Smofcon Bids for Upcoming Years

Future Bids

2026
Washington DC area bid was cancelled effective March 9, 2025.
TBD
Reykjavík, Iceland

If there are other Smofcon bids, please let the Webmaster know.

How to Bid for a Smofcon

The site of a Smofcon is voted on during the Smofcon the previous year. Smofcon bidding is extremely informal. If you want to bid for a Smofcon, there are basically four steps:

  1. Attend Smofcons.
  2. During several "Fannish Inquisisions," say you would like to run a Smofcon.
  3. Do a hotel search and find a hotel that's available in early December (traditional Smofcon dates).
  4. It never hurts to donate a cheese tray, case of beer or cookies to a Smofcon Con Suite in the name of your bid. E-mail the people running the Smofcon you might want to donate snacks or sponsor a breakfast to.
  5. The year before the proposed Smofcon, give a more detailed site presentation and have flyers and a Website ready with convention information in case your site wins.