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2025 Nebula Conference Announcement!
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! REGISTER NOW!
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.
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
June 5 – June 8
Where can I learn more about the hotel?
At the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza website, of course!
Room Rate: $179/night plus tax
Register for the Conference and hotel now!
Kansas City, MO chosen as site of 2025 Nebula Awards
Kansas City, Missouri has been selected as the site for the 2025 SFWA Nebula Conference, celebrating SFWA’s 60th Anniversary. Date and hotel TBA.
Virtual SFWA Book Depot returns!
We’re happy to announce the return of SFWA’s virtual Book Depot, SFWA’s home at Bookshop.org, the online bookstore that supports physical independent bookstores. Our Bookstore features books by this year’s Nebula finalists and winners. Note: SFWA is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
Interview with the newest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master, Susan Mary Cooper.
SFWA President, Jeffe Kennedy interviews the newest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master, Susan Mary Cooper. This interview took place at the 2024 Nebula Conference. For all of our recorded panels, new live events, writing dates, and SFWA committee meetings, please join the ongoing annual offerings at events.sfwa.org!
SFWA Announces the Winners of the 59th Annual Nebula Awards
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Watch the 2024 Nebula Awards® Ceremony Live
2024 Nebula Conference Final Program Schedule
Please note, even though we are releasing this final programming update, the schedule is still subject to change.
Update: We’re currently aware of an issue where some names may not be showing up on the schedule due to a glitch. The team is working on getting that rectified as soon as possible!
Join us for the Nebula Conference June 6-9th, 2024. Programming will begin the afternoon of Thursday, June 6. Recordings of all panels will be available until April 2025. Below is our preliminary program of panels and meetups. The names of speakers will appear on this program as they are confirmed. The titles, descriptions, and participants of these panels are subject to change. Please email events@sfwa.org with questions about the program.
All in-person panels in Pasadena will be streamed as hybrid events for our online audience.
If you volunteered to speak on programming:
We want to thank everyone for submitting your names to speak, and as always, we have a wealth of skills and talents to choose from! The programming team worked with hundreds of speaker surveys, matching interest and availability and built a truly stellar program for all of you this year. If you were not chosen to speak during the weekend, we do still have your surveys and should any opportunities arise during the year for additional paneling or programming via our special ongoing events, we may still be in touch!
If you submitted a programming idea: We’re grateful for the hundreds of panel topics and suggestions submitted for the conference! If your submission was not scheduled for this conference weekend, we may still be in touch about using it for an online panel later this year or during another event.
Other Conference Events
Ceremony & Receptions. Join us for the 59th Nebula Award Ceremony! There will be opportunities to celebrate Nebula nominees at receptions during the conference: one to recognize the Grand Master and finalists, and one right before the ceremony as the red carpet event.
Author Meet-and-Greets. This year’s Meet & Greet assignments have also been completed. We tried to accommodate as many requests as possible, but due to availability and space constraints, not all requests were fulfilled. However, if additional slots become available, we will reach out to you with the opportunity. Please email programming@sfwa.org with any further questions.
Bookshop. This year we’re thrilled to partner with Vroman’s, Southern California’s oldest independent bookstore – since 1894. A pop-up shop will be available during the conference on Friday and Saturday. Or, for the full experience, visit their storefront around the corner from the conference venue!
Office Hours. This year, we are reviving the Office Hours program virtually and in person! During an Office Hour, hosts meet with attendees one on one to offer mentorship, hear pitches, share expertise in a specialized field, answer questions about their own work, and give feedback on others’ work (such as an author website, query, first pages, etc…). Hosts have already been matched with those who’ve entered the lottery and have been notified. There may still be slots available. If you would like to request one of the open slots, please look up the desired Office Hours slot on the link above and mail your choices to officehours@sfwa.org. Contact officehours@sfwa.org with any questions.
Networking Opportunities. Form new connections, meet members of SFWA committees, and expand your network. Conference receptions and opportunities to network will be available both in person and online.
Book Bags. Our volunteers are working hard to bring back the book bag for in-person volunteers. Email sponsors@sfwa.org if you or your organization would like to donate any titles, ARCs, ebook coupons, etc. to this year’s bookbags.
Photography. Book a session with Richard Man to have your professional author headshot taken. Sign-up slots will be available onsite. Learn more about Richard and his work at his website.
Quiet Writing Room: Feeling inspired? On a deadline? We will set up a quiet writing room to help you get some writing done while you’re at the conference!
The Cooper Suite. Stop by the virtual Zoom suite for virtual conference attendees to mingle, network, and debrief after panel sessions. The Suite will feature overflow rooms for each panel stream, affinity spaces for writers from many diverse communities, a voice-only space for a low -sensory experience, and more spaces for all attendees to connect.
Announcing the 59th Nebula Awards Toastmaster: Sarah Gailey
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Sponsorships for the 2024 Nebula Conference Now Available!
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