Seattle, WA

Seattle is the largest center of fanac in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.

Clubs and Organizations:

Club	Era
Babble-17	early 80s
Cry Crowd	1950s
Nameless Ones	50s and 60s
Northwest Convention League	started mid-80s
Northwest Science Fiction Society	formed 1981
Northwesternesse
SWOC	formed 1990
Terran Society	early 50s

Timeline

Year	Event
1945	Jack Speer moves to Seattle
early ’50s	Terran Society founded
1950s	Nameless Ones founded.
1959	Westercon 12 held
1961	Seacon, the 1961 Worldcon held
1966	Seattle in '68 Worldcon bid
1976	Seattle in 1981 Worldcon bid launched
1977	Start of the Seattle Fanzine Renaissance
1978	First Norwescon regional held
1979	Punch Out the Banquet Manager
1981	Northwest Science Fiction Society founded
Early 80s	Babble-17 founded
1984	First Rustycon held
mid-80s	Northwest Convention League founded
1986?	First Dreamcon held
1988	Corflu 5 held
1989	15th World Fantasy Convention held
1990	SWOC founded
1992	Potlatch started
1993	Westercon 46 held
1994	ConComCon started
1995	Ditto 8 held
1996	Seattle in 2002 Worldcon bid started
	Smofcon 14 held
	Costume-Con 14 held
1997	Westercon 50 held
1998	Richard Wright dies
2000	Corflu 17 held
2003	Westercon 56 held
2005	CascadiaCon held
	Gertrude M. Carr and F. M. Busby die
2006	Seattle in 2011 Worldcon bid begun
2009	Corflu 26 held
2012	Conclusion held
2013	Bobbie DuFault dies
2014	Velma Bowen and Stu Shiffman die
2025	Seattle Worldcon 2025

People

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