Worldcon

Convention	Dates	Location	GoHs
Nycon I	July 2-4, 1939	New York	Frank R. Paul
Chicon I	September 1-2, 1940	Chicago	E. E. Smith
Denvention I	July 4-6, 1941	Denver	Robert A. Heinlein
Pacificon I	July 4-7, 1946	Los Angeles	A. E. van Vogt, E. Mayne Hull
Philcon I	August 30-September 1, 1947	Philadelphia	John W. Campbell, Jr.
Torcon I	July 3-5, 1948	Toronto	Robert Bloch, Bob Tucker
Cinvention	September 3-5, 1949	Cincinnati	Lloyd A. Eshbach, Ted Carnell
NorWesCon	September 1-4, 1950	Portland	Anthony Boucher
Nolacon I	September 1-3, 1951	New Orleans	Fritz Leiber
Chicon II	August 30-September 1, 1952	Chicago	Hugo Gernsback
Philcon II	September 5-7, 1953	Philadelphia	Willy Ley
SFCon	September 3-6, 1954	San Francisco	John W. Campbell, Jr.
Clevention	September 2-5, 1955	Cleveland	Isaac Asimov, Sam Moskowitz
NyCon II	August 31-September 3, 1956	New York	Arthur C. Clarke
Loncon I	September 6-9, 1957	London	John W. Campbell, Jr.
Solacon	August 29-September 1, 1958	Los Angeles	Richard Matheson
Detention	September 4-7, 1959	Detroit	Poul Anderson, John Berry
Pittcon	September 3-5, 1960	Pittsburgh	James Blish
Seacon	September 2-4, 1961	Seattle	Robert A. Heinlein
Chicon III	August 31-September 3, 1962	Chicago	Theodore Sturgeon
Discon I	August 31-September 2, 1963	Washington, D.C.	Murray Leinster
Pacificon II	September 4-7, 1964	Oakland	Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Forrest J Ackerman
Loncon II	August 27-30, 1965	London	Brian W. Aldiss
Tricon	September 1-5, 1966	Cleveland	L. Sprague de Camp
NyCon3	August 31-September 4, 1967	New York	Lester del Rey, Bob Tucker
Baycon	August 29-September 2, 1968	Berkeley	Philip Jose Farmer, Walter J. Daugherty
St. Louiscon	August 28-September 1, 1969	St. Louis	Jack Gaughan, Eddie Jones
Heicon '70	August 20-24, 1970	Heidelberg, Germany	E. C. Tubb, Robert Silverberg, Herbert W. Franke, Elliot K. Shorter
Noreascon I	September 2-6, 1971	Boston	Clifford D. Simak, Harry Warner, Jr.
L.A.Con I	September 1-4, 1972	Los Angeles	Frederik Pohl, Buck Coulson, Juanita Coulson
Torcon II	August 31-September 3, 1973	Toronto	Robert Bloch, Bill Rotsler
Discon II	August 29-September 2, 1974	Washington, D.C.	Roger Zelazny, Jay Kay Klein
Aussiecon	August 14-17, 1975	Melbourne	Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood, Mike Glicksohn, Donald Tuck
MidAmeriCon	September 2-6, 1976	Kansas City	Robert A. Heinlein, George Barr
SunCon	September 2-5, 1977	Miami Beach	Jack Williamson, Robert A. Madle
IguanaCon II	August 30-September 4, 1978	Phoenix	Harlan Ellison, Bill Bowers
Seacon '79	August 23-26, 1979	Brighton	Brian Aldiss, Fritz Leiber, Harry Bell
Noreascon Two	August 29-September 1, 1980	Boston	Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, Bruce Pelz
Denvention Two	September 3-7, 1981	Denver	Clifford D. Simak, C. L. Moore, Rusty Hevelin
Chicon IV	September 2-6, 1982	Chicago	A. Bertram Chandler, Frank Kelly Freas, Lee Hoffman
ConStellation	September 1-5, 1983	Baltimore	John Brunner, David A. Kyle
L.A.con II	August 30-September 3, 1984	Los Angeles	Gordon R. Dickson, Dick Eney
Aussiecon Two	August 22-26, 1985	Melbourne	Gene Wolfe, Ted White
ConFederation	August 28-September 1, 1986	Atlanta	Ray Bradbury, Terry Carr
Conspiracy '87	August 27-September 1, 1987	Brighton	Doris Lessing, Alfred Bester, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Jim Burns, Ray Harryhausen Joyce Slater, Ken Slater, David Langford
Nolacon II	September 1-5, 1988	New Orleans	Donald A. Wollheim, Roger Sims
Noreascon 3	August 31-September 4, 1989	Boston	Andre Norton, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, the Stranger Club
ConFiction	August 23-27, 1990	The Hague	Harry Harrison, Wolfgang Jeschke, Joe Haldeman, Andrew Porter
Chicon V	August 29-September 2, 1991	Chicago	Hal Clement, Martin H. Greenberg, Richard Powers, Jon Stopa, Joni Stopa
MagiCon	September 3-7, 1992	Orlando	Jack Vance, Vincent Di Fate, Walter A. Willis
ConFrancisco	September 2-6, 1993	San Francisco	Larry Niven, Alicia Austin, Mark Twain, Tom Digby, Jan Howard Finder
ConAdian	September 1-5, 1994	Winnipeg	Anne McCaffrey, George Barr, Robert Runte
Intersection	August 24-28, 1995	Glasgow	Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards, Vincent Clarke
L.A.con III	August 29-September 2, 1996	Los Angeles	James White, Roger Corman, Elsie Wollheim, Takumi Shibano, Sachiko Shibano
LoneStarCon 2	August 28-September 1, 1997	San Antonio	Algis Budrys, Michael Moorcock, Don Maitz, Roy Tackett
BucConeer	August 5-9, 1998	Baltimore	C. J. Cherryh, Stanley Schmidt, Michael Whelan, J. Michael Straczynski, Milton A. Rothman
Aussiecon Three	September 2-6, 1999	Melbourne	George Turner, Greg Benford, Bruce Gillespie
Chicon 2000	August 31-September 4, 2000	Chicago	Ben Bova, Bob Eggleton, Jim Baen, Bob Passovoy, Anne Passovoy
Millennium Philcon	August 30-September 3, 2001	Philadelphia	Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George Scithers
ConJose	August 29-September 2, 2002	San Jose	Vernor Vinge, David Cherry, Ferdinand Feghoot, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble
Torcon 3	August 28-September 1, 2003	Toronto	George R. R. Martin, Frank Kelly Freas, Robert Bloch, Mike Glyer
Noreascon 4	September 2-6, 2004	Boston	Terry Pratchett, William Tenn, Jack Speer, Peter Weston
Interaction	August 4-8, 2005	Glasgow	Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Jane Yolen, Greg Pickersgill, Lars-Olov Strandberg
L.A.con IV	August 23-27, 2006	Los Angeles	Connie Willis, James Gurney, Howard DeVore, Frankie Thomas
Nippon 2007	August 30-September 3, 2007	Yokohama	Sakyo Komatsu, David Brin, Yoshitaka Amano, Michael Whelan, Takumi Shibano
Denvention 3	August 6-10, 2008	Denver	Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Sternbach, Kathy Mar, Robert A. Heinlein, Tom Whitmore
Anticipation	August 6-10, 2009	Montreal	Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth Vonarburg, David Hartwell, Tom Doherty, Taral Wayne
Aussiecon 4	September 2-6, 2010	Melbourne	Kim Stanley Robinson, Shaun Tan, Robin Johnson
Renovation	August 17-21, 2011	Reno	Ellen Asher, Tim Powers, Charles N. Brown, Boris Vallejo
Chicon 7	August 30-September 3, 2012	Chicago	Mike Resnick, Story Musgrave, Jane Frank, Rowena Morrill, Peggy Rae Sapienza
LoneStarCon 3	August 29-September 2, 2013	San Antonio	James Gunn, Norman Spinrad, Ellen Datlow, Darrell K. Sweet, Willie Siros
Loncon 3	August 14-18, 2014	London	Iain M. Banks, John Clute, Malcolm Edwards, Chris Foss, Jeanne Gomoll, Robin Hobb, Bryan Talbot
Sasquan	August 19-23, 2015	Spokane	David Gerrold, Vonda N. McIntyre, Brad Foster, Dr. Kjell Lindgren, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek
MidAmeriCon 2	August 17-21, 2016	Kansas City	Kinuko Y. Craft, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick
Worldcon 75 Helsinki	August 9-13, 2017	Helsinki	John-Henri Holmberg, Nalo Hopkinson, Johanna Sinisalo, Claire Wendling, Walter Jon Williams, Ian Stewart
Worldcon 76 in San Jose	August 16-20, 2018	San Jose	Spider Robinson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Edgar Pangborn, Bob Wilkins
Dublin 2019	August 15-19, 2019	Dublin	Bill Burns, Mary Burns, Diane Duane, Ginjer Buchanan, Ian McDonald, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Steve Jackson
CoNZealand	July 29-August 2, 2020	Wellington	Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Greg Broadmore, Rose Mitchell
Discon III	August 25-29, 2021	Washington, D.C.	Nancy Kress, John Harris, ~~Toni Weisskopf~~, Ben Yalow
Chicon 8	September 1-5, 2022	Chicago	Edie Stern, Joe Siclari, Erle Korshak, Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
Chengdu	October 18-22, 2023	Chengdu, China	Sergey Lukianenko, Robert Sawyer, Liu Cixin
Glasgow 2024	August 8-12, 2024	Glasgow	Chris Baker (Fangorn), Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer, Ken Macleod, Nnedi Okorafor, and Terri Windling
Seattle Worldcon 2025	August 13-17, 2025	Seattle	Martha Wells, Donator Giancola, Bridget Landry, Alexander James Adams
LAcon V	August 27-21, 2026	Los Angeles	Barbara Hambly, Ronald D. Moore, Coleen Doran, Tim Kirk, Geri Sullivan
Worldcon 2027	2027	Not yet selected
Worldcon 2028	2028	Not yet selected
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