2021

Date	Event
January 6	Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building.
Spring	Covid-19 vaccines become available but pandemic continues rampant.
Easter	Concentric (Eastercon) canceled due to Covid.
August 25	Erle Korshak dies.
December 3–5	Smofcon 39.
December 15–19	Discon III (Worldcon) postpone from August due to Covid.

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Births and Deaths:

Alexander J. L. Bouchard - Alistair Durie - Anne Rice - Bob Brown - Bruce Adelsohn - Bruce Briant - Bruce Burn - Bryn Fortey - Caitlin Bestler - Carol Carr - Charlie Williams - Charlie Williams - Charlie Williams - Chris Achilleos - Chuck Shimada - Colleen Savitzky - Dalroy Ward - Darroll Pardoe - Dean Morrissey - Diana Gallagher Wu - Don Lundry - Donald Kingsbury - Doris Piserchia - Doug Barbour - Ed Buckley - Ed Meskys - Elizabeth Anne Hull - Erle Korshak - Genie DiModica - Greg Eide - Ian Penman - Ina Shorrock - Jeremy Byrne - Jim Rittenhouse - Jim Webbert - Joe Maraglino - Joe Moudry - John Bush - John Pelan - Judi Castro - Judith Hanna - Kathleen Ann Goonan - L. Neil Smith - Langdon Jones - Leo Kindt - Lorna Toolis - Marty Helgesen - Mary Kay Kare - Michelle Zellich - Mike Don - Paul Campbell - Penny Frierson - Robin Wood - Roland J. Green - Ron Zukowski - Roslee Orndorff - Rowena Morrill - Sandi Lopez - Sid Altus - Stephen Hickman - Steve Perrin - Storm Constantine - Sture Sedolin - Sylvain St-Pierre - Teri V. Lee - Timothy Lane - Vic Hallett - William Contento - William F. Nolan - Yvonne Rousseau

Convention series started or ended:

Punctuation - Spiral Con - TitanCon

Onetime conventions:

ConSpire - Konline

Bids:

DC in 2021 - DC in 2024 - DFW21 - Phoenix in 2021 - Tonopah in 2021

Publications started or ended:

Creative Random Harris - Daangerous Visions - Etherea Magazine - Fanactivity Gazette - Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction - I Remember Me and Other Narratives - The Alien Review - The Wild Goose

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

2021 Best Video Game Hugo - 2021 Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Milwaukee Science Fiction & Fantasy League

Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

HAL-CON 2021

Australia:

Etherea Magazine - Jeremy Byrne - Judith Hanna - Swancon 2021 - The Alien Review - The Wild Goose - Yvonne Rousseau

Britain:

Alistair Durie - Armadacon 2021 - Bristol-Con 2021 - Bruce Burn - Bryn Fortey - Chris Achilleos - ConSpire - Corflu 38 - Creative Random Harris - Daangerous Visions - Darroll Pardoe - ConFusion - Ed Buckley - FantasyCon 2021 - Ian Penman - Ina Shorrock - John Bush - Judith Hanna - Langdon Jones - Long Play - Mike Don - Novacon 50 - Oxonmoot 2021 - Paul Campbell - Picocon 38 - Punctuation - Punctuation 2 - Redemption 2021 - Satellite 7 - StokerCon UK - Storm Constantine - TitanCon - TitanCon 2021 - Vic Hallett

Canada:

Ad Astra 2021 - Donald Kingsbury - Doug Barbour - FilKONtario 31 - Keycon 38 - Lorna Toolis - Scintillation 3 - Sylvain St-Pierre - VCON 2021 - When Words Collide 2021 - World Fantasy Convention 2021

Europe:

Estcon 2021 - Eurocon 2021 - Fantastika 2021 - Finncon 2021 - IceCon 2021 - KONgres 5 - Konline - Leo Kindt - Smofcon 39 - Sture Sedolin - Åcon 11

Ireland:

Octocon 2021 - Paul Campbell - TitanCon 2021

New Zealand:

Bruce Burn

US:

(c)Onfilkt - 2021 Concave Virtual Consuite - Albacon 2021 - Alexander J. L. Bouchard - Anne Rice - Archon 44 - Arisia '21 - ArmadilloCon 43 - Balticon 55 - Bob Brown - Boskone 58 - Bruce Adelsohn - Bruce Briant - Bubonicon 52 - COSine 2021 - Caitlin Bestler - Camp V-Con - Capclave 2021 - Capricon 41 - Carol Carr - Chambanacon 50 - Charlie Williams - Charlie Williams - Charlie Williams - Chattacon 46 - Chessiecon 2021 - Chuck Shimada - CoKoCon 2021 - Colleen Savitzky - ConCarolinas 2021 - ConComCon 27 - ConGregate 7 - ConQuesT 52 - Confluence 2021 - Consonance 2021 - DC in 2021 - DC in 2024 - DFW21 - Dalroy Ward - Dean Morrissey - DemiCon 32 - Diana Gallagher Wu - Discon III - Diversicon 28 - Don Lundry - Donald Kingsbury - Doris Piserchia - Ed Meskys - Elizabeth Anne Hull - Erle Korshak - Fanactivity Gazette - FenCon XVII - Fourth Street Fantasy 2021 - Genie DiModica - Greg Eide - HELIOsphere 2021 - Heliosphere 2021 - I Remember Me and Other Narratives - ICFA 42 - ICON 46 - InConJunction XL - Jim Rittenhouse - Jim Webbert - Joe Maraglino - Joe Moudry - John Pelan - JordanCon XII - Judi Castro - Kathleen Ann Goonan - L. Neil Smith - LaffCon 5 - LepreCon 47 Virtual Con - LibertyCon 33 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 39 - Loscon 47 - Marcon 56 - MarsCon 2021 - Marty Helgesen - Mary Kay Kare - Michelle Zellich - MileHiCon 53 - Milwaukee Science Fiction & Fantasy League - MisCon 35 - Mythcon 51 - NEFilk 2021 - Necon XL - Necronomicon 2021 - New York Statler Hilton Hotel - Norwescon 43 - OVFF 37 - OryCon 42 - Penguicon 2021 - Penny Frierson - Philcon 2021 - Phoenix in 2021 - PulpFest 2021 - RadCon 8A - Rainbow Con 4 - Robin Wood - Roland J. Green - Ron Zukowski - Roslee Orndorff - Rowena Morrill - Sandi Lopez - Sid Altus - SoonerCon 29 - Spiral Con - Stephen Hickman - Steve Perrin - Teri V. Lee - Timothy Lane - Tonopah in 2021 - TusCon 48 - William Contento - William F. Nolan - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 20 - Windycon 47 in 2021

Rest of the World: