Open ESFA

A convention run by ESFA each March from 1946 to 1971 which the club insisted was merely an open meeting of the club with a program, but with no business conducted. For many years it was held at the Newark YMCA. The Open ESFA remained a one-day affair long after most other regionals went to two or three days. The convention usually had a main speaker or special honoree, but not always a GoH as such.

Convention	Dates	GoH	Notes
FPWESFC	March 3, 1946	L. Sprague de Camp
1948 Open ESFA	March 7, 1948
1949 Open ESFA	March 6, 1949
Hydracon	July 1-3, 1950	(none)	Hydracon was jointly sponsored by ESFA, and appears to have replaced the Open ESFA for 1950
1951 Open ESFA	1951
1952 Open ESFA	1952
1953 Open ESFA	1953
1954 Open ESFA	1954
1955 Open ESFA	1955
1956 Open ESFA	1956
1957 Open ESFA	March 3, 1957
1958 Open ESFA	March 2, 1958	Robert A. Heinlein
1959 Eastern Science Fiction Conference	1959
1961 Open ESFA	1961	Amazing Stories
1962 Open ESFA	1962
1963 Open ESFA	March 3, 1963	John W. Campbell
1964 Open ESFA	March 1, 1964	Virgil Finlay
1965 Open ESFA	March 7, 1965	Galaxy
1966 Open ESFA	March 6, 1966	Willy Ley
1967 Open ESFA	March 5, 1967	Robert Lowndes
1968 Open ESFA	March 3, 1968	Murray Leinster
1969 Open ESFA	March 2, 1969	L. Sprague de Camp
1970 Open ESFA	October 3-4, 1970	Hans Stefan Santesson
1971 Open ESFA	October 9-10, 1971
1972 Open ESFA	Spring 1972	Robert Silverberg
1981 Open ESFA	March 1, 1981

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Convention
	1946—1971

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