The purpose of IAFA is to promote and recognize achievement in the study of the fantastic, mainly through the organization and management of an annual academic conference, the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA). IAFA also publishes the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, which is a peer-reviewed journal for scholarship within the field of the fantastic, and the news blog on this site (under News in the menu), which publishes information relevant to the IAFA membership.
Fantastic Epics
The 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
March 22-26, 2017
Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside, Orlando, Florida
| Guests of Honor: | Steven Erikson and N.K. Jemisin |
| Guest Scholar: | Edward James |
| Special Guest Emeritus: | Brian Aldiss |
