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- 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 42 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
- Worldcon 80 (ChiCon 8) —September 1-5, 2022
- Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, Chicago IL
- GoH: Erle Korshack, Charles de Lint, Floyd Norman, Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
- Toastmaster: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
- Read our coverage of Worldcon 78 here
- FutureCon— NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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- 2021
- Dates: September 3-5, 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
- MileHiCon 54— October 21-23, 2022
- Location: Denver Mariott Tech Center, Denver CO
- GoH: Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, Charles Vess
- Toastmaster: Kevin J. Anderson
- 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
- LosCon 48 —November 25-27, 2022
- Location: Mariott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles CA
- GoH: Susan Fox, Gene Turnbow
- 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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- Norwescon 45 — April 6-9, 2023
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington
- GoH: P. Djèlí Clark (Writer), Grace P. Fong (Artist), Dr. Greg Dubos (Science)
- Spotlight Publisher: Uncanny Magazine
- Read our coverage of Norwescon 44 here
- Bay Area Book Festival — May 6-7, 2023
- Location: MLK Jr Civic Center Park, Berkeley CA
- See our coverage of the Bay Area Book Festival 2019 here
- SFWA Nebula Conference —May 12–14, 2023
- BaltiCon 57 — May 26-29, 2023
- Location: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
- GoH: Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Ariel Burgess, Technical Difficulties 2.0, Bryan “Bellz” Jordan
- 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 45
- Konflikt (Swecon/Eurocon) 2023 — June 8-11, 2023
- Location: University Hall in Uppsala, Sweden
- GoH: Martha Wells, Francesco Verso, Merja Polvinen, and Johan Egerkrans
- Read our coverage of Fantastika (Swecon) 2021
- StokerCon — June 15-18, 2023
- Location: Sheraton Pittsburg Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA
- GOH: Jewelle Gomez, Alma Katsu, Owl Goingback, Cynthia Pelayo, Wrath James White, Daniel Kraus
- Read our coverage of StokerCon 2022
- 4th Street Fantasy— June 16-18, 2023
- Location: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis-Park Place, Minneapolis, MN
- 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
- BayCon 2023 — July 1-4, 2023
- Location: Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA
- GoH: Catherynne M. Valente (Writer), Tehani Farr (Artist), Brad Lyau (Community)
- Toast Master: Frank Wu
- Read our coverage of BayCon 2022
- 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
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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)
- Can*Con 2023 — October 13-15, 2023
- Location: Hybrid virtual and in-person events in Ottowa, ON, Canada
- Read our coverage of Can*Con 2022 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
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