Conventions

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

• 4^th 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

 

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