Shoestringcon

A convention run in the UK by the Polytechnic Science Fiction and Fantasy Association at the University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield Polytechnic prior to 1992) in Great Britain from 1979 to 1992.

The first convention (and the series) was named 'Shoestringcon' so as not to be unfairly compared with that year's heavily-resourced British Worldcon Seacon '79.

History at Concatenation

Convention	Dates	GoHs
Shoestringcon 1	Autumn 1979	Ken Bulmer and Mat Irvine
Shoestringcon 2	Autumn 1980	Ian Watson and 2000AD
Shoestringcon 3	Spring 1981	Rob Holdstock
Shoestringcon 4	Autumn 1982	Bob Shaw
Shoestringcon 5	Autumn 1983	Iain Nicolson
Shoestringcon 6	Autumn 1984	Geoff Ryman
Shoestringcon 7	Autumn 1985	Pete Milligan
Shoestringcon 8	Autumn 1986	Bryan Talbot
Shoestringcon 9	Autumn 1987	Ramsey Campbell
Shoestringcon 10	Autumn 1988	Gwyneth Jones and Lorna Mitchell
Shoestringcon 11	Autumn 1989
Shoestringcon 12	Autumn 1990
Shoestringcon 13	Autumn 1991
Shoestringcon 14	Autumn 1992	Storm Constantine

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Convention
	1979—1992

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