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.

Website.

Name	Date	Location	Attendance	Notes
Smofcon 0	1973 or 1974?	New York, NY
Smofcon 1	October 26-28, 1984	Arlington, VA
Smofcon 2	November 1985	Oakland, CA	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 4-6, 2020 December 2-4, 2022	Montreal, QC
Smofcon 40	December 1–3, 2023	Providence, RI
Smofcon 41	December 6-8, 2023	SeaTac, WA

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