Updated
May 1, 2008
- May
10 - 11, 2008-
Emerald City ComicCon - Seattle, Washington (Comic
related)
- May 16
- 18 , 2008
- OtaFest - Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Anime)
- May 23 - 25, 2008 - CONduit
XVIII - Salt Lake City, Utah (General
interest science fiction con)
- May 23 - 25, 2008 -
Enfilade!
Olympia, Olympia (Enfilade! is a “miniatures” gaming
convention, with an emphasis on historical role-playing game)
- May 23 - 26th,
2008 - Miscon 22 - Missoula, Montana (General SF Convention)
- June 9, 2008 - Olympia Comics Festival - Olympia, Washington (Comic
related)
- June
13 - 15, 2008 - ConComCon 15 - Seattle, Washington (Con
for con runners)
- July 3-6, 2008 -
Westercon 61: Burning Fan - Las Vegas NV (Major regional
science fiction convention that moves around the western
US)
- July
25 - 27, 2007 - MerpCon IV - Spokane, Washington (role
playing gaming convention dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien's
Middle-earth)
- August 1 - 3, 2008
- Fandemonium - Nampa, Idaho (General
SF and fantasy with strengths in gaming, anime, comics
and much more)
- August 1-3, 2008 - SpoCon 2008- Spokane, Washington (General
SF)
- August
6 - 10, 2008 - Denvention 3 - 66th World Science Fiction
Convention - Denver, Colorado
- August. 8 - 10, 2008
- Dragonflight
- Bellevue, Washington (The original gaming con in Seattle)
- August
8 - 10 ,
2008 - Animethon 15 - Edmonton, Calgary, Canada (Anime)
- August 15 - 17, 2008 - Con-Version 24 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Science Fiction,
Fantasy, Anime, Gaming and all related fan activities)
- August
21 - 24, 2008 - Gatecon CA - Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada (Stargate
media related - in the past this con has been exclusively
located in Vancouver, BC but has branched out to multiple
locations over the next 18 months - check their web site
for details on local northwest venues)
- August 29 - 31, 2008 - Penny Arcade Expo 2008 - Seattle, Washington (the quintessential arcade and other Gaming venue also known as PAX)
- August 30 - September 1, 2008 - Kumoricon 2008 - Portland, Oregon (anime)
- September 26 - 28,
2008 - Foolscap X - Bellevue, Washington (general SF with an intimate atmosphere and an excellent
chance of meeting and having close encounters with the Guests
of Honor
- October 17 - 19, 2008 - Tactical Solutions Gaming Convention - Spokane, Washington (Gaming)
- November
6 - 9, 2008 - AmberCon NW- Troutdale, Oregon (Amber
related role playing gaming event)
- November 21 - 23, 2008 - Orycon 30 - Portland, Oregon (General SF and the quintessential SF convention in Oregon)
- January 2009 - Rustycon 26 (General SF)
- January 30 - February 1, 2009 - Conflikt 2 (filking oriented convention)
- March
12 - 15, 2009 - Anime Oasis EVO - Boise, Idaho (anime)
- April 9 - 12, 2009 -
Norwescon 32 - Seatac, Washington
(major regional science fiction convention)
- April
10 - 12, 2009 - 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)
- Seattle in 2011
bid for the Worldcon (Check out the web
site for the bid page for returning World Con to Seattle)
Northwest Regional Ongoing Events related
to Fandom
(Including fixed venues or events lasting longer than a weekend)
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 for the Pacific northwest and Construction for the San Francisco Bay Area
that help local convention runners, but SMOFcon is THE event
during the year of this type)
April 25
- 28, 2008 -
Corflu 2008 - Las Vegas, Navada -
This is a convention a gathering of the fanzine fan
community
WisCon
30 - May 23 - 26, 2008 - 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.
September 4 - 7, 2009 - North American Discworld Convention 2009 - Tempe, Arizona. (a Discworld and Terry Pratchett related event)
October 15-18, 2009 – Bouchercon 2009 - Indianapolis, Indiana |
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