Worldcons by Area
Revision as of 21:57, 5 May 2023 by Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Simplifying a bit by removing hoaxes; they weren’t comprehensive, anyway.)
A list of Worldcons and serious Worldcon bids, sorted regionally.
Bids are “failed” if they lost the vote, “abandoned” or “withdrawn” if they folded before site selection.
Contents
- 1 Asia
- 2 Australasia
- 3 Europe
- 4 North America
- 5 Failed bids for Worldconless Places
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
New Zealand[edit]
- 2020 -- CoNZealand (Wellington: 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
- 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
- 1984 -- ConAdian (Winnipeg in '94)
- 1985 -- Abandoned Vancouver in '87 bid
- 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)
- 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 -- Failed 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
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
Pacific Northwest[edit]
- 1950 -- NorWesCon (Oregon: Portland in 1950)
- 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)
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)
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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