Convention Publications

Like just about all fannish endeavors, conventions also produce many publications. The most common are flyers, Progress Reports, and Program Books. There are many other types as well: newsletters (with frequencies from 1 to 1 a day to 1 an hour), program schedules, souvenir books, Guest of Honor collections, Memory Books, and all sorts of one-time publications. Along with the photos we have from many conventions, these convention pubs can provide a better understanding of the fannish and professional activities at conventions. We'll try to provide as many as we can here. Note to Conrunners: please send us electronic copies of your conventions publications so we can make them available permanently.

-- Joe Siclari
    Fan History Project Coordinator


Entries marked with a [BB] in this table have one or more publications on-line at this site.

Entries marked with a [RB] in this table are links to other sites.



Convention Sponsor/Chairman/Editor Date[s] Type
[BB] NYcon I: Official Souvenir JournalSam MoskowitzJuly 2-4, 1939Program Book
[BB] Pacificon I1946 Pacificon SocietyJuly 4-7, 1946Publications
[BB] Philcon IThe Philcon SocietyAug 30 - Sept 1, 1947Publications
[BB] CinventionThe Cincinnati Fantasy GroupSept 3-5, 1949Publications
[BB] NorWesConDonald B. DaySept 1-4, 1950Publications
[BB] NolaconHarry B. MooreSept 1-3, 1951Publications
[BB] TASFIC Chicon II1952 Convention CommitteeAug 30 - Sept 1, 1952Publications
[BB] Philcon II11th World S-F ConventionSept 5-7, 1953Publications
[BB] SFConLester Cole & Gary NelsonSept 3-6, 1954Publications
[BB] CleventionThirteenth World Science Fiction Convention CommitteeSept 2-5, 1955Publications
[BB] NYcon II: The Journal #1Larry Shaw
Sam Smith
Feb 1956Progress Report
[BB] Loncon I: The Journal #1Harry Turner1957Progress Report
[BB] Solacon: Progress Report #3Jim Wilson1958Progress Report
[BB] OMPAcon 1973OMPA (Off-Trail Magazine Publishers Association)Apr 20-23, 1973Publications
[BB] IguanaCon IITim KygerAug 30 - Sept 4, 1978Publications
[BB] LunaCon 1979The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 30 - Apr 1, 1979Publications
[BB] LunaCon 1980The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 14 - 16, 1980Publications
[BB] LunaCon 1981The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 20-22, 1981Publications
[BB] LunaCon 25The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 19-21, 1982Publications
[BB] Boskone 20New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Feb 18-20, 1983Publications
[BB] ConStellationMichael WalshSept 1-5, 1983Publications
[BB] LunaCon 1983The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 18-20, 1983Publications
[BB] Boskone 21New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Feb 17-19, 1984Publications
[BB] LunaCon 1984The New York Science Fiction Society
The Lunarians, Inc.
Mar 16-18, 1984Publications
[BB] Boskone 22New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Feb 15-17, 1985Publications
[BB] Boskone 23New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Feb 14-16, 1986Publications
[BB] Boskone 24New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Feb 13-14, 1987Publications
[BB] Boskone 25New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Jan 29-31, 1988Publications
[BB] Boskone 26New England Science Fiction Association, Inc.Jan 27-29, 1989Publications
[BB] MagiConJoe Siclari, et alSept 3-7, 1992Publications
[BB] Tropicon XIIFrancine MullenJan 7-9, 1994Program Book
[BB] LA Con IIIMike GlyerAug 29 - Sept 2, 1996Publications
[BB] AussieCon ThreeAussicon Three CommitteeSept 2-6, 1999Publications
[BB] Millennium Philcon®Todd DashoffAug 30 - Sept 3, 2001Publications
[RB] ConJoséSan Francisco Science Fiction ConventionsAug 29 - Sept 2, 2002Newsletters
[RB] ConJoséSan Francisco Science Fiction ConventionsAug 29 - Sept 2, 2002Progress Reports
[BB] Torcon 3Peter JarvisAug 28 - Sept 1, 2003Publications
[BB] Noreascon FourDeb GeislerSept 2-6, 2004Publications
[BB] InteractionVincent Docherty, Colin HarrisAug 4-8, 2005Publications
[BB] LA Con IVChristian B. McGuireAug 23-27, 2006Publications
[BB] Nippon 2007Hiroaki Inoue, Shigeru Hayashida, Shouichi Hachiya, Masaharu ImaokAug 30 - Sept 3, 2007Publications
[BB] Denvention 3Kent BloomAug 6-10, 2008Publications
[BB] AnticipationRené Walling & Robbie BourgetAug 6-10, 2009Publications
[BB] PhilConPhiladelphia Science Fiction SocietyNov 20-22, 2009Publications
[BB] AussieCon 4Victoria Science Fiction ConventionsSept 2-6, 20102010 Site Selection Ballot

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