1980s

The following is a list of events throughout the 1980s related to small press speculative fiction.
==Events==
==Births==
===1980===
*January 5 – Nathan Rosen
*June 6 – Alexandra Erin
*October 7 – J. Travis Grundon
===1981===
*August 7 – Keith Deininger
*August 28 – Brandon Ford
*November 21 – Erik T. Chevalier
===1982===
*July 19 – Garrett Cook
*September 2 – Shane McKenzie
*December 21 – Mark Sheldon
===1983===
*February 3 – Kara Ferguson
*February 16 – Brian Barnett
===1984===
*April 26 – S.E. Cox
*July 31 – William Pauley III
*September 8 – Stephanie Barnett
===1985===
*June 20 – Alexander T. Cardosi
*December 4 – Jack Bristow
===1986===
*March 9 – Joshua Day
*May 18 – Magen Toole
===1987===
===1988===
===1989===