Locus Awards Coming Up in June!

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Join MC Henry Lien and special guest Connie Willis at the 2024 Locus Awards, June 19-22, 2024. Get your tickets now. Online or in-person, we can’t wait to see you!

WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY: We’ll kick off the event with a series of online readings in the evenings starting Wednesday, June 19, with several readers each evening and a Q&A, and an online meetup.

SATURDAY: Saturday will have several panels (in person and online), a catered reception with food by Havana Restaurant plus a cash bar, SWAG, and the awards ceremony (in person and online) at our beautiful location at the historic Preservation Park in downtown Oakland CA, featuring our awesome MC Henry Lien and special guest Connie Willis, with books and merch for sale! We look forward to a great afternoon mingling with our fabulous local SFF community and celebrating the finest works of 2023.

For those traveling to the Bay Area, hotel rooms are available for Locus Awards attendees at a discounted rate Thursday June 20-Monday June 24, 2024, from $149 a night, at the new AC Hotel Oakland Downtown located at 1431 Jefferson Street Oakland, CA 94612. A hot breakfast is included in the nightly rate. Click here to book: Marriott Event Reservations. Please book by Thursday May 30, 2024 to obtain these rates. Note there are no awards events on-site at the hotel.

There will also be a one-day Locus Bay Area Writers Workshop Writing Master Class with Connie Willis on Sunday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on the Art of Foreshadowing, located at Preservation Park near the awards venue. The event will be ticketed separately and workshop ticketing is open! For more info: Locus Bay Area Writers Workshop: Writing Master Class with Connie Willis, June 2024

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