Voting is now open to select the site of the 2028 Worldcon. All members of the 2026 Worldcon, LAcon V (except single-day members) are eligible to vote upon payment of $50, which will make the voters WSFS members (formerly known as supporting members) of the 2028 Worldcon regardless of who is selected to host the 2028 Worldcon.

You can vote online or by paper ballot. See the LAcon V Site Selection Voting Instructions website to learn how to vote. Voting will happen online, by paper ballot, and in person at LAcon V. The results of the election will be announced at an in-person WSFS Business Meeting at LAcon V

Although the Nuremberg in 2028 Worldcon Bid withdrew their bid on May 31, 2026, they will appear on the ballot. The only other bid that filed the necessary papers with LACon V is Brisbane in 2028, and they are also on the ballot. Other bids can file as write-in bids until the close of voting at LAcon V. You can also vote for None of the Above. Should None of the Above win, the site of the 2028 Worldcon will be decided by the WSFS Business Meeting held in person at LAcon V.

The election is being conducted by LAcon V, the 2026 Worldcon. Voting is not conducted by the worldcon.org website. Contact LAcon V with any questions about the election.

The Nuremberg in 2028 Worldcon bid has withdrawn from the race to host the Worldcon in Nuremberg, Germany. On May 31, 2026, the bid posted the following statement on their website:

We are standing down.

We are sad to announce that we are standing down from the race for the 2028 Worldcon. This decision has been made at a Crew-Committee Assembly today.

This decision comes from a mix of personal, organisational and timing reasons. Since our introduction at Smofcon in November, we have received wonderful support from volunteers, artists, experienced conrunners and communities across Central Europe. We are deeply grateful for that.

But as site selection begins, we have to be honest: we are not at the point where we would need to be in order to ask the community to vote for us and be ready to carry the responsibility of winning.

Our goal was never simply to be a winning bid. Our goal was to present the best German Worldcon we could imagine: a Worldcon in Nuremberg that would be transparent, welcoming, ambitious, and able to learn from other open community traditions. To do that properly, we need more time.

We still strongly believe that a Worldcon in Nuremberg could be a great Worldcon, and that building a stronger Central European Worldcon community matters for the future of Worldcon.

Sadly, that will not happen in 2028.

We hope to use the momentum, relationships and ideas that have grown around this bid to help build a stronger foundation for future European Worldcons. We are considering whether to bid again for a later year, but we have not made that decision yet.

For now, we want to thank everyone who supported us, donated to us, challenged us, advised us, volunteered, created art, shared ideas, and believed that Nuremberg could be part of Worldcon’s future.

Thank you.

Florian & Ruben

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We also want to document what we have learned: about open volunteer structures, the Chair role, transparency, documentation, and how future Worldcons might become easier for new people to join. We hope some of that work can still be useful beyond this bid.

The Rwanda in 2028 Worldcon bid has withdrawn from the race to host the Worldcon in Kigali, Rwanda. Bid Chair Micheal Kabunga released the following announcement:

Greetings from ConKigali Worldcon Bid Team.

Due to the ongoing immigration changes in the USA and around the world, our efforts to mobilize resources to sustain the 2028 Worldcon Bid have been very difficult. We find ourselves below a number of our set threshold resource targets by now. We therefore find it honorable at the moment to put the 2028 bid on hold.

However, our motivations to attract the Worldcon to Africa stand firm.

While we are letting go of our hope to host the Worldcon in 2028, we are launching a new Worldcon in Africa initiative. This initiative will bring together our local team members and those with more Worldcon and global con-running experience.

I thank you all for the support rendered to the team up to this time. We hope that you will join our effort to carry this forward until Africa hosts its first Worldcon fruitfully. To join our team or stay informed about our plans, please join our mailing list here.

Regards
Micheal Kabunga
Bid Chair

Voting to select the site of the 2027 Worldcon opened on June 28, 2025 and will be open until 17:00 (5 PM) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7) on Friday, August 15. WSFS members of Seattle 2025 are eligible to vote upon payment of an advance WSFS membership fee, which will count as a WSFS membership in the winning bid. You can vote by paper mail by downloading the site selection ballot, by voting online, or in person at Seattle 2025. See that Seattle 2025 website for details on how to purchase an advance WSFS membership and to vote.

The results of the election will be announced at the Site Selection WSFS Business Meeting on the morning Saturday, August 16, 2025 at Seattle 2025.

Glasgow 2024 – A Worldcon for our Futures, announced on February 27, 2024 that the only bid filed to host the 2026 Worldcon is Los Angeles in 2026. Therefore, this is the only bid that will be on the ballot for the site selection election. Per WSFS rules, other bids can file until the close of voting and can be selected as write-in bids. As required by the WSFS Constitution, “None of the Above” will also be on the ballot, and if it wins, the 2026 Worldcon site would be selected by the 2024 WSFS Business Meeting in Glasgow.

Each Worldcon operates independently of all other Worldcons. The election to select the site of the 2026 Worldcon will be conducted by Glasgow 2024, not by the WSFS website.

Further details are included in Glasgow 2024’s Media Release 18, published on their website.

CanSMOF, the non-profit corporation that organized the 2009 Worldcon, has announced a bid for Montréal, Québec, Canada for 2027. The bid’s initial announcement follows below.

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