No | Year | Name | Location | Guests of Honour | Attendance* |
1 | 1971 | NOVACON | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | James White | 144 |
2 | 1972 | NOVACON 2 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Doreen Rogers | 144 |
3 | 1973 | NOVACON 3 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Bulmer | 146 |
4 | 1974 | NOVACON 4 | Imperial Centre, Birmingham | Ken Slater | 211 |
5 | 1975 | NOVACON 5 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Dan Morgan | 272 |
6 | 1976 | NOVACON 6 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | David Kyle | 317 |
7 | 1977 | NOVACON 7 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | John Brunner | 278 |
8 | 1978 | NOVACON 8 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham | Anne McCaffrey | 309 |
9 | 1979 | NOVACON 9 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest | 290 |
10 | 1980 | NOVACON 10 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Brian W. Aldiss | 495 |
11 | 1981 | NOVACON 11 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Bob Shaw | 362 |
12 | 1982 | NOVACON 12 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Harry Harrison | 373 |
13 | 1983 | NOVACON 13 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Lisa Tuttle | 339 |
14 | 1984 | NOVACON 14 | Grand Hotel, Birmingham | Robert Holdstock | 333 |
15 | 1985 | NOVACON 15 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | James White, David Langford | 340 |
16 | 1986 | NOVACON 16 | De Vere Hotel, Coventry | E. C. Tubb, Chris Evans | 257 |
17 | 1987 | NOVACON 17 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Iain M. Banks | 315 |
18 | 1988 | NOVACON 18 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Garry Kilworth | 336 |
19 | 1989 | NOVACON 19 | Excelsior, Solihull | Geoff Ryman | 303 |
20 | 1990 | NOVACON 20 | Excelsior, Solihull | Jack Cohen | 330 |
21 | 1991 | NOVACON 21 | Forte Poste House, Solihull | Colin Greenland | 200 |
22 | 1992 | NOVACON 22 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Storm Constantine | 300 |
23 | 1993 | NOVACON 23 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Stephen Baxter | 243 |
24 | 1994 | NOVACON 24 | Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham | Graham Joyce | 214 |
25 | 1995 | NOVACON 25 | Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham | Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Harry Harrison; Iain Banks (special guest) | 338 |
26 | 1996 | NOVACON 26 | Hotel Ibis, Birmingham | David Gemmell | 281 |
27 | 1997 | NOVACON 27 | Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern | Peter F. Hamilton | 277 |
28 | 1998 | NOVACON 28 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Paul J. McAuley | 265 |
29 | 1999 | NOVACON 29 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Ian Stewart | 239 |
30 | 2000 | NOVACON 30 | Britannia Hotel, Birmingham | Christopher Priest; Rog Peyton (special guest); David A. Hardy (guest artist) | 224 |
31 | 2001 | NOVACON 31 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Gwyneth Jones | 219 |
32 | 2002 | NOVACON 32 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian McDonald | 252 |
33 | 2003 | NOVACON 33 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Jon Courtenay Grimwood | 203 |
34 | 2004 | NOVACON 34 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian Watson | 217 |
35 | 2005 | NOVACON 35 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Alastair Reynolds | 216 |
36 | 2006 | NOVACON 36 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ken MacLeod | 212 |
37 | 2007 | NOVACON 37 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Charles Stross | 208 |
38 | 2008 | NOVACON 38 | Quality Hotel, Bentley | Ian R MacLeod; Vernon Brown (fan guest) | 177 |
39 | 2009 | NOVACON 39 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Justina Robson | 210 |
40 | 2010 | NOVACON 40 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Iain M Banks; Brian W. Aldiss (special guest) | 262 |
41 | 2011 | NOVACON 41 | Park Inn, Nottingham | John Meaney | tbc |
42 | 2012 | NOVACON 42 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jaine Fenn | tbc |
43 | 2013 | NOVACON 43 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Jo Walton | tbc |
44 | 2014 | NOVACON 44 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Kari Sperring; John Gribbin (science guest) | tbc |
45 | 2015 | NOVACON 45 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Anne and Stan Nichols | tbc |
46 | 2016 | NOVACON 46 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Juliet McKenna | tbc |
47 | 2017 | NOVACON 47 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Adrian Tchaikovsky | tbc |
48 | 2018 | NOVACON 48 | Park Inn, Nottingham | Chris Beckett | tbc |
49 | 2019 | NOVACON 49 | Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham | Mike Carey | tbc |
50 | 2020 | NOVACON 50 | Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham | (Postponed to 2021) | tbc |
50 | 2021 | NOVACON 50 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Chris Baker, Emma Newman (unable to attend), Claire North, Christopher Priest | tbc |
51 | 2022 | NOVACON 51 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Gareth L. Powell | tbc |
52 | 2023 | NOVACON 51 | Palace Hotel, Buxton | Jen Williams | tbc |