Glasgow Wins 2024 Site Selection

Glasgow has won the vote to host the 2024 Worldcon, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention. The site in Scotland has previously hosted Worldcons in 1995 and 2005. Chicon 8 reports that 809 ballots were cast in the election, with 776 in favour of Glasgow. There were no other official bids. For the detailed results, see the Worldcon 2024 Site Selection Report from the Site Selection administrator.

Glasgow’s Guests of Honor will be artist Chris Baker (Fangorn), fans Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer, authors Ken MacLeod and Nnedi Okorafor, and editor, author, and artist Terri Windling. The convention will be chaired by Professor Esther MacCallum-Stewart.

The Glasgow website is here.

Wellington, NZ to Host 2020 Worldcon

Wellington, New Zealand, has been selected as the site for the 2020 Worldcon. The New Zealand bid received 643 votes of the 726 votes cast. There were no other official candidates.

The convention will be called CoNZealand. The dates will be July 29 to August 2. George R.R. Martin has been announced as the Master of Ceremonies. Further information is available from the convention website.

San José to Host 2018 Worldcon

San José, California will be the site of the 2018 Worldcon (Worldcon 76). In the site selection vote at MidAmeriCon II San José beat a bid from New Orleans by 675 votes to 594.

The convention will take place at the McEnery Convention Center in San José, which was also the site of the 2002 Worldcon (ConJosé). The dates are August 16-20, 2018. The Guests of Honor will include Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Spider Robinson. For further details of the convention see their website.

For full details of the voting, including the daily breakdowns, see the 2018 Worldcon Site Selection Tally.