Get to Know Our 2025 Nebula Awards Conference Schedule!

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is looking forward to marking this year’s diamond-year 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference with you in Kansas City, Missouri. From June 5 to 8, you’ll find us at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, celebrating our finalists, special guests, and future for the genre.

Have you registered yet? The full in-person weekend, including Nebula Awards Banquet Dinner, is only $375 USD.

Here’s what we’ll be up to, whether you’re joining us in-person or online:

Overview of our 60th Annual Nebula Conference program, for June 5-8, 2025.

Thursday, June 5

3:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Registration Station: Welcome to SFWA’s diamond-year 60th Anniversary Nebula Awards Conference! Please check all intergalactic devices at reception, and safely stow all anti-matter units upon re-entry.

8:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. Welcome Reception: Land-based environment only! Check your multiverse coordinates for aquatic equivalents.

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Friday, June 6

8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Online Panel 1-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. In-Person Panel 1-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Workshop 1-1*

9:00 AM – 9:30 A.M. Meet & Greets!

9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Online Panel 1-2*
9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. In-Person Panel 1-2*

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Workshop 1-2*

10:30 AM – 11:00 A.M. Meet & Greets!

11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Online Panel 1-3*
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. In-Person Panel 1-3*

BREAK TIME TO FEED THE SPACE WHALES (and everybody else)

1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Online Panel 1-4*
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. In-Person Panel 1-4*
1:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. Workshop 1-3*

2:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. Meet & Greets!

2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. Online Panel 1-5*
2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. In-Person Panel 1-5*

3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Workshop 1-4*

3:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Meet & Greets!

4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Online Panel 1-6*
4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. In-Person Panel 1-6*

5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Save the universe? Or maybe explore the downtown core! Check out tasty eats and nearby sights!

8:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. Networking Reception: Set course for an evening with the stars. Connect and network with this year’s Nebula Award Finalists, while we celebrate their achievements in the genre!

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Saturday, June 7

8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Online Panel 2-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. In-Person Panel 2-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Workshop 2-1*

9:00 AM – 9:30 A.M. Meet & Greets!

9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Online Panel 2-2*
9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. In-Person Panel 2-2*

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Workshop 2-2*

10:30 A.M. – 11:00 P.M. Meet & Greets!

11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Online Panel 2-3*
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. In-Person Panel 2-3*

BREAK TIME TO FEED THE SPACE WHALES (and everybody else)

1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Online Panel 2-4*
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. In-Person Panel 2-4*
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Workshop 2-3*

Sunday, June 8

8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Fueling Station: Serving carbon-based lifeforms, in our Hospitality Suite.
9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Feed your book habit at the Book Depot before you go!

Check out and beam away. Don’t forget to thank your Flight and Ground Crews for all the fish!

More details forthcoming as our Universal Translator works out transmissions from Airship Nebula’s final destination! All in-person panels will be streamed for attendees on other worlds!

** The wibbly-wobbly hour, where time itself might disappear amid creative conversations. Or maybe your recharge pod is calling? User’s choice!

Do you have questions about the big event, or what to feed the space whales? Write to office@sfwa.org with any and all relevant queries!

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