North American Science Fiction Convention


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. Bids for the location of a NASFiC are voted on by the membership of the Worldcon, the year after a non-North-American Worldcon site has been selected. this is one year in advance of a potential NASFiC, since Worldcon sites are chosen two years in advance.
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History

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].
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.

Conventions

This is a list of the NASFiCs held, or scheduled, to date:
YearNameCityGuests of HonorSizeCorresponding Worldcon
1st1975NASFiCLos Angeles, CaliforniaHarlan Ellison1,10033rd [World Science Fiction Convention|33rd (Aussiecon One)],
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2nd1979NorthAmeriCon '79Louisville, KentuckyFrederik Pohl
George Scithers		2,00037th (Seacon),
Brighton, United Kingdom
3rd1985LoneStarCon 1Austin, TexasJack Vance
Richard Powers
Joanne Burger		2,80043rd (Aussiecon Two),
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4th1987CactusConPhoenix, ArizonaHal Clement
Marjii Ellers		3,00045th (Conspiracy '87),
Brighton, United Kingdom
5th1990ConDiegoSan Diego, CaliforniaSamuel R. Delany
Ben Yalow		3,00048th (ConFiction),
The Hague, Netherlands
6th1995Dragon*Con 1995Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorge Alec Effinger
Harlan Ellison
Timothy Zahn
Michael Whelan
Bjo Trimble		14,31253rd (Intersection),
Glasgow, Scotland
7th1999ConucopiaAnaheim, CaliforniaJerry Pournelle
Ellen Datlow
Richard Lynch
Nicki Lynch		1,73457th (Aussiecon Three),
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8th2005Cascadia ConSeattle, WashingtonFred Saberhagen
Liz Danforth
Toni Weisskopf
Kevin Standlee		1,785 / 2,014
on site/total		63rd (Interaction),
Glasgow, Scotland
9th2007Archon31/TuckerconCollinsville, IllinoisBarbara Hambly
Darrell K. Sweet
Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett
James Ernest
Elizabeth Covey
Barry and Sally Childs-Helton
Nancy Hathaway
Lani Tupu
Richard Hatch		1,95065th (Nippon 2007),
Yokohama, Japan
10th2010ReConStructionRaleigh, North CarolinaEric Flint
Brad W. Foster
Juanita Coulson
Toni Weisskopf		~750 / ~900
on site/total		68th (Aussiecon Four),
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11th2014Detcon1Detroit, MichiganSteven Barnes
John Picacio
Bernadette Bosky
Arthur D. Hlavaty
Kevin J. Maroney
Helen Greiner
Bill and Brenda Sutton
Roger Sims and Fred Prophet		1,450 / 1,628
on site/total		72nd (Loncon 3),
London, England
12th2017NorthAmeriCon '17San Juan, Puerto RicoDaina Chaviano
Tobias S. Buckell
George Perez
Paula Smith
Guy Consolmagno
Javier Grillo-Marxuach
~200 / ~575
on site/total		75th (Worldcon 75),
Helsinki, Finland
13th2019SpikeConLayton, UtahDavid Weber
Laurell K Hamilton
Susan Chang
Vincent Villafranca
Linda Deneroff
Dragon Dronet
Bjo & John Trimble		~80077th (Dublin 2019—An Irish Worldcon),
Dublin, Ireland
14th2020Columbus NASFiC 2020Online
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
15th2023Pemmi-ConWinnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaJulie E. Czerneda
Waubgeshig Rice
Nisi Shawl
John Mansfield
Philip John Currie
Lorna Toolis
katherena vermette
George Freeman
Tanya Huff		509 / 849
on site/total		81st (2023 Chengdu),
Chengdu, China
16th2024Buffalo NASFiC 2024Buffalo, New YorkAlan Dean Foster
Nilah Magruder
Phil and Kaja Foglio
Tony and Suford Lewis
501 / 546
on site/total		82nd (Glasgow 2024),
Glasgow, Scotland