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
- 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
- Narrativity: A Convention for Story — June 22-25, 2023
- Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- Theme: “Story Magic”
- 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
- 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
- SFWA Nebula Conference —June 6-9, 2024
- Location: Westin Hotel at Pasadena, CA
- Read our coverage of the 2023 conference 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
- Fantastika (Swecon/Eurocon) 2024 — November 1-3, 2024
- Location: Dieselverkstaden, Stockholm, Sweden
- GoH: Juliet E. McKenna, T. L. (Tendai) Hushu, Lena Karlin and Åsa Schwarz
- Read our coverage of Fantastika (Swecon) 2022
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
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- 2021
- Dates: September 3-5, 2021
- 2021
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- Sinister Nights — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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- 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
- 2021
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- FIYAHCON – NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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- 2021
- Dates: September 16-19, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- GOH: Vita Ayala, Malka Older, Njeri @ ONYX Pages
- Read our coverage of FIYAHCON 2020 here
- 2021
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- 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
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- 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
- 2021
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- Rhode Island Comic Con 2022 — November 4-6, 2022
- Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence RI
- IceCon — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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- 2021
- Dates: November 5-7 2021
- Location: Veröld — House of Vigdís, Reykjavík, Iceland
- GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Ted Chiang
- 2021
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- 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
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- 2021
- Dates: December 3-5, 2021
- Location: VIP Executive Art’s Hotel, Oriente, Lisboa Portugal
- 2021
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