2016

January 20	David Hartwell dies
March 18-20	Final Millennicon held
Easter	Mancunicon
July 30	Joyce Katz dies
August	Then (book) published
August 17-21	MidAmeriCon II
September 18	David A. Kyle dies
	TAFF: Anna Raftery
	DUFF: Clare McDonald Sims
	NAFF: Liz Barr

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Births and Deaths:

Amy Sefton - Arthur Jean Cox - Barry R. Levin - Bart Merrigan - Bill Warren - Binker Hughes - Bob Peterson - Brian Lewis - Bud Webster - Cliff Amos - D. Douglas Fratz - David A. Kyle - David G. Hartwell - David Lake - Diane Terwilleger - Ed Dravecky - Ed Gorman - Fred Prophet - Joe Raftery - John Grossman - Joyce Katz - Justin Leiber - K. T. FitzSimmons - Kate Yule - Kathleen Meyer - Kathy Thornton - Kira Heston - Lionel Blue - Lon Atkins - Michael Jencevice - Morris M. Keesan - Norman F. Stanley - Paul A. Carter - Paul Brazier - Paul S. Ritz - Peggy Ranson - Richard Kyle - Robert Weinberg - Sally Dunn - Sheri S. Tepper - Warren Johnson

Convention series started or ended:

China Science Fiction Convention - City Tech Science Fiction Symposium - ConClave - CrossingsCon - Durhamcon - EerieCon - IceCon - LaffCon - Millennicon - Potlatch - Rainbow Con - StokerCon - Vericon - World Horror Convention

Onetime conventions:

SmofCon South

Bids:

Cardiff in 2016 - Kansas City 2016 - Paris in 2019

Publications started or ended:

A Meara for Observers - Cirsova - Data Dump - Grilled Pterodactyl - Ionisphere - Making Conversation - Postscripts - Rat Sass - Star Talking - Then - Trap Door

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1941 Retro Hugos - 2016 Hugos - Eugie Foster Memorial Award - Sara Douglass Book Series Award

Stores opened or closed:

Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature

Clubs founded or disbanded:

African Speculative Fiction Society - New Amsterdam Science Fiction and Fantasy Fandom

Fanhistory:

Then - Video Archaeology Project

New fanspeak coined:

Chud

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

China Science Fiction Convention - HAL-CON 2016

Australia:

Conflux 12 - Contact2016 - Continuum 12 - David Lake - Grilled Pterodactyl - Sara Douglass Book Series Award - Star Talking - Swancon 41

Britain:

A Meara for Observers - ArmadaCon 28 - Brian Lewis - Bristol-Con 2016 - Cardiff in 2016 - Con2bil8 - Data Dump - Discworld Convention 2016 - Durhamcon - FantasyCon 2016 - Joe Raftery - Lionel Blue - Mancunicon - Nine Worlds 2016 - Novacon 46 - Oxonmoot 2016 - Pasgon - Paul Brazier - Picocon 33 - Postscripts - Satellite 5 - StokerCon - Then - TitanCon 2016 - World Horror Convention

Canada:

Ad Astra 2016 - Boréal 2016 - CAN*CON 2016 - FilKONtario 26 - Hal-Con 2016 - Keycon 33 - Rat Sass - SFContario 6.66 - VCON 41 - When Words Collide 2016 - World Horror Convention

Europe:

Bcon - DFDF 2016 - Fantasticon 2016 - Fantastika 2016 - FilkContinental 2016 - Finncon 2016 - IceCon - IceCon 2016 - Paris in 2019 - Åcon 8

Ireland:

Octocon 2016 - TitanCon 2016

New Zealand:

SmofCon South

US:

ABC-DeepSouthCon - AggieCon 47 - Albacon 2016 - Amy Sefton - Apollocon 2016 - Arcana 46 - Archon 40 - Arisia '16 - ArmadilloCon 38 - Arthur Jean Cox - Balticon 50 - Barry R. Levin - Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature - Bart Merrigan - Baycon 2016 - Bill Warren - Binker Hughes - Bob Peterson - Boskone 53 - Bubonicon 48 - Bud Webster - CONtraflow VI - COSine 2016 - Capclave 2016 - Capricon 36 - Chambanacon 46 - Chattacon 41 - Chessiecon 2016 - Cirsova - City Tech Science Fiction Symposium - Cliff Amos - Coastcon 39 - Con*Stellation XXXIV - ConClave - ConClave 40 - ConComCon 23 - ConDFW XV - ConDor XXIII - ConGregate 3 - ConQuesT 47 - ConStellation VII - Concave 37 - Conflikt 9 - Confluence 2016 - Conglomeration 2016 - Consonance 2016 - Conterpoint 2016 - Convolution 2016 - Corflu 33 - Costume-Con 34 - CrossingsCon - D. Douglas Fratz - David A. Kyle - David G. Hartwell - Decongestant 1 - DemiCon 27 - Diane Terwilleger - Diversicon 24 - Ed Dravecky - Ed Gorman - EerieCon - EerieCon 18 - Eugie Foster Memorial Award - FOGcon 6 - FenCon XIII - Foolscap 18 - Fourth Street Fantasy 2016 - Fred Prophet - GAFilk 2016 - Genericon XXIX - ICFA 37 - ICON 41 - IllogiCon v - InConJunction XXXVI - Ionisphere - John Grossman - JordanCon VIII - Joyce Katz - Justin Leiber - K. T. FitzSimmons - Kansas City 2016 - Kate Yule - Kathleen Meyer - Kathy Thornton - Kira Heston - LaffCon - LaffCon 1 - LepreCon 42 - LibertyCon 29 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 34 - Life, the Universe, and ConFusion - Lon Atkins - Loscon 43 - Lunacon 2016 - Making Conversation - Marcon 51 - MarsCon 2016 - Michael Jencevice - MidAmeriCon II - MidSouthCon 34 - Midwestcon 67 - MileHiCon 48 - Millennicon - Millennicon 30 - Minicon 51 - MisCon 30 - Morris M. Keesan - MystiCon 2016 - Mythcon 47 - Myths and Legends 4 - Nebula Award Weekend 2016 - Necon 36 - Necronomicon 2016 - New Amsterdam Science Fiction and Fantasy Fandom - Norman F. Stanley - Norwescon 39 - OASIS 28 - OVFF 32 - Odyssey Con XVI - OryCon 38 - Paul A. Carter - Paul S. Ritz - Peggy Ranson - Philcon 2016 - Potlatch - Potlatch 25 - PulpFest 2016 - RadCon 7 - Rainbow Con - Rainbow Con I - RavenCon 11 - Readercon 27 - Richard Kyle - Robert Weinberg - Rustycon 33 - SFWA Nebula Conference 2016 - Sally Dunn - Sheri S. Tepper - Smofcon 34 - SoonerCon 25 - StellarCon 37 - StokerCon - Traincon 3 - Trap Door - TusCon 43 - Valleycon 42 - Vericon - Video Archaeology Project - Warren Johnson - Westercon 69 - WillyCon XVIII - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 16 - Windycon 43 - WisCon 40 - World Fantasy Convention 2016 - World Horror Convention

Rest of the World:

African Speculative Fiction Society