North American Science Fiction Convention

NASFiC, a.k.a. the North American Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention scheduled only during years where the Worldcon is being held outside the North American continent.[1] NASFiC bids voted on by the Worldcon (or NASFiC if one exists) membership the year after a non-North American Worldcon site has been selected. As of 2014, this is one year in advance of a potential NASFiC.[2]

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

NASFiC
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction
Location(s)	North America (to date, all have been in the United States)
Inaugurated	1975
Website	nasfic.org

History

Activities at a NASFiC parallel those seen at Worldcon, but may differ 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. Eleven NASFiCs have occurred to date. The name NASFiC is owned by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).

The late Robert Sacks led a movement to separate NASFiC from the World Science Fiction Society, similar to Eurocon, but WSFS has chosen to keep NASFiC under its own aegis.[3][4]

Conventions

This is a list of the NASFiCs held, or scheduled, so far:

	Year	Name	City	Guests of Honor	Size
1st	1975	NASFiC[5]	Los Angeles, California	Harlan Ellison	1,100
2nd	1979	NorthAmeriCon '79	Louisville, Kentucky	Frederik Pohl George Scithers	2,000
3rd	1985	LoneStarCon 1	Austin, Texas	Jack Vance Richard Powers Joanne Burger	2,800
4th	1987	CactusCon[6]	Phoenix, Arizona	Hal Clement Marjii Ellers	3,000
5th	1990	ConDiego	San Diego, California	Samuel R. Delany Ben Yalow	3,000
6th	1995	Dragon*Con 1995	Atlanta, Georgia	George Alec Effinger Harlan Ellison Timothy Zahn Michael Whelan Bjo Trimble	14,312
7th	1999	Conucopia	Anaheim, California	Jerry Pournelle Ellen Datlow Richard Lynch Nicki Lynch	1,734
8th	2005	Cascadia Con[1][7]	Seattle, Washington	Fred Saberhagen Liz Danforth Toni Weisskopf Kevin Standlee	1,785 / 2,014 on site/total
9th	2007	Archon31/Tuckercon[8]	Collinsville, Illinois	Barbara Hambly Darrell K. Sweet Kevin Murphy Bill Corbett James Ernest Elizabeth Covey Barry Childs-Helton Sally Childs-Helton Nancy Hathaway Lani Tapu Richard Hatch	1,950
10th	2010	ReConStruction[9]	Raleigh, North Carolina	Eric Flint Brad W. Foster Juanita Coulson Toni Weisskopf	~750 / ~900 on site/total
11th	2014	Detcon1[10]	Detroit, Michigan	Steven Barnes John Picacio Bernadette Bosky, Arthur D. Hlavaty, and Kevin J. Maroney Helen Greiner Bill and Brenda Sutton Roger Sims and Fred Prophet[2]	1450 / 1628 on site/total
12th	2017	NorthAmeriCon '17[11]	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Daina Chaviano Tobias S. Buckell George Perez Paula Smith Guy Consolmagno Javier Grillo-Marxuach	~200 / ~575 on site/total
13th	2019	SpikeCon[12]	Layton, Utah	David Weber Laurell K Hamilton Susan Chang Vincent Villafranca Linda Deneroff Dragon Dronet Bjo & John Trimble	TBC

References

1. Martin, Jessica (August 29, 2005). "Science fiction Canadian style". SF Crowsnest. Retrieved August 14, 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. (July 9, 2014). "SciFi in the Motor City: An Interview with the Committee of Detcon1". Tor.com. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
3. McMurray, Pat (June 1998). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1993". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
4. McMurray, Pat (2000). "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1987". The World Science Fiction Society. Worldcon.org. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
5. Morrison, Patt (September 7, 1975). "Sci Fi Confab Draws 'em All". Los Angeles Times. p. CS1. Retrieved August 14, 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 [...]
6. Martin, Sue (April 23, 1987). "Many Resources for Fans of Fantasy and the 'Far Out'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 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.
7. Chansanchai, Athima (September 1, 2005). "Sex in space? Sci-fi convention aims to please; Cascadia says it has something for every fan". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved August 14, 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.
8. Schlueter, Roger (August 2, 2007). "Archon 31 promises a science fiction bonanza". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved August 14, 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).
9. "ReConStruction official website". ReConStruction. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
10. "Detcon1 official website". Detcon1. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
11. "North Americon '17 official website". NorthAmericon17. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
12. "Layton, Utah to host 2019 NASFiC". North American Science Fiction Convention. Retrieved 2018-09-05.

External links

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