2021
- Outer Dark Symposium of the Greater Weird 2021 — NO 2021 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
- Read our coverage of Outer Dark Symposium 2020 here
- 2020:
- Date: March 27-28, 2020 (RESCHEDULED VIRTUAL ONLY to August 14-16, 2020)
- Location: Zoom and Facebook Live, formerly Silver Scream FX Lab, Hotel Indigo College Park GA
- Hosts: Anya Martin and Scott Nicolay
- Bay Area Book Festival — May 1-9, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- Speakers include: Annalee Newitz, Nnedi Okorafor, Jeff VanderMeer, Isabel Yap
- See our coverage of the Bay Area Book Festival 2019 here
- BayCon 2020 — POSTPONED UNTIL 2022
- 2020:
- Date: May 22-25, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to November 6-8, 2020)
- Location: San Mateo Airport San Francisco Marriott, San Mateo CA
- Theme: “The Future is Now!”
- GoH: Jean Batt, Galen Dara, Cory Doctorow
- 2020:
- SFWA Nebula Conference — June 4-6, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- Read our coverage of the 2021 SFWA Nebula Conference here
- 2020:
- Date: May 28-30, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY from May 29-31, 2020)
- Location: Marriott Warner Center in Woodland Hills, CA
- 2020:
- Terror Con — June 18-20, 2021
- Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence RI
- 2020:
- Date: June 14-15, 2020 (CANCELED)
- Location: One Sabin St, Providence RI
- 2020:
- Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence RI
- 4th Street Fantasy — June 18-20, 2021
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2020:
- Date: June 19-20, 2020
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, St. Louis Park MN
- ReaderCon 31 — July 9-11, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- GoH: Jeffrey Ford, Ursula Vernon
- Memorial GoH: Vonda N. McInture
- Read our coverage of ReaderCon 30 here and look for our coverage for ReaderCon 31 in the September 2021 issue
- 2020:
- Date: July 9-12, 2020 (RESCHEDULED to July 8-11, 2021)
- Location: Marriott Boston Quincy, Quincy MA
- GoH: Jeffrey Ford, Ursula Vernon
- 2020:
- Comic-Con — July 23-25, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- 2020:
- Date: July 23-26, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego CA
- 2020:
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- DragonCon 2021 – September 2-6, 2021
- Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel – Atlanta, Georgia
- See the Dragon Awards ballot here
- Sinister Nights — 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
- 2020:
- Date: Oct 30-Nov 1, 2020
- Location: Hyatt Regency, Miami FL
- GoH: Kane Hodder, Linnea Quigley, Micheal Berryman, Bobbie “Bloody Mary” Wiener
- 2020:
- CoKoCon 2021— September 3-6, 2021
- Location: Online (free)
- Featured Panelists: Seanan McGuire, Margaret & Kristoph, Bruce Davis, Steven Barnes, and Linda Addison
- 2020:
- Date: September 4-7, 2020
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe, Phoenix AZ
- GoH: Steven Barnes, Linda Addison, S.J. Tucker
- 2020:
- Narrativity: A Convention for Story — September 4-6, 2021
- Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- 2020:
- Date: September 5-7, 2020
- Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- Theme: “They’ll Never See It Coming”
- 2020:
- Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- FIYAHCON – September 16-19, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- GOH: Vita Ayala, Malka Older, Njeri @ ONYX Pages
- Read our coverage of FIYAHCON 2020 here
- FutureCon — September 3-5, 2021
- 2020:
- Date: September 17-20, 2020
- Location: Virtual only
- 2020:
- “The Galactic Imaginarium” Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival — NO 2021 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
- 2020:
- Date: September 23-27, 2020
- Location: Dumbravița-Timiș, Romania
- GoH: Miltos Yerolemou
- Special Guests: Rachael Kelly, Marcin Klak, Miroslav Lakobrija, Dragic and Adrijana Rabrenovici, Jovan Ristic
- 2020:
- Archon 44 — October 1-3, 2021
- Location: Gateway Convention Center and DoubleTree Hotel, Collinesville IL
- GoH: Alma Katsu, Tai Taeoalii, Evil Ted
- Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
- 2020:
- Date: October 2-4, 2020
- Location: Gateway Convention Center and Double Tree Hotel, Collinsville IL
- Toastmaster: Jonathan Maberry
- GoH: Alma Katsu, Tai Taeoalii
- 2020:
- reCONvene — NO 2021 INFORMATION AVAILABLE
- 2020:
- Date: October 15, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: New England Science Fiction Association, Somerville MA
- Speakers: Joe Abercrombie, Ted Chiang, P. Djèlí Clark, C. S. E. Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Rebecca Roanhorse, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Martha Wells
- 2020:
- CapClave 2021 — October 1-3, 2021
- Location: Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center, Rockville MD
- GoH: Eric Flint and Peter S. Beagle
- 2020:
- Date: October 16-18, 2020
- Location: Rockville Hilton and Executive Meeting Center, Rockville MD
- GoH: Peter S. Beagle, Troy L. Wiggins
- 2020:
- Sirens Conference — 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
- 2020:
- Date: October 22-25, 2020
- Location: Hilton Inverness Hotel, Denver CO
- GoH: Dr. Kinitra D. Brooks, Rin Chupeco, Sarah Gailey, Fonda Lee
- 2020:
- MileHiCon 53 — October 1-3, 2021
- Location: Denver Mariott Tech Center, Denver CO
- GoH: G. Willow Wilson, Rachel Swirsky
- 2020:
- Date: October 23-25, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: Formerly at the Denver Marriott Tech Center, Denver CO
- GoH: Cory Doctorow, Mur Lafferty, Alan Pollack, Rebecca Roanhorse, Steve Rasnic Tem
- 2020:
- World Fantasy Convention — November 4-7, 2021
- Location: Hotel Bonaventure Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Special GoH: Owl Goingback, Yves Meynard
- GoH: John Picacio, André-François Ruaud, Nisi Shawl
- Toastmaster: Christine Taylor-Butler
- Read our coverage of the 2020 WFC here
- 2020:
- Date: Oct 29-Nov 1, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: 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
- 2020:
- IceCon 2021 — November 5-7 2021
- Location: Veröld — House of Vigdís, Reykjavík, Iceland
- GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Ted Chiang
- 2020:
- Date: November 6-8, 2020
- Location: Veröld, House of Vigdís, Reykjavik, Iceland
- GoH: Hildur Knútsdóttir, Mary Robinette Kowal
- 2020:
- Fantastika 2021 (Swecon) — November 19-21, 2021
- Location: Dieselverkstaden in Sickla, Stockholm, Sweden
- GoH: Eva Holmquist
- 2020:
- Date: October 23-25, 2020
- Location: Dieselverkstan, Stockholm, Sweden
- GoH: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Peadar Ó Guilín, and Eva Holmquist.
- 2020:
- PhilCon 2021 — November 19-21, 2021
- Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill NJ
- GoH: Romas Kukalis
- Principal Speaker: Max Gladstone
- Special Guest: Fran Wilde
- 2020:
- Date: November 20-22, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill NJ
- GOH: Max Gladstone, Romas Kukalis
- 2020:
- LosCon 47 — November 26-28, 2021
- Location: Mariott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles CA
- GoH: Greg Benford, Jeff Sturgeon, Dennis and Kristine Cherry
- 2020:
- Date: November 27-29, 2020
- Location: Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles CA
- GoH: Greg Benford, Dennis and Kristine Cherry, Jeff Sturgeon
- 2020:
- SMOFCon 37 ¼ — December 3-5, 2021
- Location: VIP Executive Art’s Hotel, Oriente, Lisboa Portugal
- 2020:
- Date: December 5, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Replaces postponed SMOFCon 38 (Montreal 2022)
- 2020:
- Location: VIP Executive Art’s Hotel, Oriente, Lisboa Portugal
- Worldcon 79 (DisCon III) — December 15-19, 2021
- Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC
- GoH: John Harris, Nancy Kress, Ben Yalow
- Special Guests: Malka Older, Sheree Renée Thomas
- Read our coverage of Worldcon 78 here
- 2020:
- Date: July 29-Aug 2, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY from July 29 – August 2, 2020)
- Location: 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
- 2020:
2022
- ChillerCon UK 2022 — March 10-13, 2022
- Location: The Royal and Grand Hotels, Scarborough, UK
- GoH: Mick Garris, Kim Newman, Grady Hendrix
- Special Guests: Mike Carey, Robert Lloyd-Parry
- Publisher GoH: Gillia Redfearn
- Mistress of Ceremonies: A.K. Benedict
- Read our coverage of StokerCon 2019 here
- 2021:
- Location: The Royal and Grand Hotels, Scarborough, UK
- GoH: Mick Garris, Kim Newman, Grady Hendrix, Gillian Redfearn
- Special Guests: Mike Carey, Robert Lloyd-Perry
- 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
- 2021:
- Date: March 18-21
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- Guest Scholar: Stacy Alaimo
- Guest Author: Jeff VanderMeer
- 2021:
- Norwescon 44 — April 14-17, 2022
- Location: SeaTac, Washington
- Read our coverage of Norwescon 43 here
- 2021:
- Date: April 1-4 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- GoH: Jacqueline Carey, Sana Takeda, Susan Langley
- Spotlight Publisher: Tor Books
- 2021:
- BaltiCon 56 — May 27-30, 2022
- Location: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
- GoH: Nancy Springer
- Artist GoH: Odera Igbokwe
- Special Guests: C.J. Cherryh, Seanan McGuire, Wen Spencer
- 2021:
- Date: May 28-31, 2021
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- GoH: Seanan McGuire, Alyssa Winans, Margaret & Kristoph, Bruce & Cheryl Evry
- 2021:
- WisCon 44 — May 27-30, 2022
- Location: Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club — Madison, Wisconsin
- GoH: Zen Cho, Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse, Sheree Renée Thomas
- Read our coverage of WisCon 43 here
- 2020:
- Date: May 22-25, 2020 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Location: Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club, Madison WI
- GoH: Yoon Ha Lee, Rebecca Roanhorse
- Read our coverage of WisCon 43 here
- Westercon 74 — July 1-4 , 2022
- Location: Tonopah, Nevada
- See our coverage of the 2021 cancellation here
- 2021:
- Date: CANCELLED
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- Theme: “Perfect Vision”
- GoH: David Brin, Ethan Siegel,Rob Carlos, Kevin Roche & Andrew Trembley, Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff
- 2021:
- Celsius 232 — July 19-23, 2022
- Location: Avilés, Asturias, Spain
- Guests: Lauren Beukes, Joe Abercrombie, Tamsyn Muir, Ben Bocquelet, and Noelle Stevenson
- See our coverage of Celsius 232 here
- Diversicon 29 — July 29-31, 2022
- Location: TBA
- GoH: Taylor Cisco
- 2021-
- Date: July 30 – August 1, 2021
- Location: Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth MN
- GoH: Michael Merriam
- Special Guest: Abra Staffin-Wiebe
- PulpFest 50 — August 18-21, 2021
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg — Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
- 2021:
- Date: August 18-21, 2021
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg — Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
- 2021:
- Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburg — Cranberry, Pittsburg PA
- Can*Con 2022 — October 14-16, 2022
- Location: ALL VIRTUAL
- Read our coverage of Can*Con 2019 here
- 2020:
- Date: October 16-18, 2020
- Location: Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
- 2020:
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