1997 Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook & History

This section is the result of two years of random scrounging for information on my part, buttressed by Tom Feller's column listing Southern clubs and J.R. "Mad Dog" Madden's con listings in the SFC Bulletin. If the "now" of these articles varies, that's why. Note also that interpretations of "500-1000 words"--which is what I generally requested when I was soliciting material--varied greatly.... Tom says he is "deeply indebted to the Fandom Directory for much of this information (http://members.aol.com/fandata)." Mad Dog gets his material "from various sources such as Locus, Science Fiction Chronicle {Tel: 718-643-9011}, Starlog, and, very rarely, from the convention committees themselves who send the information out in good time. Please remember: a lot of lead time should be allowed for publication in this listing. If any of our readers know of other cons which might be of interest to Southern fans, PLEASE forward the information to me at 7515 Sheringham Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-5762. E-mail: JRMadDog@aol.com. NOTE: In all cases, when writing to a convention for information, be sure to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with your request in order to speed the reply." Note that I've listed conventions already past to give a rough picture of the range of activities and in case someone wants to get a hold of the group that put it on. Note also that I've placed Georgia before Florida not because I can't alphabetize (I can't, but that's not why I did it), but because I thought things flowed better that way.

ALABAMA

A Short History of Birmingham Fandom--Charlotte Proctor
A Personal and Far Too Short History of Huntsville Fandom--Mike Kennedy
Tuscaloosa

ARKANSAS

GEORGIA

Atlanta

A Sketch Map of Fandom in Atlanta--Binker Hughes
The Most Wonderful Day of My Life--Meade Frierson III
Confederation: The 1986 Atlanta Worldcon--But What Have You Done For Us Lately
Dragoncon--Ed Kramer

FLORIDA

Ft. Lauderdale

South Florida Science Fiction Society--Judy Bemis

Orlando

OASFiS--Becky Thomson
Magicon: The 1992 Orlando Worldcon--Judy Bemis

Tampa Bay

Everything Your Ever Wanted to Know...About The Stone Hill SF Assoc.--Ann Morris

KENTUCKY

Bowling Green

Fan Times at WKU--Patrick Molloy

Louisville

A Brief History of RiverCon--Bob Roehm
NorthAmeriCon: The 1979 NASFiC--Steve & Sue Francis
I Hear That Train A'Comin': A History of L&N Bid for the 1994 Worldcon--Steve Francis & Gary Robe

Park City

A History of Concave--Gary Robe
The Legend of Wigwam Village--Patrick Molloy

LOUISIANA

New Orleans

The Sadler-Penney Papers--Don Walsh
Nolazine: A Retrospective--Tom Feller

MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi

Coastcon--Robert Neagle

Jackson

The CFSFS--Ruth Shields & Tom Feller

NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville

Magnum Opus Con--Sharon Rice
Fan Faire--Ray Foldhazi

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga

Papa Irvin Helps Chattacon to Baby Walk--Nancy Tabor
A Tabular History of Chattacon
A Brief but Irreverent History of Chattacon--Judy Thomas
The Avocado Incident--Julie Wall
The Night Before Chattacon--The Cleveland Contingent
Weaponscon--Irv Koch

Knoxville
History of SF Conventions in Memphis
Nashville

A Short History of Nashville Fandom--Dan Caldwell et al.
WFC 1987--Maurine Dorris & Susan Stockell
The First World Horror Conventions--Maurine Dorris
The History of Musicon--Lee Billings

TEXAS

El Paso

Fandom West of the Pecos--Richard Brandt

VIRGINIA

Media, Nat'l. & Internat'l. Clubs