SFWA EVENTS
Early Bird Registration for Our 61st Nebulas Closes June 30, 2025! Nab your spots today!
We Have Our Winners!!!
Congratulations to all our diamond-year finalists, and thank you for filling out such competitive fields!
Read the whole list of Nebula Award Winners here, and join us on Discord or social media to celebrate them in style!
You can also show your support to all our 60th anniversary Nebula Award Finalists by pre-ordering Nebula Awards Showcase 60, edited by Stephen Kotowych in time for launch at the Nebulas, and out June 9 in print and ebook for everyone!
Having fun? So are we! And to keep the joy of our diamond-year at SFWA going, we were thrilled to announce early-bird pricing for next year’s Nebula Conference at this year’s Nebula Awards Ceremony.
From now until June 30, general registration to our 61st Nebula Awards Conference in Chicago, from June 2-7, is only $225 USD.
We’ll touch base later about Nebula Banquet pricing, but for now: Spread the word about this limited-time discount to all our regular conference programming, and keep the magic of the Nebs alive! We hope to see you again soon!
With thanks to the following sponsors for their generous support of our 60th nebulas!
Upcoming Events
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Speculative Poetry OPEN MIC
June 28, 2025 11:00 am to
12:30 pm
The SFWA Poetry Committee hosts a quarterly open mic for our poets. This is an unrecorded meetup where we share our work with each other. You are welcome to read works in progress or published work in the privacy of zoom.
Writing Date with CHRISTINE HANOLSY (Quiet Writing Room)
June 29, 2025 2:00 pm to
4:00 pm
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
Indie Author Meetup – What Worked, What Didn’t – 2nd Quarter 2025
July 5, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: What’s changed in the indie author business during second quarter 2025? What’s working and what isn’t?
Indie Author Meetup – Getting Judgy About Your Book Cover
August 2, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: Book covers. They can make you tear your hair out. Let’s talk book covers with Rachel Rosen.
Speculative Poetry Book Club
August 9, 2025 11:00 am to
12:00 pm
A meeting of the speculative poetry book club. At the fifth meeting, we will discuss Mahaila Smith’s chapbook “Seed Beetle.” No poetry expertise required! The discussion will be run by Mary Soon Lee, a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
Space is limited for this event; please RSVP to (marysoonlee [at] gmail [dot] com).
Indie Author Meetup – YouTube for Indie Authors
September 6, 2025 4:00 pm to
5:00 pm
The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: YouTube. How can indie authors make it work–and what are the best practices for doing it? Gaining visibility, reading snippets, talking about your work…bring your strategies!