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• DixieCon 78
  ...tober 1, 1978 in [[Chattanooga, TN]]. It was beaten by an [[Atlanta, GA]] bid. {{bid |Series=DeepSouthCon | year=1978 |Locale=Chattanooga, TN}}
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• Toronto in '78
  ...76. It is unclear if this even reached the stage of a full-fledged [[hoax bid]]. (It was, of course, ineligible because of its location.) {{bid | series=DeepSouthCon | year=1978}}
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• Nashville in '95
  A [[bid]] to run the 1995 [[DeepSouthCon]] at the ClubHouse Inn & Conference Center in [[Nashville, TN]]. The prosp It beat the [[Arlington in 1995]] bid and went on to run [[Parthekhan]].
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• DeepSouthCon 42
  [[DeepSouthCon]] 42 ([[MidSouthCon]] 22) was held March 26-28, 2004 in conjunction with [[ ..."for failure to vote for their own [[bid]]" (which lost to an [[Atlanta]] bid by six votes).
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• DeepSouthCon 33
  [[DeepSouthCon]] 33 was held May 11-14, 1995 in conjunction with '''[[Kubla Khan]] #23''' It had been bid by the [[Nashville in '95]] bid.
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• Bidcomm
  ...", the group that organizes a [[bid]] for a [[Worldcon]], [[Westercon]], [[DeepSouthCon]] or other [[convention]] whose site is selected by votes of its members.
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• DeepSouthCon 23
  [[DeepSouthCon]] 23 was held June 21-23, 1985 at the Carriage Inn in [[Huntsville]], AL. It was here that the [[Wigwam Village]] [[hoax bid]] was run, but Louisville beat out both it and Memphis for the 1986 [[DSC]]
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• DeepSouthCon 16
  [[DeepSouthCon]] 16 was a [[convention]] held June 20-22, 1978 in [[Atlanta, GA]]. [[Jack Atlanta beat [[DixieCon 78]], a bid for [[Chattanooga, TN]].
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• Arlington in 1995
  A [[bid]] to run the 1995 [[DeepSouthCon]] at the Rosslyn West Park Best Western Hotel in Arlington, VA. The prospe {{bid | year=1995}}
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• DeepSouthCon 22
  [[DeepSouthCon]] 22 was a [[convention]] held June 21–24, 1984, in [[Chattanooga]], TN. ...anta bid was the second loss in a row by the [[Atlanta in '86]] [[Worldcon bid]] committee bidding on "Build a Better Worldcon". The loss may have bee dri
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• Genny Dazzo
  ...on the [[NY in '86]] [[bid committee]] and the [[Say Da to Moscow]] [[hoax bid]] committee. * 1993 -- [[DeepSouthCon 31]]
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• Wigwam Village
  ...out of [[Kentucky Fandom]] is the [[Wigwam Village in '86]] [[DeepSouthCon bid]]. The whole thing was the brainchild of [[Rickey Sheppard]], but as he's l [[File:Wigwam Village bid flyer.jpg|thumb]]
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• Ken Moore
  ...oore-led [[Nashville in '79]] [[hoax bid]]) and the [[L&N '94]] [[Worldcon bid]]. [[ConCave]] was begun in part as an offshoot of an idea he had to make * 1991 -- [[DeepSouthCon 29]]/[[ConCat III]], [[Chattacon XVI]], [[Rubble Award]] "For having the ug
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• Irv Koch
  ...[[bid]] for the [[Worldcon]] and also the subsequent Charlotte [[NASFiC]] bid. He was a member of [[SAPS]] and [[SFPA]].
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• Bid
  ...at the site of their choice. The committee campaigns on behalf of their [[bid]], in hopes of persuading the electorate to award them the right to run a f At their most elaborate, '''bidders''' run [[bid parties]] and host [[bid tables]] at [[regional conventions]] and at [[Worldcon]], run ads in select
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• Sue Francis
  ...th [[Steve Francis|Steve]], she won [[DUFF]] in 2008. She [[co-chaired]] [[DeepSouthCon 24]] with [[Ken Moore]]. * 1995 -- [[DeepSouthCon 33]]
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• Norman Cates
  ...ho won [[DUFF]] in 2004 and chaired the [[New Zealand in 2020]] [[Worldcon bid]] and co-chaired the subsequent Worldcon, [[CoNZealand]]. He chaired [[Conq * 2022 -- [[Master of Ceremonies]] at [[DeepSouthCon 60]]
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• Pat Molloy
  ...incinnati Fantasy Group]]. He was on the [[Louisville in '94]] [[Worldcon bid committee]]. He won [[2001 DUFF Race|DUFF]] in 2001 with his partner [[Naom * 1989 -- [[Concave 10]], [[DeepSouthCon 27]]
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• Rickey Sheppard
  ...ociety]] and masterminded the [[Wigwam Village in '86]] [[DeepSouthCon]] [[bid]]. He worked on [[ConFederation]], the 1986 [[Worldcon]].
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• Warren Buff
  ...eading him to chair [[StellarCon 33]]. Through StellarCon's bid to host [[DeepSouthCon 46]], he became involved in [[Southern Fandom]], and served as president of Co-chair of the [[Raleigh NASFiC 2010]] bid along with [[Michael Pederson]], and chair of the subsequent convention, [[
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• Justin Winston
  ...n 1979 and was one of the leaders of the [[New Orleans in '88]] [[Worldcon bid]] and [[vice chair]] of [[Nolacon II]].
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• Julie Wall
  ...lso threw peach daiquiri bid parties for the [[Atlanta in '86]] [[Worldcon bid]] for several years. After she left Virginia to return to Birmingham, she She then chaired [[DeepSouthCon 32]] and [[Bhamacon III]], and co-chaired [[Bhamacon IV]] with [[Gary Rowan
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• Steve Francis
  ...and [[Worldcons]]. He was co-head of the [[Louisville in '94]] [[Worldcon bid]]. * 1995 -- [[DeepSouthCon 33]]
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• The Agacon
  ...[[Charles Wells]], [[Russell Watkins]] and [[Bob Madle]], who successfully bid on the next convention site for [[Charlotte, NC]]. Later iterations were held in conjunction with [[DeepSouthCon]].
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• Penny Frierson
  ...lanta in '86]] and [[Atlanta in '95]] [[Worldcon bid]]s. She [[chaired]] [[DeepSouthCon 15]] as well as working on numerous [[Worldcons]] and [[regionals]]. She w
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• Cliff Biggers
  ...red [[DeepSouthCon 18]]. He was part of the [[Atlanta in '86]] [[Worldcon bid committee]].
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• Rubble Award
  ...s a counterpoint to the [[Rebel Award]]. The [[Rebel Award]] is given by [[DeepSouthCon]] to people doing great things for [[Southern Fandom]]. The ''Rubble'' is g ...rnate to the [[Hugos]]. Since Patrick was also [[Co-chair]] of that year's DeepSouthCon in [[Huntsville, AL]], he was in a perfect position to make sure the presen
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• Mike Resnick
  ...e member of [[CFG]] and was a member of the [[Hawaii in 1981]] [[Worldcon bid]]. * 1994 -- [[Contradiction 14]], [[B'hamacon 3]]/[[DeepSouthCon 32]]
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• Teddy Harvia
  He [[chaired]] the [[Cancun in 2003]] [[bid]] to host the 2003 [[Worldcon]] in Cancún, [[Mexico]], losing to [[Toronto * 1997 -- [[DeepSouthCon 35]], [[Rebel Award]]
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• Al Lewis
  ...cificon]] [[Worldcon bid committee]]. He was one of the seven people at [[DeepSouthCon 1]]. He was part of [[Unicorn Productions]] and the cast of ''[[The Purple
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• Edie Stern
  ...Orlando in 2000]] bid, the [[Boston in 2004]] bid and the [[Reno in 2011]] bid. She was a co-founder of the [[South Florida Science Fiction Society]] ([[ * 1996 -- [[DeepSouthCon 34]] - Fan Guest with Joe Siclari
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• Phil Foglio
  ...e, notably, he created the infamous ad comparing the site of the competing bid, [[Detroit in '82]], to a Nazi death camp. * 1987 -- [[DeepSouthCon 25]], [[LepreCon 13]]
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• Long-running conventions
  ...ones counted somewhat retroactively. 2020 just had online [[site selection|bid session]] but counts anyway, 2021 virtual [[DeepSouthCon]] || Old South || July 1963 || 60 || Normally piggybacks on other cons; 202
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• Steven H Silver
  ...chair for [[Chicon 7]], as well as the President of the [[Chicago Worldcon Bid | corporate board]] in the years leading up to the 2012 [[Worldcon]]. * 2011 -- [[FenCon VIII]]/[[DSC 49 | DeepSouthCon 49]]
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• Don Markstein
  ...]], and [[Worldcons]] in support of the [[New Orleans in 1973]] [[Worldcon bid]]. Don won the 1978 [[Rebel Award]] and was [[GoH]] at [[Nutria Con]]. ...duction. He was the second editor of ''[[Nola-Zine]]''. He [[chaired]] [[DeepSouthCon 11]] and was a member of [[CAPA-alpha]].
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• Joe Siclari
  ...ldcon bid committees]]. He also started the [[Australia in 2010]] Worldcon bid to aggravate Stephen Boucher. * 1996 -- [[DeepSouthCon 34]] ([[Beachcon]]), Fan Guest with Edie Stern
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• Bob Roehm's 20th Anniversary History of Rivercon
  ...d to also bid [[Rivercon 75]] (as it was called at first) as the site of [[DeepSouthCon XIII]], which they won. The dayglo orange flyer with Cliff's stick-figure r
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• Fred Patten
  ...o '81]]. He was a member of the [[PanPacificon]], [[LA in '72]] [[Worldcon bid]]. * 1971 -- [[DeepSouthCon 9]]
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• Midwestcon
  ...as [[West Coast]] [[fen]] do in [[Westercon]] or [[Southern fandom]] in [[DeepSouthCon]], a fact not always appreciated by Cinti fans. ...rldcon]] itself. And woe betide the Worldcon [[bid]] that didn’t throw a [[bid party]] at Midwestcon.
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• Return With Us Now
  # [[Bid]] New Orleans as the site for the 1973 Worldcon # Bid [[NOSFA]] to host the [[DSC 6|1968 Deep South Con]].
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• Joe Haldeman
  ...-time member of [[WSFA]], a member of the [[Washington in '77]] [[Worldcon bid]], and a [[filker]] in the early days of [[filk]]. * 1988 -- [[AggieCon XIX]], [[DeepSouthCon 26]] ([[toastmaster]])
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• Covid-19
  ...o War|provoked a lot of fannish ire]]. The [[Nice in 2023]] [[Worldcon]] [[bid]] folded, and [[Memphis in 2023]] withdrew, both blaming the pandemic. ...>([[DeepSouthCon 58]]) || July 17–19, 2020 || ConGregate 2020 cancelled; [[DeepSouthCon 58|DSC 58]] <s>postponed to November</s> held online
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• Con*Stellation
  ...robably the most notable aspect of that era is the tiny gathering called [[DeepSouthCon 1]] (or [[MidSouthCon]] as it was known at the time), which was held at [[D DSC 4 (1966) was also in Huntsville (and by this time it was actually called DeepSouthCon—the renaming happened at DSC 2), having come here because chair [[Lon Atk
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• Bob Tucker
  ...e! Forty years later he was a member of the [[Chicago in 1982]] [[Worldcon bid]]. * 1998 -- [[Rebel Award]], [[DeepSouthCon 36]]
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