North American Science Fiction Convention

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 of the North American continent. 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 2009, this is one year in advance of a potential NASFiC.

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. Ten 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.

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

	Year	Name	City	Guests of Honor	Size
1st	1975	NASFiC	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	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	Seattle, Washington	Fred Saberhagen Liz Danforth Toni Weisskopf Kevin Standlee	1,785
9th	2007	Archon31/Tuckercon	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	Raleigh, North Carolina	Eric Flint Brad W. Foster Juanita Coulson Toni Weisskopf

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