Conventions

2024

  • Capricon 44 — February 1-4, 2024
    • Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • GoH: K. Tempest Bradford, Ariela Houseman, Catherine Lundoff, Victor Jason Raymond
  • VirtuousCon — February 23-25, 2024
    • Special Guests: Malcolm Barrett, Tananarive Due, Vashti Harrison, N. K. Jemisin, Victor Lavalle, David Steward II
  • ICFA 45 — March 13-16, 2024
    • Location: Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside
    • Theme: Whimsy
    • Guest Scholar: Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo
    • GoH: C. E. Murphy and Mary Turzillo
    • Read our coverage of ICFA 44 here
  • JordanCon — April 19-21, 2024
    • Location: Crowne Plaza Rivinia, Atlanta, GA
  • Schomburg — April 26-27, 2024
    • Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd
  • 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)
  • Mo*Con 2024 — May 2-5
    • Location: THE AMP at 16 Tech, Indianapolis, IN
    • GoH: Saladin Ahmed, Dr. Chesya Burke, John Jennings, and Sheree Renée Thomas
    • Featured Guests: Scott Andrews, Danian Darrell Jerry, Bridget Smith
  • IceCon — May 24-26, 2024
    • Location: Veröld — House of Vigdís, Reykjavík, Iceland
    • GoH: Kirsty Logan, Emil Hjörvar Petersen, John Scalzi
  • MisCon — May 24-27, 2024
    • Location: Missoula, Montana
    • GoH: Stan! Brown, Jeff Grubb, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Paul Jenkins, Cait May, Steven K Smith
  • 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: Justina Ireland, Jonathan Maberry, Rob Savage, Nisi Shawl, and Paul Tremblay
    • Read our coverage of StokerCon 2023 here
  • Trek Long Island — May 31 – June 2, 2024
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel Hauppauge, New York
  • Bay Area Book Festival — June 1-2, 2024
    • Location: Various Venues in Downtown Berkeley
    • Headliner: Naomi Klein, et. al
    • Speakers: Rebecca Roanhorse, et. al
    • See our photo story of the Bay Area Book Festival 2023 here
  • ReaderCon 33 — July 11–14, 2024
    • Location: Boston Quincy Marriott, Quincy, MA
    • GoH: Amal El-Mohtar & Rebecca Roanhorse
    • Memorial GoH: Naomi Mitchison
    • Read our coverage of the 2023 ReaderCon 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
  • Westercon 76 — July 4-7, 2024
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton Salt Lake City Airport
    • GoH: Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, C. J. Lawson, Victor Villa, Sally Woehrle
  • Celsius 232 — July 16-20, 2024
    • Location: Avilés, Asturias, Spain
    • Featured Guests Include: Andrea Tomé, Blanca Fernández, Cassandra Clare, Charlie Jean Anders, Fonda Lee, Holly Black, and many others
    • See our coverage of 2020 Celsius 232 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
  • Comic-Con —July 25-28, 2024
    • Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego CA 2020
  • 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
  • PulpFest 52 — August 1-4, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg-Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
  • Diversicon 31 — August 2-5, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis
    • Author GoH: Eleanor Arnaso
    • Scholar Guest of Honor: Brian Attebery
    • Posthumous Guests of Honor: Clifford D. Simak, L. Frank Baum
  • 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
  • Bubonicon 55 – August 23-25, 2024
    • Location: Albuquerque Marriott Uptown, Albuquerque NM
    • GoH: Dale Ray DeForest, TJ Klune, Mur Lafferty
    • Toast Masters: Kevin Sonney and Ursula Vernon
  • DragonCon 2024 — August 29-September 2, 2024
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Courtland Grand Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia
    • Featured Guests Include: AJ Hartley, Brianna Garcia, Tim Doyle, Nancy Kress, John Picacio, Timothy Zahn, Toni Weisskopf, Ash Sroka, Gail Z Martin, and others
  • Capclave 2024 — September 27-29, 2024
    • Location: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville
    • GoH: Matt Dinniman, Sheree Renée Thomas
  • Archon 47 — October 4-6, 2024
    • Location: Gateway Convention Center
    • GoH: Travis Baldree, Bob Eggleton
    • Toastmaster: Dana Fredsti
    • Grand Masquerade MC: Kevin Dulle
  • 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, Zen Cho
    • Toastmaster: Michael Swanwick
    • Read our coverage of the 2022 WFC here
  • Orycon 44 — October 18-20, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree Hotel Portland
    • GoH: David D. Levine, Victoria Price
  • MileHiCon 2024 — October 25-27, 2024
    • Location: Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, CO
    • GoH: Charlie Jane Anders, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Annalee Newitz, Rick Sternbach
    • Toastmaster: Jason Henry Evans
  • 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
  • Philcon 2024 — November 22-24, 2024
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
    • GoH: Gina Matarazzo & Matthew Stewart
    • Special Guest: Nghi Vo
    • Principal Speaker: Max Gladstone
  • Loscon50 — November 29-December 1, 2024
    • Location: Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
    • GoH: Dr. Laura Brodian Freas Beraha, Genny Dazzo, Frank Kelly Freas, Kathy Mar, Craig Miller, Spider Robinson
  • SMOFCon — December 6-8, 2024
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport

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
  • CoKoCon 2023—September 1-4, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe, Tempe, AZ
    • GoH: Seanan McGuire (Writer), Bruce Davis (Writer), andyvanoverberghe (Artist)
  • Cli-Fi Con—October 7-8, 2023
    • Location: Virtual only

2022

  • 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
  • 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

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