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The '''World Fantasy Convention''' is an annual [[science fiction convention|convention]] of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of [[fantasy]]. The [[World Fantasy Award]]s are presented at the event.<ref name="1975sara"/>  Other features include an art show, a dealer's room, and an [[autograph]] reception.<ref name="1975bang"/>

The convention was conceived and begun by [[T. E. D. Klein]], [[Kirby McCauley]] and several others.

==Previous conventions==
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| date       = October 31–<br/>November 2, 1975
| venue      = [[Holiday Inn]]
| location   = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], US<ref name="1975sara"/><ref name="1975bang"/>&nbsp;
| guests     = Theme for 1975 is "The Lovecraft Circle". Guest of Honor: [[Robert Bloch]]. Toastmaster: [[Gahan Wilson]]. Chaired by [[Kirby McCauley]]. Judges were [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Edward L. Ferman]], [[David G. Hartwell]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and Gahan Wilson.
}}
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| date       = October 29–31, 1976
| venue      = [[Statler Hotel|The Statler Hotel]]
| location   = [[New York, New York]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1976 is "Unknown Worlds". Guests of Honor: [[C. L. Moore]] and [[Michael Moorcock]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 1976|url=http://checkpoint.ansible.co.uk/cp077.html#04|work=Checkpoint.ansible.co.uk|title=World Fantasy Convention}}</ref> Toastmaster: [[Gahan Wilson]]. Chaired by Thom Anderson. Judges were Charles Collins, [[Basil Copper]], [[Gordon R. Dickson]], Stuart David Schiff, and Gahan Wilson.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 28–30, 1977
| venue      = [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Los Angeles Biltmore]]
| location   = [[Los Angeles, California]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1977 is "Clark Ashton Smith". Guest of Honor: [[Richard Matheson]]. Toastmaster: [[Gahan Wilson]]. Chaired by Dennis Rickard. Judges were [[Robert Bloch]], [[David Drake]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Charles L. Grant]], and [[Robert Weinberg (author)|Robert Weinberg]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 13–15, 1978
| venue      = Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel
| location   = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1978 is "Robert E. Howard". Guest of Honor: [[Fritz Leiber]]. Guest Artist: [[Alicia Austin]]. Toastmaster: [[Andrew Offutt]]. Chaired by Michael Templin. Judges were [[Charles N. Brown]], [[Carl Richard Jacobi|Carl Jacobi]], [[Stephen King]], [[T. E. D. Klein]], and [[Karl Edward Wagner]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 12–14, 1979
| venue      = [[Providence Biltmore]]
| location   = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1979 is "Reunion". Guests of Honor: [[Stephen King]] and [[Frank Belknap Long]].<ref name="king79">{{cite book |first=George |last=Beahm |title=Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work |publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]] |isbn=0-8362-6914-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/stephenkingfromt00beah/page/7 7] |url=https://archive.org/details/stephenkingfromt00beah |url-access=registration |quote=World Fantasy Convention October 12–14, 1979. |date=September 1, 1998 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> Guest Artist: [[Michael Whelan]]. Toastmaster: [[Charles L. Grant]]. Chaired by Bob Booth. Judges were [[Poul Anderson]], [[Terry Carr]], [[Dennis Etchison]], Elizabeth A. Lynn, and Roy A. Squires.<ref name="sff1979">{{cite news |work=Science Fiction Fantasy Book Review |title=Awards |volume=1 |number=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NEpIG3YcjDwC&q=%22World+Fantasy+Convention%22+October+12-14+1979&pg=PA133 |date=November 1979 |isbn=9780893706098 |access-date=August 26, 2014|last1=Barron |first1=Neil |last2=Reginald |first2=R. }}</ref>
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 31–<br/>November 2, 1980
| venue      = Marriott Hunt Valley Inn
| location   = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1980 is "Edgar Allan Poe". Guest of Honor: [[Jack Vance]]. Guest Artist: [[Boris Vallejo]]. Toastmaster: [[Robert Bloch]]. Chaired by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood. Judges were [[Stephen R. Donaldson]], [[Frank Belknap Long]], [[Andrew J. Offutt]], [[Ted White (author)|Ted White]], and Susan Wood.
}}
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| date       = October 30–<br/>November 1, 1981
| venue      = [[Claremont Resort|The Claremont Hotel]]
| location   = [[Berkeley, California]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1981 is "Mark Twain, Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Clark Ashton Smith". Guests of Honor: [[Alan Garner]] and [[Peter S. Beagle]]. Guest Artist: [[Brian Froud]]. Toastmaster: [[Karl Edward Wagner]]. Chaired by Jack Rems and Jeff Frane. Judges were Paul C. Allen, [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Gardner Dozois]], Donald M. Grant, and Arthur W. Saha. (Alan Garner was unable to attend the convention.)
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–31, 1982
| venue      = Park Plaza Hotel
| location   = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1982 is "Mark Twain". Guests of Honor: [[Peter Straub]] and [[Joseph Payne Brennan]]. Guest Artist: [[Don Maitz]]. Toastmaster: [[Charles L. Grant]]. Chaired by Norman Hood and Harold Kinney. Judges were [[Pat Cadigan]], [[Virginia Kidd]], [[Theodore Sturgeon]], Douglas E. Winter, and [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]].
}}
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| date       = October 28–30, 1983
| venue      = Chicago Marriott O'Hare
| location   = [[Chicago]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1983 is "Sixty Years of ''Weird Tales''". Guests of Honor: [[Gene Wolfe]] and [[Manly Wade Wellman]]. Guest Artist: [[Rowena Morrill]]. Toastmaster: [[Robert Bloch]]. Chaired by Robert Weinberg. Judges were Bob Booth, [[John Coyne (writer)|John Coyne]], Sharon Jarvis, Alan Ryan, and Elizabeth Wollheim.
}}
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| date       = October 12–14, 1984
| venue      = Westin Hotel
| location   = [[Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada
| guests     = Theme for 1984 is "Fantasy, An International Genre". Guests of Honor: [[Tanith Lee]] and [[Jane Yolen]]. Guest Artist: [[Jeff Jones (artist)|Jeff Jones]]. Toastmaster: [[Spider Robinson]]. Chaired by Rodger Turner and John Bell. Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch, and [[George H. Scithers]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 31–<br/>November 3, 1985
| venue      = Doubletree Hotel
| location   = [[Tucson, Arizona]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1985 is "Fantasy Writers of the Southwest". Guest of Honor: [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]. Special Guest: [[Evangeline Walton]]. Guest Artist: [[Victoria Poyser]]. Toastperson: [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]]. Chaired by Randal Rau. Judges were [[Suzy McKee Charnas]], Jo Fletcher, [[George R. R. Martin]], Baird Searles, and [[Terri Windling]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–<br/>November 2, 1986
| venue      = [[Providence Biltmore]]
| location   = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], US<ref name="1996proj"/>
| guests     = Theme for 1986 is "From 'New Writers' to 'Old Masters'". Guests of Honor: [[Ramsey Campbell]] and [[Charles L. Grant]]. Guest Artist: [[J. K. Potter]]. Toastmaster: [[Douglas E. Winter]]. Chaired by Robert Plante. Judges were Robert A. Collins, [[Ellen Datlow]], [[Dean R. Koontz]], [[Patricia A. McKillip]], and [[Charles de Lint]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–<br/>November 1, 1987
| venue      = Hyatt Regency Nashville
| location   = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1987 is "A Southern Fantasy". Guest of Honor: [[Piers Anthony]]. Guest Artist: [[Frank Kelly Freas]]. Special Guests: [[Andre Norton]], [[Karl Edward Wagner]], plus Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn. Toastmaster: [[Charles L. Grant]]. Chaired by Maurine Dorris. Judges were [[John M. Ford]], Paul Hazel, Tappan King, [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], and Melissa Ann Singer.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 28–31, 1988
| venue      = Ramada Inn
| location   = London, England, UK
| guests     = Theme for 1988 is "Gaslight & Ghosts". Combined with Fantasycon XIII. Guest of Honor: [[James Herbert]]. Artist Guest: [[Michael Foreman (author/illustrator)|Michael Foreman]]. Special Guest: [[Diana Wynne Jones]]. MC: [[Clive Barker]]. Chaired by Jo Fletcher and Stephen Jones. Judges were Mike Ashley, Scott Baker, Robert S. Hadji, Maxim Jakubowski, and [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 27–29, 1989
| venue      = Seattle Sheraton
| location   = [[Seattle, Washington]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1989 is "Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype". Honored Guests: [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], [[Avram Davidson]], [[S. P. Somtow]], [[Robert R. McCammon]], and [[Yoshitaka Amano]]. Toastmaster: [[Ginjer Buchanan]]. Chaired by Robert J. Doyle.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 2–4, 1990
| venue      = Hyatt Regency Hotel
| location   = [[Schaumburg, Illinois]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1990 is "An H. P. Lovecraft Centenary Celebration". Guests of Honor: [[F. Paul Wilson]], [[L. Sprague de Camp]], and [[Susan Allison]]. Guest Artist: [[David B. Mattingly]]. Special Guests: [[Robert Bloch]] and [[Julius Schwartz]]. Toastmaster: [[Raymond E. Feist]]. Chaired by Robert Weinberg.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 1–3, 1991
| venue      = The Doubletree Hotel
| location   = [[Tucson, Arizona]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1991 is "The Fantasy Heritage of the Spanish and Indian Cultures". Special Guests: Susan and [[Harlan Ellison]]. Artist Guest: [[Arlin Robins]]. Toastmaster: [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]. Chaired by Bruce Farr and Randal Rau.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–<br/>November 1, 1992
| venue      = [[Callaway Gardens|Callaway Gardens Resort]]
| location   = [[Pine Mountain, Harris County, Georgia|Pine Mountain, Georgia]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1992 is "Grails: Quests, Visitations, and Other Occurrences". Guests of Honor: [[Michael Bishop (author)|Michael Bishop]], [[John Farris]], [[Martin H. Greenberg]], [[Anne McCaffrey]], and [[Robert Gould (artist)|Robert Gould]]. Chaired by [[Richard Gilliam]] and [[Edward E. Kramer]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 28–31, 1993
| venue      = Radisson South Hotel
| location   = [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1993 is "The Vocabulary of the Fantastic". Guests of Honor: [[Poul Anderson]], [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]], and [[Roger Zelazny]]. Guest Artist: [[Thomas Canty]] (did not attend). Special Guest: [[Basil Copper]]. Toastmaster: [[Neil Gaiman]]. Chaired by Greg Ketter.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 27–31, 1994
| venue      = Clarion Hotel
| location   = [[New Orleans]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1994 is "Obsessions in Fantasy and Gothic Horror". Honored Guests: [[Damon Knight]], [[George Alec Effinger]], [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Tim Powers]], and [[Kate Wilhelm]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Jill Bauman]]. Chaired by Tom Hanlon.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 26–29, 1995
| venue      = Inner Harbor Marriott
| location   = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1995 is "Celebrating the Craft of Short Fiction in Fantasy and Horror". Writer Guests of Honor: [[Terry Bisson]], [[Lucius Shepard]], [[Howard Waldrop]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Rick Berry (artist)|Rick Berry]]. Publisher Guest of Honor: [[Lloyd Arthur Eshbach]]. Toastmaster: [[Edward Bryant|Edward W. Bryant, Jr.]] Chaired by [[Michael Walsh (publisher)|Michael J. Walsh]].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 31–<br/>November 3, 1996
| venue      = Woodfield Hyatt Regency Hotel
| location   = [[Schaumburg, Illinois]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1996 is "The Many Faces of Fantasy". Guests of Honor: [[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Joe R. Lansdale]], and [[Ellen Asher]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Ron Walotsky]]. Toastmaster: [[Brian Lumley]]. Chaired by Nancy Ford, Tina L. Jens, and Phyllis Weinberg.
}}
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| date       = October 30–<br/>November 2, 1997
| venue      = The International Hotel
| location   = London, England, UK
| guests     = Theme for 1997 is "The Centenary of Dracula/The Hidden Realms of London". Combined with FantasyCon XXI. Guests of Honour: [[Iain Sinclair]] and [[Joan Aitkin]]. Artist Guest of Honour: [[Bob Eggleton]]. Special Guests: [[Hugh Cave]] and [[Ron Chetwynd Hayes]]. Special Media Guest: [[Doug Bradley]]. Master of Ceremonies: [[Robert Holdstock]]. Chaired by Jo Fletcher.
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–<br/>November 1, 1998
| venue      = Doubletree & Marriott Hotels
| location   = [[Monterey, California]], US
| guests     = Theme for 1998 is "Golden Ages". Guest of Honor: [[Gahan Wilson]]. Special Guests: [[Cecelia Holland]], [[Richard Laymon]], and [[Frank M. Robinson]]. Toastmaster: [[Richard A. Lupoff]]. Chaired by Bryan Barrett and Linda McAllister. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000818202849/http://www.pensfa.org/wfc98/ Website archive].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 4–7, 1999
| venue      = {{unbulleted list|[[Rhode Island Convention Center]]|Westin and [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel|Biltmore Hotel]]s}}
| location   = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], US
| guests     = The 25th World Fantasy Convention. Guests of Honor: [[Charles de Lint]], Leo & Diane Dillon, [[Patricia A. McKillip]], and [[Robert Silverberg]]. Special Guest: [[Samuel R. Delany]]. Toastmaster: [[John M. Ford]]. Theme for 1999 is "Voyages". Chaired by Chip Hitchcock & Davey Snyder. [http://www.mcfi.org/wfc99/ Official website].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 26–29, 2000
| venue      = Omni Bayfront Hotel
| location   = [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], US<ref name="2000saen"/>
| guests     = Theme for 2000 is "El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)". Guests of Honor: [[K.W. Jeter]] and [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Charles Vess]]. Toastmaster: [[Joe R. Lansdale]]. Chaired by Fred Duarte. Judges were Suzi Baker, W. Paul Ganley, Tim Holman, Marvin Kaye, and Melissa Scott. [http://www.worldfantasy.org/2000/ Official website].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 1–4, 2001
| venue      = Delta Centre-Ville Hotel
| location   = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| guests     = Theme for 2001 is "Je me souviens"/"I remember". Guests of Honor: [[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Joel Champetier]], and [[Donato Giancola]]. Toastmaster: [[Charles de Lint]]. Chaired by Bruce & Lea Farr. [http://www.worldfantasy.org/2001/ Official website].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 31–<br/>November 3, 2002
| venue      = Minneapolis Hilton & Towers
| location   = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2002 is "Of Gods and Monsters". Guests of Honor: [[Dennis Etchison]], [[Jonathan Carroll]], [[Kathe Koja]], [[Dave McKean]], and Stephen Jones. Chaired by Greg Ketter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020920110445/http://2002.worldfantasy.org/ Website archive].
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 30–<br/>November 2, 2003
| venue      = Hyatt Regency Washington
| location   = [[Washington, D.C.]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2003 is "Dark Fantasy: Honorable Traditions". Author Guests of Honor: [[Brian Lumley]] and [[Jack Williamson]]. (Williamson was unable to attend.) Publisher Guest of Honor: [[W. Paul Ganley]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Allen Koszowski]]. Master of Ceremonies: [[Douglas E. Winter]]. Chaired by [[Michael Walsh (publisher)|Michael J. Walsh]]. [http://www.seahunt.org/wfc/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 28–31, 2004
| venue      = Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
| location   = [[Tempe, Arizona]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2004 is "Women in Fantasy and Horror". Author Guest of Honour: [[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Janny Wurts]]. Editor Guest of Honor: [[Ellen Datlow]]. Publisher Guest of Honor: [[Betty Ballantine]]. Toastmistress: [[Jennifer Roberson]]. Chaired by Mike Willmoth with vice-chair Larry Vela. [http://www.worldfantasy2004.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 3–6, 2005
| venue      = {{unbulleted list|The Madison Concourse|Hotel & Governor's Club}}
| location   = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2005 is "The Architecture of Fantasy & Horror". Guests of Honor: [[Graham Joyce]], [[Robert Weinberg (author)|Robert Weinberg]], [[Terri Windling]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Kinuko Y. Craft]]. Toastmaster: [[Peter Straub]]. Special Recognition: [[Arkham House]].  Chaired by Meg Turville-Heitz. [http://www.worldfantasy.org/2005/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 2–5, 2006
| venue      = [[Renaissance Hotels|Renaissance Hotel]]
| location   = [[Austin, Texas]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2006 is "Robert E. Howard Centennial". Published ''Cross Plains Universe'' celebrating [[Robert E. Howard]]. Guests of Honor: [[Glen Cook]], [[Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]], [[Robin Hobb]]. Toastermater: [[Bradley Denton]], Editor Guest of Honor: [[Glenn Lord]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[John Jude Palencar]]. Robert E. Howard Artist Guest: [[Gary Gianni]]. Chaired by Renee Babcock and Fred Duarte. [http://www.fact.org/wfc2006/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 1–4, 2007
| venue      = Saratoga City Center
| location   = [[Saratoga Springs, New York]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2007 is "Ghosts and Revenants". Guests of Honor: [[Carol Emshwiller]], [[Kim Newman]], [[Lisa Tuttle]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Jean Giraud]] (Moebius). Special Guests: [[Joseph Bruchac]], [[Barbara Roden]], [[Christopher Roden]], and [[George Scithers]]. Master of Ceremonies: [[Guy Gavriel Kay]]. Chaired by Joseph T. Berlant. [http://www.lastsfa.org/wfc2007/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 30–<br/>November 2, 2008
| venue      = Hyatt Regency Calgary
| location   = [[Calgary, Alberta]], Canada
| guests     = Theme for 2008 is "Mystery in Fantasy and Horror". Guests of Honor: [[David Morrell]], [[Barbara Hambly]], [[Tom Doherty]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[Todd Lockwood]]. Toastmaster: [[Tad Williams]].  Chaired by Randy McCharles with vice-chair Kristiina Anderson. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081026032509/http://www.worldfantasy2008.org/ Website archive]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 29–<br/>November 1, 2009
| venue      = [[Fairmont San Jose Hotel]]
| location   = [[San Jose, California]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2009 is "Celebrating [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s 200th Birthday".  Guests of Honor: [[Garth Nix]], [[Lisa Snellings]], [[Michael Swanwick]], [[Ann VanderMeer]], [[Jeff VanderMeer]], [[Zoran Živković (writer)|Zoran Živković]], [[Donald Sidney-Fryer]], and [[Richard A. Lupoff]]. Toastmaster: [[Jay Lake]]. Chaired by David Gallaher with vice-chair Rina Weisman. [http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 28–31, 2010
| venue      = [[Hyatt Regency Columbus]]
| location   = [[Columbus, Ohio]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2010 is "the Whimsical Side of Fantasy". Guests of Honor: [[Dennis McKiernan]], [[Esther Friesner]], [[David Hartwell]], and [[Darrell K. Sweet]]. Chaired by Larry Smith and Sally Kobee. [http://www.contextsf.org/WFC/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 27–30, 2011
| venue      = {{unbulleted list|Town and Country| Resort and Convention Center}}
| location   = [[San Diego, California]], US
| guests     = Theme for 2011 is "Sailing the Seas of Imagination". Guests of Honor: [[Jo Fletcher (editor)|Jo Fletcher]], [[Neil Gaiman]], [[Parke Godwin]], [[Shawna McCarthy]], and [[Ruth Sanderson]]. Toastmaster: [[Connie Willis]]. Chaired by Val Ontell. [http://www.wfc2011.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 1–4, 2012
| venue      = Sheraton Parkway Toronto North
| location   = Toronto, Canada
| guests     = Theme for 2012 is "Northern Gothic and Urban Fantasy". Guests of Honor: [[Elizabeth Hand]], [[John Clute]], [[Richard A. Kirk]], and [[Charles de Lint]]. Toastmaster: [[Gary K. Wolfe]]. Chaired by Peter Halasz. [http://www.wfc2012.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 31–<br> November 3, 2013
| venue      = [[Hilton Brighton Metropole]]
| location   = [[Brighton]], UK
| guests     = Theme for 2013 is "[[Arthur Machen]] @ 150". Dedicated to the memory of [[Richard Matheson]]. Guests of Honour: [[Joanne Harris]], [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]], [[Richard Christian Matheson]], [[Alan Lee (illustrator)|Alan Lee]], and [[Brian Aldiss]]. Master of Ceremonies: [[China Miéville]]. Co-Chairs: Amanda Foubister, Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith. [http://www.wfc2013.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 6–9, 2014
| venue      = Hyatt Regency Crystal City&nbsp;
| location   = [[Arlington County, Virginia]], US
| guests     = The theme is 1914, a time of transition, a commemoration of the births of the artist [[Virgil Finlay]] and the author [[Robert Aickman]], as well as the beginning of [[World War I]]. Guests of Honor: [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], [[Les Edwards]], [[Stuart David Schiff]], [[Lail Finlay]]. Toastmaster: [[Mary Robinette Kowal]] Co-Chairs: [[Peggy Rae Sapienza]] & [[Michael Walsh (publisher)|Michael J. Walsh]]. ([[Jane Yolen]] was originally slated to be Toastmaster but was forced to cancel her appearance due to medical issues.)<ref name=progrpt4>{{cite web |title=Progress Report Four |url=http://worldfantasy2014.org/PR4.pdf |website=World Fantasy 2014 |date=July 12, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> [http://worldfantasy2014.org/index.php Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 5–8, 2015
| venue      = Saratoga City Center and Saratoga Hilton
| location   = [[Saratoga Springs, New York]], US
| guests     = The theme is epic fantasy. Guests of Honor: [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], [[Steven Erikson]]. Toastmaster: [[Graham Joyce]], Special Guests: [[David Drake]] and [[Glen Cook]].<ref name="locus131104">{{cite news |work=[[Locus Online]] |title=World Fantasy 2015 Guests of Honor |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/11/world-fantasy-2015-guests-of-honor/ |date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> Chair: Joseph Berlant [http://www.wfc2015.org/ Official website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 27–30, 2016
| venue      = {{unbulleted list|[[Greater Columbus Convention Center]] and|the Hyatt Regency Columbus}}
| location   = [[Columbus, Ohio]], US
| guests     = The theme: “Flights of Fantasy.” <ref name="locus131105">{{cite news |work=[[Locus Online]] |title=World Fantasy 2016 |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/06/2016-world-fantasy-convention-announced// |date=June 5, 2016 |access-date=Nov 11, 2015}}</ref> {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151109232404/http://worldfantasy2016.org/ Official website]}}
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{{Convention list
| date       = November 2–5, 2017
| venue      = Wyndham Riverwalk
| location   = [[San Antonio]], Texas, US
| guests     = The theme was "Secret Histories." Guests of Honor: [[Tananarive Due]], [[Karen Joy Fowler]], [[Gregory Manchess]], [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], Toastmaster: [[Martha Wells]]   [http://www.fact.org/wfc2017/ Official website]
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{{Convention list
| date       = November 1–4, 2018
| venue      = Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
| location   = [[Baltimore]], Maryland, US
| guests     = Guests of Honor: Kaaron Warren, Scott Edelman, Tom Kidd and Michael J. Walsh – Special Guest Aliette de Bodard, and Toastmaster Linda D. Addison  [http://wfc2018.org/ Official Website]
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{{Convention list
| date       = October 31 – November 3, 2019
| venue      = Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel
| location   = Los Angeles, California, US
| guests     = Guest of Honor: [[Tad Williams]]. Special Guest of Honor: [[Margo Lanagan]]. Special Guest: [[Beth Meacham]]. Toastmaster: [[Robert Silverberg]]. [https://wfc2019.org Official Website]
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{{Convention list
| date       = October 29 – November 1, 2020
| venue      = Little America Hotel
| location   = [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], US - Virtual Convention
| guests     = Author Guest of Honor: [[Stephen Gallagher]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[David A. Cherry|David Cherry]]. Editor Guest of Honor: [[Anne Groell]]. Author Special Guest: [[Stephen Graham Jones]]. Toastmasters [[Tracy Hickman|Tracy]] and [[Laura Hickman]]. [http://wfc2020.org/ Official Website]
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{{Convention list
| date       = November 4 – 7, 2021
| venue      = Hotel Montreal Bonaventure
| location   = [[Montreal]], Canada
| guests     = Author Guest of Honor: [[Nisi Shawl]]. Artist Guest of Honor: [[John Picacio]]. Editor Guest of Honor: [[André-François Ruaud]]. Special Guests: [[Owl Goingback]], [[Yves Meynard]]. Toastmaster [[Christine Taylor-Butler]]. [https://www.wfc2021.org/index.php Official Website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = November 3 – 6, 2022
| venue      = Hyatt Regency New Orleans
| location   = [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, US
| guests     = Theme: Old Souls and New Rhythms. Author Guest of Honor: Victor LaValle, Jo Walton. Artist Guest of Honor: Iris Compiet. Editor Guest of Honor: Ginjer Buchanan. Special Guests: Caitlín R. Kiernan, Andrei Codrescu. Toastmaster Ursula Vernon. [http://www.wfc2022.org/ Official Website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 26 – 29, 2023
| venue      = Sheraton Crown Center
| location   = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], US
| guests     = Author Guest of Honor: Kij Johnson, Adam-Troy Castro. Artist Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Leggett, Vincent Villafranca. Editor Guest of Honor: Jonathan Strahan. Special Guests: Pat Cadigan. Toastmaster Steve Barnes, Tananarive Due. [http://wfc2023.org/ Official Website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 17 – 20, 2024
| venue      = Sheraton Niagara Falls
| location   = [[Niagara Falls, New York]], US
| guests     = Author Guest of Honor: Heather Graham, Scott H. Andrews. Artist Guest of Honor: Galen Dara. Special Guests: P. Djèlí Clark. Toastmaster Michael Swanwick. [http://wfc2024.org/ Official Website]
}}
{{Convention list
| date       = October 30 – November 2, 2025
| venue      = DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole
| location   = [[Brighton]], UK
| guests     = Theme: Lyrical Fantasy and 50 Years of British Fantasy and Horror. [https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk/ Official Website]
}}
|}

==See also==
* [[World Fantasy Award]]

==References==
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<ref name="1975bang">{{cite news |agency=United Press International |work=Bangor Daily News |title=Supernatural convention set |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LAQ1AAAAIBAJ&pg=920,3064264&dq=world-fantasy-convention+providence&hl=en |date=October 9, 1975 |access-date=March 30, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="1975sara">{{cite news |agency=United Press International |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |title=Writers Of Horror Stories Get Together |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oSwhAAAAIBAJ&pg=7323,415004&dq=world-fantasy-convention+providence&hl=en |date=November 2, 1975 |access-date=March 30, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="1996proj">{{cite news |first=Elliott |last=Krieger |work=Providence Journal |title=Providence hosts hounds of horror |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/602713011.html?dids=602713011:602713011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605031934/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/602713011.html?dids=602713011:602713011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |date=November 3, 1986 |access-date=March 30, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="2000saen">{{cite news |first=John |last=Tedesco |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |title=Fantasy gathering attracts hundreds |date=October 29, 2000 |page=3B}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.worldfantasy.org/ World Fantasy Convention]
*[https://wfc2019.org/ World Fantasy Convention 2019]

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[[Category:Fantasy conventions]]
[[Category:World Fantasy Awards| Convention]]