2020

Date	Event
March onwards	Many conventions cancelled because of the Coronavirus
July 29 - August 2	CoNZealand (Worldcon)

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Births and Deaths:

Al Fitzpatrick - Ariel Cinii - Barry Newton - Ben Bova - Bo Stenfors - Bob Laurent - Brian Jordan - Brian Varley - Christopher J. R. Tolkien - D. J. Rowe - Dan Goodman - Dave Britton - David Burton - David Ivey - Debra Doyle - Earl Kemp - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Frank Lunney - Gary L. Plumlee - Gene Reed - Glen Warminger - Glenn Chambers - Hugh Casey - Jael - James Gunn - Jeffrey N. Appelbaum - Jennifer Bankier - JoAnn Wood - John Bangsund - Jomil Mulvey - Karen Babcock - Kate Hatcher - Lindy Laurent - Lois Lavender - M. A. Foster - Marge Nuttall - Marshall B. Tymn - Merv Binns - Michael Bernander - Michael Svensson - Mike Resnick - Miriam Carr - Monica Stevens - Naomi Pardue - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Neil Kaden - P. J. Beese - Patrick Tilley - Paul Barnett - Phil Ware - Phyllis Eisenstein - Reed Andrus - Richard C. West - Richard Lupoff - Ro Nagey - Robert Enzmann - Steve Stiles - Susan Ellison - Tim White - Tom Barber - Tony Cratz - Wayne Dionne

Convention series started or ended:

AmazingCon - Conglomeration - Festival of the Living Rooms - MystiCon - Punctuation

Onetime conventions:

Asimov Centennial Meetup - Reunicon 2020

Bids:

Atlantis in 2020 - Christmas in Boston in 2020 - Columbus in 2020 - New Zealand in 2020 - Providence in 2020 - Seattle in 2020

Publications started or ended:

Concellation - Dark Matter Magazine - Hong Kong, Worldcon and Beyond! - Language at Midnight - Lightning Round - Little Blue Number - Octothorpe - Perryscope - Pluglunk - SFScope - Small Steps Across a Foreign Land - St. Petersburg Gazette and Dawson's Landing Herald - The Complete BoSh - Virtual Paper - Vita Transplantare

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1945 Retro Hugos - 2020 Hugos - CripLit Keys

Stores opened or closed:

Amber Unicorn Bookshop - Pandora's Books Ltd

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Auckland University Science Fiction Society - Concellation

Fanhistory:

Concellation - Covid-19 - Fan History Zoom Series

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

HAL-CON 2020

Australia:

Al Fitzpatrick - CripLit Keys - Hong Kong, Worldcon and Beyond! - John Bangsund - Little Blue Number - Merv Binns - Perryscope - Phil Ware - Small Steps Across a Foreign Land - Swancon 2020

Britain:

Al Fitzpatrick - ArmadaCon 2020 - Brian Jordan - Brian Varley - Bristol-Con 2020 - Christopher J. R. Tolkien - Concentric - D. J. Rowe - Dave Britton - DemiSemiQuaver - Discworld Convention 2020 - FantasyCon 2020 - Glen Warminger - Marge Nuttall - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Octothorpe - Oxonmoot Online 2020 - Patrick Tilley - Paul Barnett - Picocon 37 - Punctuation - Punctuation 1 - Redemption 2020 - Ro Nagey - Susan Ellison - The Complete BoSh - Tim White - TitanCon 2020 - Vita Transplantare

Canada:

Ad Astra 2020 - CAN*CON 2020 - CAN*CON 2021 - FilKONtario 30 - Jennifer Bankier - Keycon 2020 - Pandora's Books Ltd - Smofcon 37 1/4 - When Words Collide 2020

Europe:

Bo Stenfors - Det svenska science fiction-året - Finncon 2020 - Futuricon - IceCon 2020 - Michael Bernander - Michael Svensson - Reunicon 2020 - SFeraKORon

Ireland:

Octocon 2020 - TitanCon 2020

New Zealand:

Auckland University Science Fiction Society - CoNZealand - New Zealand in 2020

US:

1971 Conference on Middle Earth - 2020 NASFiC Site Selection - 2020 SFWA Nebula Conference - Al Fitzpatrick - Albacon 2020 - Amber Unicorn Bookshop - Ariel Cinii - Arisia '20 - ArmadilloCon 42 - Asimov Centennial Meetup - Balticon 54 Virtual - Barry Newton - Ben Bova - Bob Laurent - Boskone 57 - Buboni-Virtual Con - C'monfluence - CONtraflow 2020 - COSine 2020 - Capclave 2020 - Capricon 40 - Chattacon 45 - Chessiecon 2020 - Christmas in Boston in 2020 - CoKoCon 2020 - Coastcon 43 - Columbus 2020 NASFiC - Columbus in 2020 - ConGregate 2020 - ConQuesT 51 - ConStellation Online 2021 - Concave 41 - Conflikt 13 - Confluence 2020 - Conglomeration - Conglomeration 2020 - Consonance 2020 - Corflu 37 - Costume-Con 38 - Crescent City Con 10 - Dan Goodman - Dark Matter Magazine - David Burton - David Ivey - Debra Doyle - DemiCon 31 - Earl Kemp - Elyse S. Rosenstein - FOGcon 10 - Fan History Zoom Series - Festival of the Living Rooms - Foolscap 22 - Fourth Street Fantasy 2020 - Frank Lunney - GAFilk 2020 - Gary L. Plumlee - Gene Reed - Genericon XXXIII - Glenn Chambers - GrangeCon12 - HELIOsphere 2020 - Heliosphere 2020 - How to Train Your ConFusion - Hugh Casey - ICFA 41 - Jael - James Gunn - Jeffrey N. Appelbaum - JoAnn Wood - Jomil Mulvey - JordanCONline - Karen Babcock - Kate Hatcher - LepreCon 46 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 38 - Lightning Round - Lindy Laurent - Lois Lavender - M. A. Foster - Marcon 55 - MarsCon 2020 - Marshall B. Tymn - Mike Resnick - MileHiCon 52 - Miriam Carr - MisCon 34 - Monica Stevens - MystiCon - Mysticon 2020 - NEFilk 2020 - Naomi Pardue - Necronomicon 2020 - Neil Kaden - OVFF 36 - Or-E-Con 1 - P. J. Beese - Penguicon 2020 - Phyllis Eisenstein - Pluglunk - Providence in 2020 - PulpFest 2020 - RadCon 8 - Readercon 31 - Reed Andrus - Richard C. West - Richard Lupoff - Ro Nagey - Robert Enzmann - SFScope - Seattle in 2020 - St. Petersburg Gazette and Dawson's Landing Herald - Steve Stiles - Susan Ellison - Symposium 1971 - Tom Barber - Tony Cratz - Tulkon 2022 - Valleycon 46 - Virtual Paper - Wayne Dionne - WillyCon XXII - Windycon 47 in 2020 - WisCon 44 - World Fantasy Convention 2020

Rest of the World: