Early Conventions

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The first ten years of SF conventions:

Date Convention Attendance Notes
1936 October 22, 1936 First Convention 10-20 Philadelphia later called the First Eastern
1937 January 3, 1937 Other First Convention ~20 Leeds, UK
February 21, 1937 Second Eastern 30-40 New York
October 30, 1937 Third Eastern Science Fiction Convention Philadelphia
1938 April 10, 1938 Second British Convention (aka Necronomicon)
May 29, 1938 Newark Convention >100 aka Fourth Eastern aka First National
October 17, 1938 Philadelphia Conference > 2 dozen
1939 1939 Third British Convention London
July 4, 1939 NyCon I 150-200 the first Worldcon
Fall 1939 Philcon 1939
1939 OSA Pow-Wow Oklahoma state convention
1940 April 1940 Third Chicago Conference 4
Sept 1-2, 1940 Chicon 128
November 10, 1940 Phillycon 1940
1941 late Feb 1941 Boskone I ~25
July 4-6, 1941 Denvention ~100
September 20-21, 1941 Bombcon 13
November 16, 1941 1941 Michiconference
1942 Feb 22, 1942 Boskone II 25
September 27, 1942 1942 Michiconference ~25
November 29, 1942 Hastings S-F Conference v. small possibly a drinking party
1942 Pacificon Jr.
1943 Feb 28, 1943 Boskone III 14
Spring 1943 Midgicon in Chicago 10?
Spring 1943 Live Oak Conference 3
Easter 1943 Midvention
May 16, 1943 The first Staplecon in San Francisco ~12
Summer 1943 MeCon in Rockland, ME 3
mid 1943 Mainecon Jr somewhere in Maine 2
mid 1943 Schenectacon 2-4
October 30, 1943 1943 Michiconference 22
November 21, 1943 The second Staplecon San Francisco
"around the end" 1943 Fancon
"over the year end" Norcon small Manchester, UK
1944 Easter 1944 Eastercon
May 28, 1944 The last Staplecon 9 San Francisco
June 17-19, 1944 Michicon 4 23
August 27, 1944 Dovercon 11
October 7-9, 1944 Little Chicon "small"
1945 February 3-4, 1945 Boskone IV 5
July 7-8, 1945 1945 Michiconference 15-20
September 2, 1945 Boskone V 9 AKA First New England SF Conference
1946 March 3, 1946 FPWESFC
April 6-7, 1946 First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con 16 Chicago
August 30-September 1, 1946 Pacificon I 130
October 27, 1946 Phillycon 1946
November 9-10, 1946 Centracon 25 Chicago, IL

See the Fancyclopedia 2 article on Conventions.


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