Worldcon is the Science Fiction Convention held annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during World War II). The members of each
Worldcon are the members of WSFS, and vote both to select the site of the Worldcon two years later, and to select the winners of the annual Hugo Awards, which are presented at each convention. https://www.worldcon.org
Worldcons offer not less than five days of activities including, Hugo Awards ceremony, WSFS Business Meeting, Site selection, many panels and program items including author interviews, discussions of topics of interest, and
workshops, a dealer’s Room, Art Show, the Masquerade (costume party). Since every Worldcon is held in a different part of the world, each one offers different things.
Worldcon is a rotating global convention that visits a new city every year since 1939. As of 2026, 84 Worldcons will have been hosted on different continents namely;- Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North America but none in
Africa.