Like just about all fannish endeavors, conventions also produce many publications. The most common are flyers, Progress Reports, and Program Books. There are many other types as well: newsletters (with frequencies from 1 to 1 a day to 1 an hour), program schedules, souvenir books, Guest of Honor collections, Memory Books, and all sorts of one-time publications. Along with the photos we have from many conventions, these convention pubs can provide a better understanding of the fannish and professional activities at conventions. We'll try to provide as many as we can here. Note to Conrunners: please send us electronic copies of your conventions publications so we can make them available permanently.
-- Joe Siclari
Fan History Project Coordinator
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| Convention | Sponsor/Chairman/Editor | Date[s] | Type | Flag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anticipation | René Walling & Robbie Bourget | Aug 6-10 2009 | Publications | ||
| AussieCon Three | Aussicon Three Committee | Sept 2-6 1999 | Publications | ||
| AussieCon 4 | Victoria Science Fiction Conventions | Sept 2-6 2010 | 2010 Site Selection Ballot | ||
| Chicon I | Mark Reinsberg | Sept 1-2 1940 | Program Booklet | ||
| Chicon II (TASFiC) | 1952 Convention Committee | Aug 30 Sept 1 1952 | Publications | ||
| Chicon III | Earl Kemp | Aug 31 Sept 3 1962 | Program Book | ||
| Cinvention | The Cincinnati Fantasy Group | Sept 3-5 1949 | Publications | ||
| Clevention | Thirteenth World Science Fiction Convention Committee | Sept 2-5 1955 | Publications | ||
| ConJosé | San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions | Aug 29 Sept 2 2002 | Newsletters | ||
| ConJosé | San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions | Aug 29 Sept 2 2002 | Progress Reports | ||
| ConStellation | Michael Walsh | Sept 1-5 1983 | Crab Feast Handout | ||
| Denvention I | Olon F. Wiggins | July 4-6 1941 | Publication | ||
| Denvention 3 | Kent Bloom | Aug 6-10 2008 | Publications | ||
| Discon II | Jay Haldeman, Ron Bounds | Aug 29 Sept 2 1974 | Publications | ||
| IguanaCon II | Tim Kyger | Aug 30 Sept 4 1978 | Publications | ||
| Interaction | Vincent Docherty, Colin Harris | Aug 4-8 2005 | Publications | ||
| LA Con IV | Christian B. McGuire | Aug 23-27 2006 | Publications | ||
| Loncon I | Ted Carnell | Sept 6-9 1957 | Progress Report | ||
| MagiCon | Joe Siclari, et al | Sept 3-7 1992 | Publications | ||
| Millennium Philcon® | Todd Dashoff | Aug 30 Sept 3 2001 | Publications | ||
| Nippon 2007 | Hiroaki Inoue, Shigeru Hayashida, Shouichi Hachiya, Masaharu Imaok | Aug 30 Sept 3 2007 | Publications | ||
| Nolacon | Harry B. Moore | Sept 1-3 1951 | Publications | ||
| Noreascon Four | Deb Geisler | Sept 2-6 2004 | Publications | ||
| NorWesCon | Donald B. Day | Sept 1-4 1950 | Publications | ||
| NYcon I: Official Souvenir Journal | Sam Moskowitz | July 2-4 1939 | Souvenir Journal | ||
| NYcon II: The Journal #1 | Larry Shaw Sam Smith |
Feb 1956 | Progress Report | ||
| Pacificon I | 1946 Pacificon Society | Aug 30 Sept 1 1946 | Publications | ||
| Philcon I | The Philcon Society | Aug 30 Sept 1 1947 | Publications | ||
| Philcon II | 11th World S-F Convention | Sept 5-7 1953 | Publications | ||
| SFCon | Lester Cole & Gary Nelson | Sept 3-6 1954 | Publications | ||
| Solacon: Progress Report #3 | Jim Wilson | 1958 | Progress Report | ||
| Torcon 3 | Peter Jarvis | Aug 28 Sept 1 2003 | Publications |
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