Chattacon
| 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]
External links
- Belz, Kate (23 January 2011). "Out of this world: Chattacon 36 draws thousands". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
References
- ^ "Man participates in 40th Chattacon event". WRCBtv. 15 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 25 September 2021.