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Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, Climate-Fiction Short Story Contest
Grist’s solutions lab, Fix, is excited to announce the launch of our first-ever, free-entry, climate-fiction short story contest — Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors. We’re dipping a toe into the world of fiction, and we want you to[...]
read moreUpdate and News for ICFA 42 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene”
The conference’s acceptances have gone out, and the draft schedule is being reviewed for release. MERCHANDISE Merch will look a little different this year. All purchases must be made in advance as preorders. There will be no merch available at[...]
read moreCFP: “First Thoughts on Lovecraft Country,” Studies in the Fantastic
HBO’s recent series Lovecraft Country takes up the monsters of H. P. Lovecraft’s universe, but flips the script to make the heroes an African-American cast battling various demons in the Jim Crow era. Arguably, the show aimed at a re-appropriation[...]
read moreICFA 42 Proposal Submissions Deadline Extended
We have extended the deadline for ICFA 42 proposal submissions to 4 December at 11:59 PM (Orlando time). There is still plenty of time to get your proposal submitted! CFP: https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2020/call-for-papers-for-the-42nd-annual-international-conference-on-the-fantastic-in-the-arts-climate-change-and-the-anthropocene/[...]
read moreICFA 42 Information
ICFA 42 “Climate Change and the Anthropocene” When: March 18–21, 2021, via Zoom Guest scholar: Stacy Alaimo (University of Oregon) Guest author: Jeff VanderMeer Call for papers (proposals due November 29, 2020): https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2020/call-for-papers-for-the-42nd-annual-international-conference-on-the-fantastic-in-the-arts-climate-change-and-the-anthropocene/ Detailed scholarly proposal info: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Proposal Netiquette: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Netiquette[...]
read moreDeadline Extended: Call for Applications, Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is accepting applications for the position of Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division. (Please see division descriptions below.) Division Heads are appointed[...]
read moreCall for Papers for the 42nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Climate Change and the Anthropocene
Call for Papers for the 42nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Climate Change and the Anthropocene March 18-21, 2021 ICFA 42 will be a virtual event. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 4 DECEMBER.[...]
read moreCFP: Global Indigenous Literature and Climate Change
Special Issue to Appear in Transmotion: An Online Journal of Postmodern Indigenous Studies http://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion Extended Deadline for Abstracts: December 1, 2020 Late in March of 2014, Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer declared war on the Keystone XL, a pipeline[...]
read moreCall for Division Head Applications: International Fantastic and Film and Television
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is accepting applications for the position of Division Head of the International Fantastic (IF) Division and the Film and Television (FTV) Division. (Please see division descriptions below.) Division Heads are appointed[...]
read moreFinal Call for Submissions: 2021 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
Final Call for Submissions: 2021 Jamie Bishop Memorial Award The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts announces its 15th annual Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for a critical essay on the fantastic originally written in a language other than[...]
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