PulpFest

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Dealers’ Room
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm — Early Dealers’ Room Set-Up (only dealers & helpers allowed entry)
9:00 pm – 9:45 pm — ERB — A Century of Robert K. Abbett (Henry G Franke III & Mark Wheatley)

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Dealers’ Room
8:00 am – 9:00 am — Dealers’ Room Set-Up (only dealers & helpers allowed entry)
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Registration Desk Open for All Attendees
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open for Early-Bird Shopping
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Submit Your Auction Items to PulpFest (Dealers’ Room)

Auction Preview
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Hotel Lounge
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm — Pizza at PulpFest (sponsored by PulpFest’s Generous Dealers)

Evening Programming
6:55 pm – 7:00 pm — Welcome to PulpFest — Remarks from Chairman Jack Cullers
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm — AmazingThe Rise and Fall of Gernsback’s Amazing Stories (Garyn Roberts)
7:50 pm – 8:35 pm — AmazingThe Scithers Years (John Gregory Betancourt & Darrell Schweitzer)
8:40 pm – 9:25 pm — Doc ConThe AmazingAdventures of Doc Savage (Daryl Morrissey)
9:30 pm – 10:15 pm — AmazingThe Shaver Mystery (Jeff Shanks)
10:20 pm – 11:05 pm — AmazingCosmic Collectibles: Buck Rogers Conquers Merchandising (Jim Beard)
11:10 pm – 1:00 am — Amazing — 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Hotel Lounge
11:10 pm – ?? am — Doc Con — Bronze Bash Socialize at Ember & Vine

Friday, July 31, 2026

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open to All PulpFest Members
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Submit Your Auction Items to PulpFest (Dealers’ Room)

Art Show
11:30 am – 1:30 pm — ERB — A Century of Robert K. Abbett (hosted by Henry G. Franke III in the Chestnut Room)

Afternoon Programming
12:30 pm – 1:25 pm — ERBThe Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs (Win Scott Eckert & friends)
1:30 pm – 2:25 pm — Flinch! Fest (John C. Bruening & Jim Beard)
2:30 pm – 3:25 pm — FarmerConThe Early Philip José Farmer: Pulps and Digests (Michael Croteau & Win Scott Eckert)

Auction Preview
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Evening Programming
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm — Men’s Adventure Magazines — Gil Cohen: Inside & Out (Wyatt Doyle)
7:50 pm – 8:35 pm — AmazingThe Amazing Ray Palmer (John Ventre)
8:40 pm – 9:25 pm — AmazingAmazing Artists (David Saunders)
9:30 pm – 10:15 pm — Jack London’s Amazing Stories(Morgan Holmes)
10:20 pm – 11:05 pm — SpooksGhost Stories: Truth or Fiction? (Mike Chomko & David Walker)
11:10 pm – 1:00 am — Spooks — The Haunting (1963)

Hotel Lounge
11:05 pm – ?? am — Fraternize at FarmerCon Socialize at Ember & Vine

Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open to All PulpFest Members
9:00 am – 12:00 pm — Submit Your Auction Items to PulpFest (Dealers’ Room)

Art Show
11:30 am – 1:30 pm — ERB — A Century of Robert K. Abbett (hosted by Henry G. Franke III in the Chestnut Room)

Afternoon Programming
12:30 pm – 1:25 pm — Doc ConThe Bronze Gazette (Anthony Rais and Howard Wright)
1:30 pm – 2:25 pm — The Shadow ConThe Haunted Shadow (Tim King)
2:30 pm – 3:25 pm — Writer’s Panel — Working with Licensed Characters (John C. Bruening, Win Scott Eckert, William Patrick Maynard, and Will Murray, with Jim Beard)

Auction Preview
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Evening Programming
6:55 pm – 7:15 pm — Looking Toward PulpFest 2027 (Jack Cullers & Mike Chomko — all members are welcome)
7:15 pm – 7:30 pm — Our 2026 Munsey Award Presentation & Raffle Drawing
7:30 pm – 7:55 pm — Last-Minute Auction Preview (in Willow Room)
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm — PulpFest 2026 Auction

Hotel Lounge
11:05 pm – ?? am — The Shadow ConAt the Cobalt Club — Socialize at Ember & Vine

Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 1:00 pm — Our Dealers Pack Up — All Are Welcome to Browse

Please note that our schedule is subject to change.