Smofcon
A convention for conrunners held since 1984. The name comes from smof and con.
In 1983, there were three bids for the 1986 Worldcon. Only a few members of these bids had much experience with running a Worldcon. Joe Siclari and Edie Stern had been discussing how to improve this situation and came up with the idea of a convention for conrunners. In 1983, after running an Atlanta bid party at Windycon X (a Chicago regional convention), they approached Ben Yalow (then on the NY bid) and later Theresa Renner (DC bid).
While the committee tried to call the convention "ConCon", as happened with Nycon II and the Tasfic, "the fans wouldn't have it" and it was called "Smofcon".
A convention on conrunning had been held in New York City in the early 1970s (retroactively dubbed "Smofcon 0"), but this was the convention which successfully began an almost-annual series of conventions.
| Name | Date | Location | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smofcon 0 | 1973 or 1974? | New York, NY | ||
| Smofcon 1 | October 26-28, 1984 | Arlington, VA | ||
| 0 | ||||
| Smofcon 3 | December 5-7, 1986 | Lowell, MA | 137 | |
| Smofcon 4 | November 20-22, 1987 | Columbus, OH | ||
| Smofcon 5 | December 9-11, 1988 | Phoenix, AZ | 102 | |
| Smofcon 6 | December 8-10, 1989 | Toronto, ON | ||
| Smofcon 7 | December 7-9, 1990 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | ||
| Smofcon 8 | December 6-8, 1991 | Portland, OR | ||
| Smofcon 9 | December 4-6, 1992 | New Orleans, LA | ||
| Smofcon 10 | April 23-25, 1993 | Jersey, UK | ||
| Smofcon 11 | December 3-5, 1993 | Lexington, KY | ~110 | |
| Smofcon 12 | December 2-4, 1994 | Burbank, CA | ~175 | |
| Smofcon 13 | December 1-3, 1995 | Austin, TX | 121 | |
| Smofcon 14 | December 6-8, 1996 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Smofcon 15 | December 5-7, 1997 | Boston, MA | 153 | |
| Smofcon 16 | December 4-6, 1998 | Colorado Springs, CO | 86 | |
| Smofcon 17 | December 10-12, 1999 | New Orleans, LA | ||
| Smofcon 18 | December 1-3, 2000 | Cocoa Beach, FL | ||
| Smofcon 19 | December 7-9, 2001 | York, UK | ||
| Smofcon 20 | December 6-8, 2002 | San Diego, CA | ~125 | |
| Smofcon 21 | December 5-7, 2003 | Rosemont, IL | ||
| Smofcon 22 | December 3-5, 2004 | Washington, DC | ~123 | |
| Smofcon 23 | December 2-4, 2005 | Portland, OR | ||
| Smofcon 24 | December 1-3, 2006 | Kansas City, MO | ||
| Smofcon 25 | December 7-9, 2007 | Boston, MA | ~214 | |
| Smofcon 26 | December 5-7, 2008 | Columbus, OH | ~130 | |
| Smofcon 27 | December 4-6, 2009 | Austin, TX | ||
| Smofcon 28 | December 3-5, 2010 | San Jose, CA | 154 | |
| Smofcon 29 | December 2-4, 2011 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 110/130 | |
| Smofcon 30 | November 30-December 2, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA | 196 | |
| Smofcon 31 | December 6-8, 2013 | Toronto, ON | 168 | |
| Smofcon 32 | December 5-7, 2014 | Manhattan Beach, CA | ||
| Smofcon 33 | December 4-6, 2015 | Ft Worth, TX | ||
| Smofcon 34 | December 2-4, 2016 | Chicago, IL | ||
| Smofcon South | December 3-4, 2016 | Wellington, NZ | ~25 | held in tandem, with a video link to Smofcon 34 |
| Smofcon 35 | December 1-3, 2017 | Boston, MA | ||
| Smofcon 36 | November 30-December 2, 2018 | Santa Rosa, CA | ~165 | |
| Smofcon 37 | December 6-8, 2019 | Albuquerque, NM | ||
| Smofcon 37 1/4 | December 5, 2020 | (virtual) | ||
| Smofcon 39 | December 3-5, 2021 | Lisbon, Portugal | 55/144 | Numbering is correct |
| Smofcon 38 | December 2-4, 2022 |
Montreal, QC | ||
| Smofcon 40 | December 1–3, 2023 | Providence, RI | ||
| Smofcon 41 | December 6-8, 2023 | SeaTac, WA |
| first | Smofcon | latest |
| 1974— |
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