Conventions

2023

 

  • Bay Area Book Festival — May 6-7, 2023
    • Location: MLK Jr Civic Center Park, Berkeley CA
    • See our photo story of the Bay Area Book Festival 2023 here
  • SFWA Nebula Conference —May 12–14, 2023
    • Location: Hybrid- live events at Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort in Anaheim, CA
    • Grand Master: Robin McKinley- see our announcement here
    • Read our coverage of the 2023 conference here
  • WisCon 46 — May 26-29, 2023
    • Location: Hybrid- live events Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club — Madison, Wisconsin
    • GoH: Rivers Solomon, Martha Wells
    • Read our coverage of WisCon 46 here
  • Westercon 75 — June 30-July 3, 2023
    • Location: Anaheim Clarion Hotel and Resort, Anaheim, CA
    • GoH: Gail Carriger and Dr. Kevin Grasier
  • ReaderCon 32 — July 13–16, 2023
    • Location: Boston Quincy Marriott, Quincy, MA
    • GoH: Jeff VanderMeer and Justina Ireland
    • Read our coverage of the last virtual and in-person ReaderCon
  • Diversicon 30 — July 14-16, 2023
    • Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
    • GoH: Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
  • Celsius 232 — July 18-22, 2023
    • Location: Avilés, Asturias, Spain
    • Featured Guests Include: Charlaine Harris, Neon Yang, Zen Cho, P. Djéli Clark, and many others
    • See our coverage of 2020 Celsius 232 here
  • Comic-Con —July 20-23, 2023
    • Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego CA 2020
    • Special Guests Include: Tomi Adeyemi, Pierce Brown, Cecil Castellucci, and many others
  • Pemmi-Con (NASFIC) — July 20-23, 2023
    • Location: Delta Hotels Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada
    • GoH: Philip John Currie, Julie E. Czerneda, George Freeman, Tanya Huff, John Mansfield, Waubgeshig Rice, Nisi Shawl, Lorna Toolis, and katherena vermette
  • PulpFest 51 — August 3-6, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg-Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
  • Bubonicon 54 – August 25-27, 2023
    • Location: Albuquerque Marriott Uptown, Albuquerque NM
    • GoH: Rebecca Roanhorse (Writer), Carrie Vaughn (Writer), Rachel Mayo (Artist)
    • Toast Masters: Ursula Vernon and Kevin Sonney
  • DragonCon 2023 – August 31-September 4, 2023
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia
    • Featured Guests Include: Kevin J. Anderson, Andrew Aydin, Michael Cho, Chandra Free, Creees Lee, Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Timothy Zahn, and others
  • CoKoCon 2023—September 1-4, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe, Tempe, AZ
    • GoH: Seanan McGuire (Writer), Bruce Davis (Writer), andyvanoverberghe (Artist)
  • Capclave 2023—September 29 – October 1, 2023
    • Location: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Rockville, MD
    • GoH: Charlie Jane Anders, Sarah Pinsker
  • Cli-Fi Con—October 7-8, 2023
    • Location: Virtual only
  • WorldCon 81 — October 18-22, 2023
    • Location: Chengdu Science Fiction Museum in Jingrong Lake, Pidu District – Chengdu, China
    • GoH: Sergey Lukianenko, Robert Sawyer, and Liu Cixin
    • Read our coverage of WorldCon 80 (ChiCon 8) here
  • World Fantasy Convention — October 26-29, 2023
    • Location: Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
    • GoH: Jonathan Strahan (Editor), Kij Johnson (Author), Adan-Troy Castro (Author), Elizabeth Leggett (Artist), Vincent Villafranca (Artist)
    • Special Guest: Pat Cadigan
    • Toastmaster: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
    • Read our coverage of the 2022 WFC
  • MileHiCon 2023 — October 27-29, 2023
    • Location: Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, CO
    • GoH: Peri Charlifu, Drew Hayes, Mary Robinette Kowal, Tamora Pierce
    • Toastmaster: Sumiko Saulson
  • Orycon 43 — November 10-12, 2023
    • Location: Holiday Inn Portland – Columbia Riverfront
    • GoH: Jennifer Brozek (Editor), Steve Lieber (Comics Illustrator), Chuck Lukacs (Game Illustrator)
  • Philcon 2023 — November 10-12, 2023
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
    • GoH: Rob Carlos (Artist)
    • Special Guest: Kelley Armstrong
    • Principal Speaker: Jonathan Maberry
  • Loscon 49— November 24-26, 2023
    • Location: Los Angeles Airport Marriott, Los Angeles, CA
    • GoH: Peter S. Beagle, Echo Chernik, Elaine Pelz
  • Smofcon 40 — December 1-3, 2023
    • Location: Providence Marriott Downtown, Providence, RI

2024

  • Capricon 44— February 1-4, 2024
    • Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • GoH: K. Tempest Bradford, Ariela Houseman, Catherine Lundoff, Victor Jason Raymond
  • Norwescon 46 — April 28-31, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington
    • GoH: Jim Butcher (Writer), Charles Vess (Artist), Dr. Raychelle Burks (Science), Kate Alice Marshall (Special Guest) 
    • Spotlight Publisher: Clarkesworld Magazine 
    • Read our coverage of Norwescon 45 here
  • Can*Con 2024 (Virtual) – April 20, 2024
    • Location: Virtual only
    • GoH: Brandon O’Brien
    • Special Guest: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Diane L. Walton
  • RavenCon 17 — April 26-28, 2024
    • Location: Virginia Crossings by Hilton, Richmond, VA
    • GoH: Ellen Datlow (Editor), Ursula Vernon (Author)
  • Balticon 58 — May 24-27, 2024
    • Location: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD
    • GoH: Alex Jennings, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Sheila Williams, Rhiannon’s Lark
  • StokerCon — May 30 – June 2, 2024
    • Location: San Diego Mariott Mission Valley, San Diego, CA
    • GOH: Paula Guran, Jonathan Maberry, and Paul Tremblay
    • Read our coverage of StokerCon 2023 here
  • 4th Street Fantasy— June 14-16, 2024
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis-Park Place, Minneapolis, MN
  • BayCon 2024 — July 4-7, 2024
    • Location: Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA
    • GOH: Ryka Aoki, Elizabeth Leggett, MariNaomi, Bonnie Gordon, Lady Phoenix (Raquel Santiago)
    • Read our coverage of BayCon 2023 here
  • NASFiC 16 — July 18-21, 2024
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • GOH: Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, Alan Dean Foster, Suford and Tony Lewis, and Nilah Magruder
    • Read our coverage of Pemmi-Con 2023 (NASFiC 15) here
  • 2024 Edgar Rice Burroughs Fest (ERBFest) – August 1–4, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh-Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania – collocated with PulpFest 2024
    • Special Guests: Mark Schultz, Christopher Paul Carey
  • Worldcon 82 (Glasgow 2024) — August 8-12, 2024
    • Location: The Scottish Events Campus (SEC), Glasgow, Scotland
    • GoH: Chris Baker, Claire Brialey, Ken MacLeod, Nnedi Okorafor, Mark Plummer, Terri Windling
    • Read our coverage of Worldcon 80 (ChiCon 8) here
  • World Fantasy Convention — October 16-20, 2024
    • Location: Sheraton Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, NY
    • GoH: Scott H. Andrews, Galen Dara, Heather Graham
    • Special Guest: P. Djèlí Clark
    • Toastmaster: Michael Swanwick
    • Read our coverage of the 2022 WFC here
  • Can*Con 2024 — November 1-3, 2024
    • Location: Sheraton Hotel, Sheraton, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • GoH: Jennifer Brozek, Sarah Gailey, Diana M. Pho, Waubgeshig Rice, Arley Sorg

2022

  • ICFA 43— March 16-20, 2022
    • Location: Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside
    • Theme: Fantastic Communities
    • Guest Scholar: Farah Mendlesohn
    • GoH: Nisi Shawl
    • Read our coverage of ICFA 43 here
  • Dum-Dum 2022 —June 2-4, 2022
    • Location: Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio North Stone Oak – San Antonio, TX
    • Theme: Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Banquet Speaker:  Mike Chapman
    • Guest Artist:  Douglas Klauba
  • FutureCon— NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 3-5, 2021
  • Sinister Nights — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 3-5, 2021
        • Location: James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami FL
        • Celebrity Guests: Ariel Levy, Dave Sheridan, Felissa Rose, Fred Olen Ray, Lynn Lowry, Michael Berryman, Pancho Moler, Parry Shen, William Grefe
  • FIYAHCON – NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 16-19, 2021
        • Location: ALL VIRTUAL
        • GOH: Vita Ayala, Malka Older, Njeri @ ONYX Pages
        • Read our coverage of FIYAHCON 2020 here
  • Archon 45 — September 30 to October 2, 2022
    • Location: Gateway Convention Center and DoubleTree Hotel, Collinsville IL
    • GoH: Elizabeth C. Bunce, R. Cat Conrad, Random Fractions
    • Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
    • Grand Masquerade MC: Kevin Dulle
  • CapClave 2022 — September 30 – October 2, 2022
    • Location: Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center, Rockville MD
    • GoH: Ursula Vernon, Irene Gallo
  • Sirens Conference — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: October 21-24, 2021
        • Location: Hilton Inverness Hotel, Denver CO
        • GoH: Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks, Rin Chupeco, Sarah Gailey, Fonda Lee
          • Check out our 2020 coverage here
  • IceCon — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: November 5-7 2021
        • Location: Veröld — House of Vigdís, Reykjavík, Iceland
        • GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Ted Chiang
  • PhilCon — November 18-20, 2022
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
    • Principal Speaker: Keith DeCandido
    • Artist GOH: Charles Urbach
  • SMOFCon — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: December 3-5, 2021
        • Location: VIP Executive Art’s Hotel, Oriente, Lisboa Portugal

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