PHILCON IN 2026 - OUR 90th ANNIVERSARY!
Philcon will be held from November 20 - 22, 2026 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Online registration is open! This year's Guests of Honor include... Principle Speaker: Charlie Jane Anders
Artist Guest: Donato Giancola
Musical Guest: Sarah Pinsker And now announcing:
The 1632 MiniCon brings together fans of Eric Flint’s expansive 1632verse—the hugely popular time-travel/alternate history series—for a kind of con-within-a-con. It features authors who’ve written 1632-based novels and short fiction sharing their thoughts and inside knowledge through programming within our existing literary track and other events.
The 1632 MiniCon grew out of a small gathering in Mannington, WV, the town on which the fictional Grantville of 1632 was based. Since then, MiniCon have been held in connection with larger conventions including Albacon, Chicon, Balticon and others. In 2025, the first full MiniCon since the passing of Eric Flint was held at FenCon.
In 2026, it'll be at Philcon!
* Philcon is the Philadelphia area's longest-running science fiction conference. Its programming staff is dedicated to finding interesting, fun, and educational things in different aspects of the speculative fiction genres to talk about each year. What might 2025 have in store? Stay tuned to find out! In the meantime, we'll be reblogging things that might be of interest to you, if you're a fellow fan of science, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
* Looking to follow Philcon on other social media? The list of our online presences can be found here: https://linktr.ee/philconconvention












