Disclave

Disclave, a Baltiwash regional convention, ran from 1950 to 1997 with two breaks. It was usually held in the District of Columbia, but occasionally in Virginia or Maryland. It was sponsored by WSFA. After a few years of earlier dates, it settled on Memorial Day.

After the Disclave Flood drowned the con in 1997, WSFA started Capclave in 2001.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

Any of several conclaves held in Washington, DC, under the auspices of the Washington SF Association.

Much of the information below came from an article written by Joe Mayhew for the 1995 Disclave souvenir book.

Convention	Date	Hotel	GoHs, Notes
Disclave 1	April 30, 1950	Wardman Park Hotel	Willy Ley, Seabury Quinn
Disclave 2	April 29, 1951	Statler Hotel	Sam Moskowitz, Art Rapp, Seabury Quinn
Disclave 3	March 22, 1953	Statler Hotel	none
Hiatus
Disclave 4	May 9-11, 1958 (Mother's Day until 1970)	Arva Motel in Rosslyn, VA	none
Disclave 5	May 8-10, 1959	Diplomat Motel in DC	none
Disclave 6	May 6-8, 1960	Diplomat Motel	none
Disclave 7	May 12-14, 1961	Diplomat Motel	none
Disclave 8	May 11-13, 1962	Diplomat Motel	none
In 1963 WSFA ran Discon I and it took a couple of years before it was ready to run another Disclave.
Disclave 9	May 7-9, 1965	Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Wheaton	Chris Moskowitz, Sam Moskowitz
Disclave 10	May 13-15, 1966	Diplomat Motel in DC	Roger Zelazny
Disclave 11	May 12-14, 1967	Regency Congress in DC	Jack Gaughan
Disclave 12	May 10-12, 1968	Regency Congress	Robert Silverberg
Disclave 13	May 9-11, 1969	Skyline Inn in DC	Lester del Rey
Disclave 14	May 15-17, 1970	Skyline Inn	Murray Leinster
Disclave 15	May 28-31, 1971 (now on Memorial Day)	Shoreham Hotel in DC	Terry Carr
Disclave 16	May 26-29, 1972	Sheraton Park Hotel	Ben Bova
Disclave 17	May 25-28, 1973	Sheraton Park Hotel	Gardner Dozois
Disclave 18	May 24-27, 1974	Sheraton Park Hotel	Kelly Freas
Disclave 19	May 23-26, 1975	Sheraton Park Hotel	Gordon R. Dickson
Disclave 20	May 28-31, 1976	Sheraton Park Hotel	William Tenn
Disclave 21	May 27-30, 1977	Sheraton Park Hotel	Joe Haldeman
Disclave 22	May 26-29, 1978	Sheraton Park Hotel	Bob Tucker
Disclave 23	May 25-28, 1979	Sheraton Park Hotel	Roger Zelazny, Michael Whelan
Disclave 24	May 23-26, 1980	Hospitality House in Crystal City, VA	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
Disclave 25	May 22-25, 1981	Sheraton National on Columbia Pike in Arlington, VA	Isaac Asimov
Disclave 26	May 28-31, 1982	Sheraton National on Columbia Pike	Elizabeth Lynn, Tom Miller
Disclave 27	May 28-20, 1983	Marriott Twin Bridges near National Airport	George R. R. Martin, Jack Gaughan
Disclave 28	May 25-28, 1984	New Carrollton Sheraton	Connie Willis, Eric Blair
Disclave 29	May 24-27, 1985	The Sheraton Inn New Carrollton	Ed Bryant, Bob Walters
Disclave 30	May 23-26, 1986	The Sheraton Washington Northeast, New Carrollton	Bill Gibson
Disclave 31	May 25-28, 1987	The Sheraton Washington Northeast	Gene Wolfe, Barclay Shaw, Chick Derry
Disclave 32	May 27-30, 1988	Howard Johnson, New Carrollton	Barbara Hambly, Jim Burns
Disclave 33	May 26-29, 1989	Howard Johnson, New Carrollton,	Lucius Shepard, J. K. Potter
Disclave 34	May 25-28, 1990	Sheraton Greenbelt	Mike Resnick, Dawn Wilson, Somtow Sucharitkul, Marty Gear
Disclave 35	May 24-27, 1991	Sheraton Greenbelt	Lewis Shiner, Alicia Austin
Disclave 36	May 22-25, 1992	Washington Hilton on Connecticut Ave	Pat Cadigan, Tom Kidd
Disclave 37	May 28-31, 1993	Washington Dulles Airport Marriott	Katherine Kurtz, Patricia Davis
Disclave 38	May 27-30, 1994	Sheraton Premier at Tyson's Corner, VA	Lois McMaster Bujold, Steven Vincent Johnson, Darlene P. Coltrain
Disclave 39	May 26-29, 1995	Renaissance Hotel Techworld	Charles Sheffield, Bob Eggleton, David Bischoff
Disclave 40	May 24-27, 1996	Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill	Michael Swanwick and Hannah M. G. Shapero
Disclave 41	May 23-26, 1997	Ramada New Carrollton, New Carrollton, MD	Patricia Anthony, Lissanne Lake, Peggy Rae Pavlat. Disclave Flood. End of Disclave.
Disclave 42	May 22-25, 1998		Announced, but not held.

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Convention
	1950—1997

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