Disclave

Disclave ran from 1950 to 1997 with two breaks, usually in the District of Columbia, but occasionally in Virginia or Maryland. It was sponsored by WSFA. After a few years of earlier dates, it settled on Memorial Day.

See also Disclave Flood.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

Any of several conclaves held in Washington, DC, under the auspices of the Washington SF Association.

Much of the information below came from an article written by Joe Mayhew for the 1995 Disclave souvenir book.

Convention	Date	Location	GoHs
1	April 30, 1950	Wardman Park Hotel	Willy Ley, Seabury Quinn
2	April 29, 1951	Statler Hotel	Sam Moskowitz, Art Rapp, Seabury Quinn
3	March 22, 1952	Statler Hotel	none
Hiatus
4	May 9-11, 1958 (Mother's Day until 1970)	Arva Motel in Rosslyn, VA	none
5	May 8-10, 1959	Diplomat Motel in DC	none
6	May 6-8, 1960	Diplomat Motel in DC	none
7	May 12-14, 1961	Diplomat Motel in DC	none
8	May 11-13, 1962	Diplomat Motel in DC	none
In 1963 WSFA ran Discon I and it took a couple of years before it was ready to run another Disclave.
9	May 7-9, 1965	Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Wheaton	Chris Moskowitz, Sam Moskowitz
10	May 6-8, 1966	Diplomat Motel in DC	Roger Zelazny
11	May 12-14, 1967	Regency Congress in DC	Jack Gaughan
12	May 10-12, 1968	Regency Congress in DC	Robert Silverberg
13	May 9-11, 1969	Skyline Inn in DC	Lester del Rey
14	May-8-10, 1970	Skyline Inn in DC	Murray Leinster
15	May 28-31, 1971 (now on Memorial Day)	Shoreham Hotel in DC	Terry Carr
16	May 26-29, 1972	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Ben Bova
17	May 25-28, 1973	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Gardner Dozois
18	May 24-27, 1974	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Kelly Freas
19	May 23-26, 1975	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Gordon R. Dickson
20	May 28-31, 1976	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	William Tenn
21	May 27-30, 1977	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Joe Haldeman
22	May 26-29, 1978	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Bob Tucker
23	May 25-28, 1979	Sheraton Park Hotel in DC	Roger Zelazny, Michael Whelan
24	May 23-26, 1980	Hospitality House in Crystal City, VA	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
25	May 22-25, 1981	Sheraton National on Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA	Isaac Asimov
26	May 28-31, 1982	Sheraton National on Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA	Elizabeth Lynn, Tom Miller
27	May 28-20, 1983	Marriott Twin Bridges near National Airport	George R. R. Martin, Jack Gaughan
28	May 25-28, 1984	New Carrollton Sheraton, New Carrollton, MD	Connie Willis, Eric Blair
29	May 24-27, 1985	The Sheraton Inn, New Carrollton, MD	Ed Bryant, Bob Walters
30	May 23-26, 1986	The Sheraton Washington Northeast, New Carrollton, MD	Bill Gibson
31	May 25-28, 1987	The Sheraton Washington Northeast, New Carrollton, MD	Gene Wolfe, Barclay Shaw, Chick Derry
32	May 27-30, 1988	Howard Johnson, New Carrollton, New Carrollton, MD	Barbara Hambly, Jim Burns
33	May 26-29, 1989	Howard Johnson, New Carrollton, New Carrollton, MD	Lucius Shepard, J. K. Potter
34	May 25-28, 1990	Sheraton Greenbelt, New Carrollton, MD	Mike Resnick, Dawn Wilson, Somtow Sucharitkul, Marty Gear
35	May 24-27, 1991	Sheraton Greenbelt, New Carrollton, MD	Lewis Shiner, Alicia Austin
36	May 22-25, 1992	Washington Hilton on Connecticut Ave	Pat Cadigan, Tom Kidd
37	May 28-31, 1993	Washington Dulles Airport Marriott	Katherine Kurtz, Patricia Davis
38	May 27-30, 1994	Sheraton Premier at Tyson's Corner, VA	Lois McMaster Bujold, Steven Vincent Johnson, Darlene P. Coltrain
39	May 26-29, 1995	Renaissance Hotel Techworld	??
40	May 24-27, 1996
41	May 23-26, 1997	Ramada, New Carrollton, MD	Patricia Anthony, Lissanne Lake, Peggy Rae Pavlat
Disclave Flood. End of Disclave.
42	May 22-25, 1998 Cancelled		Announced, but not held.

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