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SF Conventions

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine

There are many more conventions held every year. If you would like a convention

added to this list, please send an email with the information about it to neoopsis@shaw.ca

A collection of videos of SF Convention panel discussions is posted at:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRKfDCNaz3Dg-78FLSX9TE8SBxrnx38pU

There are also fantasy, gaming, comic, and anime cons in the list.

Convention Name	When	Where
Academic Conference on Canadian SF and Fantasy	June	Toronto, ON, Canada
Ad Astra	May	Toronto, ON, Canada
Atlanti-Con	September	Port aux Basques, NL, Canada
Avalon Expo	August	St. John’s, NL, Canada
BookMark It Book Fair	May	Whitby, Ontario
Boréal	May	Quebec, QC, Canada
Camosun Comic Arts Festival	April	Victoria, BC
CanCon	October	Ottawa, ON, Canada
CaperCon	September	Sydney, NS, Canada
Capital City Comic Con	March	Victoria, BC, Canada
Creative Ink Festival	May	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Curious ComicCon	May	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
FilkOntario	April	Mississauga, ON, Canada
GeekCon	March	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Geekfest	November	Montreal QB, Canada
Geektopia		Vancouver, BC, Canada
Generecon	February	Guelph, ON, Canada
HalCon	October	Halifax, NS, Canada
InCon	April	Courtenay, BC, Canada
KeyCon	May	Winnipeg, MB, Canada
MileHiCon	October	Denver, CO, USA
MCon	September	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Northern Fancon	May	Prince George, BC, Canada
Norwescon	Easter weekend	SeaTac, WA, USA
Pure Speculation Festival	October	Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sci-fi on the Rock	April	Saint John’s NL, Canada
SFContario (on hiatus)	November	Toronto, ON, Canada
ThunderCon	September	Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Tsukino-Con	February	Victoria BC, Canada
Westercon	Early July	Moves - Western North America
When Words Collide	August	Calgary, AB, Canada
WordBridge	February	Leftbridge, AB, Canada
World Fantasy Convention	October - November	Moves - World
World Science Fiction Convention	August - September	Moves - World
Vancouver Comic Con	March	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver Island Comic Con	June	Victoria BC, Canada
Vcon (on hiatus)	October	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Victoria Comic Book Expo	Various	Victoria, BC, Canada

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Explaining Science Fiction Conventions

Most science fiction conventions are open to the public. This means that for the cost of a membership, the average person gains access to: author readings, panel discussions, demonstrations, preview showings, the dealers’ room, the art show, dances, parties, costume shows, and more.

Conventions usually are two to five days long, and are held at hotels and convention centres. They range in size from very small get-togethers to very large World cons that may have up to 10,000 people attending.

There are conventions entirely run by volunteers, and there are conventions run to make money. The volunteer run conventions are usually less expensive to attend, yet just as much, if not more, fun. The conventions that are run to make money are often called media conventions. There are usually more actors, directors, and producers at media conventions.

Karl Johanson, editor of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, has this to say about science fiction conventions: “Science fiction conventions are the same as regular business conventions, except that with business conventions you go to boring meetings all day and party all night, while with science fiction conventions you go to fun and interesting meetings all day and party all night.”

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