SFWA is excited to announce that the 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference will be held at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, in the beautifully transformed downtown core of Kansas City, Missouri.
Join us from June 5 – June 8 for our diamond-year celebration of science fiction, fantasy, and related genre creators around the globe!
If you’re not making use of our massively discounted self-parking rate of $5 per day, hop on the free-to-ride Kansas City StreetCar to visit local sites between conference events and our 60th Annual Nebula Awards Ceremony. The Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza is six miles from the Kansas City Zoo, and ZTrip is available, in addition to Uber, Lyft, and cab services, for all your other local transport needs.
At our fingertips this year are:
- The Kansas City Power & Light Entertainment District
- The Kauffman Center of the Performing Arts
- The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
- The National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial
- The Negro League Baseball Museum
- The American Jazz Museum
- River Market and the Crossroads Arts District (via StreetCar)
Or stay in for the whole show! With rooms at $179/night plus tax, and free in-room Wi-Fi when you join Marriott Bonvoy (at no extra cost), there’s plenty to do in this fully modernized and renovated downtown conference hub. UPDATE: Our room block is closed! If you plan to join us in Kansas City, please contact office@sfwa.org and we will connect you to the hotel directly to see if there is any availability left. Thank you!
The Main Street Grill at Kansas City Marriott is open all day, and the M.I. Greatroom offers cocktail and lounge space starting at 3 p.m.—or visit the nearby Country Club Plaza, a historic open-air shopping and dining destination at the heart of the city, for your meet-ups with new and old friends in the genre. All guests have free access to a well-equipped fitness center.
All together now!
Celebrate SFWA’s 60th Anniversary with us at the 2025 Nebula Awards Conference.
When and where is it going down?
Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, 4445 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri on June 5 – June 8, 2025. Please contact office@sfwa.org for more information.
Register for the conference here!