Worldcon
Sign in to saveAlso known as World Science Fiction Convention
Key facts
- Convention.name
- Worldcon
- Convention.status
- Active
- Convention.genre
- Science fiction, fantasy convention
- Convention.location
- Convention location changes every year
- Convention.country
- Several, though mainly the United States
- Convention.first
- July 2, 1939
- Convention.filing
- Non-profit, unincorporated association
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Activities
- Awards
- Guests of honor
- World Science Fiction Society
- Site selection
- Convention committees
- See also
- References
- External links
The World Science Fiction Convention, branded as Worldcon, is a science fiction convention and the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during World War II). The members of each Worldcon are the members of WSFS, and vote both to select the site of the Worldcon two years later, and to select the winners of the annual Hugo Awards, which are presented at each convention.
==Activities==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Worldcon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.