Convention |
Date |
GoHs, Notes
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First Convention |
October 22, 1936 |
none
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Third Eastern |
October 30, 1937 |
none
|
1938 Philadelphia Conference |
October 16, 1938 |
none
|
Philcon 1939 |
Fall 1939 |
none
|
Phillycon 1940 |
November 10, 1940 |
|
PhilCo 1942 |
January 1942 |
Belatedly announced for January 1942, but called off in favor of Boskone II.
|
Phillycon 1946 |
October 27, 1946 |
|
Phillycon 1947 |
1947 |
|
Phillycon 1948 |
November 21, 1948 |
|
Philcon 1950 |
1950 |
|
Philcon 1952 |
1952 |
|
Philcon 1956 |
November 10, 1956 |
Robert A. Lowndes, Sam Moskowitz, George O. Smith
|
Philcon 1957 |
November 9, 1957 |
|
Philcon 1958 |
November 15, 1958 |
|
Philcon 1959 |
1959 |
(mentioned in Warner 2)
|
Philcon 1960 |
November 5, 1960 |
|
Philcon 1961 |
November 17-18, 1961 |
Theodore Sturgeon
|
Philcon 1962 |
November 3, 1962 |
|
Philcon 1963 |
November 9, 1963 |
Fred Pohl
|
Philcon 1964 |
November 14-15, 1964 |
|
Philcon 1965 |
November 13-14, 1965 |
L. Sprague de Camp
|
Philcon 1966 |
November 12-13, 1966 |
Isaac Asimov
|
Philcon 1967 |
November 13-14, 1967 |
Willy Ley, Hal Clement
|
Philcon 1968 |
November 9-10, 1968 |
James Blish
|
Philcon 1969 |
November 14-16, 1969 |
Anne McCaffrey
|
Philcon 1970 |
November 13-15, 1970 |
Larry Niven
|
Philcon 1971 |
December 3-5, 1971 |
Keith Laumer
|
Philcon 1972 |
November 17-17 1972 |
John Brunner
|
Philcon 1973 |
November 9-11, 1973 |
Keith Laumer
|
Philcon 1974 |
November 8-10, 1974 |
Alfred Bester
|
Philcon 1975 |
November 14-16, 1975 |
Samuel R. Delany
|
Philcon 1976.1 |
January 14-16, 1977 (really) |
Don Wollheim, Hal Clement, L. Sprague de Camp, Milt Rothman
|
Philcon 1977 |
November 11-13, 1977 |
Hal Clement
|
Philcon 1978 |
October 27-29, 1978 |
Michael Bishop, MIke Hinge
|
Philcon 1979 |
November 9-11, 1979 |
Joan Vinge, Karl Kofoed
|
Philcon 1980 |
November 14-16, 1980 |
Ben Bova, Kelly Freas, Robert Sheckley
|
Philcon 1981 |
December 4-6, 1981 |
Joe Haldeman, Darrell Sweet
|
Philcon 1982.1 |
January 14-16, 1983 |
C. J. Cherryh, Carl Lundgren
|
Philcon 1983 |
November 18-20, 1983 |
James Hogan, Real Musgrave
|
Philcon 1984 |
November 16-18, 1984 |
Larry Niven, Sean Spacher
|
Philcon 1985 |
December 13-15, 1985 |
L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Joe Bergeron
|
Philcon 1986 |
November 14-16, 1986 |
Isaac Asimov, Michael Whelan, Frederik Pohl
|
Philcon 87 |
November 13-15, 1987 |
Robert Silverberg, Tim Hildebrandt, Timothy Zahn
|
Philcon 88 |
November 4-6, 1988 |
Orson Scott Card, Robin Wood, George R. R. Martin
|
Philcon 89 |
November 17-19, 1989 |
Philip José Farmer, Don Maitz, Poul Anderson Lois McMaster Bujold
|
Philcon 1990 |
November 16-18, 1990 |
Fritz Leiber, Frank Kelly Freas, Michael Bishop, Ellen Kushner
|
Philcon 1991 |
November 15-17, 1991 |
David Brin, Jean Giraud (Moebius) , Julian May, R. A. MacAvoy
|
Philcon 1992 |
November 13-15, 1992 |
Greg Bear, Boris Vallejo, Ray Harryhausen, Pamela Sargent, Tom Smith
|
Philcon 1993 |
November 12-14, 1993 |
Fred Saberhagen, David Cherry, Ian Watson, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly
|
Philcon 1994 |
November 18-20, 1994 |
Larry Niven, Jim Burns, C. J. Cherryh, Tom Smith
|
Philcon 1996 |
November 22-24, 1996 |
Frederik Pohl, Tom Kidd, Joan Vinge, Terry Bisson
|
Philcon 1997 |
November 14-16, 1997 |
Dan Simmons, Alan M. Clark, Gardner Dozois, Nancy Kress, Clam Chowder
|
Philcon 1998 |
November 13-15, 1998 |
Bruce Sterling, Bruce Jensen, Tom Savini, Walter Jon Williams
|
Philcon 1999 |
November 12-14, 1999 |
Katherine Kurtz, Jill Bauman
|
Philcon 2000 |
November 17-19, 2000 |
Vernor Vinge, Bob Walters, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson
|
|
2001 |
not held due to MilPhil
|
Philcon 2002 |
December 13-15, 2002 |
Connie Willis, Donato Giancola, David Gerrold, Nalo Hopkinson, Spider and Jeanne Robinson
|
Philcon 2003 |
December 12-14, 2003 |
Jack McDevitt, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Peter David, Harry Harrison
|
Philcon 2004 |
December 10-12, 2004 |
Brian Aldiss and Joe DeVito
|
Philcon 2005 |
December 9-11, 2005 |
David Weber, David Mattingly
|
Philcon 2006 |
November 17-19, 2006 |
Charles Stross, Karl Kofoed, Tom Smith
|
Philcon 2007 |
November 16-18, 2007 |
Eric Flint, Sue Dawe, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Voltaire
|
Philcon 2008 |
November 21-23, 2008 |
Tim Powers, John Picacio, Scott Christian Sava, The Chromatics
|
Philcon 2009 |
November 20-22, 2009 |
Catherine Asaro, Frank Wu, L. A. Banks, Cory Doctorow
|
Philcon 2010 |
November 19-21, 2010 |
Peter S. Beagle
|
Philcon 2011 |
November 18-20, 2011 |
Cory Doctorow, Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, S. J. Tucker
|
Philcon 2012 |
November 9-11, 2012 |
Catherynne Valente, Phil Foglio, David Kyle
|
Philcon 2013 |
November 8-10, 2013 |
Allen Steele, Charles Vess, Bob Madle, The Heather Dale Band with S. J. Tucker
|
Philcon 2014 |
November 21-23, 2014 |
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Bob Eggleton, Kyle Cassidy
|
Philcon 2015 |
November 20-22, 2015 |
Wen Spencer, Richard Hescox, Murder Ballads
|
Philcon 2016 |
November 18-20, 2016 |
C. J. Cherryh, Dave Seeley, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
|
Philcon 2017 |
November 10-12, 2017 |
Seanan McGuire, Don Maitz, Janny Wurts, Bed & Breakfast
|
Philcon 2018 |
November 16-18, 2018 |
Steven Brust, Gary Lippincott, Marshall Ryan Maresca
|
Philcon 2019 |
November 8-10, 2019 |
Tim Pratt, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Heather Shaw, This Way to the Egress
|
Philcon 2020 |
November 20-22, 2020 (virtual) |
Max Gladstone, Romas Kukalis
|
Philcon 2021 |
November 19-21, 2021 |
Fran Wilde, Sara Henya
|
Philcon 2022 |
November 18-20, 2022 |
Keith DeCandido, Charles Urbach
|
Philcon 2023 |
November 17-19, 2023 |
Jonathan Maberry, Rob Carlos, and Kelley Armstrong
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