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:
Thursday, June 5
12:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. Visit our Book Depot throughout the conference to snag great titles by SFWA’s celebrated authors. We promise: Most of the merchandise doesn’t bite.
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 & Volunteer Recognition: Land-based environment only! Check your multiverse coordinates for aquatic equivalents.
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Friday, June 6
Our Registration Station / Help Desk runs from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., and our Hospitality Suite keeps pace from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., with refreshments on hand for humans and convincing replicants alike.
Our Silent Art Auction also runs out of the Hospitality Suite all weekend, with winners announced on Sunday morning. Almost all of this year’s items are original works, not reprints, and none (to the best of our knowledge) have been regurgitated by space whales.
The Book Depot opens at 9:00 A.M. and runs until 11:00 P.M., at which point the remaining books do get a bit bite-y, so we put them to bed for everyone’s safety.
8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. In-Person Panel 1-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Online Panel 1-1*
8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Workshop 1-1*
9:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Meet & Greets!
9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. In-Person Panel 1-2*
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Online 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. 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 1-3*
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 1-4*
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 1-5*
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! Mass autographing, too!
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Saturday, June 7
Our Hospitality Suite opens at 8:00 A.M. and runs until 2:00 P.M., with the Silent Art Auction in full swing all the while.
Our Registration Station / Help Desk runs from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. This cut-off time provides guests with ample opportunity to settle into Airship Nebula, as it prepares for the next phase of its diamond-year voyage.
The Book Depot opens at 9:00 A.M. and runs until 11:00 P.M. If the books look a little hungry today, it’s because they’re champing at the bit for the big event this evening. They’ll probably settle down once they show up in your stack of great reads for purchase. Probably.
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*
6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Nebula Reception: Airship Nebula is on its way!
7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Nebula Awards Banquet Dinner: Guests are invited to gather in a 1-G environment for a mid-flight meal before we reach our diamond-year destination. (Yes, you may devour literature while you dine, but watch out for any books that bite back!)
8:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. Nebula Awards Ceremony: Here there be dragons. Er. Award finalists. And then winners! But dragons can come, too.
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 one last time 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!