1976

January 2–4	First Chattacon held.
March 27	First Conclave held.
Easter	Mancon 5 (Eastercon).
April 9–11	Skiffy appears at Nebulas.
April 9–29	Roy Tackett TAFF trip.
May 28–31	First fanzine fans’ convention, AutoClave, held.
June 25–29	SF Expo is not held.
July 10	Mary Gnaedinger dies.
September 2–6 (Labor Day)	MidAmeriCon (Worldcon).
October 9–11	First Swancon held.
October 16	First Rovacon held.
November	Northwest Science Fiction Society formed
	Imperial College Science Fiction and Fantasy Society founded.
	DUFF: Christine McGowan (North).
	National Association for Science Fiction founded.

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Births and Deaths:

Alvar Appeltofft - Barney Bernard - Ben H. Winters - Carrie Tabakow - Chuck Wendig - Daniel F. Galouye - Dorothy McIlwraith - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Edgar Pangborn - Emma Newman - Fritz Lang - Gail Carriger - Genevieve K. Stephens - Graves Gladney - Irene Korshak - Jane Quirk - Janice Marcus - John Joseph Adams - John Phillifent - Ken Liu - Lauren Beukes - Lavie Tidhar - Margaret Brundage - Martin Alger - Mary Gnaedinger - R. F. Starzl - Rhianna Pratchett - Ruth Plumly Thompson - Sean Wallace - Simon Guerrier - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Thomas Burnett Swann - Tim Pratt - Trevor Quachri - Wesley Chu

Convention series started or ended:

Anonycon - Artkane - Atention - AutoClave - Chattacon - ConClave - D-Con - Faancon - Mancon - Q-Con - Rhocon - Rovacon - Scancon - Silicon - StellarCon - Swancon - Traincon

Onetime conventions:

Alpha Draconis - Arkon-Orlando - Buscon - Communicon - Condome I - Des Moines Con - Fourth Dimension Con - Intercon - Lexicon - SF Expo - Sflaggcon - Spring-Con - Watercon

Bids:

CONTRAception - Columbus in 1976 - Detroit in '79 - Highmore in '76 - KC in '76 - New Orleans in '76 - Ratcon in Ararat - Seattle in 1981 - Stockholm in 1976

Publications started or ended:

After the Flood - Again, Derelict Defenestration - Antares - Awry - BSFA Newsletter - BSFA Yearbook - Bland - Carl Barks Calendar - Charles Fort: A Radical Corpuscle - Cheery Idiots of the Gods - Cloud Chamber - Coat-Tails - Corr - Crumbly Cowboy - Crux - Cyclotron - Cygnus - Cynic - Daisnaid - Delta Psi - Digressions - Dimension: Praecox - Don't Go Columbus, You'll Fall Off the Crunchy Bit - Dream Vendor - Dreamtree - Drilkjis - Ecce Fanno - Eniznaf - Epsilon - Erelas - Fanthology 76 - Fanzine Directory - Fanzine Production Handbook - Galileo - Ghas - Goblin's Grotto - Gobrin Gazette - Grand Delusions - Granfalloon - Grimling Bosch - Gryphon - Helios - I Cala - ISFA Newsletter - Ichneumon Flyer - In Tenebris - In the Beginning - Inverted Ear Trumpet - Is - K - Lan's Lantern - Lightboard - Little Dictionary of SF Fan Terms - Log of the Starship Aniara - MI - Marc - Mead Is a Sickening...Drink - Megavore - Mimeographed London Sundae Thymes - Moondust - My Labor Day Holiday - Nazgûl - Nickelodeon - Nocres - Noumenon - Nucleus - Obsessions - One-Off - Pablo Lennis - Paradox - Parker's Patch - Prehensile - Quartet For The Muse - Queebshot - Resounding Haldeman Stories - Return from Caer Rigor - Risteria - Rotsler for DUFF - SF&F Newsletter - SFinctor - Sardonic Worlds - Scabby Tales - Science Fiction Bazaar - Science Fiction International News - Science Fiction Monthly - Science Fiction Review - Scrambled Eggs Benedict - Short Enough to be Interesting - Son of the WSFA Journal - Sootli - Southern Vole - Spaces - Spi - Spicy Rat Tails - Stop Breaking Down - Swoon - Tekeli-Li - The Best Loins Are on the Floor - The Fan Birthday Calendar - The Greater Metropolitan Yorba Linda Herald News Sun Tribune Journal Dispatch Post and San Francisco Discordian Society Cabal Intergalactic Report and Poop - The Grimling Bosch - The Hat Goes Home - The INFO Journal - The Invisible Fan - The Mad Dan Review - The Mae Strelkov Trip Report - The Middle Earthworm - The Next Best Thing to Perfect Legs - The Once and Future Worm - The Reinhardt Roast - The Rogue Roman - The SF&F Journal - The Science Fiction Monitor - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Theriaca - This Day Next Day Sometime Never - Thoth-Amon Returns - Tital - Treaders of Starlight - Twll-Ddu - UnterHelios - Visions - We Don't Know Yet - Whatsit - Whunderful - Wing-It - Zimri

Publishers founded or closed:

Paper Tiger Books - Underwood-Miller

Awards made, started or ended:

1976 Hugos - Frank R. Paul Award - Futura Award - J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award - Nebulous Award - Swedish Academy of Science Fiction Award

Stores opened or closed:

Dark Carnival - Dawn Treader Book Shop

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - Astral Leauge - Australian Science Fiction Foundation - Crickhollow - ICSF - Keele University SF Society - National Association for Science Fiction - Northwest Science Fiction Society - S.T.A.R. - Science Fiction Organization of La Crosse - Stoke-on-Trent SF Society - The Network - World SF: An Organization of SF Professionals

Fanhistory:

A Wealth of Fable - Hugo Losers Party - Fred Pohl's MidAmeriCon Reminiscence - Flash Sheridan’s MidAmeriCon Reminiscence - The War of Hazel's Nose

New fanspeak coined:

Skiffy

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

APES - Australian Science Fiction Foundation - Bofcon - Crux - Marc - Q-Con - Ratcon in Ararat - Swancon - Swancon 1 - The Harding Fund - The Mad Dan Review - Unicon II

Britain:

After the Flood - Astral Leauge - BSFA Newsletter - BSFA Yearbook - Bland - Cloud Chamber - Crumbly Cowboy - Cyclotron - Cygnus - Cynic - Daisnaid - Don't Go Columbus, You'll Fall Off the Crunchy Bit - Douglas W. F. Mayer - Drilkjis - Emma Newman - Epsilon - Erelas - Faancon - Faancon 1 - Fantasycon II - Fanzine Production Handbook - Ghas - Goblin's Grotto - Grimling Bosch - ICSF - Ichneumon Flyer - Inverted Ear Trumpet - John Phillifent - K - Keele University SF Society - Lavie Tidhar - Little Dictionary of SF Fan Terms - MI - Mancon - Mancon 5 - Nazgûl - Novacon 6 - One-Off - Oxonmoot 1976 - Paper Tiger Books - Parker's Patch - Rhianna Pratchett - Scabby Tales - Science Fiction International News - Science Fiction Monthly - Silicon - Silicon 1 - Simon Guerrier - Southern Vole - Spaces - Spi - Stoke-on-Trent SF Society - Stop Breaking Down - The Grimling Bosch - The Middle Earthworm - The Next Best Thing to Perfect Legs - The Once and Future Worm - The War of Hazel's Nose - This Day Next Day Sometime Never - Tital - Twll-Ddu - Whatsit - Zimri

Canada:

Alpha Draconis - Delta Psi - Dorothy McIlwraith - Dream Vendor - Gobrin Gazette - Mimeographed London Sundae Thymes - Oktobercon 1976 - Queebshot - Resounding Haldeman Stories - Science Fiction Review - Short Enough to be Interesting - The Hat Goes Home - Trawnacon 76 - V-Con 5 - Visions - Watercon

Europe:

Alvar Appeltofft - Beneluxcon 4 - Eurocon 3 - Fritz Lang - Norcon 2 - Scancon - Scancon 76 - SfanCon 7 - Stockholm in 1976 - Swedish Academy of Science Fiction Award

Ireland:

ISFA Newsletter

New Zealand:

National Association for Science Fiction - Noumenon

US:

2nd World Fantasy Convention - A Wealth of Fable - A Women's APA - APA-69 - APARIA - Again, Derelict Defenestration - AggieCon VII - An Index & Short History of Unknown - Anonycon - Anonycon 2 - Antares - Apalon - Apple - Arkon-Orlando - Artkane - Artkane 1 - Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - Atention - AutoClave - AutoClave 1 - Awry - BYOB-Con 6 - Balticon 10 - Barney Bernard - Ben H. Winters - Boskone 13 - Bubonicon 8 - Buscon - CONTRAception - Carl Barks Calendar - Carrie Tabakow - ChambanaCon 6 - Charles Fort: A Radical Corpuscle - Chattacon - Chattacon '76 - Cheery Idiots of the Gods - Chuck Wendig - Coat-Tails - Columbus in 1976 - Communicon - ConClave - ConClave I - Condome I - Corr - Crickhollow - D-Con - D-Con 1976 - Daniel F. Galouye - Dark Carnival - Dawn Treader Book Shop - DeepSouthCon 14 - Des Moines Con - Desertcon IV - Detroit in '79 - Digressions - Dimension: Praecox - Disclave 20 - Dorothy McIlwraith - Dreamtree - Ecce Fanno - Edgar Pangborn - Eniznaf - Equicon '76 - Fanthology 76 - Fanzine Directory - Fourth Dimension Con - Frank R. Paul Award - Futura Award - Gail Carriger - Galileo - Genevieve K. Stephens - Grand Delusions - Granfalloon - Graves Gladney - Gryphon - Helios - Highmore in '76 - I Cala - ICON 2 - In Tenebris - In the Beginning - Intercon - Irene Korshak - Is - J. Lloyd Eaton Memorial Award - Jane Quirk - Janice Marcus - John Joseph Adams - KC in '76 - Ken Liu - Kubla Khwandry - LAPA - LASFAPA - Lan's Lantern - Lauren Beukes - LepreCon 2 - Lexicon - Lightboard - Log of the Starship Aniara - Loscon 2 - Lunacon 19 - Marcon XI - Margaret Brundage - Martin Alger - Mary Gnaedinger - Mead Is a Sickening...Drink - Megavore - MidAmeriCon - Fred Pohl's MidAmeriCon Reminiscence - Flash Sheridan’s MidAmeriCon Reminiscence - Midwestcon 27 - MileHiCon 8 - Minicon 11 - Moondust - My Labor Day Holiday - Mythcon VII - Nebulous Award - New Orleans in '76 - Nickelodeon - Nocres - Noreascon Proceedings - Northwest Science Fiction Society - Nucleus - Obsessions - PHAPA - Pablo Lennis - Paradox - PgHLANGE VIII - Prehensile - Pulpcon 5 - Quartet For The Muse - R. F. Starzl - Return from Caer Rigor - Rhocon - Rhocon I - Risteria - Rivercon II - Romecon - Rotsler for DUFF - Rovacon - Rovacon 1 - Ruth Plumly Thompson - S.T.A.R. - SF Expo - SF&F Newsletter - SFinctor - Sardonic Worlds - Science Fiction Bazaar - Science Fiction Organization of La Crosse - Science Fiction and Fantasy Pseudonyms - Scrambled Eggs Benedict - Sean Wallace - Seattle in 1981 - Sflaggcon - Solarcon II - Son of the WSFA Journal - Sootli - Spicy Rat Tails - Spring-Con - StellarCon - StellarCon I - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Swoon - Tekeli-Li - Texacon - The Best Loins Are on the Floor - The Capture - The Collector's Poul Anderson - The Fan Birthday Calendar - The Greater Metropolitan Yorba Linda Herald News Sun Tribune Journal Dispatch Post and San Francisco Discordian Society Cabal Intergalactic Report and Poop - The INFO Journal - The Invisible Fan - The Mae Strelkov Trip Report - The Network - The Reinhardt Roast - The Rogue Roman - The SF&F Journal - The Science Fiction Monitor - The Space Machine - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Theriaca - Thomas Burnett Swann - Thoth-Amon Returns - Tim Pratt - Traincon - Trevor Quachri - TusCon IV - Underwood-Miller - Unicon 2B - UnterHelios - UpperSouthClave VI - WOOF - We Don't Know Yet - Wesley Chu - Westercon 29 - Whunderful - Windycon III - Wing-It - Wintercon 2

Rest of the World: