February 9-11, 2024
The Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts

Boskone 61

New England Science Fiction Association

"Boskone offers passionate fans, numerous professionals, and a great location."

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“Boskone became my home convention, is still very much part of my science fiction and fantasy life.”

— Jane Yolen, Guest of Honor, Boskone 29
“Boskone is ... a haven of SF&F enthusiasts and enthusiasm.”

— Garth Nix, Guest of Honor, Boskone 53
"Such a lovely time with such lovely people."

— John Scalzi, Guest of Honor, Boskone 49
"I look forward to the warm, comfortable lobby ... watching the annual blizzard glide in."

— Michael Swanwick, Guest of Honor, Boskone 37
"This convention was fun, welcoming, and had many thought-provoking panels and discussions."

— Cindy Pon, Young Adult Fiction Guest, Boskone 56

Image by Emily Hurst Pritchett

Ben Aaronovitch

Guest of Honor

Emily Hurst Pritchett

Official Artist

Bradford Lyau

Special Guest

Amy Kucharik

Musical Guest

John Scalzi

NESFA Press Guest

Kevin Roche

Hal Clement Science Speaker

Do you love

science fiction and fantasy?

Boskone 61 is coming! Join us in-person or online.

If this is your first convention or your tenth, you’ll find an open and welcoming gathering of people who share your same interests, talents, and love of anything to do with science fiction or fantasy!

Join us February 9-11, 2024, at Boskone, the longest-running science fiction & fantasy convention in New England. Please note that Boskone 61 will be a week earlier than usual. Register for this year’s convention today!

Boskone Blog

February 13, 2024

Boskone 61 Positive Covid Reports

There is a #covid-reports channel in the WELCOME AND HELPDESK category of the NESFA and Boskone discord for COVID reports *. Future reports will continue to go in that channel as well as here in the Boskone Blog. The Discord channel or Boskone 61 (info@boskone.org) has received the following positive Covid reports from Boskone 61 […]

January 25, 2024

Boskone 61 Schedule

Boskone 61 Schedule is now online at https://boskone.org/program/schedule/ There are links to the interactive and non-interactive schedules.

January 18, 2024

Boskone 61 Program Participants

The preliminary list of Program Participants (as of 1/18/2024) is on the website at: https://boskone.org/guests/program-participants/

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February 9-11, 2024The Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts