Latest revision as of 06:51, 9 October 2024

A list of Worldcons and serious Worldcon bids, sorted regionally. Note that most bids' opening date in the list is when they were started; however this does not hold for actual Worldcons, sorted by their date (so their bids' start is not available here).

Bids are “failed” if they lost the vote, “abandoned” or “withdrawn” if they folded before site selection.

Asia[edit]

China[edit]

2014 -- Failed Beijing in 2016 bid
2023 -- Chengdu WorldCon (Chengdu 2023)

Japan[edit]

1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
2007 -- Nippon 2007 (Yokohama; bid had same name)
2015 -- Failed Nippon in 2017 bid

Australasia[edit]

Australia[edit]

1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
1975 -- Aussiecon (Australia in '75)
1981 -- Abandoned Adelaide in '83 bid
1981 -- Failed Australia in '83 bid
1982 -- Abandoned Perth in '84 bid
1985 -- Aussiecon Two (Melbourne in '85 aka Australia in '85)
1986 -- Failed Sydney Cove in '88 bid
1988 -- Failed Sydney in '91 bid
1991 -- Abandoned Perth in '94 bid
1992 -- Failed Sydney in 95 bid
1999 -- Aussiecon Three (Melbourne: Australia in 1999)
2002 -- Abandoned Sydney in 2005 bid
2010 -- Aussiecon 4 (Melbourne: Australia in 2010)
2019 -- Abandoned Perth, Australia in 2025 bid
2023 -- Abandoned Australia 2025 (Brisbane, QLD) bid

New Zealand[edit]

2020 -- CoNZealand (Wellington, NZ / virtualised due to Covid-19: New Zealand in 2020)

Europe[edit]

Continent[edit]

1970 -- Heicon '70 (Heidelberg, Germany: Heicon in 70)
1981 -- Failed Worldcon Scandinavia in 1983 bid (Copenhagen, Denmark)
1985 -- Abandoned Yugoslavia in '88 bid (Zagreb)
1990 -- ConFiction (The Hague, Netherlands: Holland in 1990)
1990 -- Failed Zagreb in '93 bid
1996 -- Failed Worldcon Zagreb in 1999 bid
1999 -- Abandoned Berlin in 2002 bid
2000 -- Abandoned Berlin in 2003 bid
2013 -- Failed Helsinki in 2015 bid
2017 -- Worldcon 75 (Finland: Helsinki in 2017)
2020 -- Abandoned bid for Nice in 2023

Ireland[edit]

2019 -- Dublin 2019 (Dublin in 2019)

U.K.[edit]

England[edit]

1953 -- Failed London in '54 bid
1956 -- Withdrawn London in '56 bid
1957 -- Loncon (London in 1957)
1965 -- Loncon II (London in '65)
1979 -- Seacon '79 (Brighton: Britain in '79)
1981 -- Abandoned Britain in '84 bid
1987 -- Conspiracy '87 (Brighton: Britain in '87)
2014 -- Loncon 3 (London in 2014)

Scotland[edit]

1995 -- Intersection (Glasgow: UK in '95)
2005 -- Interaction (Glasgow in 2005)
2024 -- Glasgow 2024 (bid had same name)

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

1948 -- Torcon (Toronto in 1948)
1951 -- Failed Niagara Falls in 1952 bids
1952 -- Failed Niagara Falls in '53 bid
1972 -- Abandoned Montreal in 74 bid
1973 -- Torcon II (Toronto in '73)
1975 -- Abandoned Montreal in '77 bid
1979 -- Original Winnipeg in '94 bid launched
1982 -- Abandoned Vancouver in '84 bid
1985 -- Abandoned Vancouver in '87 bid
1994 -- ConAdian (Winnipeg in '94)
1995 -- Failed Niagara Falls in '98 bid
2003 -- Torcon 3 (Toronto in '03)
2009 -- Anticipation (Montreal in 2009)
2015 -- Failed Montreal in 2017 bid
2021 -- Failed Winnipeg in '23 bid

United States[edit]

Atlanta[edit]

1951 -- Failed Atlanta in 1952 bid
1986 -- Confederation (Atlanta in '86)
1993 -- Failed Atlanta in '95 bid
1996 -- Failed Atlanta in '98 bid

Baltiwash[edit]

1941 -- Failed Washington, DC in 1942 bid
1949 -- Failed Capicon in '50 bid
1950 -- Failed Capicon in'51 bid
1959 -- Failed DC in 1960 bid
1963 -- Discon (DC in 1963)
1966 -- Failed Baltimore in '67 bid
1969 -- Failed Washington in '71 bid
1974 -- Discon II (DC in '74)
1975 -- Failed Washington in '77 bid
1978 -- Failed Baltimore in '80 bid
1978 -- Abandoned DC in '84 bid (odd, out-of-rotation bid which was forced to withdraw)
1983 -- Constellation (Baltimore in '83)
1984 -- Abandoned DC in '86 bid
1989 -- Withdrawn DC in 1992 bid
1998 -- BucConeer (Baltimore in '98)
2004 -- Abandoned DC in 007 bid
2009 -- Abandoned DC in 2011 bid
2015 -- Failed DC17 bid
2021 -- Discon III (DC in 2021)

Boston[edit]

1966 -- Failed Boston in '67 bid
1971 -- Noreascon (Boston in 71)
1980 -- Noreascon Two (Boston in 1980)
1989 -- Noreascon 3 (Boston in '89)
1994 -- Abandoned Boston in '98 bid by MCFI
1995 -- Failed Boston in 1998 bid by BCEC
1998 -- Failed Boston in Orlando in 2001 bid
2004 -- Noreascon 4 (Boston in 2004)

California[edit]

Bay Area[edit]

1941 -- Failed San Francisco in 1942 bid
1951 -- Failed San Francisco in 1952 bid
1952 -- Failed San Francisco in '53 bid
1954 -- SFCon (San Francisco in '54)
1956 -- Failed Berkley-Oakland in 1957 bid
1964 -- Pacificon II (San Francisco in '64)
1968 -- Baycon (Bay Area in '68)
1970 -- Failed Baycon II in '72 bid
1974 -- Abandoned brief San Francisco in '78 bid
1993 -- ConFrancisco (San Francisco in '93)
2002 -- ConJosé (Bay Area in 2002)
2018 -- Worldcon 76 in San Jose (San Jose in 2018)

Los Angeles[edit]

1946 -- Pacificon 1 (Los Angeles in 1942, delayed by WWII)
1948 -- Start of South Gate in '58 bid
1956 -- Withdrawn Los Angeles in 1957 bid
1958 -- Solacon (Honorary “South Gate”)
1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) South Gate Again in 2010! bid
1962 -- Withdrawn Los Angeles in '64 bid
1967 -- Failed bid for PanPacificon
1972 -- L.A.con I (LA in '72)
1973 -- Failed LA in '75 bid
1976 -- Failed LA in '78 bid
1979 -- Failed LA in '81 bid
1984 -- L.A.con II (LA in 1984)
1987 -- Failed LA in '90 bid
1996 -- L.A.con III (LA in '96)
2006 -- L.A.con IV (LA in 2006)

Chicago[edit]

1940 -- Chicon I (unopposed)
1940 -- Failed Chicago in 1941 bid
1952 -- Chicon II (aka TASFiC; Chicago in 1952).
1958 -- Failed Chicago: 1959 bid
1959 -- Withdrawn Chicago in '60 bid
1962 -- Chicon III (Chicago in 1962)
1977 -- Abandoned Chicago in '79 bid
1982 -- Chicon IV (Chicago in 1982)
1991 -- Chicon V (Chicago in '91)
2000 -- Chicon 2000 (Chicago in 2000)
2006 -- Failed Chicago in 2008 bid
2012 -- Chicon 7 (Chicago in 2012)
2022 -- Chicon 8 (Chicago in 2022)

Denver[edit]

1941 -- Denvention I (Denver in 1941)
1981 -- Denvention Two (Denver in '81)
2008 -- Denvention 3 (Denver in 2008)

Detroit[edit]

1951 -- Failed Detroit in 1952 bid
1952 -- Abandoned Detroit in 1953 bid
1954 -- Abandoned Detroit in 1955 bid
1959 -- Detention (Detroit in '59)
1979 -- Failed Detroit in '82 bid

Florida[edit]

1977 -- SunCon (Miami: 7 for '77)
1986 -- Failed Bermuda Triangle Bid (a bid to hold the 1988 Worldcon on a cruise ship leaving from Miami, a hoax that became real)
1992 -- MagiCon (Orlando in '92)
1998 -- Failed Boston in Orlando in 2001 bid
2013 -- Failed Orlando in 2015 bid
2021 -- Abandoned Orlando in 2026 bid

Missouri[edit]

1969 -- St. Louiscon (St. Louis in 69)
1970 -- Mysterious Kansas Citycon in '77 bid (abandoned)
1976 -- MidAmeriCon (KC in '76)
1986 -- Failed St. Louis in '88 bid
1994 -- Failed St. Louis in '97 bid
1997 -- Withdrawn KC in 2000 bid
2003 -- Failed KC in 2006 bid
2007 -- Failed KC in 2009 bid
2016 -- MidAmeriCon 2 (Kansas City 2016)

Nevada[edit]

2011 -- Renovation (Reno in 2011)

New Orleans[edit]

1949 -- Failed New Orleans in 1950 bid
1951 -- Nolacon (New Orleans in 1951)
1972 -- Withdrawn New Orleans in '73 bid
1974 -- Failed New Orleans in '76 bid
1977 -- Failed New Orleans in '79 bid
1979 -- Abandoned New Orleans in '82 bid
1988 -- Nolacon II (New Orleans in '88)
2016 -- Failed New Orleans in 2018 bid
2019 -- Abandoned New Orleans in 2023 bid (folded after Dublin 2019)

New York[edit]

1939 -- NyCon (the First Worldcon)
1940 -- Failed New York in 1941 bid
1948 -- Failed New York in '49 bid
1949 -- Failed New York in '50 bid
1951 -- Failed New York in 1952 and Niagara Falls in 1952 bids
1952 -- Failed Queens SFL in '53 and Niagara Falls in '53 bids; an Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53 bid withdrew in support of Philadelphia in '53
1954 -- Failed Buffalo in 1955 bid
1964 -- Failed Syracuse in '65 bid
1956 -- NyCon II (aka NewYorkCon; New York in 1956)
1965 -- Failed Syracuse in '66 bid
1966 -- Failed Syracuse in '67 bid
1967 -- NyCon3 (New York in '67)
1972 -- Failed New York in '74 and NYCon 4 Bids (yes, two!)
1975 -- Failed New York in '77 bid
1984 -- Failed NY in '86 bid
1986 -- Failed New York in 1989 bid (didn’t file in time to make the ballot)
1989 -- Failed New York in '92 bid
1995 -- Abandoned New York in '98 and failed Niagara Falls in '98 bids
2001 -- Short-lived Nieuw Amsterdam in 2004 bid
2015 -- Short-lived New York in 2017 bid

Ohio[edit]

1940 -- Failed Cleveland in 1941 bid
1949 -- Cinvention (Cincinnati in '49)
1953 -- Failed Cleveland in '54 bid
1955 -- Clevention (Cleveland in '55)
1966 -- Tricon (Cleveland in '66)
1968 -- Failed Columbus in '69 bid
1974 -- Failed Columbus in 1976 bid
1986 -- Failed Cincinnati in '88 bid
2004 -- Failed Columbus in 2007 bid
2006 -- Failed Columbus in 2008 bid

Oregon[edit]

1950 -- NorWesCon (Oregon: Portland in 1950)

Pennsylvania[edit]

1941 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1942 bid
1947 -- Philcon (Philadelphia in 1947)
1953 -- Philcon II (aka 11th Worldcon; Philly in '53)
1959 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1960 bid
1960 -- Pittcon (Pittsburgh in '60)
1976 -- Failed Philadelphia in 1977 bid
1984 -- Failed Philadelphia in '86 bid
2001 -- Millennium Philcon (Philadelphia in 2001)

Phoenix[edit]

1978 -- Iguanacon II (Phoenix in '78)
1985 -- Failed Phoenix in 1987 bid
1990 -- Failed Phoenix in '93 bid

Texas[edit]

1958 -- Abandoned Big 'D' in '59 bid (Dallas)
1971 -- Withdrawn Big D in '73 bid
1997 -- LoneStarCon 2 (San Antonio in '97)
2003 -- Abandoned Dallas in 2006 bid
2013 -- LoneStarCon 3 (San Antonio; Texas in 2013)

Washington State[edit]

1961 -- Seacon (Seattle, unopposed)
1967 -- Withdrawn Seattle in '68 bid
1979 -- Failed Seattle in 1981 bid
1996 -- Seattle in 2002 bid launched (abandoned in 1999)
2009 -- Withdrawn Seattle in 2011 bid
2015 -- Sasquan (Spokane in 2015)
2025 -- Seattle Worldcon 2025 (Seattle 2025)

Failed bids for Worldconless Places[edit]

These areas have mounted serious bids for Worldcons, making it to the voting stage, but never won.

1947 -- Milwaukee in 1948^[1]
1952 -- Indianapolis in '53 ^[2]
1990 -- Hawaii in '93 (a serious write-in campaign) ^[3]
1991 -- Louisville in '94
2000 -- Cancun in 2003
2001 -- Charlotte in 2004
2019 -- Memphis in 2023 (withdrawn in 2021)
2020 -- Jeddicon, 2022 bid for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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↑ Milwaukee had several other announced bids, but no others that made it to site selection.
↑ An Indianapolis in '91 bid was announced in 1985, but didn’t make it to filing.
↑ A Hawaii in 1981 bid was announced, but didn’t make it to filing.

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[1] Milwaukee had several other announced bids, but no others that made it to site selection.

[2] An Indianapolis in '91 bid was announced in 1985, but didn’t make it to filing.

[3] A Hawaii in 1981 bid was announced, but didn’t make it to filing.

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 * 1952 -- Failed [[San Francisco in '53]] bid
 * 1954 -- '''[[SFCon]]''' ([[San Francisco in '54]])
+* 1956 -- Failed [[Berkley-Oakland in 1957]] bid
 * 1964 -- '''[[Pacificon II]]''' ([[San Francisco in '64]])
 * 1968 -- '''[[Baycon (Worldcon)]]''' ([[Bay Area in '68]])
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 * 1946 -- '''[[Pacificon 1]]''' ([[Los Angeles in 1942]], delayed by [[WWII]])
 * 1948 -- Start of [[South Gate in '58]] bid
-* 1956 -- Failed [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid
+* 1956 -- Withdrawn [[Los Angeles in 1957]] bid
 * 1958 -- '''[[Solacon]]''' (Honorary “South Gate”)
 * 1959 -- Start of (unsuccessful) [[South Gate Again in 2010!]] bid

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