North American Science Fiction Convention

NASFiC
NASFiC
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction
Location(s)	North America
Inaugurated	1975
Website	nasfic.org

NASFiC, an abbreviation for North American Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention scheduled in North America during years when a Worldcon is being held outside North America; NASFiCs are held only during such years.^[1] Bids for the location of a NASFiC are voted on by the membership of the Worldcon (or NASFiC if it exists), the year after a non-North-American Worldcon site has been selected. As of 2014,^[update] this is one year in advance of a potential NASFiC, since Worldcon sites are chosen two years in advance.^[2]^[3]

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Activities at a NASFiC are similar to those at a Worldcon, but may differ somewhat with each convention committee. The convention may be held as an individual event or in conjunction with another convention. It generally occurs near the time of the Worldcon, but not in direct competition with it. Fifteen NASFiCs have occurred to date with the sixteenth scheduled for July 2024. The name NASFiC is owned by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).

The late Robert Sacks organized an attempt to separate NASFiC from the World Science Fiction Society, similar to Eurocon, but WSFS has chosen to keep control of NASFiC.^[4]^[5]

This is a list of the NASFiCs held, or scheduled, to date:

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	Year	Name	City	Guests of Honor	Size	Corresponding Worldcon
1st	1975	NASFiC^[6]	Los Angeles, California	Harlan Ellison	1,100	33rd (Aussiecon One), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2nd	1979	NorthAmeriCon '79	Louisville, Kentucky	Frederik Pohl George Scithers	2,000	37th (Seacon), Brighton, United Kingdom
3rd	1985	LoneStarCon 1	Austin, Texas	Jack Vance Richard Powers Joanne Burger	2,800	43rd (Aussiecon Two), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4th	1987	CactusCon^[7]	Phoenix, Arizona	Hal Clement Marjii Ellers	3,000	45th (Conspiracy '87), Brighton, United Kingdom
5th	1990	ConDiego	San Diego, California	Samuel R. Delany Ben Yalow	3,000	48th (ConFiction), The Hague, Netherlands
6th	1995	Dragon*Con 1995	Atlanta, Georgia	George Alec Effinger Harlan Ellison Timothy Zahn Michael Whelan Bjo Trimble	14,312	53rd (Intersection), Glasgow, Scotland
7th	1999	Conucopia	Anaheim, California	Jerry Pournelle Ellen Datlow Richard Lynch Nicki Lynch	1,734	57th (Aussiecon Three), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8th	2005	Cascadia Con^[1]^[8]	Seattle, Washington	Fred Saberhagen Liz Danforth Toni Weisskopf Kevin Standlee	1,785 / 2,014 on site/total	63rd (Interaction), Glasgow, Scotland
9th	2007	Archon31/Tuckercon^[9]	Collinsville, Illinois	Barbara Hambly Darrell K. Sweet Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett James Ernest Elizabeth Covey Barry and Sally Childs-Helton Nancy Hathaway Lani Tupu Richard Hatch	1,950	65th (Nippon 2007), Yokohama, Japan
10th	2010	ReConStruction^[10]	Raleigh, North Carolina	Eric Flint Brad W. Foster Juanita Coulson Toni Weisskopf	~750 / ~900 on site/total	68th (Aussiecon Four), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11th	2014	Detcon1^[11]	Detroit, Michigan	Steven Barnes John Picacio Bernadette Bosky Arthur D. Hlavaty Kevin J. Maroney Helen Greiner Bill and Brenda Sutton Roger Sims and Fred Prophet^[2]	1,450 / 1,628 on site/total	72nd (Loncon 3), London, England
12th	2017	NorthAmeriCon '17^[12]	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Daina Chaviano Tobias S. Buckell George Perez Paula Smith Guy Consolmagno Javier Grillo-Marxuach	~200 / ~575 on site/total	75th (Worldcon 75), Helsinki, Finland
13th	2019	SpikeCon^[13]	Layton, Utah	David Weber Laurell K Hamilton Susan Chang Vincent Villafranca Linda Deneroff Dragon Dronet Bjo & John Trimble	~800^[14]	77th (Dublin 2019—An Irish Worldcon), Dublin, Ireland
14th	2020	Columbus NASFiC 2020^[15]	Online (originally planned for Columbus, Ohio)	Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson Stephanie Law Christopher J. Garcia Marc Millis Sue and Steve Francis Eric Flint	0 / unknown on site/total	78th (CoNZealand), Online (originally planned for Wellington, New Zealand)
15th	2023	Pemmi-Con^[16]	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Julie E. Czerneda Waubgeshig Rice Nisi Shawl John Mansfield Philip John Currie Lorna Toolis (posthumously, as Ghost Guest of Honor) katherena vermette George Freeman Tanya Huff^[17]	509 / 849^[18] on site/total	81st (2023 Chengdu), Chengdu, China
16th	2024	Buffalo NASFiC 2024^[19]^[20]	Buffalo, New York	Alan Dean Foster Nilah Magruder Phil and Kaja Foglio Tony and Suford Lewis	unknown/546 onsite/total total includes 45 "virtual only" memberships and 501 eligible to attend in-person	82nd (Glasgow 2024), Glasgow, Scotland~

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[1]
Martin, Jessica (29 August 2005). "Science fiction Canadian style". SF Crowsnest. Retrieved 14 August 2009. Cascadia Con is the 8th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 30 years. A NASFiC is only held when the Worldcon for that year is outside of North America. In 2005 the Worldcon will be in Scotland and Seattle will host the NASFiC.
[2]
Pho, Diana M. (9 July 2014). "SciFi in the Motor City: An Interview with the Committee of Detcon1". Tor.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
[3]
WSFS Constitution accessed 2021-08-05
[4]
McMurray, Pat (June 1998). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1993". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
[5]
McMurray, Pat (2000). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1987". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
[6]
Morrison, Patt (7 September 1975). "Sci Fi Confab Draws 'em All". Los Angeles Times. p. CS1. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2009. The acronym sounded OK--but you got the feeling that if any of the guys at the four-day North American Science Fiction Convention at the Marriott Hotel [...]
[7]
Martin, Sue (23 April 1987). "Many Resources for Fans of Fantasy and the 'Far Out'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 July 2014. Phoenix will also host the Cactuscon/North American Science Fiction Convention (Sept. 3-6) at the Phoenix Hilton, Civic Plaza Convention Center and Hyatt Regency.
[8]
Chansanchai, Athima (1 September 2005). "Sex in space? Sci-fi convention aims to please; Cascadia says it has something for every fan". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 14 August 2009. If you have any interest in science fiction at all, you'll find something at Cascadia Con, an official North American Science Fiction Convention held only seven times since 1975. This makes eight, and for the first time, it's in the Seattle area. The five-day event, which begins today, is expected to draw 3,500 fans.
[9]
Schlueter, Roger (2 August 2007). "Archon 31 promises a science fiction bonanza". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved 14 August 2009. This year's Archon simply has to be bigger and better, say the organizers, St. Louis Science Fiction Ltd. Not only is it serving as St. Louis' annual sci-fi-fantasy confab, but it is doubling as the 2007 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), because the world convention was awarded to a non-North American site (Yokohama, Japan).
[10]
"ReConStruction official website". ReConStruction. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
[11]
"Detcon1 official website". Detcon1. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
[12]
"North Americon '17 official website". NorthAmericon17. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
[13]
"Layton, Utah to host 2019 NASFiC". North American Science Fiction Convention. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
[14]
"Spikecon Spoonfuls". File 770. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
[15]
"Columbus NASFiC 2020 official website". Columbus NASFiC 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
[16]
"Pemmi-con 2023 - the 2023 Nasfic Winnipeg". Pemmi-con 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
[17]
"Guests of Honour - Pemmi-Con". Pemmi-Con 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
[18]
https://main.pemmi-con.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mooseletter-4.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
[19]
"The 16th North American Science Fiction Convention". buffalonasfic2024.org. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
[20]
"Buffalo NASFiC 2024 Announces Guests of Honor". File 770. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

North American Science Fiction Convention official website
NASFiC "Long List" – List of NASFiCs with chair(s), guest(s), attendance, etc.

[crow5-1] [1]
Martin, Jessica (29 August 2005). "Science fiction Canadian style". SF Crowsnest. Retrieved 14 August 2009. Cascadia Con is the 8th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC) in 30 years. A NASFiC is only held when the Worldcon for that year is outside of North America. In 2005 the Worldcon will be in Scotland and Seattle will host the NASFiC.

[tor140709-2] [2]
Pho, Diana M. (9 July 2014). "SciFi in the Motor City: An Interview with the Committee of Detcon1". Tor.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[3] [3]
WSFS Constitution accessed 2021-08-05

[sacks1-4] [4]
McMurray, Pat (June 1998). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1993". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Retrieved 11 August 2009.

[sacks2-5] [5]
McMurray, Pat (2000). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1987". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.

[lat750907-6] [6]
Morrison, Patt (7 September 1975). "Sci Fi Confab Draws 'em All". Los Angeles Times. p. CS1. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2009. The acronym sounded OK--but you got the feeling that if any of the guys at the four-day North American Science Fiction Convention at the Marriott Hotel [...]

[lat870423-7] [7]
Martin, Sue (23 April 1987). "Many Resources for Fans of Fantasy and the 'Far Out'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 July 2014. Phoenix will also host the Cactuscon/North American Science Fiction Convention (Sept. 3-6) at the Phoenix Hilton, Civic Plaza Convention Center and Hyatt Regency.

[spi050901-8] [8]
Chansanchai, Athima (1 September 2005). "Sex in space? Sci-fi convention aims to please; Cascadia says it has something for every fan". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 14 August 2009. If you have any interest in science fiction at all, you'll find something at Cascadia Con, an official North American Science Fiction Convention held only seven times since 1975. This makes eight, and for the first time, it's in the Seattle area. The five-day event, which begins today, is expected to draw 3,500 fans.

[bnd070802-9] [9]
Schlueter, Roger (2 August 2007). "Archon 31 promises a science fiction bonanza". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved 14 August 2009. This year's Archon simply has to be bigger and better, say the organizers, St. Louis Science Fiction Ltd. Not only is it serving as St. Louis' annual sci-fi-fantasy confab, but it is doubling as the 2007 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), because the world convention was awarded to a non-North American site (Yokohama, Japan).

[recon10-10] [10]
"ReConStruction official website". ReConStruction. Retrieved 13 August 2009.

[11] [11]
"Detcon1 official website". Detcon1. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[12] [12]
"North Americon '17 official website". NorthAmericon17. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[13] [13]
"Layton, Utah to host 2019 NASFiC". North American Science Fiction Convention. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[14] [14]
"Spikecon Spoonfuls". File 770. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[15] [15]
"Columbus NASFiC 2020 official website". Columbus NASFiC 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[16] [16]
"Pemmi-con 2023 - the 2023 Nasfic Winnipeg". Pemmi-con 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[17] [17]
"Guests of Honour - Pemmi-Con". Pemmi-Con 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[18] [18]
https://main.pemmi-con.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mooseletter-4.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[19] [19]
"The 16th North American Science Fiction Convention". buffalonasfic2024.org. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[20] [20]
"Buffalo NASFiC 2024 Announces Guests of Honor". File 770. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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