South Florida

South Florida is Miami and especially the area north of Miami, including Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. For practical purposes it is a single fannish locale.

Boca Raton was a hotbed of fannish activity in the 1980s and 90s. The first Tropicon was held in Boca Raton in 1982, the South Florida Science Fiction Society (SFSFS) was conceived here in 1985, and many fannish gatherings occurred over the decades.

Tropicons and one Smofcon have also been held in Ft Lauderdale.

The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts is held annually in South Florida.

And, of course, SunCon, the 1977 Worldcon was held in Miami. (About half the senior committee of MagiCon, the 1992 Worldcon in Orlando were from South Florida.)

South Florida Timeline

• August 30-September 1, 1975 -- Palm Beach Con
• 1977 -- SunCon
• March, 1982 -- Tropicon I
• December 2-4, 1983 -- Tropicon II
• 1984 -- Tropicon III
• 1985 -- Tropicon IV
• 1985 -- SFSFS founded
• 1986 -- Tropicon V
• 1987 -- Tropicon VI
• 1988 -- Tropicon VII
• 1989 -- Tropicon VIII
• December 7-9, 1990 -- Smofcon 7
• 1990 -- Tropicon IX
• 1991 -- Tropicon X
• 1992 -- Tropicon XI
• January 1993 -- Tropicon XII
• 1994 -- Tropicon XIII
• 1995 -- Tropicon XIV
• November 1996 -- Tropicon XV
• 1997 -- Tropicon XVI
• 1998 -- Tropicon XVII
• 1998 -- International Conference on the Fantastic 1998
• 1999 -- Tropicon XVIII
• 2000 -- Tropicon XIX
• 2001 -- Tropicon XX

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