Philcon

Convention	Dates	Location	GoHs
First Convention	October 22, 1936		none
Third Eastern	October 30, 1937		none
1938 Philadelphia Conference	October 16, 1938		none
Philcon 1939	October 1939		none
Phillycon 1940	November 10, 1940
Phillycon 1946	October 27, 1946
Phillycon 1947	1947
Phillycon 1948	November 21, 1948
Philcon 1950	1950
Philcon 1952	1952
Philcon 1956	November 10, 1956		Robert A. Lowndes, Sam Moskowitz, George O. Smith
Philcon 1957	November 7, 1957
Philcon 1958	November 15, 1958
Philcon 1959	1959		(mentioned in Warner 2)
Philcon 1960	November 5, 1960
Philcon 1961	November 17-18, 1961		Theodore Sturgeon
Philcon 1962	November 3, 1962
Philcon 1963	November 9, 1963		Fred Pohl
Philcon 1964	November 14-15, 1964
Philcon 1965	November 13-14, 1965		L. Sprague de Camp
Philcon 1966	November 12-13, 1966		Isaac Asimov
Philcon 1967	November 13-14, 1967		Willy Ley, Hal Clement
Philcon 1968	November 9-10, 1968		James Blish
Philcon 1969	November 14-16, 1969		Anne McCaffrey
Philcon 1970	November 13-15, 1970		Larry Niven
Philcon 1971	December 3-5, 1971		Keith Laumer
Philcon 1972	November 17-19, 1972		John Brunner
Philcon 1973	November 9-11, 1973		Keith Laumer
Philcon 1974	November 8-10, 1974		Alfred Bester
Philcon 1975	December 12-14, 1975		Samuel R. Delany
Philcon 1976.1	January 14-16, 1977		Don Wollheim, Hal Clement, L. Sprague de Camp, Milt Rothman
Philcon 1977	November 11-13, 1977		Hal Clement
Philcon 1978	October 27-29, 1978		Michael Bishop, MIke Hinge
Philcon 1979	November 9-11, 1979		Joan Vinge, Karl Kofoed
Philcon 1980	November 14-16, 1980		Ben Bova, Kelly Freas, Robert Sheckley
Philcon 1981	December 4-6, 1981		Joe Haldeman, Darrell Sweet
Philcon 1982.1	January 14-16, 1983		C. J. Cherryh, Carl Lundgren
Philcon 1983	November 18-20, 1983		James Hogan, Real Musgrave
Philcon 1984	November 16-18, 1984		Larry Niven, Sean Spacher
Philcon 1985	December 13-15, 1985		L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Joe Bergeron
Philcon 1986	November 14-16, 1986		Isaac Asimov, Michael Whelan, Frederik Pohl
Philcon 87	November 13-15, 1987		Robert Silverberg, Tim Hildebrandt, Timothy Zahn
Philcon 1988	November 4-6, 1988		Orson Scott Card, Robin Wood, George R. R. Martin
Philcon 89	November 17-19, 1989		Philip Jose Farmer, Don Maitz, Poul Anderson, and Lois McMaster Bujold
Philcon 1990	November 16-18, 1990		Fritz Leiber, Frank Kelly Freas, Michael Bishop, Ellen Kushner
Philcon 1991	November 15-17, 1991		David Brin, Jean Giraud (Moebius) , Julian May, R. A. MacAvoy
Philcon 1992	November 13-15, 1992		Greg Bear, Boris Vallejo, Ray Harryhausen, Pamela Sargent, Tom Smith
Philcon 1993	November 12-14, 1993		Fred Saberhagen, David Cherry, Ian Watson, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly
Philcon 1994	November 18-20, 1994		Larry Niven, Jim Burns, C. J. Cherryh, Tom Smith
Philcon 1996	November 22-24, 1996		Frederik Pohl, Tom Kidd, Joan Vinge, Terry Bisson
Philcon 1997	November 14-16, 1997		Dan Simmons, Alan M. Clark, Gardner Dozois, Nancy Kress, Clam Chowder
Philcon 1998	November 13-15, 1998		Bruce Sterling, Bruce Jensen, Tom Savini, Walter Jon Williams
Philcon 1999	November 12-14, 1999		Katherine Kurtz, Jill Bauman
Philcon 2000	November 17-19, 2000		Vernor Vinge, Bob Walters, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson
not held	2001
Philcon 2002	December 13-15, 2002		Connie Willis, Donato Giancola, David Gerrold, Nalo Hopkinson, Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Philcon 2003	December 12-14, 2003	Philadelphia, PA
Philcon 2004	December 10-12, 2004		"Featured:" Brian Aldiss and Joe DeVito. "Special:" Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Jolly R. Blackburn, Steve Johannsen, Tom Purdom
Philcon 2005	December 9-11, 2005		David Weber, David Mattingly
Philcon 2006	November 17-19, 2006		Charles Stross, Karl Kofoed, Tom Smith
Philcon 2007	November 16-18, 2007		Eric Flint, Sue Dawe, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Voltaire
Philcon 2008	November 21-23, 2008		Tim Powers, John Picacio, Scott Christian Sava, The Chromatics
Philcon 2009	November 20-22, 2009		Catherine Asaro, Frank Wu, L. A. Banks, Cory Doctorow
Philcon 2010	November 19-21, 2010		Peter S. Beagle
Philcon 2011	November 18-20, 2011		Cory Doctorow, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, S. J. Tucker
Philcon 2012	November 9-11, 2012		Catherynne Valente, Phil Foglio, David Kyle
Philcon 2013	November 8-10, 2013		Allen Steele, Charles Vess, Bob Madle, The Heather Dale Band with S. J. Tucker
Philcon 2014	November 21-23, 2014		Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Bob Eggleton, Kyle Cassidy
Philcon 2015	November 20-22, 2015		Wen Spencer, Richard Hescox, Murder Ballads
Philcon 2016	November 18-20, 2016		C. J. Cherryh, Dave Seeley, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Philcon 2017	November 10-12, 2017		Seanan McGuire, Don Maitz, Janny Wurts, Bed & Breakfast
Philcon 2018	November 16-18, 2018		Steven Brust, Gary Lippincott, Marshall Ryan Maresca
Philcon 2019	November 8-10, 2019		Tim Pratt, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Heather Shaw, This Way to the Egress
Philcon 2020	November 20-22, 2020		Max Gladstone, Romas Kukalis
Philcon 2021	November 19-21, 2021	Cherry Hill, NJ	Fran Wilde and Saya Henya
Philcon 2022	November 18-20, 2022	Cherry Hill, NJ	Keith R. A. DeCandido, Charles Urbach
Philcon 2023	November 17-19, 2023	Cherry Hill, NJ	Jonathan Maberry, Rob Carlos, Kelley Armstrong

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