| Year | Location | Theme | Directors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San Sebastian and Bilbao, Spain | Ernest Hemingway and the Basque Country | Verna Kale, Iñaki Sagarna, and Alberto Lena |
| 2022 | Sheridan, Wyoming and Cooke City, Montana | Explore Hemingway | Larry Grimes, Debi Isakson, John Sutton, Chris Warren, & Ross Tangedal |
| 2018 | Paris, France | Hemingway in Paris | H.R. Stoneback & Matthew Nickel |
| 2016 | Oak Park, IL | At Home in Hemingway's World | Alex Vernon, John Berry, & David Krause |
| 2014 | Venice, Italy | Hemingway in Venice | Mark Cirino & Mark Ott |
| 2012 | Petoskey, MI | Hemingway Up in Michigan | Cecil & Charlotte Ponder & Robert W. Trogdon |
| 2010 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Hemingway's Extreme Geographies | Suzanne del Gizzo & Boris Vejdovsky |
| 2008 | Kansas City, MO | Hemingway in Kansas City: War + Ink | Gail Sinclair, Steve Trout, & Steve Paul |
| 2006 | Ronda, Spain | Hemingway in Andalusia | Carl Eby, Miriam Mandel, & Diane Buck |
| 2004 | Key West, FL | Key West Hemingway | Gail Sinclair & Kirk Curnutt |
| 2002 | Stresa, Italy | Hemingway in Stresa | Rena Sanderson & John Sanford |
| 2000 | Bimini | Bimini | Don Junkins & Sir Michael & Lady Barbara Checkley |
| 1998 | Les Saintes-Mari-de-la-Mer, France | Hemingway in Provence | Robert Lewis & H.R. Stoneback |
| 1996 | Ketchum- Sun Valley, ID | Hemingway and the Natural World | Susan Beegel, Robert Fleming, & Martin Peterson |
| 1994 | Paris, France | Hemingway-Fitzgerald International conference | Michael Reynolds, Jackson Bryer, & J. Gerald Kennedy |
| 1992 | Pamplona, Spain | 5th International Hemingway Society conference | Allen Josephs & Kenneth Rosen |
| 1990 | Boston, MA | Hemingway at the Kennedy: Ten Years After | Michael Reynolds |
| 1988 | Schruns, Austria | Hemingway in Schruns | Frank Scafella |
| 1986 | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy | 2nd International Hemingway Society conference | Robert Lewis |
| 1984 | Madrid, Spain | 1st International Hemingway Society conference | Jim Brasch |
| 1983 | Traverse City, Michigan | Up in Michigan | Joseph Waldmeir, Fred Svoboda, & Ken Marek |
| 1982 | Boston, MA | The Writer in Context | James Nagel |
| 1981 | Boston, MA | A Moving Picture Feast | Jo August |
| 1980 | Houston, TX | Inaugural Society Meeting | Paul Smith |
| 1980 | Under the tree on Thompson Island, Boston, MA | Papers of a Writer, The Birth of the Hemingway Society | Jo August Hills |