Montreal 2027 Bid Filed; Tel Aviv 2027 Bid Suspended

There were two 2027 Worldcon bid developments on Saturday at SMOFCon. I filed Montréal's formal bid for the 2027 Worldcon with Seattle 2025 just after midnight (just before I went to bed), after having confirmed with bid chair Terry Fong that everything was ready to do. Seattle responded later that day that the bid was correct and met the WSFS Constitutional requirements, so Montreal is on the ballot.

Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv bid sent an announcement to SMOFCon 41, which Vincent Docherty read during the Worldcon bid Q&A session, stating that they have suspended their 2027 Worldcon bid until an unspecified future date.

The combined announcement is on the Worldcon website, including the link to the list of bids and to the specific documents making up the Montréal bid.

Stockholm to Host 2025 SMOFCon

Stockholm was the only bid presented to host SMOFCon 42 in Stockholm, and the bid was selected by the unanimous consent of the members of SMOFCon attending the bid presentation session. The convention will be December 5-7, 2025. Membership is 450 SEK. (Free to under-26 if registered in advance.)

I recorded the SMOFCon bid, Worldcon and Worldcon bid Q&A sessions, but I am too overloaded right now to try and upload them. to YouTube. The Worldcon/bid Q&As will be on the Worldcon Events YouTube channel. I think that the SMOFCon presentations will be on the SMOFCon 41 YouTube channel once they are able to arrange for me to access it. It may not happen right away, and possibly won't be posted until I get home, due to my having an overload for Saturday at SMOFCon.