====== Conventions and Editors ====== Compiled by Willz. | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 1. | July 1883 | New York, NY | Krook | | | 2. | Dec. 1883 | Philadelphia, PA | Maud Lynn | | | 3. | July 1884 | Newark, NJ | " | | | 4. | Dec. 1884 | Brooklyn, NY | Adonis | | | 5. | July 1885 | Washington, DC | Maud Lynn | | | 6. | Nov. 1885 | Philadelphia, PA | Bolis | | | 7. | June 1886 | New York, NY | Cyrus | | | 8. | Dec. 1886 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 9. | July 1887 | Buffalo, NY | G.U.N. | | | 10. | Dec. 1887 | New York, NY | Beech Nut | | | 11. | Dec. 1888 | Philadelphia, PA | Morning Star | | | 12. | July 1889 | Washington, DC | Sub Rosa | | | 13. | Nov. 1889 | New York, NY | Maud Lynn | | | 14. | July 1890 | Baltimore, MD | Kosciusko McGinty | | | 15. | Nov. 1890 | Boston, MA | " | | | 16. | July 1891 | Philadelphia, PA | K.T. Did | | | 17. | Dec. 1891 | New York, NY | Barnyard | | | 18. | July 1892 | Boston, MA | Kosciusko McGinty | | | 19. | Jan. 1893 | Washington, DC | " | | | 20. | July 1893 | Jersey City, N.J. | Arty Fishel | | | 21. | Jan. 1894 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 22. | July 1894 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 23. | Jan. 1895 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 24. | July 1895 | Washington, DC | " | | | 25. | Jan. 1896 | Baltimore, MD | Primrose | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 26. | July 1896 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 27. | Jan. 1897 | New York, NY | " | | | 28. | July 1897 | Ardmore, PA | Rex Ford | | | 29. | Jan. 1898 | Baltimore, MD | Maud Lynn | | | 30. | July 1898 | Pittsburgh, PA | " | | | 31. | Jan. 1899 | New York, NY | Poly | | | 32. | July 1899 | Coney Island, NY | Remardo | | | 33. | Jan. 1900 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 34. | July 1900 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 35. | Jan. 1901 | Pittsburgh, PA | Marmion | | | 36. | July 1901 | Buffalo, NY | " | | | 37. | Jan. 1902 | New York, NY | Myself | | | 38. | July 1902 | Philadelphia, PA | D.C. Ver | | | 39. | Jan. 1903 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 40. | July 1903 | Newark, NJ | Majolica | | | 41. | Jan. 1904 | New York, NY | Poly | | | 42. | July 1904 | Ardmore, PA | Remardo | | | 43. | Jan. 1905 | Newark, NJ | " | | | 44. | July 1905 | New York, NY | " | | | 45. | Jan. 1906 | Pittsburgh, PA | " | | | 46. | July 1906 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 47. | Jan. 1907 | New York, NY | " | | | 48. | July 1907 | Asbury Park, NJ | Will I. Am | | | 49. | Jan. 1908 | Pittsburgh, PA | Jamaica | | | 50. | July 1908 | Conneaut Lake, PA | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 51. | Jan. 1909 | Pittsburgh, PA | Flora | | | 52. | July 1909 | New York, NY | Remardo | | | 53. | Jan. 1910 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 54. | July 1910 | Asbury Park, NJ | " | | | 55. | Jan. 1911 | New York, NY | " | | | 56. | July 1911 | Atlantic City, NJ | " | | | 57. | Jan. 1912 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 58. | July 1912 | Asbury Park, NJ | " | | | 59. | Jan. 1913 | New York, NY | " | | | 60. | July 1913 | Atlantic City, NJ | " | | | 61. | Jan. 1914 | Richmond, VA | " | | | 62. | July 1914 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 63. | Jan. 1915 | Hoboken, NJ | " | | | 64. | July 1915 | Asbury Park, NJ | " | | | 65. | Jan. 1916 | New York, NY | " | | | 66. | July 1916 | Warren, OH | " | | | 67. | Jan. 1917 | Washington, DC | " | | | 68. | July 1917 | Richmond, VA | Amaranth | | | 69. | Jan. 1918 | New York, NY | " | | | 70. | July 1918 | Ardmore, PA | Artaxerxes | | | 71. | Jan. 1919 | Pittsburgh, PA | " | | | 72. | July 1919 | Warren, OH | " | | | 73. | Jan. 1920 | Pittsburgh, PA | Nanki Poo | | | 74. | July 1920 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 75. | Jan. 1921 | New York, NY | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 76. | July 1921 | Asbury Park, NJ | " | | | 77. | Jan. 1922 | Newark, NJ | " | | | 78. | July 1922 | New York, NY | " | | | 79. | Feb. 1923 | Baltimore, MD | Arty Ess | | | 80. | Sept. 1923 | Pittsburgh, PA | " | | | 81. | Feb. 1924 | Washington, DC | " | | | 82. | Sept. 1924 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 83. | Feb. 1925 | Newark, NJ | " | | | 84. | Sept. 1925 | Washington, DC | " | | | 85. | Fb. 1926 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 86. | Sept. 1926 | Camden, NJ | " | | | 87. | Feb. 1927 | Newark, NJ | " | | | 88. | Sept. 1927 | Detroit, MI | " | | | 89. | Feb. 1928 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 90. | Sept. 1928 | Norfolk, VA | " | | | 91. | Feb. 1929 | New York, NY | " | | | 92. | Sept. 1929 | Cincinnati, OH | " | | | 93. | Feb. 1930 | Allentown, PA | " | | | 94. | Sept. 1930 | Seaside Park, NJ | " | | | 95. | Feb. 1931 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 96. | Sept. 1931 | Detroit, MI | " | | | 97. | Feb. 1932 | New York, NY | " | | | 98. | Sept. 1932 | North Lima, OH | " | | | 99. | Feb. 1933 | Paterson, NJ | " | | | 100. | Sept. 1933 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 101. | Feb. 1934 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 102. | Sept. 1934 | Boston, MA | " | | | 103. | Feb. 1935 | New York, NY | " | | | 104. | Sept. 1935 | Cleveland, OH | " | | | 105. | Feb. 1936 | Camden, NJ | " | | | 106. | Sept. 1936 | Boston, MA | " | | | 107. | Feb. 1937 | New York, NY | " | | | 108. | Sept. 1937 | Rochester, NY | " | | | 109. | Feb. 1938 | Cincinnati, OH | " | | | 110. | Sept. 1938 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 111. | Feb. 1939 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 112. | Sept. 1939 | Cleveland, OH | " | | | 113. | Feb. 1940 | Rochester, NY | " | | | 114. | Sept. 1940 | Boston, MA | " | | | 115. | Feb. 1941 | New York, NY | " | | | 116. | Sept. 1941 | St. Louis, MO | " | | | 117. | Feb. 1942 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | None | Sept. 1942((No conventions were held during World War II.)) | -- | " | | | None | Feb. 1943 | -- | Paradox | | | None | Sept. 1943 | -- | " | | | None | Feb. 1944 | -- | " | | | None | Sept. 1944 | -- | Arty Ess | | | None | Feb. 1945 | -- | " | | | None | Sept. 1945 | -- | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | None | Feb. 1946 | -- | " | | | 118. | Oct. 1946 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 119. | Sept. 1947 | Boston, MA | " | | | 120. | Feb. 1948 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 121. | Sept. 1948 | New York, NY | " | | | 122. | Feb. 1949 | Philadelphia, PA | " | | | 123. | Sept. 1949 | Providence, RI | " | | | 124. | Feb. 1950 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 125. | Sept. 1950 | St. Petersburg, FL | " | | | 126. | Feb. 1951 | New York, NY | " | | | 127. | Sept. 1951 | Baltimore, MD | " | | | 128. | Feb. 1952 | Scranton, PA | " | | | 129. | Sept. 1952 | Martha's Vineyard, MA | " | | | 130. | July 1953 | New York, NY | " | | | 131. | Feb. 1954 | Scranton, PA | B. Natural | | | 132. | Sept. 1954 | Greenfield, MA | " | | | 133. | Sept. 1955 | Greenfield, MA | " | | | 134. | Sept. 1956 | Boston | " | | | 135. | Sept. 1957 | Wilmington, DE | " | | | 136. | Sept. 1958((Conventions were suspended after 1958; thereafter officers were elected by mail ballot.)) | Pasadena, CA | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | None | 1959 | -- | " | | | None | 1960 | -- | " | | | None | 1961 | -- | " | | | None | 1962 | -- | " | | | None | 1963 | -- | " | | | None | 1964 | -- | " | | | None | 1965 | -- | " | | | None | 1966 | -- | " | | | None | 1967 | -- | " | | | None | 1968 | -- | " | | | None | 1969 | -- | " | | | None | 1970 | -- | Pama Pama | | | None | 1971((Prior to 1971 elections were held in the middle of the year and officers assumed their duties in the fall; beginning in 1971, incoming officers didn't take office until the following January, so technically 1971 did not have its own officers.)) | -- | | | | None | 1972 | -- | Nightowl | | | None | 1973 | -- | " | | | None | 1974 | -- | " | | | None | 1975 | -- | " | | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 137. | [[:cons:1976:photos|Aug. 1976]]((Though annual conventions resumed in 1976, officers continued to be elected by mail ballot.)) | Princeton, NJ | " | Ginger Ella | | 138. | [[:cons:1977:photos|Aug. 1977]] | Buffalo, NY | " | Mangie | | 139. | [[:cons:1978:photos|July 1978]] | Princeton, NJ | Mangie | Ginger Ella | | 140. | [[:cons:1979:photos|July 1979]] | Stamford, CT | " | [[misc:fairfield_puzzlers|Fairfield County Puzzlers]] | | 141. | [[:cons:1980:photos|July 1980]] | Princeton, NJ | " | Ginger Ella | | 142. | [[:cons:1981:photos|Aug. 1981]] | Syracuse, NY | " | Brutus | | 143. | [[:cons:1982:photos|July 1982]] | Indianapolis, IN | " | George Groth | | 144. | [[:cons:1983:photos|July 1983]] | New Brunswick, NJ | " | Ginger Ella | | 145. | [[:cons:1984:photos|July 1984]] | White Plains, NY | " | Ditto | | 146. | [[:cons:1985:photos|July 1985]] | Boulder, CO | " | Ceres | | 147. | [[:cons:1986:photos|July 1986]] | Cambridge, MA | " | Sana | | 148. | [[:cons:1987:photos|July 1987]] | Charlottesville, VA | Faro | Ai, George Groth | | 149. | [[:cons:1988:photos|July 1988]] | Berkeley, CA | " | Trazom | | 150. | [[:cons:1989:photos|July 1989]] | Cleveland, OH | Sibyl | Joker | | 151. | [[:cons:1990:photos|July 1990]] | Clearwater Beach, FL | " | Quip, Poi | | 152. | [[:cons:1991:photos|July 1991]] | Toronto, ON | " | Fraz | | 153. | [[:cons:1992:photos|July 1992]] | San Diego, CA | " | Grinch | | 154. | [[:cons:1993:photos|July 1993]] | New York, NY | " | Helene [formerly Ginger Ella] | | 155. | [[:cons:1994:photos|July 1994]] | Montreal, QC | " | Wabbit | | 156. | [[:cons:1995:photos|July 1995]] | Portland, OR | " | Sibyl, Smaug | | 157. | [[:cons:1996:photos|July 1996]] | Chicago, IL | " | Minimus | | 158. | [[:cons:1997:photos|July 1997]] | Washington, DC | Lunch Boy | George Groth | | 159. | [[:cons:1998:photos|July 1998]] | Atlanta, GA | " | Qaqaq | | ^ Date ^ Site ^ Editor ^ Convention Host(s) ^ | 160. | [[:cons:1999:photos|July 1999]] | Big Sky, MT | " | Uncanny | | 161. | [[:cons:2000:photos|July 2000]] | San Francisco, CA | Xemu | Trazom | | 162. | [[:cons:2001:photos|July 2001]] | Newark, NJ | " | Tyger | | 163. | [[:cons:2002:photos|July 2002]] | Vancouver, BC | " | Witz, Andreas, Dart, Kite | | 164. | [[:cons:2003:photos|July 2003]] | Indianapolis, IN | Saxifrage | Ember | | 165. | [[:cons:2004:photos|July 2004]] | Boston, MA | " | Sidhe, Saxifrage, Sue++ | | 166. | [[:cons:2005:photos|July 2005]] | Los Angeles, CA | " | Elfman, Bluff, Artistry | | 167. | [[:cons:2006:photos|July 2006]] | San Antonio, TX | " | Rebel | | 168. | [[:cons:2007:photos|July 2007]] | Ann Arbor, MI | Crax | Neuromancer | | 169. | [[:cons:2008:photos|July 2008]] | Denver, CO | Crax | TMCay | | 170. | [[:cons:2009:photos|July 2009]] | Baltimore, MD | | Pfire, QED, and ARCS | | 171. | [[:cons:2010:photos|July 2010]] | Seattle, WA | | | | 171. | [[:cons:2011:photos|July 2011]] | Providence, RI | | | Return to the [[:cons|Convention page]].