Gunn, Norman Spinrad, Ellen Datlow, Darrell K. Sweet, Willie Siros |
4,832 / 6,130
|
72 |
Loncon 3 |
14-18 Aug 2014 |
London |
Iain M. Banks, John Clute, Malcolm Edwards, Chris Foss, Jeanne Gomoll, Robin Hobb, Bryan Talbot |
6,946 / 10,718
|
73 |
Sasquan |
19-23 Aug 2015 |
Spokane |
David Gerrold, Vonda N. McIntyre, Brad Foster, Dr. Kjell Lindgren, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek |
5,077 / 11,742
|
74 |
MidAmeriCon 2 |
Aug 17-21 2016 |
Kansas City |
Kinuko Y. Craft, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick |
4,719 / 7,740
|
75 |
Worldcon 75 |
Aug 9-13 2017 |
Helsinki |
John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, Walter Jon Williams, Ian Stewart |
7,949 / 9,634
|
76 |
Worldcon 76 in San Jose |
Aug 16-20 2018 |
San Jose |
Spider Robinson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Edgar Pangborn, Bob Wilkins |
4,804 / 8,033
|
77 |
Dublin 2019 |
Aug 15-19 2019 |
Dublin |
Bill Burns, Mary Burns, Diane Duane, Ginjer Buchanan, Ian McDonald, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Steve Jackson |
|
78 |
CoNZealand |
Jul 29-Aug 2 2020 (virtual) |
Wellington |
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Greg Broadmore, Rose Mitchell |
|
79 |
Discon III |
August 25-29 2021 |
Washington, D.C. |
Nancy Kress, John Harris, Toni Weisskopf, Ben Yalow |
|
80 |
Chicon 8 |
September 1-5, 2022 |
Chicago |
Charles de Lint, Floyd Norman, Edie Stern, Joe Siclari and Erle Korshak |
|