Slash Cons

Slash cons are a type of fan-run convention (fan cons). The first unabashedly slash con was IDICon in Houston, in 1984, run by Pam Rose, Linn O'Brien, Barb Lewis and others. The current longest running slash con is Escapade (34 years as of 2024) held every year near Santa Barbara, California by Megan Kent and Charlotte C Hill.

Slash cons tend to be adult only; tend not to have guests (and if they do, they're other fans); tend to have adult art in the art show (if they have an art show -- many of them are closer to large house parties than classic conventions). They almost always have vid shows. Some slash cons are slash-only, with no het vids, art, or panels allowed, while others focus on slash but include het as well. Slash-friendly cons are those that welcome slash without defining themselves specifically as slash cons.

There is no one place in media fandom to find out about all slash conventions, but many are announced on the LJ Community Slash Con

Currently Active Slash Cons

See also List of Conventions Past and Present.

These are cons that are still running as of 2020. Cons are held every year unless otherwise noted.

• BistoCon, 2014-present (August, even-numbered years). The Professionals relaxacon.
• Citrus Con, 2023-present (August). BL and queer media con, virtual convention.
• ConStrict, 2001-present (July). Multimedia con, now in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
• DC-Slash, 2019-present (July). Slash con emerging out of Connexions. Based in Washington, DC, USA, but is currently being held virtually.
• Escapade, 1991-present. Multimedia con held in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• FujoCon. 2020-present. BL virtual convention.
• Get Together, 2005-present (October). Slash and multi media fan gathering in Wellington, New Zealand.
• KisCon, 1999-2012 (irregular), 2013-present (odd-numbered years). Kirk/Spock con that has been held in Texas, USA and Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• SHarecon, 2000-present (even-numbered years). Starsky and Hutch con held in Maryland, USA.
• SinpOzium, 2000-2002, 2005, 2011-2015, 2017-present (June). Multimedia con held in Sydney, Australia.
• TGIF/F, 2016-present (February). Multimedia con held in Los Angeles, USA.
• Y/CON (previously "Yaoi Yuri Con"), 2011-2018, 2022-present, a yaoi/yuri con in Villejuif, France.

Past Slash Cons

These are slash cons that are defunct, on hiatus, or always planned as a one-time event. Cons were held every year unless otherwise noted.

• BardCon, 2002-2005. Xena uber fiction con held in Orlando, Florida, USA.
• Bascon, 2000-2011 (November). Multimedia con held in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA, usually in November.
• The Bash at the Loft, 1997-2000. Small Sentinel con, now defunct, held in Maryland, USA.
• BishounenCon, 2001-2003. An anime and manga yaoi con held in Trier, Germany.
• Boys Love Yaoi Gakkai, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Held in Sweden.
• BrittanaCon, 2014-2015. A Glee Brittana con held in Chicago, USA.
• ClexaCon, 2017-2022. A Clexa and multimedia con held in Las Vegas, USA.
• Close Quarters, 2007, 2009 (July). Bi-yearly (odd-numbered years, possibly on hiatus) Professionals con in Maryland, USA.
• Closet Con 1987- 2014 (July). Irregular (not every year) Star Trek-focused con held in Leicester, UK.
• Connexions, 1998-2005 (April), 2015-2019 (August, odd-numbered years). Multimedia con held in Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Connotations, 2003-2012 (October). Multimedia con held in Tynemouth, England, UK.
• conSENSUAL, 2011 (November). Multimedia yaoi and yuri con held in Melbourne, Australia.
• CONverge, 2004. Multi-fandom slash con focused on "swordplay fandoms" held in Anaheim, CA, USA.
• Destielcon, 2014-2016. Dean/Castiel con held in Cincinnati, OH, USA.
• FaberryCon, 2013-2016. A Glee Rachel Berry/Quinn Fabray con held in Atlanta, USA.
• FemSlashCon, 2010-2017. Online con.
• Friscon, 1993-2000. Multimedia con held in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA.
• IDICon, 1984-1988. The first-ever slash con, held in Houston, TX, USA.
• K/S CONnections, 2003-2005, a UK Kirk/Spock slash con
• KisMet (convention), 2005-2018 (August). Kirk/Spock con held in York, UK.
• Koon-ut-Cali-Con, 1989, 1990. A Southern California K/S con.
• Lubricus, 2011-2012. Harry Potter slash con held near Seattle, WA, USA.
• Muskrat Jamboree, 2007-2015 (March). Bi-yearly (odd-numbered years) multimedia con held in Boston, MA, USA.
• Nattercon, (1990-2009?). A small Professionals con held in the UK.
• The Paul Muni Special, the Starsky and Hutch Anniversary con, September 27-29, 1985, Baltimore, MD, one-shot, April Valentine & Carol Davis
• Red Rose Convention, (1998-2000). Multimedia con held in the UK.
• Rizzlescon, 2012. A Rizzoli & Isles convention held in Anaheim, USA.
• Senticon, (2000-2006). Started out a Sentinel con, now a multimedia con in Grand Rapids, MI, USA. (is/was this bi-yearly, to alternate with Zebracon?)
• Slashcon (Australia), 2005-?. Multimedia con held irregularly in Fairbridge Village, Western Australia.
• Sleezecon, 1980s?. Australia.
• SonCon, 2013. A one-time South of Nowhere convention held in Los Angeles, USA.
• Southern Gathering, 2001, multimedia, held one year in Arlington, VA
• Tribal Forces, 2006-2019? (April). Slash con held in Eastern Pennsylvania, USA.
• Room 801, 2014-2015, a yaoi/yuri con in Sydney, Australia
• VegaSH Con, 2009, Starsky and Hutch, a slash and gen-friendly con held in Las Vegas, NV
• Virgule, a Seattle slash con of the early 1990s.
• Yaoi-Con, 2001-2017 (fall). An anime and manga yaoi con held in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
• YaYuCo, 2005, 2007. A yaoi and yuri con held in Dachau, Bavaria, Germany.
• YuriCon, 2003, 2005, 2007. A yuri con held in Newark, New Jersey, USA
• ZebraCon, 1979- 2007 (October). Originally a Starsky & Hutch con that later became a multimedia con; at some point this became a bi-yearly con. Mixed slash and gen. Held in Chicago, IL, USA. WayBack Archive link to Zebracon website & (Zebracon LJ)

Slash-friendly cons

Cons are held every year unless otherwise noted.

Current

• CONfabulation, 2017-present. Successor to WinCon. Chicago, IL, USA.
• CON.TXT, 2006-present (June, even-numbered years). Slash con until 2016. Multimedia con held in Washington, DC, USA suburb.
• FanWorks, 2019-present. Multimedia fanworks convention. USA.
• Pacificon aka Bitchin' Party, 2008-present (March, even-numbered years). A small slash-friendly multifandom fanfic and vid con held near Seattle, WA.
• Southern Media Con, formerly Vidcon, 1993-present (July). Multimedia con held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
• VidUKon, 2008-present. Vidding convention held in the UK.

Past

• Eclecticon 1994-2006 (November). Multimedia con with a focus on zines, held in Newark, NJ, USA.
• Eastern Media Con, 2007-2008 (October). Multimedia con created to fill the gap left by Eclecticon, held in Newark, NJ, USA. On hiatus as of 2009.
• MediaWest*Con, 1981-2019 (May). An enormous slash-friendly zine con held in Lansing, MI, USA.
• Redemption 1999-2019 (February). Multimedia con held in Coventry, UK.
• REVELcon, 1990-2023 (March). Multimedia con held in Houston, TX, USA.
• VividCon, 2002-2018 (August). Multimedia vidding convention held in Chicago, IL, USA.
• WinCon, 2006-2015 (October). A Supernatural con that was slash-only for its first year. As of 2010, it became a multi-fandom con. It moved to a different city each year. Succeeded by CONfabulation.