The 2017 Smofcon (Smofcon 35) will be held December 1-3, 2017, at the Back Bay Hilton in Boston MA. Laurie Mann is the convention chair. Attending memberships cost $50 until February 28, 2017, after which prices will change.
For more information, see the official website. ...Read More “Smofcon 35 Announced”
Read moreCandidates for the 2017 Get Up-and-over Fan Fund (GUFF) were announced November 21, 2016:
The 2017 fund will send fans from Australasia to Europe to attend Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. GUFF is open to anyone who has been active in science fiction fandom before the start of the previous year. Candidates for a northbound trip must ...Read More “2017 GUFF Candidates”
Read moreCrystal Huff, co-chair of the 75th Worldcon, resigned her position on November 19, 2016, citing career and family priorities. Huff worked for four years on the bid for Worldcon 75, which will be held August 9-13, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. She will continue to work for the convention in a smaller role. Jukka Halme will remain as sole chairperson for the time being.
For more convention information, visit their official ...Read More “Worldcon 75 Co-Chair Resigns”
Read moreEurocon 2017 (U-Con) will be held June 16-18, 2017 at the Fritz Henssler Haus in Dortmund, Germany. Guests of honor will include Andreas Eschbach, Dave Hutchinson, Autun Purser, and Aleksander Žiljak. Membership registration for the event costs €40 until April 15, 2017, after which rates will go up. For more information, see the official Eurocon 2017 website.
The 40th Eurocon (Nemo 2018) will be held July 19-22, 2018 at the ...Read More “2017 and 2018 Eurocons”
Read moreRegistration for the 2017 SFWA Nebula Awards Conference is now open. The event will take place at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh PA, May 18-21, 2017. The banquet and award ceremony are scheduled for the evening of Saturday May 20, 2017.
For registration, see the Eventbrite website.
For more information on the Nebula Awards, see the SFWA website. ...Read More “2017 Nebula Awards Venue Announced”
Read moreSan Jose CA won the bid to host the 76th World Science Fiction Convention in 2018, beating a bid from New Orleans LA by a vote of 675 to 594. The convention will be held in the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose CA on August 16-20, 2018. Guests of honor will include Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Spider Robinson. For more information, see the Worldcon 76 website.
San Juan Puerto ...Read More “Worldcon and NASFiC Site Selections”
Read moreMidAmeriCon II has announced Sara Felix (president of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists) as the designer of the 2016 Hugo Award base, and Brent Simmons as the 1941 Retro-Hugo Award base designer. Both bases will be revealed on August 17, 2016 at the opening ceremonies of MidAmeriCon II, the 74th WorldCon, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City MO.
For more information, visit the MidAmeriCon ...Read More “2016 Hugo Base Designers Announced”
Read moreTwo bids have been formally filed to host the 76th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in 2018: New Orleans LA and San Jose CA.
Louisiana fan organization the Tricentennial Science Fiction Convention Fandom proposes to hold the Worldcon at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans August 23-27, 2018. For more information, see their bid website.
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (doing business as “San Jose in 2018”) ...Read More “Worldcon and NASFiC Site Bids”
Read moreThe convention hosting Eastercon in 2017 in Cardiff, Wales — Pasgon — has announced the concom no longer believes the convention is viable due to an “[inability] to resolve a number of location issues.” Purchasers of Eastercon memberships have been notified through e-mail regarding the changes, and further information will be posted to the Pasgon website. They are hoping a replacement convention will be selected at this year’s Eastercon, Mancunicon. ...Read More “Eastercon 2017 Host Convention Withdraws”
Read moreThe Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced that John Hodgman, “the longtime Resident Expert on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” will be Toastmaster at the 2016 Nebula Awards Weekend, the 50th anniversary of the Awards, to be held May 12-15, 2016, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago IL.
In addition to the Nebula Awards, SFWA will present the Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, ...Read More “Hodgman Named Nebula Awards Toastmaster”
Read moreThe 2016 World Fantasy Convention (WFC) has announced their guests of honor: Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, and L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
WFC 2016 will be held October 27-30, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus OH. The theme is “Flights of Fantasy.”
For more, see the official website. ...Read More “World Fantasy 2016 Guests of Honor”
Read moreMidAmericon II, the 74th Worldcon, held August 17-21, 2016 in Kansas City MO, has opened the competition to design the base for the 2016 Hugo Award.
Designs should “have a theme highlighting Kansas City and/or the themes and aesthetic feel of MidAmeriCon II.” Proposals should be submitted to the MidAmericon II committee by January 18, 2016.
The winner will receive a membership to MidAmeriCon II and will take part in ...Read More “Hugo Base Competition”
Read moreAileen Wall has been named the new chair for Wiscon 40, scheduled to take place May 27-30, 2016. Wall is taking over from Jackie Lee, interim chair since Andrea Horbinski and s.e. smith resigned earlier this month. Wall has been on the Wiscon concom since 2014.
For more information, see the announcement on the Wiscon blog.
...Read More “Wall Named Wiscon Chair”
Read moreArtist-focused convention Spectrum Fantastic Art Live is moving from Kansas City MO to San Francisco CA for its 2016 event, to be held October 28-30, 2016 at the Academy of Art University’s Jerrold building.
...Read More “Spectrum Fantastic Art Live in San Francisco”
Read moreHelsinki in 2017 won the bid to host the 2017 Worldcon. Worldcon 75 will be held August 9-13, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. Guests of honor are John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, and Walter Jon Williams. The price for an attending membership is currently €95.00.
For more, see the official Worldcon 75 website.
...Read More “2017 Worldcon in Helsinki”
Read moreFollowing the Hugo Awards ceremony on August 22, 2015, George R.R. Martin held his own ceremony after midnight at his Hugo Losers Party at the Glover Mansion in Spokane WA, featuring an award created especially for the occasion: the Alfies, named in honor of Alfred Bester (whose The Demolished Man was the first ever novel Hugo Award winner), with trophies created using ’50s hood ornaments. Martin explained, “This year all ...Read More “Alfies Awards”
Read moreThe 2016 World Fantasy Convention will be held October 27-30, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus OH.
For more, see the World Fantasy Convention site. ...Read More “2016 World Fantasy Convention Announced”
Read moreThe 2015 Hugo Voter Packet is available for download by members of Sasquan. The packet “is free to all current Supporting, Attending and Young Adult members of Sasquan, and those who become members before 31 July 2015. Its purpose is to allow those who are voting on the Hugo Awards to be able to make an informed choice among the nominated works.”
The packet does not contain all the nominated ...Read More “Hugo Voter Packet Available”
Read moreEllen Klages announced on April 30, 2015 that “After twenty years of having the honor and pleasure of being the emcee for the Tiptree Auction at Wiscon, I am retiring.” In her post on the WisCon 39 official website, she reveals her health and age to be the cause: “I am no longer a spry young thing. Young at heart, always, but the body is different now, and less able ...Read More “Klages Hangs Up Gavel”
Read moreIn our January 2015 issue we announced the 2015 World Fantasy Award judges, but mistakenly listed the names and addresses for the 2012 award judges, and provided details on the 2012 convention. We regret the error. Our previous post on this site was accurate.
The correct information is as follows:
The judges for the 2015 World Fantasy Awards have been empaneled. All forms of fantasy qualify; only living authors and ...Read More “Correction to World Fantasy Judges”
Read moreThe 2015 World Fantasy Convention website is officially open, with information on the hotel, registration, and the convention itself. Steven Erikson and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro will be guests of honor, with Glen Cook and David Drake as special guests, and a tribute to the late Graham Joyce. The 2015 WFC will be held November 5-8 in Saratoga Springs NY. ...Read More “2015 World Fantasy Website Opens”
Read moreSasquan, the 73rd Worldcon, August 19-23, 2015 in Spokane WA, opened the competition to design the base of the 2015 Hugo Award on December 18, 2014.
Designs should “have a theme that highlights either Spokane or the Northwest in general.” Proposals should be submitted to the Sasquan committee by February 1, 2015.
The winner will receive a full attending membership and will be invited to take part in the award’s
...Read More “2015 Hugo Base Competition”Lunacon 2015 has been canceled, according to the Lunacon Facebook page. Lunacon, the official convention for the New York Science Fiction Society (the Lunarians, Inc.), is slated to return March 18-20, 2016. Those who bought memberships for 2015 will be contacted and offered a refund or membership in Lunacon 2016. ...Read More “Lunacon 2015 Canceled”
Read moreSasquan, the 73rd Worldcon, has announced that Tananarive Due and guest of honor David Gerrold will co-host the 2015 Hugo Awards Ceremony. Sasquan will be held August 19-23, 2015 in Spokane WA. For more, see the convention website. ...Read More “Due and Gerrold to Host 2015 Hugo Ceremony”
Read moreThe next Eurocon (BCon) will be held November 4-6, 2016, in Barcelona, Spain at the Centre for Contemporary Culture. Guests of honour are writers Aliette de Bodard and Richard Morgan, fan organizer Jun Miyazaki, and artist Enrique Corominas. The con committee is led by Pep Burillo, Alejo Cuervo, and Ian Watson. Event organizers are Cristina Macía, Ana Díaz Eiriz, Oskar Arias (von Arien), Lupe Lorenzana, Raquel Lozano Álvarez, Ismael Ávalos ...Read More “Eurocon 2016 in Barcelona”
Read moreMid American Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions, Inc. won the bid to host the 2016 Worldcon. MidAmeriCon II will be held August 17 – 21, 2016 in Kansas City, MO at the Kansas City Convention Center and Bartle Hall. Chaired by Ruth Lichtwardt, Jeff Orth, and Diane Lacey, the 2016 guests of honor are Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick, Kinuko Y. Craft, and Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, with Pat Cadigan ...Read More “2016 Worldcon in Kansas City”
Read moreThe Loncon 3 convention committee has announced that Justina Robson and Geoff Ryman will co-host the 2014 Hugo awards ceremony. The event will be held at the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention in London on Sunday, August 17, 2014. ...Read More “Robson and Ryman to Host Hugo Ceremony”
Read moreThe Loncon 3 convention committee has announced that Mary Robinette Kowal and Robert Shearman will co-host the 1939 Retro Hugo awards ceremony. The even will be held at the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention in London England on Thursday, August 14, 2014. ...Read More “Retro Hugo Hosts”
Read moreThis is the final day to nominate for the 2014 Hugo Awards and 1939 Retro Hugo Awards. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2014 at 11:59 PDT.
The Hugo Awards are hosted by Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held August 14-18, 2014 at ExCel, London Docklands. Members of Loncon 3 and Sasquan who joined by January 31, 2014, and all members of the 2013 ...Read More “Last Day to Nominate for Hugo Awards”
Read moreLoncon 3 announced on March 1, 2014 that British TV star, comedian, and comics writer Jonathan Ross would be the Master of Ceremonies for the 2014 Hugo Awards ceremony, to be held at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, August 14-18, 2014 at ExCel, London Docklands.
The choice drew criticism from some SF fans and professionals online, who called attention to some of Ross’s controversial statements and actions ...Read More “Hugo MC Withdraws”
Read moreTwo bids have been formally filed to host the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in 2016: Beijing, China and Kansas City MO.
Chinese fan organization the Future Affairs Administration proposes to hold the Worldcon at the China National Convention Center in Beijing from August 14-19, 2016. Their bid website is at www.guokr.com/zone/worldcon.
Mid American Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions, Inc. (doing business as “Kansas City in 2016”) ...Read More “Beijing and Kansas City Worldcon Bids”
Read moreNnedi Okorafor will be the young-adult author special guest at Detcon1, the 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), held July 17-20, 2014 in Detroit Michigan. Okorafor will also present two awards for YA and middle grade speculative fiction at the 2014 Golden Duck Awards, as part of a special focus on YA literature at Detcon1.
More information on the convention can be found here. ...Read More “Okorafor Named Detcon1 YA Special Guest”
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