2020
- Boskone 57 – February 14-16, 2020
- Westin Waterfront Hotel, Boston MA
- GoH: Holly Black, Kim Stanley Robinson
- FOGcon – March 6-8, 2020
- Walnut Creek Marriott, Walnut Creek CA
- Theme: Turning Points
- GoH: Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nisi Shawl
- Read our coverage of FOGcon 2019 here
- CorFlu 37 – March 13-15, 2020
- College Station Hilton and Convention Center, TX
- ICFA 41 – March 18-21, 2020
- 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
- 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
- DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac WA
- GoH: Susan Langley
- Read our coverage of Norweson 42 here
- StokerCon 2020 – April 16-19, 2020
- 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
- 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
- San Mateo Airport San Francisco Marriott
- Theme: the future is now!
- GoH: Jean Batt, Galen Dara, Cory Doctorow
- WisCon 44 – May 22-25, 2020
- Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Madison WI
- GoH: Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse
- Read our coverage of WisCon 43 here
- SFWA Nebula Conference – May 28-30, 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
- 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
- Marriott Boston Quincy, Quincy MA
- GoH: Jeffrey Ford, Ursula Vernon
- Read our coverage of ReaderCon 30 here
- Comic-Con – July 23-26, 2020
- San Diego Convention Center
- Worldcon 78 (CoNZealand) – July 29-Aug 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
- 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”
- World Fantasy Convention – October 29-November 1, 2020
- 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
- Archon 44 – October 2-4, 2020
- Gateway Convention Center and Double Tree Hotel, Collinsville IL
- Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
- GoH: Alma Katsu, Tai Taeoalii
- 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
- IceCon 2020 – November 6-8, 2020
- Veröld, House of Vigdís, Reykjavik, Iceland
- GoH: Hildur Knútsdóttir, Mary Robinette Kowal
- LosCon 47 – November 27-29, 2020
- Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel
- GoH: Greg Benford, Dennis and Kristine Cherry, Jeff Sturgeon
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