2006 Nebula Awards® Weekend
Starplay by Lisa Snellings-Clark
Thursday, May 4 - Sunday, May 7, 2006
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Arizona
Updates: After Nebula Weekend
2005 Nebula Winners
Charity Auction report
Richard Curtis's Seminar (SFWA members only)
Welcome
The 2006 Nebula Awards weekend committee would like to invite you to join us in Tempe, Arizona.
— Lee Whiteside
with the assistance of
LepreCon, Inc
Recent Updates
Richard Curtis's Seminar (SFWA members only)
Program Schedule [50Kb PDF] [Update 5/02/2006]
Multi-Author autograph session [Update 5/02/2006]
Charity Auction: Over $7,000 raised!
[Update 5/11/2006: Check out Harlan Rat]
Banquet & Registration
[Update 5/04/2006]
Final Nebula Award® Ballot
(SFWA members: private edition)
Preliminary Nebula Award® Ballot
(SFWA members: private edition)
Grand Master: Harlan Ellison
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The Board of Directors, in consultation with participating past presidents, is pleased to announce SFWA's next Grand Master — Harlan Ellison. Harlan really needs no introduction to any of you. He's truly a legend in our community.
Since his first sale, "Glowworm," to Infinity Science Fiction in 1955, to his recent inclusion in The Best American Short Stories (1993), Harlan Ellison has shaped and sometimes re-shaped modern science fiction. As a writer and as an anthologist, his influence, though sometimes controversial, has been vast. He's won a remarkable eight and a half Hugo Awards, plus three Nebula Awards, many script-writing awards for his television work, two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, two World Fantasy Awards, including their Lifetime Achievement Award, and five Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association, including their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Always a champion for writers, Harlan led the fight against AOL with his "Kick Internet Piracy" campaign to hold internet service providers responsible for pirate sites. He also helped to launch the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. He was one of the founders of the Science Fiction Writers of America and served as its first vice-president.
His astonishing career spans more than five decades. We hope you'll make plans to join us in Tempe, Arizona, for the 2006 Nebula Awards Weekend as we celebrate with him.
— Robin Bailey
President, SFWA
As I have been saying for years, though maybe not in print, if there is an actual genius writing science fiction now, his name is Harlan Ellison. |
Author Emeritus: William F. Nolan
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Born in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, William F. Nolan sold his first fiction, "The Joy of Living," to IF Magazine. It appeared in the August, 1954, issue. His work has included a broad range of material, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns and mysteries. He's authored over 150 stories and 75 books, including 13 novels. Among the best-known of his novels is Logan's Run, co-authored with George Clayton Johnson, and later on his own, Logan's World and Logan's Search. His work has earned praise from such writers as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury and Joe R. Landsdale.
— Robin Bailey
President, SFWA
Toastmaster: Connie Willis
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Connie Willis is the award winning author of Doomsday Book, Passage, To Say
Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether. She has been awarded six Nebula Awards, eight
Hugo Awards, nine Locus Poll Awards and many other awards for her work. She has
been a popular guest at many science fiction and fantasy conventions and
will be the Author Guest of Honor at the 2006 WorldCon in Los Angeles. She
is currently working on All Clear, a time travel novel set in the time of
the London Blitz. Her novella "Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" was
recently adapted for the CBS TV Movie "Snow Wonder". We are honored to have
her preside over the 2006 Nebula Awards Weekend as our Toastmaster.
The Hotel
The 2006 Nebula Awards weekend will be held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, 60 East Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281. The Mission Palms is located in downtown Tempe, where we previously hosted the 2004 World Fantasy Convention.
The Mission Palms is currently fully booked on Thursday and Friday nights, but have plenty of rooms on Saturday night. Rooms may become available on Thursday and Friday nights when another group's block is finalized in early April. Their online system currently does not accept the group rate and reservations need to be made by phone at (800) 547-8705 or at (480) 894-1400.
We have set up an informal overflow block at the Holiday Inn Tempe for $99.99 a night, S/D/T/Q plus tax. We do not have an online code for this rate. They are located about a mile away and do have a shuttle van that can take you to the Mission Palms. Reservations are (888 465 4329) and the hotel phone number is 480-9683451.
Update: Other nearby hotel information.
Banquet Menu
Charity Auction
Update 11 May 2006
Multi-Author Autograph Session
Friday, May 5, 2006
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
List of Participants
(Updated 5/02/2006)
Program Schedule [50Kb PDF]
(Updated 5/02/2006)
Program Outline
Thursday:
- Registration (Mission Palms Convention Center East Foyer, in front of Palm F). opens — 6:00 p.m.
- Hospitality Suite (Room 2038) opens — 6:00 p.m.
- Welcome Reception — 8:00 p.m.
Friday:
- Hospitality Suite (Room 2038) opens — 9:00 a.m.
- Programming — 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
One track of panels plus a track of readings in the afternoon. - Multi-Author Autograph Session — 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Evening Reception: — 9:00 p.m.
Awarding of Nominee pins and other special activities in honor of our guests.
Saturday:
- Hospitality Suite (Room 2038) opens 9:00 a.m.
- Programming 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- SFWA Business Meeting and Board meetings (10:00 a.m. - noon)
- Richard Curtis hosts: Literary Bankruptcy & the iBooks matter (Noon - 1:00 p.m.)
- Readings
- Charity Auction (2:00 - 3:30 p.m.)
- Pre-Banquet Reception: 6:00 p.m.
- Nebula Awards Banquet: 7:00 p.m.
Sunday:
- Hospitality Suite (Room 2038) opens 9:00 a.m.
Rates & Registration
(Updated 5/04/2006)
For pre-registered members, your registration materials will be waiting for you at the Nebula Registration desk in the Tempe Mission Palms Convention Center East Foyer (in front of Palm F). We are not mailing out any tickets or badges in advance. Registration will open at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, 9:00 a.m. Friday, and 8:00 a.m. Saturday. If you want to verify your membership and menu choice, if applicable, please send email to nebulas [at] sfwa [dot] org.
We will have a limited number of banquet tickets available at the door due to needing to have a fairly firm number by Wednesday so the hotel can order the food for the banquet. If you are planning on attending the banquet and were planning on paying at the door, we can take your reservation in advance and collect from you at the door to ensure you will have your desired menu choice.
Current Rate Schedule:
- Full Weekend Membership (including the Banquet) is $135 at the door.
- Panels and Parties Membership (includes panels, parties and the award ceremony but NOT the Banquet) is $50 at the door.