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The Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is the oldest science fiction club in the Washington, D.C. area [1] [ Warner Jr, Harry - _All Our Yesterdays_ by Harry Warner Advent Publishers, ISBN 0-911682-11-2, pg 229

It was founded in 1947 by seven fans who met at that year's Worldcon in Philadelphia. Since 1960 it has met on the evenings of the first and third Fridays of each month in the homes of members. All meetings are open (and along the way have included a Polish student and a Cuban author). There are often informal meetings on fifth Fridays.

It hosted the annual Disclave science fiction convention in or near Washington, D.C. from 1950 through 1997. After a four year hiatus WSFA began a new convention, Capclave. WSFA has also hosted Worldcons, SMOFcons, World Fantasy Conventions, and many other events both casual and otherwise.

Since 1965 WSFA has published the monthly WSFA Journal. WSFA Press has published five books: The Father of Stones by Lucius Shepard in 1989, Through Darkest Resnick With Gun and Camera by Mike Resnick in 1990, The Edges of Things by Lewis Shiner in 1991, Home By The Sea by Pat Cadigan in 1992, and Future Washington, an anthology edited by Ernest Lilley, in 2005.

WSFA is incorporated as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization.

Disclave[edit]

Disclave was a science fiction convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) in or near Washington D.C. in the springtime of nearly every year from 1950 [1] through 1997. By most counts it was the fourth-oldest science fiction convention. [citation needed]

At first it was intermittent and small, with an attendance as low as 22 people (in 1953). From 1965 on it happened every year. From 1971 on it always lasted three days, was always on Memorial Day weekend, and for a notable section of the SF community that weekend was considered Disclave's, so much so that it was only after several years of there being no Disclave that another local organization [[2]] asked if they could use that weekend and are now on Memorial Day.

The highest attendance was 1485 (in 1979), 85 more members than in 1981 when Isaac Asimov was the Guest of Honor. Some of the other Guests of Honor included Lois McMaster Bujold, Gene Wolfe, George R. R. Martin, Connie Willis and William Gibson. Notable chairs were Jay Haldeman, Alexis A. Gilliland and Jack Chalker.

In the early 90's more and more people who were not members of Disclave came to the hotel in conjunction with the convention. This hit critical mass in 1997 when a fire sprinkler was broken, flooding much of the hotel. The 1998 Disclave, scheduled for a different hotel on a different weekend, was canceled six weeks before the convention by the hotel. Finding a hotel to hold the 1999 or 2000 Disclave was tried but as happens with volunteer organizations the committee members who were going to find a hotel needed to focus their attention on other things instead. 1997 was the last Disclave.

WSFA took four years off to consider what sort of convention they wanted to hold. The first Capclave [[3]] was held in 2001.

Capclave[edit]

Capclave
GenreScience Fiction
Location(s)Washington DC
CountryUSA
Organized byWashington Science Fiction Association
Websitehttp://www.capclave.org

Capclave is a science fiction convention that has been run by the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) near Washington, D.C., in the autumn of every year starting in 2001.

Table of all Disclaves:[edit]

Year-Mo-Days Site State Featured Guests Chair Attendance
1950 4 30 Wardman Park DC Willy Ley Bob Briggs 75
1951 4 29 Statler DC Sam Moskowitz Bob Briggs 23
1952 None
1953 3 22 Statler DC "Proxyclave" Bob Briggs 22
1954 None
1955 None
1956 None
1957 None
1958 5 10-11 Arva Motel VA None Bob Pavlat 65
1959 5 16-17 Diplomat Motel DC None Bob Pavlat 65
1960 5 21-22 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers
1961 5 13-14 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers 40
1962 5 12-13 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers 32
1963 None
1964 None
1965 5 8-9 Howard Johnson's Wheaton MD Chris and Sam Moskowitz Banks Mebane 83
1966 5 13-15 Diplomat Motel DC Roger Zelazny Jay Haldeman 99
1967 5 12-14 Regency Congress DC Jack Gaughan Jay Haldeman
1968 5 10-12 Regency Congress DC Robert Silverberg Jay Haldeman
1969 5 09-11 Skyline Inn DC Lester del Rey Jay Haldeman
1970 5 15-17 Skyline Inn DC Murray Leinster Jay Haldeman
1971 5 28-31 Shoreham DC Terry Carr Jay Haldeman
1972 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Ben Bova Jay Haldeman
1973 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC Gardner Dozois Jay Haldeman
1974 5 24-27 Sheraton Park DC Kelly Freas Alexis Gilliland 284
1975 5 23-26 Sheraton Park DC Gordon Dickson Alexis Gilliland 360
1976 5 28-31 Sheraton Park DC William Tenn Alexis Gilliland 675
1977 5 27-30 Sheraton Park DC Joe Haldeman Alexis Gilliland 850
1978 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Bob (Wilson) Tucker Alexis Gilliland 1005
1979 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC Roger Zelazny/Michael Whelan Alan Huff 1485
1980 5 23-26 Hospitality House VA Jeanne and Spider Robinson Tom Schaad
1981 5 22-25 Sheraton National VA Isaac Asimov Alexis Gilliland 1400
1982 5 28-31 Sheraton National VA Elizabeth Lynn/Tom Miller Jack Chalker/Eva Whitley
1983 5 27-30 Marriott TwinBr VA George R. R. Martin/Jack Gaughan Alan Huff 1100
1984 5 25-28 New Carrollton MD Connie Willis/Paul Yurek Jane Wagner 900
1985 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD Ed Bryant/Bob Walters Michael J. Walsh
1986 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD William Gibson/Steve Stiles Jack Heneghan
1987 5 22-25 New Carrollton MD Gene Wolfe/Barclay Shaw Joe Mayhew 1350
1988 5 27-30 New Carrollton MD Barbara Hambly/Jim Burns Tom Schaad 1350
1989 5 26-29 New Carrollton MD Lucius Shepard/J.K.Potter Michael J. Walsh
1990 5 25-28 New Carrollton MD Mike Resnick/Dawn Wilson/Somtow Sucharitkul Eva Whitley 1300
1991 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD Lewis Shiner/Alicia Austin Peggy Rae Pavlat 1200
1992 5 22-25 Washington Hilton DC Pat Cadigan/Tom Kidd Michael J. Walsh/Covert Beach
1993 5 28-31 Dulles Marriott VA Katherine Kurtz/Patricia Davis Covert Beach 835
1994 5 27-30 Sheraton Tysons Corner VA Lois M. Bujold/Steven Johnson/Darlene P. Coltrane John Peacock/Paula Lewis
1995 5 26-29 Techworld DC Charles Sheffield/Bob Eggleton/David Bischoff Dan Hoey
1996 5 24-27 Capitol Hill Hyatt DC Michael Swanwick/Hannah Shapero Bob MacIntosh 623
1997 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD Patricia Anthony/Lissanne Lake/Peggy Ray Pavlat Michael Nelson 850
1998 None Terry Bisson/Gene Wolfe/Nicholas Jainschigg Joe Mayhew 0
1999 None Sam Pierce 0
2000 None Covert Beach 0

Table of Capclaves[edit]

Year-Mo-Days Site State Featured Guests Chair Attendance
2001 9 28-30 Sheraton College Park MD Gardner Dozois Bob MacIntosh 296
2002 10 18-20 Hilton Silver Spring MD Stanley Schmidt/Alexis Gilliland Michael Nelson 285
2003 11 21-23 Hilton Silver Spring MD William Tenn Sam Lubell 234
2004 10 15-17 Tysons Marriott VA Nick Pollotta/Butch Honeck/Dennis McCunney Lee Gilliland 129
2005 10 14-16 Hilton Silver Spring MD Howard Waldrop/Patrick Nielsen Hayden//Teresa Nielsen Hayden Michael J. Walsh 388
2006 10 20-22 Hilton Silver Spring MD Kim Stanley Robinson/Tom Whitmore Elspeth Kovar 378
2007 10 12-14 Rockville Hilton MD Jeffrey Ford/Ellen Datlow Colleen Cahill
2008 10 17-19 Rockville Hilton MD James Morrow/Michael Dirda Sam Scheiner
2009 TBA Rockville Hilton MD Harry Turtledove/Sheila Williams Bill Lawhorn

Disclave[edit]

Disclave was a science fiction convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) in or near Washington D.C. in the springtime of nearly every year from 1950 [2] through 1997. By many counts it was the third-oldest science fiction convention. [citation needed]

At first it was intermittent and small, with an attendance as low as 22 people (in 1953). From 1965 on it happened every year. From 1971 on it always lasted three days, was always on Memorial Day weekend, and for a notable section of the SF community that weekend was considered Disclave's, so much so that it was only after several years of there being no Disclave that another local organization [[4]] asked if they could use that weekend and are now on Memorial Day.

The highest attendance was 1485 (in 1979), 85 more members than in 1981 when Isaac Asimov was the Guest of Honor. Some of the other Guests of Honor included Lois McMaster Bujold, Gene Wolfe, George R. R. Martin, Connie Willis and William Gibson. Notable chairs were Jay Haldeman, Alexis A. Gilliland and Jack Chalker.

In the early 90's more and more people who were not members of Disclave came to the hotel in conjunction with the convention. This hit critical mass in 1997 when a fire sprinkler was broken, flooding much of the hotel. The 1998 Disclave, scheduled for a different hotel on a different weekend, was canceled six weeks before the convention by the hotel. Finding a hotel to hold the 1999 or 2000 Disclave was tried but as happens with volunteer organizations the committee members who were going to find a hotel needed to focus their attention on other things instead. 1997 was the last Disclave.

WSFA took four years off to consider what sort of convention they wanted to hold. The first Capclave [[5]] was held in 2001.

List of Disclaves[edit]

Year-Mo-Days Site State Featured Guests Chair Attendance
1950 4 30 Wardman Park DC Willy Ley Bob Briggs 75
1951 4 29 Statler DC Sam Moskowitz Bob Briggs 23
1952 None
1953 3 22 Statler DC "Proxyclave" Bob Briggs 22
1954 None
1955 None
1956 None
1957 None
1958 5 10-11 Arva Motel VA None Bob Pavlat 65
1959 5 16-17 Diplomat Motel DC None Bob Pavlat 65
1960 5 21-22 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers
1961 5 13-14 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers 40
1962 5 12-13 Diplomat Motel DC None George H. Scithers 32
1963 None
1964 None
1965 5 8-9 Howard Johnson's Wheaton MD Chris and Sam Moskowitz Banks Mebane 83
1966 5 13-15 Diplomat Motel DC Roger Zelazny Jay Haldeman 99
1967 5 12-14 Regency Congress DC Jack Gaughan Jay Haldeman
1968 5 10-12 Regency Congress DC Robert Silverberg Jay Haldeman
1969 5 09-11 Skyline Inn DC Lester del Rey Jay Haldeman
1970 5 15-17 Skyline Inn DC Murray Leinster Jay Haldeman
1971 5 28-31 Shoreham DC Terry Carr Jay Haldeman
1972 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Ben Bova Jay Haldeman
1973 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC Gardner Dozois Jay Haldeman
1974 5 24-27 Sheraton Park DC Kelly Freas Alexis Gilliland 284
1975 5 23-26 Sheraton Park DC Gordon Dickson Alexis Gilliland 360
1976 5 28-31 Sheraton Park DC William Tenn Alexis Gilliland 675
1977 5 27-30 Sheraton Park DC Joe Haldeman Alexis Gilliland 850
1978 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Bob (Wilson) Tucker Alexis Gilliland 1005
1979 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC Roger Zelazny/Michael Whelan Alan Huff 1485
1980 5 23-26 Hospitality House VA Jeanne and Spider Robinson Tom Schaad
1981 5 22-25 Sheraton National VA Isaac Asimov Alexis Gilliland 1400
1982 5 28-31 Sheraton National VA Elizabeth Lynn/Tom Miller Jack Chalker/Eva Whitley
1983 5 27-30 Marriott TwinBr VA George R. R. Martin/Jack Gaughan Alan Huff 1100
1984 5 25-28 New Carrollton MD Connie Willis/Paul Yurek Jane Wagner 900
1985 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD Ed Bryant/Bob Walters Michael J. Walsh
1986 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD William Gibson/Steve Stiles Jack Heneghan
1987 5 22-25 New Carrollton MD Gene Wolfe/Barclay Shaw Joe Mayhew 1350
1988 5 27-30 New Carrollton MD Barbara Hambly/Jim Burns Tom Schaad 1350
1989 5 26-29 New Carrollton MD Lucius Shepard/J.K.Potter Michael J. Walsh
1990 5 25-28 New Carrollton MD Mike Resnick/Dawn Wilson/Somtow Sucharitkul Eva Whitley 1300
1991 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD Lewis Shiner/Alicia Austin Peggy Rae Pavlat 1200
1992 5 22-25 Washington Hilton DC Pat Cadigan/Tom Kidd Michael J. Walsh/Covert Beach
1993 5 28-31 Dulles Marriott VA Katherine Kurtz/Patricia Davis Covert Beach 835
1994 5 27-30 Sheraton Tysons Corner VA Lois M. Bujold/Steven Johnson/Darlene P. Coltrane John Peacock/Paula Lewis
1995 5 26-29 Techworld DC Charles Sheffield/Bob Eggleton/David Bischoff Dan Hoey
1996 5 24-27 Capitol Hill Hyatt DC Michael Swanwick/Hannah Shapero Bob MacIntosh 623
1997 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD Patricia Anthony/Lissanne Lake/Peggy Ray Pavlat Michael Nelson 850
1998 None Terry Bisson/Gene Wolfe/Nicholas Jainschigg Joe Mayhew 0
1999 None Sam Pierce 0
2000 None Covert Beach 0

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A Wealth of Fable, The history of science fiction fandom in the 1950's by Harry Warner (SCIFI Press, ISBN 0-9633099-0-0 (2nd edition), pg 13-315
  2. ^ A Wealth of Fable, The history of science fiction fandom in the 1950's by Harry Warner (SCIFI Press, ISBN 0-9633099-0-0 (2nd edition), pg 13-315
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