Conventions

2022

  • ICFA 43— March 16-20, 2022
    • Location: Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside
    • Theme: Fantastic Communities
    • Guest Scholar: Farah Mendlesohn
    • GoH: Nisi Shawl
    • Read our coverage of ICFA 42 here
  • Dum-Dum 2022 —June 2-4, 2022
    • Location: Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio North Stone Oak – San Antonio, TX
    • Theme: Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Banquet Speaker:  Mike Chapman
    • Guest Artist:  Douglas Klauba
  • Worldcon 80 (ChiCon 8) —September 1-5, 2022
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, Chicago IL
    • GoH: Erle Korshack, Charles de Lint, Floyd Norman, Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
    • Toastmaster: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
    • Read our coverage of Worldcon 78 here
  • FutureCon— NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 3-5, 2021
  • Sinister Nights — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 3-5, 2021
        • Location: James L. Knight Convention Center, Miami FL
        • Celebrity Guests: Ariel Levy, Dave Sheridan, Felissa Rose, Fred Olen Ray, Lynn Lowry, Michael Berryman, Pancho Moler, Parry Shen, William Grefe
  • FIYAHCON – NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: September 16-19, 2021
        • Location: ALL VIRTUAL
        • GOH: Vita Ayala, Malka Older, Njeri @ ONYX Pages
        • Read our coverage of FIYAHCON 2020 here
  • Archon 45 — September 30 to October 2, 2022
    • Location: Gateway Convention Center and DoubleTree Hotel, Collinsville IL
    • GoH: Elizabeth C. Bunce, R. Cat Conrad, Random Fractions
    • Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
    • Grand Masquerade MC: Kevin Dulle
  • CapClave 2022 — September 30 – October 2, 2022
    • Location: Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center, Rockville MD
    • GoH: Ursula Vernon, Irene Gallo
  • MileHiCon 54— October 21-23, 2022
    • Location: Denver Mariott Tech Center, Denver CO
    • GoH: Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, Charles Vess
    • Toastmaster: Kevin J. Anderson
  • Sirens Conference — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: October 21-24, 2021
        • Location: Hilton Inverness Hotel, Denver CO
        • GoH: Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks, Rin Chupeco, Sarah Gailey, Fonda Lee
          • Check out our 2020 coverage here
  • IceCon — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: November 5-7 2021
        • Location: Veröld — House of Vigdís, Reykjavík, Iceland
        • GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Ted Chiang
  • PhilCon — November 18-20, 2022
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
    • Principal Speaker: Keith DeCandido
    • Artist GOH: Charles Urbach
  • LosCon 48 —November 25-27, 2022
    • Location: Mariott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles CA
    • GoH: Susan Fox, Gene Turnbow
  • SMOFCon — NO 2022 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
      • 2021
        • Dates: December 3-5, 2021
        • Location: VIP Executive Art’s Hotel, Oriente, Lisboa Portugal
  • Norwescon 45 — April 6-9, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington
    • GoH: P. Djèlí Clark (Writer), Grace P. Fong (Artist), Dr. Greg Dubos (Science)
      • Spotlight Publisher: Uncanny Magazine
    • Read our coverage of Norwescon 44 here
  • Bay Area Book Festival — May 6-7, 2023
    • Location: MLK Jr Civic Center Park, Berkeley CA
    • See our coverage of the Bay Area Book Festival 2019 here
  • SFWA Nebula Conference —May 12–14, 2023
    • Location: Hybrid- live events at Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort in Anaheim, CA
    • Grand Master: Robin McKinley- see our announcement here
    • Read our coverage of the virtual 2022 conference here and the in-person 2019 conference here
  • BaltiCon 57 — May 26-29, 2023
    • Location: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
    • GoH: Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Ariel Burgess, Technical Difficulties 2.0, Bryan “Bellz” Jordan
  • WisCon 46 — May 26-29, 2023
    • Location: Hybrid- live events Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club — Madison, Wisconsin
    • GoH: Rivers Solomon, Martha Wells
    • Read our coverage of WisCon 45
  • StokerCon — June 15-18, 2023
    • Location: Sheraton Pittsburg Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA
    • GOH: Jewelle Gomez, Alma Katsu, Owl Goingback, Cynthia Pelayo, Wrath James White, Daniel Kraus
    • Read our coverage of StokerCon 2022
  • 4th Street Fantasy— June 16-18, 2023
    • Location: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis-Park Place, Minneapolis, MN
  • Westercon 75 — June 30-July 3, 2023
    • Location: Anaheim Clarion Hotel and Resort, Anaheim, CA
    • GoH: Gail Carriger and Dr. Kevin Grasier
  • BayCon 2023 — July 1-4, 2023
    • Location: Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA
    • GoH: Catherynne M. Valente (Writer), Tehani Farr (Artist), Brad Lyau (Community)
    • Toast Master: Frank Wu
    • Read our coverage of BayCon 2022
  • ReaderCon 32 — July 13–16, 2023
    • Location: Boston Quincy Marriott, Quincy, MA
    • GoH: Jeff VanderMeer and Justina Ireland
    • Read our coverage of the last virtual and in-person ReaderCon
  • Diversicon 30 — July 14-16, 2023
    • Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
    • GoH: Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
  • Celsius 232 — July 18-22, 2023
    • Location: Avilés, Asturias, Spain
    • Featured Guests Include: Charlaine Harris, Neon Yang, Zen Cho, P. Djéli Clark, and many others
    • See our coverage of 2020 Celsius 232 here
  • Comic-Con —July 20-23, 2023
    • Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego CA 2020
    • Special Guests Include: Tomi Adeyemi, Pierce Brown, Cecil Castellucci, and many others
  • Pemmi-Con (NASFIC) — July 20-23, 2023
    • Location: Delta Hotels Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada
    • GoH: Philip John Currie, Julie E. Czerneda, George Freeman, Tanya Huff, John Mansfield, Waubgeshig Rice, Nisi Shawl, Lorna Toolis, and katherena vermette
  • PulpFest 51 — August 3-6, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg- Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
  • Bubonicon 54 – August 25-27, 2023
    • Location: Albuquerque Marriott Uptown, Albuquerque NM
    • GoH: Rebecca Roanhorse (Writer), Carrie Vaughn (Writer), Rachel Mayo (Artist)
    • Toast Masters: Ursula Vernon and Kevin Sonney
  • DragonCon 2023 – August 31-September 4, 2023
    • Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia
    • Featured Guests Include: Kevin J. Anderson, Andrew Aydin, Michael Cho, Chandra Free, Creees Lee, Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Timothy Zahn, and others
  • CoKoCon 2023—September 1-4, 2023
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe, Tempe, AZ
    • GoH: Seanan McGuire (Writer), Bruce Davis (Writer), andyvanoverberghe (Artist)
  • Can*Con 2023 — October 13-15, 2023
    • Location: Hybrid virtual and in-person events in Ottowa, ON, Canada
    • Read our coverage of Can*Con 2022 here
  • World Fantasy Convention — October 26-29, 2023
    • Location: Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
    • GoH: Jonathan Strahan (Editor), Kij Johnson (Author), Adan-Troy Castro (Author), Elizabeth Leggett (Artist), Vincent Villafranca (Artist)
    • Special Guest: Pat Cadigan
    • Toastmaster: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
    • Read our coverage of the 2022 WFC

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