The Worldcon Runners Guide Editorial Committee is a standing committee of the WSFS Business Meeting. This means that while it is not an independent committee like the WSFS Mark Protection Committee, it does not have to be renewed annually. Its chair and members are appointed by each year’s WSFS Business Meeting. The purpose of the WRGEC is to compile best practices of Worldcon and make them available to interested persons.

The Worldcon Runner’s Guide is in the process of being updated. In the absence of a new version, we are providing PDF documents created from an older wiki-based version of the Guide.

If you are interested in becoming involved in contributing to the Guide, please write to guide@wsfs.org.

The various documents available for download are:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Scope of the Problem
• Timelines
• Getting Started
• The First Year
• The Budget and Finance
• Publications
• Registration
• WSFS
• Programming
• Events
• Exhibits
• Huckster Room
• Art Show
• Films and Video
• Services
• Facilities
• Facilities Liaison
• Facilities Contract
• Kitchen Sink Departments
• Special Problems
• Publicity and Press Relations
• Non-North American Worldcons
• North American vs European Worldcons
• The Internet and Worldcons
• Quo Vadis, Worldcon?
• Contributors
• List of Worldcons
• Sample Entertainer Contract
• Sample Exhibitor’s Solicitation Letter
• Sample Exhibitor’s Contract
• Sample Restaurant Solicitation Letter
• Recommended Reading
• WOOF
• The Ghosts of Worldcons Past