No. |
Convention |
Date |
Location |
GoHs, Notes
|
1 |
Westercon 1 |
September 5, 1948 |
Los Angeles |
none
|
2 |
Westercon 2 |
October 2, 1949 |
Los Angeles |
none
|
3 |
Westercon 3 |
June 18, 1950 |
Los Angeles |
Robert S. Richardson
|
4 |
Westercon 4 |
June 29-July 1, 1951 |
San Francisco |
George Pal
|
5 |
Sou-Westercon |
June 28-29, 1952 |
San Diego |
Ray Bradbury, William Nolan
|
6 |
Westercon 6 |
May 30-31, 1953 |
Los Angeles |
Gerald Heard
|
7 |
SFCon |
September 3-4, 1954 |
San Francisco |
Jack Williamson
|
8 |
Westercon 8 |
June 3-4, 1955 |
Los Angeles |
Mel Hunter
|
9 |
Westercon 9 |
June 30-July 1, 1956 |
Oakland |
Richard Matheson
|
10 |
Westercon 10 |
July 4-7, 1957 |
Hollywood |
Mark Clifton
|
11 |
Solacon |
September 1, 1958 |
Los Angeles |
Richard Matheson
|
12 |
Westercon 12 |
June 3-5, 1959 |
Seattle |
Alan E. Nourse
|
13 |
Boycon |
July 2-4, 1960 |
Boise, ID |
Rog Phillips
|
14 |
Baycon |
July 1-2, 1961 |
Oakland |
Fritz Leiber, Jack Speer
|
15 |
Westercon 15 |
June 30-July 1, 1962 |
Los Angeles |
Jack Vance, Alva Rogers
|
16 |
Westercon 16 |
July 4-7, 1963 |
San Francisco |
Kris Neville, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby
|
17 |
Pacificon II |
September 4, 1964 |
Oakland |
Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Forrest J Ackerman
|
18 |
Westercon 18 |
July 3-5, 1965 |
Long Beach, CA |
Frank Herbert, Anthony Boucher
|
19 |
Westercon 19 |
July 1-4, 1966 |
San Diego |
Harlan Ellison, John Trimble, Bjo Trimble
|
20 |
Westercon 20 |
July 1-4, 1967 |
Los Angeles |
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Lon Atkins
|
21 |
Baycon |
September 1, 1968 |
Berkeley |
Philip José Farmer, Walter J. Daugherty, Takumi Shibano
|
22 |
FUNcon II |
July 3-6, 1969 |
Santa Monica |
Randall Garrett, Roy Tackett
|
23 |
Westercon 23 |
July 2-5, 1970 |
Santa Barbara, CA |
Jack Williamson, Rick Sneary
|
24 |
SFCon '71 |
July 1-5, 1971 |
San Francisco |
Avram Davidson, Don Simpson
|
25 |
Westercon 25 |
June 30-July 4, 1972 |
Long Beach |
Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Len Moffatt
|
26 |
SFCon '73 |
June 30-July 4 1973 |
San Francisco |
Larry Niven, George Barr, James Coleman Nelson
|
27 |
Westercon 27 |
July 3-7, 1974 |
Santa Barbara |
Philip K. Dick, Charles Burbee
|
28 |
OakLaCon |
July 3-6, 1975 |
Oakland |
David Gerrold, Dena Brown, Charlie Brown, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine
|
29 |
Westercon 29 |
July 2-5, 1976 |
Los Angeles |
Horace L. Gold, Gregg Calkins
|
30 |
Westercon 30 |
July 1-4, 1977 |
Vancouver, BC |
Damon Knight, Frank Denton, Kate Wilhelm
|
31 |
Westercone |
June 30-July 4, 1978 |
Los Angeles |
Poul Anderson, Don C. Thompson
|
32 |
Westercon 32 |
July 4-8, 1979 |
San Francisco |
Richard Lupoff, Bruce Pelz, Sherry Gottlieb
|
33 |
Westercon 33 |
July 3-6, 1980 |
Los Angeles |
Roger Zelazny, Bob Vardeman
|
34 |
Westercon 34 |
July 2-5, 1981 |
Sacramento |
C. J. Cherryh, Grant Canfield
|
35 |
Westercon 35 |
July 2-5, 1982 |
Phoenix |
Gordon R. Dickson, Fran Skene, Robert Asprin
|
36 |
Westerchron |
July 1-4, 1983 |
San Jose |
Phil Klass (William Tenn), Alicia Austin, Tom Whitmore
|
37 |
Westercon 37 |
June 29-July 3 1984 |
Portland, OR |
Harlan Ellison, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Alex Schomburg
|
38 |
Westercon 38 |
July 3-7, 1985 |
Sacramento |
James Hogan, Paula Christ
|
39 |
Westercon 39 |
July 3-6, 1986 |
San Diego |
David Brin, Karen Turner
|
40 |
Episode XXXX |
July 2-5, 1987 |
Oakland, CA |
Gregory Benford, Aubrey MacDermott, Lela Dowling, Ken Macklin, Leslie Fish
|
41 |
Westercon 41 |
July 1-4, 1988 |
Phoenix |
Robert Silverberg, Real Musgrave, Craig Miller
|
42 |
Conosaurus |
June 30-July 4, 1989 |
Anaheim |
John Varley, Arthur Hlavaty
|
43 |
Westercon 43 |
July 5-8, 1990 |
Portland, OR |
Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda McIntyre, Kate Wilhelm, Art Widner
|
44 |
Westercon 44 |
July 2-6, 1991 |
Vancouver, BC |
William Gibson, C. J. Cherryh, Jerry Kaufman, Suzanne Tompkins, Steve Jackson , Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Warren Oddsson, Verna Trestrail
|
45 |
Westercolt |
July 2-5, 1992 |
Phoenix |
Jennifer Roberson, Pat Mueller, Rick Sternbach
|
46 |
Westercon 46 |
July 2-5, 1993 |
Seattle |
Greg Bear, F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Wally Gonser
|
47 |
Conozoic |
July 1-4, 1994 |
Los Angeles |
George R. R. Martin, Bill Rotsler, Real Musgrave
|
48 |
Westercon 48 |
June 30-July 3, 1995 |
Portland, OR |
Vernor Vinge, Elayne Pelz, John R. Foster, Ray Villard
|
49 |
ConDiablo |
July 4-7, 1996 |
El Paso, TX |
James P. Blaylock, Howard Waldrop, Brad W. Foster, Arnie Katz, Joyce Katz
|
50 |
Westercon 50 |
July 3-6, 1997 |
Seattle |
Martin H. Greenberg, J. Michael Straczynski, Amy Thomson, Victoria Lisi, Jack Cohen, Walter J. Daugherty, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson
|
51 |
Concept 1998 |
July 2-5, 1998 |
San Diego |
Katherine Kurtz, Scott MacMillian, Sue Dawe, David W. Clark
|
52 |
Empirecon |
July 2-5, 1999 |
Spokane |
C. J. Cherryh, Barbara Hambly, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Alicia Austin, Wendy Pini, Ellen Datlow, Larry Baker
|
53 |
Conolulu |
July 1-4, 2000 |
Honolulu |
Dan Simmons, Ctein, John Lorentz
|
54 |
Westercon 54 |
July 5-8, 2001 |
Portland, OR |
Tim Powers, Mike Glyer, Frank Lurz
|
55 |
Conagerie |
July 4-7, 2002 |
Los Angeles |
Harry Turtledove, Robert Lichtman, Beth Meacham, Ross Chamberlin
|
56 |
Westercon 56 |
July 3-6, 2003 |
SeaTac, WA |
Bruce Sterling, Lisa Snellings, Saul Jaffe, Claire Eddy
|
57 |
Conkopelli |
July 2-5, 2004 |
Litchfield Park, AZ |
C. J. Cherryh, David Cherry, Heather Alexander, Diana Gabaldon, Virginia Hey, John Hertz
|
58 |
Due North |
July 1-4, 2005 |
Calgary, AB |
S. M. Stirling, Dave Duncan, Mark Ferrari, Tom Doherty, David Hartwell, Dr. Phil Currie, Cliff Samuels, Eileen Capes
|
59 |
Conzilla |
July 1-4, 2006 |
San Diego |
Walter Jon Williams, Bob Eggleton, Bobbi Armbruster
|
60 |
Gnomeward Bound |
June 30-July 3, 2007 |
San Mateo, CA |
Tad Williams, Theresa Mather, Christian McGuire
|
61 |
Westercon 61 |
July 3-6, 2008 |
Las Vegas |
Kage Baker, Lubov, Milt Stevens
|
62 |
Fiestacon |
July 2-5, 2009 |
Tempe, AZ |
Todd Lockwood, Alan Dean Foster, Stanley Schmidt, Jim Webbert, Doreen Webbert
|
63 |
Confirmation |
July 1-4, 2010 |
Pasadena, CA |
Rudy Rucker, Marc Schirmeister, John D. Berry
|
64 |
Westercon 64 |
July 1-4, 2011 |
San Jose, CA |
Patricia A. McKillip, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Mike Willmoth
|
65 |
ConClusion |
July 5-8, 2012 |
SeaTac, WA |
Robin Hobb, Frank Wu, Brianna Spacekat Wu, Chaz Boston Baden, Art Bozlee, Vixy & Tony
|
66 |
Westercon 66 |
July 4-7, 2013 |
Sacramento, CA |
Nicola Griffith, Kelley Eskridge, Eric Shanower, Steven Schapansky, Warren Frey, Chris Budgess, David Maxine, John Trimble, Bjo Trimble
|
67 |
Westercon 67 |
July 3-6, 2014 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Cory Doctorow, Chris Garcia, David Maxine, Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
|
68 |
Westercon 68 |
July 2-3, 2015 |
San Diego, CA |
Mira Grant,John Picacio, Seanan McGuire, William F. Nolan
|
69 |
Westercon 69 |
July 1-4, 2016 |
Portland, OR |
John Scalzi, Theresa Mather, Bobak Ferdowsi, Charles Stross, David D. Levine
|
70 |
Conalope |
July 1-4, 2017 |
Tempe, AZ |
Julie Dillon, Tom Deadstuff, Larry Elmore, Connie Willis, Gini Koch, Henry Vanderbilt, Val Ontell, Ron Ontell, Tim Griffin, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble
|
71 |
Westercon 71 |
July 4-8, 2018 |
Denver, CO |
Nancy Kress, Rebecca Moesta Jeff Sturgeon, Margaret Davis, Kristoph Klover, Mem Morman, Kent Bloom, Andrew Mayne
|
72 |
Spikecon |
July 4-7, 2019 |
Layton, UT |
Jim Butcher, Vincent Villafranca, Tom Smith, Kitty Krell, Kevin Standlee, Lisa Hayes, Kuma Bear
|
2020 |
No Westercon held.
|
73 |
Westercon 73 / Loscon 47 |
July 2-5, 2020
July 1-4, 2021 November 26-28, 2021 |
Seattle, WA Los Angeles |
David Brin, Rob Carlos, Ethan Siegel, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley Westercon 73 semi-canceled: Postponed due to Covid-19 and then nominally combined with Loscon 47. Loscon gohs: Gregory Benford, Jeff Sturgeon, Dennis Cherry, Kristine Cherry
|
74 |
Westercon 74 |
July 1-4, 2021 July 1-4, 2022 |
Tonopah, NV |
Kevin Andrew Murphy, Myrna Donato
|
75 |
Westercon 75 / Loscon 49 |
June 30-July 3, 2023 November 24–26, 2023 |
Anaheim, CA Los Angeles, CA |
Gail Carriger, Kevin Grazier. Westercon 75 semi-canceled: Nominally combined with Loscon 49. Loscon GoHs: Peter S. Beagle, Echo Chernik, Elayne Pelz.
|
76 |
Westercon 76 |
July 4–7, 2024 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, C. J. Lawson, Sally Woehrle, Victor Villa
|