Chattacon

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Convention
Name: Chattacon
Dates: 1976-present
Frequency: Annual
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Type: Fan-run
Focus: science fiction, fantasy
Organization: Chattanooga Speculative Fiction Fans, Inc.
Founder: Irv Koch
Founding Date: 1976
URL: https://chattacon.org/
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Chattacon is an annual science fiction convention held in January in Chattanooga, Tennessee by the nonprofit Chattanooga Speculative Fiction Fans, Inc.

Chattacon was founded by Chattanooga native Irv Koch; the first Chattacon was held in January 1976 as a relaxacon. It drew 81 guests, and lost money. By Chattacon III in 1978, it had morphed into a more traditional science fiction convention, with A. E. van Vogt as Guest of Honor, and was able to reimburse Koch for the losses of the first two years, with enough left over to serve as seed money for Chattacon IV. By 2014, the convention drew more than 1,200 attendees.

2022 will be Chattacon 47 (Chattacon 46 was held as a virtual convention due to the COVID pandemic). Orange Mike Lowrey is the only person left who has attended every single Chattacon, a fact which occasionally draws attention in press coverage of the convention.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Man participates in 40th Chattacon event". WRCBtv. 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 25 September 2021.