About SCIFI

The Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, Inc., more popularly known as SCIFI, is
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to the production of science fiction conventions and events in the Los Angeles area, as well as benefitting greater science fiction fandom in California, the United States, and around the world.

(For reference, we don’t pronounce SCIFI like the popular diminutive for ‘science fiction’, but in fact just like it looks phonetically: skiffy.)

SCIFI Inc. is the past sponsor of the 1984, 1996 and 2006 Los Angeles World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons); the 1999 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFIC); the 2019 World Fantasy Convention; the 1989, 1994 and 2002 West Coast Science Fantasy Conferences (Westercons); and the 1994 and 2014 SMOFCons. (See our Past Conventions page for details.)

SCIFI Inc. is the sponsor of LAcon V, the forthcoming 84^th World Science Fiction Convention, August 27-31, 2026 in Anaheim, California.

In addition to organizing conventions, SCIFI has provided funding to other events; loaned our technology to local conventions; contributed to popular science fiction fan funds; and fostered relationships with other charitable and beneficial organizations. We administer the annual Rotsler Awards (named after the popular late SF artist William Rotsler), as well as the SCIFI Fan Gallery.