North American Science Fiction Convention

"NASFiC" redirects here. For the first convention of this series, see NASFiC (1975).

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]

## History

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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]

## Conventions

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

| Year  | Name  | City  | Guests of Honor  | Size  | Corresponding Worldcon

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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
| 501 / 546
on site/total | 82nd (Glasgow 2024),
Glasgow, Scotland

## References

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. 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.

## External links

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

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North American Science Fiction Conventions

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* Buffalo NASFiC 2024
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