2020
- ICFA 41 – March 18-21, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to ICFA 42, March 17–20, 2021)
- Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando FL
- Theme: Climate Change and the Anthropocene
- Guest Scholar: Stacy Alaimo
- Guest Author: Jeff VanderMeer
- Read our coverage of ICFA 40 here
- Outer Dark Symposium of the Greater Weird 2020 – March 27-28, 2020 (RESCHEDULED VIRTUAL ONLY to August 14-16, 2020)
- Zoom and Facebook Live, formerly Silver Scream FX Lab, Hotel Indigo College Park GA
- Hosts: Anya Martin and Scott Nicolay
- Read our coverage of Outer Dark Symposium 2019 here
- Norwescon 43 – April 9-12, 2020 (CANCELED)
- DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac WA
- GoH: Susan Langley
- Read our coverage of Norweson 42 here
- StokerCon 2020 – April 16-19, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to January 28-31, 2021)
- The Royal Hotel and the Grand Hotel, Scarborough United Kingdom
- Mistress of Ceremonies: A.K. Benedict
- GoH: Mick Garris, Grady Hendrix, Kim Newman, Gillian Redfearn
- Special Guests: John Connolly and Robert Lloyd-Perry
- Read our coverage of StokerCon 2019 here
- BaltiCon 54 – May 22-25, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore MD
- GoH: R.F. Kuang, Lee Moyer, Wen Spencer, Jay and Leigh Targaryen
- BayCon 2020 – May 22-25, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to November 6-8, 2020)
- San Mateo Airport San Francisco Marriott
- Theme: the future is now!
- GoH: Jean Batt, Galen Dara, Cory Doctorow
- WisCon 44 – May 22-25, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Madison WI
- GoH: Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse
- Read our coverage of WisCon 43 here
- Book Expo – May 27-29, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to July 22-24, 2020)
- Javits Center, NYC
- Read our coverage here
- SFWA Nebula Conference – May 28-30, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY from May 29-31, 2020)
- Marriott Warner Center in Woodland Hills, CA
- Read our coverage of the 2019 SFWA Nebula Conference here
- Terror Con – June 13-14, 2020
- One Sabin St, Providence RI
- 4th Street Fantasy – June 19-21, 2020
- DoubleTree by Hilton, St. Louis Park, MN
- Locus Awards Weekend – June 26-28, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Executive Inn, Seattle WA
- Westercon 73 – July 2-5, 2020
- Double Tree (by Hilton Seattle Airport), Seattle WA
- Theme: “Perfect Vision”
- GoH: Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff, David Brin, Rob Carlos, Kevin Roche, Ethan Siegel, Andrew Trembley
- ReaderCon 31 – July 9-12, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to July 8-11, 2021)
- Marriott Boston Quincy, Quincy MA
- GoH: Jeffrey Ford, Ursula Vernon
- Read our coverage of ReaderCon 30 here
- Comic-Con – July 23-26, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- San Diego Convention Center
- Worldcon 78 (CoNZealand) – July 29-Aug 2, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY from July 29 – August 2, 2020)
- TSB Area and Shed 6, Intercontinental Hotel, and Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand
- Toastmaster: George R.R. Martin
- GoH: Greg Broadmore, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Rose Mitchell
- Read our coverage of Woldcon 77 here
- PulpFest 2020 – August 6-9, 2020
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Pittsburgh PA
- Theme: Bradbury, BLACK MASK, and Brundage
- NASFiC (Columbus 2020) – August 20-23, 2020 (CANCELED)
- Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square in Columbus, OH
- GoH: Eric Flint, Christopher J. Garcia, Stephanie Law, Marc Millis
- CoKoCon 2020 – September 4-7, 2020
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe, Phoenix AZ
- GoHs: Steven Barnes, Linda Addison, S.J. Tucker
- Narrativity: A Convention for Story – September 5-7, 2020
- Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- Theme: “They’ll Never See It Coming”
- FutureCon — September 17-20, 2020
- Virtual only
- “The Galactic Imaginarium” Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival – September 23-27, 2020
- Dumbravița-Timiș, Romania
- GoH: Miltos Yerolemou
- Special Guests: Rachael Kelly, Marcin Klak, Miroslav Lakobrija, Dragic and Adrijana Rabrenovici, Jovan Ristic
- Archon 44 – October 2-4, 2020
- Gateway Convention Center and Double Tree Hotel, Collinsville IL
- Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
- GoH: Alma Katsu, Tai Taeoalii
- reCONvene – October 15, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Hosted by the New England Science Fiction Association
- Speakers include: Joe Abercrombie, Ted Chiang, P. Djèlí Clark, C. S. E. Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Rebecca Roanhorse, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Martha Wells
- Capclave 2020 – October 16-18, 2020
- Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center, Rockville MD
- GoH: Peter S. Beagle, Troy L. Wiggins
- Can*Con 2020 – October 16-18, 2020
- Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
- Read our coverage of Can*Con 2019 here
- Sirens Conference – October 22-25, 2020
- Hilton Inverness Hotel, Denver CO
- GoH: Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks, Rin Chupeco, Sarah Gailey, Fonda Lee
- Fantastika 2020 (Swecon) – October 23-25, 2020
- Dieselverkstan, Stockholm, Sweden
- GoH: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Peadar Ó Guilín, and Eva Holmquist.
- MileHiCon 52 – October 23-25, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- formerly at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver, Colorado
- GoH: Cory Doctorow, Mur Lafferty, Alan Pollack, Rebecca Roanhorse, Steve Rasnic Tem
- World Fantasy Convention – October 29-November 1, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City UT
- Toastmasters: Tracy and Laura Hickman
- GoH: David Cherry, C.J. Cherryh, Stephen Gallagher, Anne Groell, Stephen Graham Jones, Cindy Pon
- Read our coverage of WFC 2019 here
- Sinister Nights – Oct 30-Nov 1, 2020
- Hyatt Regency, Miami FL
- GoH: Kane Hodder, Linnea Quigley, Micheal Berryman, Bobbie “Bloody Mary” Wiener
- IceCon 2020 – November 6-8, 2020
- Veröld, House of Vigdís, Reykjavik, Iceland
- GoH: Hildur Knútsdóttir, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Philcon — November 20-22, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill NJ
- GOH: Max Gladstone, Romas Kukalis
- LosCon 47 – November 27-29, 2020
- Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel
- GoH: Greg Benford, Dennis and Kristine Cherry, Jeff Sturgeon
- SMOFCon 37 ¼ – December 5, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Replaces postponed SMOFCon 38 (Montreal 2022)
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