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* 1948 -- '''[[Torcon]]''' ([[Toronto in 1948]]) | * 1948 -- '''[[Torcon]]''' ([[Toronto in 1948]]) | ||
| + | * 1972 -- Abandoned [[Montreal in 74]] bid | ||
* 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]''' ([[Toronto in '73]]) | * 1973 -- '''[[Torcon II]]''' ([[Toronto in '73]]) | ||
* 1975 -- Abandoned [[Montreal in '77]] bid | * 1975 -- Abandoned [[Montreal in '77]] bid | ||
* 1979 -- Original [[Winnipeg in '94]] bid launched | * 1979 -- Original [[Winnipeg in '94]] bid launched | ||
| + | * 1982 -- Abandoned [[Vancouver in '84]] bid | ||
* 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]''' ([[Winnipeg in '94]]) | * 1984 -- '''[[ConAdian]]''' ([[Winnipeg in '94]]) | ||
| + | * 1985 -- Abandoned [[Vancouver in '87]] bid | ||
* 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]''' ([[Toronto in '03]]) | * 2003 -- '''[[Torcon 3]]''' ([[Toronto in '03]]) | ||
* 2009 -- '''[[Anticipation]]''' ([[Montreal in 2009]]) | * 2009 -- '''[[Anticipation]]''' ([[Montreal in 2009]]) | ||
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* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]''' ([[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]], [[Heicon in 70]]) | * 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]''' ([[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]], [[Heicon in 70]]) | ||
| + | *1981 -- Failed [[Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983]] bid ([[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]) | ||
| + | *1985 -- Abandoned [[Yugoslavia in '88]] bid ([[Zagreb]]) | ||
* 1990 -- '''[[ConFiction]]''' ([[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], [[Holland in 1990]]) | * 1990 -- '''[[ConFiction]]''' ([[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], [[Holland in 1990]]) | ||
| + | * 1990 -- Failed [[Zagreb in '93]] bid | ||
| + | * 1996 -- Failed [[Worldcon Zagreb in 1999]] bid | ||
| + | * 1999 -- Abandoned [[Berlin in 2002]] bid | ||
| + | * 2000 -- Abandoned [[Berlin in 2003]] bid | ||
* 2013 -- Failed [[Helsinki in 2015]] bid | * 2013 -- Failed [[Helsinki in 2015]] bid | ||
* 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 75]]''' ([[Finland]], [[Helsinki in 2017]]) | * 2017 -- '''[[Worldcon 75]]''' ([[Finland]], [[Helsinki in 2017]]) | ||
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*1941 -- Failed [[Washington, DC in 1942]] bid | *1941 -- Failed [[Washington, DC in 1942]] bid | ||
*1949 -- Failed [[DC]] [[Capicon in '50]] bid | *1949 -- Failed [[DC]] [[Capicon in '50]] bid | ||
| + | *1950 -- Failed [[Capicon in '50|Capicon in'51]] bid | ||
* 1959 -- Failed [[DC in 1960]] bid | * 1959 -- Failed [[DC in 1960]] bid | ||
| − | * 1963 -- '''[[Discon]]''' | + | * 1963 -- '''[[Discon]]''' ([[DC in 1963]]) |
* 1966 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '67]] bid | * 1966 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '67]] bid | ||
| − | * 1974 -- '''[[Discon II]]''' | + | *1969 -- Failed [[Washington in '71]] bid |
| + | * 1974 -- '''[[Discon II]]''' ([[DC in '74]]) | ||
* 1975 -- Failed [[Washington in '77]] bid | * 1975 -- Failed [[Washington in '77]] bid | ||
* 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid | * 1978 -- Failed [[Baltimore in '80]] bid | ||
* 1978 -- Abandoned [[DC in '84]] bid (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) | * 1978 -- Abandoned [[DC in '84]] bid (odd, out-of-[[rotation]] bid which was forced to withdraw) | ||
* 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | * 1983 -- '''[[Constellation]]''' ([[Baltimore in '83]]) | ||
| − | * 1989 -- | + | * 1984 -- Abandoned [[DC in '86]] bid |
| + | * 1989 -- Withdrawn [[DC in 1992]] bid | ||
* 1998 -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]]) | * 1998 -- '''[[BucConeer]]''' ([[Baltimore in '98]]) | ||
* 2004 -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] [[hoax bid]] | * 2004 -- [[Baltimore in 2007]] [[hoax bid]] | ||
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* 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]]) | * 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]]) | ||
* 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]]) | * 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]]) | ||
| + | *1970 -- Failed [[Baycon II in '72]] bid | ||
* 1974 -- Abandoned brief [[San Francisco in '78]] bid | * 1974 -- Abandoned brief [[San Francisco in '78]] bid | ||
* 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' ([[San Francisco in '93]]) | * 1993 -- '''[[ConFrancisco]]''' ([[San Francisco in '93]]) | ||
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* 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]] | * 1967 -- Failed bid for [[PanPacificon]] | ||
* 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]]) | * 1972 -- '''[[L.A.con I]]''' ([[LA in '72]]) | ||
| + | * 1973 -- Failed [[LA in '75]] bid | ||
* 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid | * 1976 -- Failed [[LA in '78]] bid | ||
* 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid | * 1979 -- Failed [[LA in '81]] bid | ||
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* 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]''' ([[1940 Worldcon Site Selection|unopposed]]) | * 1940 -- '''[[Chicon I]]''' ([[1940 Worldcon Site Selection|unopposed]]) | ||
| + | * 1940 -- Failed [[1941 Site Selection|Chicago in 1941]] bid | ||
* 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (aka TASFiC; [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Chicago in 1952]]). | * 1952 -- '''[[Chicon II]]''' (aka TASFiC; [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Chicago in 1952]]). | ||
* 1958 -- Failed [[Chicago: 1959]] bid | * 1958 -- Failed [[Chicago: 1959]] bid | ||
| − | * 1959 -- | + | * 1959 -- Withdrawn [[Chicago in '60]] bid |
* 1962 -- '''[[Chicon III]]''' ([[Chicago in 1962]]) | * 1962 -- '''[[Chicon III]]''' ([[Chicago in 1962]]) | ||
| + | * 1977 -- Abandoned [[Chicago in '79]] bid | ||
* 1982 -- '''[[Chicon IV]]''' ([[Chicago in 1982]]) | * 1982 -- '''[[Chicon IV]]''' ([[Chicago in 1982]]) | ||
* 1991 -- '''[[Chicon V]]''' ([[Chicago in '91]]) | * 1991 -- '''[[Chicon V]]''' ([[Chicago in '91]]) | ||
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*1986 -- Failed [[Bermuda Triangle Bid]] (a semi-[[hoax bid]] to hold the 1988 [[Worldcon]] on a cruise ship leaving from [[Miami]]) | *1986 -- Failed [[Bermuda Triangle Bid]] (a semi-[[hoax bid]] to hold the 1988 [[Worldcon]] on a cruise ship leaving from [[Miami]]) | ||
*1992 -- '''[[MagiCon]]''' ([[Orlando in '92]]) | *1992 -- '''[[MagiCon]]''' ([[Orlando in '92]]) | ||
| − | * | + | *1998 -- Failed [[Boston in Orlando in 2001]] bid |
*2013 -- Failed [[Orlando in 2015]] bid | *2013 -- Failed [[Orlando in 2015]] bid | ||
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*1969 -- '''[[St. Louiscon]]''' ([[St. Louis in 69]]) | *1969 -- '''[[St. Louiscon]]''' ([[St. Louis in 69]]) | ||
| − | *1970 -- Mysterious [[Kansas Citycon in '77]] bid | + | *1970 -- Mysterious [[Kansas Citycon in '77]] bid (abandoned) |
*1976 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon]]''' ([[KC in '76]]) | *1976 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon]]''' ([[KC in '76]]) | ||
*1986 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '88]] bid | *1986 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '88]] bid | ||
* 1994 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '97]] bid | * 1994 -- Failed [[St. Louis in '97]] bid | ||
| + | * 1997 -- Withdrawn [[KC in 2000]] bid | ||
* 2003 -- Failed [[KC in 2006]] bid | * 2003 -- Failed [[KC in 2006]] bid | ||
*2016 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon 2]]''' ([[Kansas City 2016]]) | *2016 -- '''[[MidAmeriCon 2]]''' ([[Kansas City 2016]]) | ||
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* 1951 -- '''[[Nolacon]]''' ([[New Orleans in 1951]]) | * 1951 -- '''[[Nolacon]]''' ([[New Orleans in 1951]]) | ||
* 1972 -- Withdrawn [[New Orleans in '73]] bid | * 1972 -- Withdrawn [[New Orleans in '73]] bid | ||
| − | * | + | * 1974 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '76]] bid |
* 1977 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '79]] bid | * 1977 -- Failed [[New Orleans in '79]] bid | ||
* 1979 -- Abandoned [[New Orleans in '82]] bid | * 1979 -- Abandoned [[New Orleans in '82]] bid | ||
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* 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids | * 1951 -- Failed [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|New York in 1952]] and [[1952 Worldcon Site Selection|Niagara Falls in 1952]] bids | ||
* 1952 -- Failed [[Queens SFL in '53]] and [[Niagara Falls in '53]] bids; an [[Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53]] bid withdrew in support of [[Philadelphia in '53]] | * 1952 -- Failed [[Queens SFL in '53]] and [[Niagara Falls in '53]] bids; an [[Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53]] bid withdrew in support of [[Philadelphia in '53]] | ||
| + | * 1954 -- Failed [[Buffalo in 1955]] bid | ||
* 1964 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '65]] bid | * 1964 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '65]] bid | ||
* 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]]) | * 1956 -- '''[[NyCon II]]''' (aka NewYorkCon; [[New York in 1956]]) | ||
| + | * 1965 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '66]] bid | ||
* 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid | * 1966 -- Failed [[Syracuse in '67]] bid | ||
* 1967 -- '''[[NyCon3]]''' ([[New York in '67]]) | * 1967 -- '''[[NyCon3]]''' ([[New York in '67]]) | ||
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* 1978 -- [[Flushing in '80]] [[hoax bid]] | * 1978 -- [[Flushing in '80]] [[hoax bid]] | ||
* 1984 -- Failed [[NY in '86]] bid | * 1984 -- Failed [[NY in '86]] bid | ||
| − | * 1986 -- Failed [[New York in 1989]] bid | + | * 1986 -- Failed [[New York in 1989]] bid (didn’t [[file]] in time to make the ballot) |
* 1989 -- Failed [[New York in '92]] bid | * 1989 -- Failed [[New York in '92]] bid | ||
* 1992 -- [[NY in '95]] [[hoax bid]] | * 1992 -- [[NY in '95]] [[hoax bid]] | ||
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===[[Ohio]]=== | ===[[Ohio]]=== | ||
| + | *1940 -- Failed [[1941 Site Selection|Cleveland in 1941]] bid | ||
*1949 -- '''[[Cinvention]]''' ([[Cincinnati in '49]]) | *1949 -- '''[[Cinvention]]''' ([[Cincinnati in '49]]) | ||
*1953 -- Failed [[Cleveland in '54]] bid | *1953 -- Failed [[Cleveland in '54]] bid | ||
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===[[Pacific Northwest]]=== | ===[[Pacific Northwest]]=== | ||
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*1950 -- '''[[NorWesCon]]''' ([[Portland, OR]], [[Portland in 1950]]) | *1950 -- '''[[NorWesCon]]''' ([[Portland, OR]], [[Portland in 1950]]) | ||
*1961 -- '''[[Seacon]]''' ([[Seattle]], unopposed) | *1961 -- '''[[Seacon]]''' ([[Seattle]], unopposed) | ||
*1967 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in '68]] bid | *1967 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in '68]] bid | ||
*1979 -- Failed [[Seattle in 1981]] bid | *1979 -- Failed [[Seattle in 1981]] bid | ||
| − | *1996 -- [[Seattle in 2002]] bid launched ( | + | *1996 -- [[Seattle in 2002]] bid launched (abandoned in 1999) |
*2009 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in 2011]] bid | *2009 -- Withdrawn [[Seattle in 2011]] bid | ||
*2013 -- '''[[Sasquan]]''' ([[Spokane in 2015]]) | *2013 -- '''[[Sasquan]]''' ([[Spokane in 2015]]) | ||
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* 1947 -- '''[[Philcon I]]''' ([[1947 Site Selection|Philadelphia in 1947]]) | * 1947 -- '''[[Philcon I]]''' ([[1947 Site Selection|Philadelphia in 1947]]) | ||
* 1953 -- '''[[Philcon II]]''' (aka 11th Worldcon; [[Philly in '53]]) | * 1953 -- '''[[Philcon II]]''' (aka 11th Worldcon; [[Philly in '53]]) | ||
| − | * 1959 -- Failed | + | * 1959 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1960]] bid |
* 1960 -- '''[[Pittcon]]''' ([[Pittsburgh in '60]]) | * 1960 -- '''[[Pittcon]]''' ([[Pittsburgh in '60]]) | ||
* 1976 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1977]] bid | * 1976 -- Failed [[Philadelphia in 1977]] bid | ||
Revision as of 08:47, 23 September 2020
A list of Worldcons and Worldcon bids, sorted regionally.
Bids are “failed” if they lost the vote, “abandoned” or “withdrawn” if they folded before site selection.
Australia[edit]
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 1975 -- Aussiecon One (Australia in '75)
- 1981 -- Abandoned Adelaide in '83 bid
- 1981 -- Failed Australia in '83 bid
- 1982 -- Abandoned Perth in '84 bid
- 1985 -- Aussiecon Two (Melbourne in '85 aka Australia in '85)
- 1986 -- Failed Sydney Cove in '88 bid
- 1988 -- Failed Sydney in '91 bid
- 1991 -- Abandoned Perth in '94 bid
- 1992 -- Failed Sydney in 95 bid
- 1999 -- Aussiecon Three (Australia in 1999)
- 2002 -- Failed Sydney in 2005 bid
- 2010 -- Aussiecon 4 (Australia in 2010)
- 2020 -- Abandoned Perth, Australia in 2025 bid
- 2023 -- Australia 2025 bid for Brisbane
See also Huttcon '90, Ratcon in Ararat, and Rottnest Island.
Britain[edit]
- 1953 -- Failed London in '54 bid
- 1957 -- Loncon (London in 1957)
- 1965 -- Loncon II (London in '65)
- 1979 -- Seacon '79 (Brighton, Britain in '79)
- 1981 -- Abandoned Britain in '84 bid
- 1987 -- Conspiracy '87 (Britain in '87)
- 1995 -- Intersection (UK in '95)
- 2005 -- Interaction (Glasgow in 2005)
- 2014 -- Loncon 3 (London in 2014)
Canada[edit]
- 1948 -- Torcon (Toronto in 1948)
- 1972 -- Abandoned Montreal in 74 bid
- 1973 -- Torcon II (Toronto in '73)
- 1975 -- Abandoned Montreal in '77 bid
- 1979 -- Original Winnipeg in '94 bid launched
- 1982 -- Abandoned Vancouver in '84 bid
- 1984 -- ConAdian (Winnipeg in '94)
- 1985 -- Abandoned Vancouver in '87 bid
- 2003 -- Torcon 3 (Toronto in '03)
- 2009 -- Anticipation (Montreal in 2009)
- 2015 -- Failed Montreal in 2017 bid
Europe[edit]
- 1970 -- Heicon '70 (Heidelberg, Germany, Heicon in 70)
- 1981 -- Failed Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983 bid (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- 1985 -- Abandoned Yugoslavia in '88 bid (Zagreb)
- 1990 -- ConFiction (The Hague, Netherlands, Holland in 1990)
- 1990 -- Failed Zagreb in '93 bid
- 1996 -- Failed Worldcon Zagreb in 1999 bid
- 1999 -- Abandoned Berlin in 2002 bid
- 2000 -- Abandoned Berlin in 2003 bid
- 2013 -- Failed Helsinki in 2015 bid
- 2017 -- Worldcon 75 (Finland, Helsinki in 2017)
Ireland[edit]
- 2019 -- Dublin 2019 (Dublin in 2019)
Japan[edit]
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 2007 -- Nippon 2007 (Yokohama; bid had same name)
- 2015 -- Failed Nippon in 2017 bid
New Zealand[edit]
- 2020 -- CoNZealand (Wellington; New Zealand in 2020)
United States[edit]
Atlanta[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed Atlanta in 1952 bid
- 1986 -- Confederation (Atlanta in '86)
- 1993 -- Failed Atlanta in '95 bid
- 1996 -- Failed Atlanta in '98 bid
Baltiwash[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed Washington, DC in 1942 bid
- 1949 -- Failed DC Capicon in '50 bid
- 1950 -- Failed Capicon in'51 bid
- 1959 -- Failed DC in 1960 bid
- 1963 -- Discon (DC in 1963)
- 1966 -- Failed Baltimore in '67 bid
- 1969 -- Failed Washington in '71 bid
- 1974 -- Discon II (DC in '74)
- 1975 -- Failed Washington in '77 bid
- 1978 -- Failed Baltimore in '80 bid
- 1978 -- Abandoned DC in '84 bid (odd, out-of-rotation bid which was forced to withdraw)
- 1983 -- Constellation (Baltimore in '83)
- 1984 -- Abandoned DC in '86 bid
- 1989 -- Withdrawn DC in 1992 bid
- 1998 -- BucConeer (Baltimore in '98)
- 2004 -- Baltimore in 2007 hoax bid
- 2004 -- Abandoned DC in 007 bid
- 2009 -- Abandoned DC in 2011 bid
- 2015 -- Failed DC17 bid
- 2021 -- Discon III (DC in 2021, a bid by BWAWA)
Boston[edit]
- 1966 -- Failed Boston in '67 bid
- 1971 -- Noreascon (Boston in 71)
- 1980 -- Noreascon Two (Boston in 1980)
- 1989 -- Noreascon 3 (Boston in '89)
- 1994 -- Abandoned Boston in '98 bid by MCFI
- 1995 -- Failed Boston in 1998 bid by BCEC
- 1996 -- Boston in 1999 hoax bid
- 1998 -- Failed Boston in Orlando in 2001 bid
- 2004 -- Noreascon 4 (Boston in 2004)
- 2020 -- Christmas in Boston in 2020 hoax bid
California[edit]
Bay Area[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed San Francisco in 1942 bid
- 1951 -- Failed San Francisco in 1952 bid
- 1952 -- Failed San Francisco in '53 bid
- 1954 -- SFCon (San Francisco in '54)
- 1964 -- Pacificon II (San Francisco in '64)
- 1968 -- Baycon (Bay Area in '68)
- 1970 -- Failed Baycon II in '72 bid
- 1974 -- Abandoned brief San Francisco in '78 bid
- 1993 -- ConFrancisco (San Francisco in '93)
- 2002 -- ConJosé (Bay Area in 2002)
- 2018 -- Worldcon 76 in San Jose (San Jose in 2018)
Los Angeles[edit]
- 1946 -- Pacificon 1 (Los Angeles in 1942, delayed by WWII)
- 1948 -- Start of South Gate in '58 bid
- 1956 -- Failed Los Angeles in 1957 bid
- 1958 -- Solacon (Honorary “South Gate”)
- 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) South Gate Again in 2010! bid
- 1962 -- Withdrawn Los Angeles in '64 bid
- 1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
- 1972 -- L.A.con I (LA in '72)
- 1973 -- Failed LA in '75 bid
- 1976 -- Failed LA in '78 bid
- 1979 -- Failed LA in '81 bid
- 1984 -- L.A.con II (LA in 1984)
- 1987 -- Failed LA in '90 bid
- 1996 -- L.A.con III (LA in '96)
- 2006 -- L.A.con IV (LA in 2006)
Chicago[edit]
- 1940 -- Chicon I (unopposed)
- 1940 -- Failed Chicago in 1941 bid
- 1952 -- Chicon II (aka TASFiC; Chicago in 1952).
- 1958 -- Failed Chicago: 1959 bid
- 1959 -- Withdrawn Chicago in '60 bid
- 1962 -- Chicon III (Chicago in 1962)
- 1977 -- Abandoned Chicago in '79 bid
- 1982 -- Chicon IV (Chicago in 1982)
- 1991 -- Chicon V (Chicago in '91)
- 2000 -- Chicon 2000 (Chicago in 2000)
- 2006 -- Failed Chicago in 2008 bid
- 2012 -- Chicon 7 (Chicago in 2012)
- 2022 -- Chicon 8 (Chicago in 2022)
Denver[edit]
- 1941 -- Denvention I (Denver in 1941)
- 1981 -- Denvention Two (Denver in '81)
- 2008 -- Denvention 3 (Denver in 2008)
Detroit[edit]
- 1951 -- Failed Detroit in 1952 bid
- 1952 -- Abandoned Detroit in 1953 bid
- 1954 -- Abandoned Detroit in 1955 bid
- 1959 -- Detention (Detroit in '59)
- 1979 -- Failed Detroit in '82 bid
Florida[edit]
- 1977 -- SunCon (Miami, 7 for '77)
- 1986 -- Failed Bermuda Triangle Bid (a semi-hoax bid to hold the 1988 Worldcon on a cruise ship leaving from Miami)
- 1992 -- MagiCon (Orlando in '92)
- 1998 -- Failed Boston in Orlando in 2001 bid
- 2013 -- Failed Orlando in 2015 bid
Missouri[edit]
- 1969 -- St. Louiscon (St. Louis in 69)
- 1970 -- Mysterious Kansas Citycon in '77 bid (abandoned)
- 1976 -- MidAmeriCon (KC in '76)
- 1986 -- Failed St. Louis in '88 bid
- 1994 -- Failed St. Louis in '97 bid
- 1997 -- Withdrawn KC in 2000 bid
- 2003 -- Failed KC in 2006 bid
- 2016 -- MidAmeriCon 2 (Kansas City 2016)
Nevada[edit]
2011 -- Renovation (Reno in 2011)
New Orleans[edit]
- 1949 -- Failed New Orleans in 1950 bid
- 1951 -- Nolacon (New Orleans in 1951)
- 1972 -- Withdrawn New Orleans in '73 bid
- 1974 -- Failed New Orleans in '76 bid
- 1977 -- Failed New Orleans in '79 bid
- 1979 -- Abandoned New Orleans in '82 bid
- 1988 -- Nolacon II (New Orleans in '88)
- 2016 -- Failed New Orleans in 2018 bid
- 2019 -- Abandoned New Orleans in 2023 bid (folded after Dublin 2019)
New York[edit]
- 1939 -- NyCon (the First Worldcon)
- 1940 -- Failed New York in 1941 bid
- 1948 -- Failed New York in '49 bid
- 1949 -- Failed New York in '50 bid
- 1951 -- Failed New York in 1952 and Niagara Falls in 1952 bids
- 1952 -- Failed Queens SFL in '53 and Niagara Falls in '53 bids; an Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53 bid withdrew in support of Philadelphia in '53
- 1954 -- Failed Buffalo in 1955 bid
- 1964 -- Failed Syracuse in '65 bid
- 1956 -- NyCon II (aka NewYorkCon; New York in 1956)
- 1965 -- Failed Syracuse in '66 bid
- 1966 -- Failed Syracuse in '67 bid
- 1967 -- NyCon3 (New York in '67)
- 1972 -- Failed New York in '74 and NYCon 4 Bids (yes, two!)
- 1975 -- Failed New York in '77 bid
- 1978 -- Flushing in '80 hoax bid
- 1984 -- Failed NY in '86 bid
- 1986 -- Failed New York in 1989 bid (didn’t file in time to make the ballot)
- 1989 -- Failed New York in '92 bid
- 1992 -- NY in '95 hoax bid
- 1995 -- Abandoned New York in '98 and failed Niagara Falls in '98 bids
- 2001 -- Short-lived Nieuw Amsterdam in 2004 bid
- 2015 -- Short-lived New York in 2017 bid
Ohio[edit]
- 1940 -- Failed Cleveland in 1941 bid
- 1949 -- Cinvention (Cincinnati in '49)
- 1953 -- Failed Cleveland in '54 bid
- 1955 -- Clevention (Cleveland in '55)
- 1966 -- Tricon (Cleveland in '66)
- 1968 -- Failed Columbus in '69 bid
- 1974 -- Failed Columbus in 1976 bid
- 1986 -- Failed Cincinnati in '88 bid
- 2004 -- Failed Columbus in 2007 bid
- 2006 -- Failed Columbus in 2008 bid
Pacific Northwest[edit]
- 1950 -- NorWesCon (Portland, OR, Portland in 1950)
- 1961 -- Seacon (Seattle, unopposed)
- 1967 -- Withdrawn Seattle in '68 bid
- 1979 -- Failed Seattle in 1981 bid
- 1996 -- Seattle in 2002 bid launched (abandoned in 1999)
- 2009 -- Withdrawn Seattle in 2011 bid
- 2013 -- Sasquan (Spokane in 2015)
- 2023 -- Seattle in 2025 bid
Pennsylvania[edit]
- 1941 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1942 bid
- 1947 -- Philcon (Philadelphia in 1947)
- 1953 -- Philcon II (aka 11th Worldcon; Philly in '53)
- 1959 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1960 bid
- 1960 -- Pittcon (Pittsburgh in '60)
- 1976 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1977 bid
- 1984 -- Failed Philadelphia in '86 bid
- 2001 -- Millennium Philcon (Philadelphia in 2001)
Phoenix[edit]
- 1978 -- Iguanacon II (Phoenix in '78)
- 1985 -- Failed Phoenix in 1987 bid
- 1990 -- Failed Phoenix in '93 bid
Texas[edit]
- 1958 -- Abandoned Big 'D' in '59 bid (Dallas)
- 1971 -- Withdrawn Big D in '73 bid
- 1997 -- LoneStarCon 2 (San Antonio in '97)
- 2003 -- Abandoned Dallas in 2006 bid
- 2013 -- LoneStarCon 3 (San Antonio; Texas in 2013)
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