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New Orleans Worldcon bid

By Petrea Mitchell| April 23, 2011 | 1 Comment

New Orleans hosted the World Science Fiction Convention in 1951 and 1988. Now, just as it prepares for CONtraflow, the first full-spectrum convention there since Hurricane Katrina, plans are afoot to put together a Worldcon bid for 2018. So far, there’s no Web site, just an address for interested parties to contact: neworleansin2018@gmail.com.

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One Response to “New Orleans Worldcon bid”

  1. New Orleans in 2018 « File 770
    May 5th, 2011 @ 2:29 am

    [...] Styons is one of the New Orleans bidders Petrea Mitchell at Con-News said was also working on CONtraflow, to be held in November, “the first full-spectrum convention there since Hurricane Katrina”. [...]



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