SMOF News: Index to volume 3

Index for September 2023 to August 2024.

This index covers all issues in volume 3 of SMOF News. For earlier issues, see the index to volumes 1 & 2.

This index is divided into two sections: Conventions for specific events, and Everything Else for bids, non-convention-running organizations, news about individuals, and miscellaneous articles.

Bolded links are for mentions in the major news section; normal text is for mentions under “In Brief”.

Since two issues were numbered 18 in error, they are designated here as 3.18a and 3.18b.

Conventions

• 1632 Convention: 3.23

• A-Kon: 3.25

• Anime Banzai: 3.50

• Anime Expo: 3.28, 3.32

• Anime Festival Orlando: 3.9, 3.20

• AnimeNEXT: 3.33

• Anime Ohio: 3.37

• Arisia: 3.7, 3.44, 3.51

• Atlanta Steampunk Expo: 3.18a

• ATL Comic Convention: 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18a, 3.18b, 3.19, 3.20, 3.22, 3.23

• Baycon: 3.9, 3.44

• CabbageCon: 3.23, 3.34

• Capclave: 3.5

• Cartoon Crossroads Columbus: 3.3, 3.6

• Chambanacon: 3.1

• Chengdu Worldcon: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.14, 3.20, 3.22, 3.25, 3.26

• Cincinnati Comic Expo: 3.2, 3.28, 3.30, 3.37, 3.39, 3.41, 3.42, 3.47, 3.49

• Colossalcon: 3.12

• Comiccon de Montréal: 3.3

• Comiccon de Québec: 3.4, 3.5

• Comic-Con International: 3.31, 3.46

• Comic Market: 3.17

• Confluence: 3.12

• CONpossible: 3.18a

• Contabile: 3.23, 3.44

• ConVivial: 3.48, 3.52

• Corflu: 3.1, 3.27

• COSine: 3.2, 3.28, 3.51

• Cosplacon: 3.33

• Cosplay Expo: 3.11

• Costume-Con: 3.11

• DerpyCon: 3.1, 3.6, 3.7

• Dragon Con: 3.28, 3.49

• DualCon: 3.18a

• EnchantiCon: 3.42

• Evansville Horror Con: 3.27

• Fan Expo: 3.4

• FanimeCon: 3.29

• FantaSci: 3.23

• FanX Salt Lake: 3.2, 3.26, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 3.37, 3.38, 3.39, 3.40, 3.41, 3.42, 3.43, 3.44, 3.45, 3.46, 3.47, 3.48, 3.49, 3.50, 3.52

• Foolscap: 3.41

• Fur Out West: 3.36

• GalactiCon: 3.10, 3.11

• Game On Expo: 3.44, 3.48

• GameStorm: 3.19

• Garden State Fur the Weekend: 3.22

• Gen Con: 3.1, 3.13, 3.20, 3.24, 3.30, 3.40, 3.43, 3.48

• Glasgow 2024 (Worldcon): 3.12, 3.14, 3.25, 3.30, 3.33, 3.47, 3.50

• GrandeCon: 3.42, 3.44

• Great Philadelphia Comic Con: 3.29

• Hampton Comicon: 3.1

• Imaginarium: 3.6

• Indiana Comic Convention: 3.14, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18a, 3.18b, 3.19, 3.20, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28

• Kawacon: 3.3, 3.7, 3.11, 3.16, 3.19, 3.46, 3.51

• LAcon V (Worldcon): 3.50; also see LA in 2026 under Everything Else

• LeakyCon: 3.39, 3.42

• Levitation 2024 (Eastercon): 3.30

• Loscon: 3.51

• MomoCon: 3.38

• MonkeyCon: 3.16

• Monroe Comic Con: 3.27, 3.49

• Motor City Furry Con: 3.32

• Neo Anime Oasis: 3.33

• Neverending Fantasy Con, The: 3.32, 3.33, 3.39

• New York Comic Con: 3.7

• Nickel City Comic Con: 3.32, 3.48, 3.49, 3.50

• No Brand Con: 3.45

• Norwescon: 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.25, 3.30, 3.31, 3.52

• Ohayocon: 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.16, 3.20

• Ohio Valley Filk Festival: 3.9, 3.26, 3.52

• Origins Game Fair: 3.16, 3.34, 3.35

• OryCon: 3.52

• Otakon: 3.16

• OutlantaCon: 3.30

• Paris est Ludique: 3.33

• Penguicon: 3.36, 3.44

• PerifaCon: 3.18a

• Pokeverse Expo: 3.40

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo: 3.40, 3.44, 3.52

• Retro World Expo: 3.44, 3.46, 3.47

• Rising Phoenix GameCon: 3.19

• RisuCon: 3.16, 3.43, 3.48

• Seattle Worldcon 2025: 3.8, 3.47

• Senshi Con: 3.46

• Smallville Comic Con: 3.33

• Smofcon: 3.14

• Spiel Essen: 3.4

• Spooky Empire: 3.6, 3.8, 3.23, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.31, 3.40, 3.41, 3.42, 3.44, 3.46, 3.47, 3.48, 3.49, 3.50

• StarFest: 3.11

• Tampa Bay Comic Convention: 3.26, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 3.37, 3.38, 3.39, 3.40, 3.41, 3.45, 3.47, 3.48, 3.49

• Trek Long Island: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, 3.17, 3.23, 3.36, 3.46, 3.47, 3.48, 3.50, 3.52

• Tucson Comic-Con: 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 3.37, 3.38, 3.39, 3.48

• Uncanny Experience, The: 3.2, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.26, 3.28, 3.29, 3.32, 3.44

• Urban Nerd Con, The: 3.36

• Westercon: 3.10, 3.13, 3.18b, 3.36, 3.42, 3.44, 3.45

• Wicked World’s Fair: 3.28

• Wiscon: 3.51

Everything Else

• Adams, Elizabeth: 3.24

• van de Boosport, Wim: 3.37

• Brisbane in 2028 (Worldcon bid): 3.43, 3.50

• Cairo in 2026 (Worldcon bid): 3.26

• Cleveland (Worldcon bid): 3.14

• Con & On: 3.16

• Con or Bust: 3.6

• Discord: 3.37

• Dublin in 2029 (Worldcon bid): 3.14, 3.15

• European Fan Fund: 3.14, 3.22, 3.32

• fancon.dev: 3.51

• Geisler, Deb: 3.30

• Get Up-and-over Fan Fund: 3.25, 3.35

• How to Convention: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.18b, 3.23, 3.31, 3.35, 3.39, 3.48, 3.51

• Interfilk: 3.14

• Kampala in 2028 (Worldcon bid): 3.50

• LA in 2026 (Worldcon bid): 3.7, 3.26, 3.47; also see LAcon V under Conventions

• Measles: 3.19

• Meetup: 3.37

• Merlino, Mark: 3.26

• Montréal in 2027 (Worldcon bid): 3.24, 3.25

• Olson, Priscilla: 3.42

• Rwanda in 2028 (Worldcon bid): 3.50

• SAG-AFTRA: 3.10, 3.14

• Seattle in 2025 (Worldcon bid): 3.8

• Sims, Pat: 3.41

• SMOF News: 3.17, 3.22, 3.34, 3.52

• Tabletop.Events: 3.37

• Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund: 3.14, 3.19, 3.32

• Trimble, John G.: 3.34

• Volunteers: 3.15

• Warhorn: 3.33, 3.37, 3.38, 3.40, 3.48

• Worldcon Heritage Organization: 3.40, 3.41

• Worldcon in Memoriam: 3.20

• World Science Fiction Society: 3.22, 3.25, 3.26

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