Nebula Award Weekend

The annual conference of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), at which the Nebula Awards are presented.

Award Year	Dates	Venue	Location	Toastmaster	Keynote Speaker
1965 East	March 11, 1966	Overseas Press Club	New York, NY
1965 West	March 11, 1966	McHenry’s Tail O’ the Cock	Los Angeles, CA
1966 East	March 25, 1967	Les Champs	New York, NY
1966 West	March 25, 1967	McHenry’s Tail O’ the Cock	Los Angeles, CA
1967 East	March 16, 1968	Les Champs	New York, NY
1967 West	March 16, 1968	Hotel Claremont	Berkeley, CA
1968 East	March 15, 1969	Les Champs	New York, NY
1968 West	March 15, 1969	Club 33, Disneyland	Anaheim, CA
1968 South	March 14, 1969	Fontainebleau Motor Hotel	New Orleans, LA
1969 East	March 14, 1970	Les Champs	New York, NY	Isaac Asimov	Carl Sagan
1969 West	March 14, 1970	Hotel Claremont	Berkeley, CA	(unofficial West Coast Banquet)
1970 West	April 3-4, 1971	Hotel Claremont	Berkeley, CA	Avram Davidson	George Clayton Roberts
1970 East	April 3, 1971	Les Champs	New York, NY	Lester del Rey (unofficial East Coast Banquet)	Marvin Minsky
1970 South	April 3,1971	Bourbon Orleans Hotel	New Orleans, LA	Joseph Green (unofficial Southern Banquet)	Gerald W. Page
1971 East	April 29-30, 1972	New York Hilton	New York, NY	Harlan Ellison
1971 West	April 29, 1972	Airport-Marina Hotel	Los Angeles, CA	(unofficial West Coast Banquet)
1971 South	April 29, 1972	Le Pavilion Hotel	New Orleans, LA	(unofficial Southern Banquet)
1972 South	April 27-29, 1973	Le Pavilion Hotel	New Orleans, LA	no toastmaster
1972 East	April 28, 1973	Sheraton McAlpin Hotel	New York, NY	(unofficial East Coast Banquet)
1972 West	April 28, 1973	Claremont Hotel	Berkeley, CA	(unofficial West Coast Banquet)
1973 West	April 26-28, 1974	Century Plaza Hotel	Hollywood, CA	Robert Bloch	Bruce Murray, Edgar Mitchell, Al Worden
1973 East	April 27, 1974	Algonquin Hotel	New York, NY	(unofficial East Coast Banquet)
1974 East	April 25-27, 1975	Warwick Hotel	New York, NY	no toastmaster	Damon Knight
1974 West	April 26, 1975			(unofficial West Coast Banquet)	Robert W. Bussard
1975	April 9-11, 1976	Century Plaza Hotel	Los Angeles, CA	Terry Carr	George Pal
1976 East	April 29 - May 1, 1977	Warwick Hotel	New York, NY	Isaac Asimov	Clifford D. Simak
1976 West	April 30, 1977	America	San Francisco, CA	Greg Benford, Jim Benford (unofficial West Coast Banquet)	Clayton Bailey
1977 West	April 28-30, 1978	Sir Francis Drake Hotel	San Francisco, CA	Robert Silverberg	William J. Kaufman, B. Kliban
1977 East	April 29, 1978	American Hotel	New York, NY	(unofficial East Coast Banquet)
1978	April 20-22, 1979	Warwick Hotel	New York, NY	Norman Spinrad	Bob Guccione
1979	April 25-27, 1980	Beverly Wilshire Hotel	Los Angeles, CA	David Gerrold	Dr. Edward Krupp
1980	April 24-26, 1981	Waldorf-Astoria	New York, NY	no toastmaster	Barbara Marx Hubbard
1981	April 23-25, 1982	Claremont Resort Hotel	Oakland, CA	Terry Carr	Patricia Holt
1982	April 22-24, 1983	Statler Hilton	New York, NY	Charles L. Grant	Page Cuddy
1983	April 27-29, 1984	Queen Mary	Long Beach, CA	Terry Carr	Art Seidenbaum
1984	May 4-6, 1985	Warwick Hotel	New York, NY	F. Paul Wilson	Tim Jensen
1985	April 25-27, 1986	Claremont Hotel	Berkeley, CA	Robert Silverberg
1986	May 1-3, 1987	Halloran House Hotel	New York, NY	Charles Sheffield	Barry Moser
1987	May 20-22, 1988	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel	Hollywood, CA	no toastmaster	Louis Friedman and (impromptu) David Rappaport
1988	April 21-23, 1989	Penta Hotel	New York, NY	no toastmaster	Ian Ballantine
1989	April 27-29, 1990	Hyatt Regency Embarcadero	San Francisco, CA	Robert Silverberg	Thomas Furness
1990	April 26-28, 1991	Roosevelt Hotel	New York, NY	Ben Bova	Hugh Downs
1991	April 24-26, 1992	Colony Square Hotel	Atlanta, GA	no toastmaster	Newt Gingrich
1992	April 16-18, 1993	Holiday Crowne Plaza	New Orleans, LA	Connie Willis	A. J. Smith
1993	April 22-24, 1994	Valley River Inn	Eugene, Oregon	Connie Willis, Edward Bryant	K. Eric Drexler
1994	April 21-23, 1995	Grand Hyatt Hotel	New York, NY	Gardner Dozois	Tom Doherty
1995	April 26-28, 1996	Queen Mary	Long Beach, CA	George Alec Effinger	Bruce Murray
1996	April 18-20, 1997	Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza	Kansas City, MO	Jane Yolen	Bernard Harris, Jr.
1997	April 29 - May 1, 1998	Hotel Santa Fe	Santa Fe, NM	Michael Cassutt	Chris Crawford
1998	April 30 - May 2, 1999	Marriott City Center Hotel	Pittsburgh, PA	Stanley Schmidt	David Hartwell
1999	May 19-21, 2000	Crowne Plaza Hotel	New York, NY	Scott Edelman
2000	April 27-29, 2001	Beverly Hilton Hotel	Los Angeles, CA	Neil Gaiman	Paul Guay
2001	April 26-28, 2002	Westin Crown Center Hotel	Kansas City, MO	Esther M. Friesner
2002	April 18-20, 2003	Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel	Philadelphia, PA	Harry Harrison
2003	April 16-18, 2004	Westin Seattle Hotel	Seattle, WA	Neal Stephenson	Rich Rashid
2004	April 27 - May 1, 2005	Allegro Hotel	Chicago, IL	Neil Gaiman
2005	May 4-7, 2006	Mission Palms Hotel	Tempe, AZ	Connie Willis
2006	May 11-13, 2007	Marriott Financial Center	New York, NY	Ronald D. Moore
2007	April 24-27, 2008	Omni Austin Hotel Downtown	Austin, TX	Joe R. Lansdale, John Moore
2008	April 24-26, 2009	Luxe Hotel	Los Angeles, CA	Janis Ian	Chuck Lorre
2009	May 13-16, 2010	Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront hotel	Cocoa Beach, FL	Allen Steele	David D. Levine
2010	May 19-22, 2011	Washington Hilton	Washington, DC	Michael Swanwick	Michael Dirda
2011	May 17-20, 2012	Hyatt Regency hotel	Crystal City, VA	Walter Jon Williams	Mike Fincke
2012	May 16-19, 2013	Hilton San José	San José, CA	Robert Silverberg
2013	May 15-18, 2014	San José Marriott	San José, CA	Ellen Klages
2014	June 4-7, 2015	Palmer House Hilton	Chicago, IL	Nick Offerman
2015	May 12-15, 2016	Palmer House Hilton	Chicago, IL	John Hodgman
2016	May 18-21, 2017	Pittsburgh Marriott City Center	Pittsburgh, PA	Kjell Lindgren
2017	May 17-20, 2018	Pittsburgh Marriott City Center	Pittsburgh, PA	Martin P. Robinson
2018	May 16-19, 2019	Warner Center Marriott	Woodland Hills, CA	Bobak Ferdowsi
2019	May 28-31, 2020	originally to be held at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, CA	moved to a virtual (online) convention due to the Covid-19 epidemic	Aydrea Walden

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