Conventions taking place in the Pacific Northwest,
Western Canada, intermountain west and Rocky Mountain Region

• January 29 - 31, 2010 - Confilkt 3 - Seattle, Washington (local northwest filking convention)
  
  
• February 11 - 13, 2010 - Life, the Universe & Everything 28 - Provo, Utah (Academic symposium on science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on writing.
  
  
• February 12 - 14, 2010 - BeyondCon 2010 - Gig Harbor, Washington (Costuming)
  
  
• February 27 - 28, 2010 - Dak-Kon XV - Courtenay, BC Canada (Vancouver Island gaming event)
  
  
• March 5 - 7, 2010 - Potlatch 19 - Seattle, Washington (General SF with a writer emphasis - and rotates between California, Oregon and Seattle)
  
  
• March 25 - 28, 2010 - World Horror Con 2010 - Brighton, England (Premier horror convention)
  
  
• April 1 - 4, 2010 - Norwescon 33 - Seatac, Washington (major regional science fiction convention)
  
  
• April 2 - 4, 2010 - SakuraCon 2007 - Seattle, Washington (Sakura-Con is the premier Pacific Northwest Anime Convention devoted to East Asian Culture, with a particular focus on Japanese animation (anime), Japanese Comics (manga), and video gaming)
  
  
• April 24 - 25, 2010 - Calgary Comics & Entertainment Expo - Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Comics)
  
  
• May 14 - 15, 2010 - 11th Annual UFO Festival - UFOFest - McMinnville, Oregon (well, as you might guess - a UFO enthusiast event taking place is the Pacific Northwest)
  
  
• May 22, 2010 - Spokane Comicon - Spokane, Washington (Comics)
  
  
• May 28 - 30 - CONduit XX - Salt Lake City (General SF)
  
  
• May 28 - 31, 2010 - MisCon 24 - Missoula, Montana (General SF)
  
  
• June 20 - July 30, 2010 • Clarion West (workshop), Seattle, Washington (long standing professional SF and fantasy writing workshop - and for the rest of us well worth checking out for their Summer Reading Series)
  
  
• June 4 - 6, 2010 - ConComCon 17 - Seattle, Washington (Con for con runners)
  
  
• July 1 - 4, 2010 - Westercon 63: Confirmation - Pasadena, California (Preeminent western migrating SF convention)
  
  
• July 30 - August 1, 2010 - SpoCon - Spokane, Washington (General SF)
  
  
• August 13 - 15, 2010 - Dragonflight XXXI - Bellevue, Washington (General Gaming - Join us for our 31st convention as we enjoy 52 continuous hours of gaming including board and card games, miniatures, role-playing, Computer/LAN games & LARPing. Dragonflight is a convention by gamers for gamers.
  
  
• August 13 - 15, 2010 - Anime Evolution - Vancouver, BC, Canada (anime)
  
  
• September 2 - 6, 2010 - Melbourne 2010 worldcon - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  
  
• September 4 - 6, 2010 - Kumoricon 2010 - Portland, Oregon (Anime)
  
  
• September 10 - 12, 2010 - Nan Desu Kan - Denver, Colorado (Anime)
  
  
• September 11 - 12, 2010 - Shrewbury Renaissance Faire - Kings Valley, Oregon (Renaissance event)
  
  
• September 24 - 26, 2010 - Foolscap 11 - Redmond, Washington (general SF with an intimate atmosphere and an excellent chance of meeting and having close encounters with the Guests of Honor)
  
  
• September 24 - 26, 2010 - Rainfurrest Zombie Attack- SeaTac, Washington (Furry fandom related)
  
  
• September 30 - October 3, 2010 - BrickCon - Seattle, Washington (Adult lego gathering)
  
  
• October 1 - 3, 2010 - Creation Entertainment Twilight Convention - Portland, Oregon (Media)
  
  
• October 1 - 3, 2010 - VCon 35 - TBD, British Columbia, Canada (General SF)
  
  
• October 8 - 10, 2010- Tactical Solutions - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (Gaming)
  
  
• October 15 - 17, 2010 - ValleyCon 36 - Fargo, North Dakota (Media)
  
  
• December 3 - 5, 2010 - Creation Entertainment Twilight Convention - Honolulu, Hawaii (Media)
  
  
• April 28 - May 1, 2011 - World Horror Con 2011 - Austin, Texas (Preeminent World Horror genre Convention)
  
  
• August 17-21, 2011 - Reno 2011 Worldcon - Reno, Navada
  

Northwest Regional Ongoing Events related to Fandom
(Including fixed venues or events lasting longer than a weekend)

• Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame - Seattle, Washington (This is an exciting new addition to the science fiction universe located in the Seattle Center as part of the Experience Music Project)
  
  
• Vancouver Comic Con - Vancouver, BC Canada (A comic and modeling event that takes place at various times during the year)
  
  
• Washington Renaissance Faire Gig Harbor, Washington (costuming and life action entertainment with a renaissance flair) The Belfair Event has been cancelled for 2008 - check their web site for details.
  
  
• Northwest Renaissance Festival - Spokane, Washington (This, as it sounds, is a Renaissance costuming event stretched through the early to middle part of summer)
  

Worldcons

• September 2 - 6, 2010 - Melbourne 2010 worldcon - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  
  
• August 17 - 21, 2011 - Reno 2011 Worldcon - Reno, Navada
  
  
• The World Science Fiction Society maintains a homepage with the above listed Worldcon links and all the varied bids for Worldcon as well.
  
  
• The North American Science Fiction Convention - NASFiC is held in North America in any year where the Worldcon is outside of North America.
  

World Fantasy Cons

• November 5 - 8, 2009 - World Fantasy Convention 2009 - San Jose, California

World Horror Cons

March 25 - 28, 2010 - World Horror Con 2010 - Brighton, England (Premier horror convention)

Westercons

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• Westercon 63: Confirmation Pasadena, California - July 1 - 4, 2010

Other Conventions and Workshops
(with significance to general fandom and not one region or relating to lifestyles that relate to elements of fandom )

• Deep South Con is a traveling convention that shifts location throughout the south.
  
  
• Costume-con con is the quintessential costume event and is also a traveling convention.
  
  
• For devotees of murder mysteries there is Boucher Con which travels around the US and in the past has been in Alaska and Navada. Check out where it currently will riside.
  
  
• Clarion West (workshop) - summer, 2009 - Seattle, WA, USA (thriving Clarion SF and fantasy professional writing workshop)
  
  
• Clarion (workshop) - summer, 2009 - San Diego, CA, USA (the original Clarion SF and fantasy professional writing workshop)
  
  
• Clarion South (workshop) - January 4 - February 14, 2009 - Brisbane, Australia (Clarion South - which runs every two years in Brisbane, Australia - is the most intensive professional development program for speculative fiction writers in the southern hemisphere)
  
  
• SMOFcon (this is quintessentially the convention to go to if you are interested in running a convention. There are others local events such as ConComCon and Construction for the San Francisco Bay Area that help local convention runners, but SMOFcon is THE event during the year of this type)
  
  
• WisCon 30 - May 22 - 25, 2009 - Madison, Wisconsin - Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, annually over Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, WI. Programming ranges from fannish panels to readings, to becoming a writer. Tiptree auctions benefit the annual Tiptree award for gender-bending fiction.
  
  
• August 29 - September 1, 2008 DragonCon 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia This is one of the larger in terms of numbers for a science fiction convention with some emphasis on media and gaming and more. Also, they are head to head with WORLDCON, the premier convention in the world for true fen.
  
  
• Spring 2009 - Corflu 26 - Seattle, Washington - This is a convention a gathering of the fanzine fan community
  
  
• The Turtle Moves! - September 4-7, 2009 • Tempe, Arizona (The First North American Discworld Convention)

Other Convention Listings

• Anime Con Listing Web Site
  
  
• Con Command
  
  
• Comic Book Convention Web Site
  
  
• Wiki Fur list of convention resources for furry cons
  
  
• SF Lovers Convention Listing
  
  
• The SF Site: Convention Listings
  
  
• Northeast Science Fiction Conventions
  
  
• California Science Fiction Conventions
  
  
• The Southern Fandom Resource Guide
  
  
• ConNotations - European Science Fiction Convention list
  
  
• Australian and New Zealand Science Fiction Conventions
  
  
• Fanboy's Convention Listing web site