Worldcon Moves Dates and Venue

DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention, announced that it will be held as an in-person convention December 15-19, 2021, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The move comes “after nearly two-thirds of respondents to a public survey put out by DisCon III said they would prefer an in-person December convention over a virtual convention in August.” Virtual memberships to the December convention will still be available.

This marks the first time since 1948 that a Worldcon will not take place in August or September, and the first time a Worldcon will be held in December. Changes to the Hugo Award voting timeline will be announced April 13, 2021, with the release of the Hugo Award finalists.

For more information, see the DisCon III website.

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