Chicon 8 is (surprise!) the eighth Worldcon to be held in Chicago.
The very first was held as long ago as 1940 – just the second Worldcon ever, following the first Worldcon in New York in 1939 – and featured E. E. “Doc” Smith as Guest of Honor, with just over 100 members in attendance.
Since then, Chicago has hosted the Worldcon approximately once a decade (we missed the 70s), settling on the Hyatt Regency Hotel as a natural home since Chicon IV (the hotels used for Chicon I and TASFiC (the second Chicon) have both been demolished – it isn’t our fault).
On the rest of this page you’ll find links to scans of the Souvenir Books and some other items from the previous Chicago Worldcons.
Chicon | Site | Guest(s) | Chair | Attend. |
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2: Chicon 1 – 2 Sep 1940 | Hotel Chicagoan | E. E. “Doc” Smith | Mark Reinsberg | 128 |
10: TASFiC 30 Aug – 1 Sep 1952 | Hotel Morrison | Hugo Gernsback | Julian May | 870 / 1175 |
20: Chicon III 31 Aug – 2 Sep 1962 | Pick-Congress Hotel | Theodore Sturgeon | Earl Kemp | 730 / 830 |
40: Chicon IV 2 – 6 Sep 1982 | Hyatt Regency Chicago (HRC) | A. Bertram Chandler Frank Kelly Freas Lee Hoffman | Ross Pavlac Larry Propp | 4,275 |
49: Chicon V 29 Aug – 2 Sep 1991 | HRC | Hal Clement Martin H. Greenberg Richard Powers Jon & Joni Stopa | Kathleen Meyer | 5,661 |
58: Chicon 2000 31 Aug – 4 Sep 2000 | HRC Fairmont Hotel Swissotel | Ben Bova Bob Eggleton Jim Baen Bob & Anne Passovoy | Tom Veal | 5,794 / 6,574 |
70: Chicon 7 30 Aug – 3 Sep 2012 | HRC | Mike Resnick Peggy Rae Sapienza Story Musgrave Jane Frank Rowena Morrill | Dave McCarty | 4,743 / 6,197 |
80: Chicon 8 1 – 5 Sep 2022 | HRC | Steven Barnes Tananarive Due Edie Stern Joe Siclari Erle Korshak | Helen Montgomery | ? / ? |
Chicago in 2022 bid website

Chicon 7

Chicago in 2012 bid website

Chicon 2000

Chicon 2000 publications
![]() Chicon 2000 program Variant 1, cover by Bob Eggleton | ![]() Chicon 2000 program Variant 2, cover by Bob Eggleton |
![]() Chicon 2000 Programming Participants’ Guide and Biographies cover by Marianne Plumridge | ![]() Chicon 2000 Pocket program, dining guide, and events and exhibits book |
![]() Chicon 2000 Sampler Variant 1, cover by Bob Eggleton | ![]() Chicon 2000 Sampler Variant 2, cover by Bob Eggleton |
![]() 6 in 60 Chicago history fanzine | ![]() Chicon 2000 memory book cover by Bob Eggleton |
![]() Chicon 2000 Hugo program | ![]() Chicon 2000 Hugo Award designed by Johnna Klukas |
Chicon V
![]() Chicon V program book | ![]() Fantastic Chicago edited by Martin H. Greenberg |
![]() Chicon V pocket program | |
![]() Chicon V Hugo program | ![]() Chicon V Hugo Award |
Chicon IV
Chicon III
TASFiC

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