Onesie Conventions
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There have been a lot of one-off conventions: Some intentionally so; others not so much. We collect them here.
We do not include conventions which are part of a series such as Worldcon, Eastercon, Eurocon, etc., regardless of whether they have similar names or not. Nor do we include conventions which were intended as one-shots but later came to be seen as an instance of a continuing convention. (E.g., Smofcon 0 or Midwestcon 0.)
See also Early Conventions for a list of conventions (mostly one-shots) held before the end of 1946.
| Convention | Date | GoH(s) | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NECON | October 14, 1951 | Ken Slater, Joyce Slater | Bradford, UK | |
| Buffalocon | May 2-4, 1952 | Buffalo, NY | Announced, but no record of it happening | |
| Wiscon | September 20, 1953 | Fond Du Lac, WI? | ||
| X-Con | April 10 (presumably) 1954 | San Francisco | ||
| IllWisCon | July 4-6, 1958 | Chicago | ||
| 1969 Conference on Middle Earth | April 25-26, 1969 | Urbana, IL | ||
| A2 Relax Icon | February 1972 | Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Howard DeVore | Ann Arbor, MI | |
| Alpha Draconis | October 29-31 1976 | Hal Clement, Gordon Dickson, Kelly Freas, Mike Glicksohn, and Roy Thomas | in Toronto, ON | |
| Yuccacon | April 15-17, 1977 | Bob Vardeman, Dan Darlington | Colorado State U. | |
| Whatacon | February 24, 1979 | San Diego, CA | ||
| A Mid-Winter Convention | January 23-25, 1981 | Long Beach, CA | ||
| [[ZerCon | November, 1981 | Huntsville, AL | ||
| Brave New Con | January 13-15, 1984 | Reston, VA | ||
| Wamcon | February 15-17, 1984 | A. C. Crispin, Clyde Caldwell, Kelly Freas | ||
| XIIcon | September 26-29, 1986 | Harry Harrison | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Altercon 666 | 8-10 November, 1991 | John Jarrold | London | |
| Boise Fantasy Arts Convention | April 24-25, 1993 | Boise, ID | ||
| Attitude: The Convention | February 14-17, 1996 | Malvern, UK | ||
| Aliens Stole My Handbag | June 30-July 2, 2000 | Shepperton, UK | ||
| Wellscon | November 25, 2005 | Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Archipelacon | June 25–28, 2015 | George R. R. Martin, Johanna Sinisalo, Karin Tidbeck, Gary K. Wolfe, Parris McBride | Åland, Finland |
