Worldcon Bids/Site Selection/How Worldcon Sites Are Selected

Here is a list of groups currently bidding (seriously) to hold a Worldcon. For more information about Worldcon bids and how the process works, see here.

None of the sites listed here have been selected to hold a Worldcon. Bids do not need any sort of “pre-approval” to announce a bid. Bids only become seated Worldcons upon selection by the members of the Worldcon two years before the year indicated.

The Worldcon website does not conduct the elections to choose Worldcon sites.  There is no Board of Directors or other small group that selects Worldcon sites. The members of Worldcon vote on where to hold the Worldcon two years in advance. The elections are run by each year’s administering Worldcon. Although the Worldcon website team can answer general questions about Worldcon site selection, more specific questions about site selection, eligibility to vote, etc. are the responsibility of the convention that is administering the election to choose that Worldcon.

When bids we previously listed fold, go on “hiatus”, or otherwise stop bidding, we display them here in strikethrough type.

If you represent a Worldcon bid and want to submit new or updated information about your bid to this site, use our contact form.

Listing of bids on this site does not imply endorsement of the bid by WSFS. The appearance of a bid on the ballot for a given year’s election does not imply endorsement by WSFS or by the administering Worldcon. The selection of sites is entirely up to the members of Worldcon who vote on Worldcon site Selection.

Q&A sessions for seated and future Worldcon bids was hosted by the 2024 Worldcon, and the recordings are on the Worldcon Events YouTube site.

2028 Worldcon Bids

2029 Worldcon Bids

2030 Worldcon Bids

2031 Worldcon Bids

2032 Worldcon Bids

2034 Worldcon Bids

2073 Worldcon Bids

It is traditional at Worldcon for groups to run hoax bids, often for imaginary places, as an excuse to hold parties. A list of current hoax bids can be found here.