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CFP: Delving Into Urban Myths: The Works Of Charles De Lint

Call For Papers Delving Into Urban Myths: The Works Of Charles De Lint With over seventy titles to his name and new ones in the making, Charles de Lint is among the most prolific writers of Canadian speculative fiction and[...]

Call for Chapters: Sex and Supernatural

Call for Chapters: Sex and Supernatural *** Deadline extended! *** As the long-running series Supernatural (2005-2020) comes to a close, fans and scholars can finally consider the text as a closed canon that offers new possibilities for analysis. While previous[...]

IAFA Membership Update

IAFA Membership Update Current Events IAFA is happy to announce two new division heads. Please join me in welcoming Stina Attebery as the DH for Film and Television and Libby Ginway for International Fantastic. Thank you to outgoing DHs Valérie[...]

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[...]

Update 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[...]

CFP: “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[...]

ICFA 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/[...]

ICFA 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[...]

Deadline 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[...]

Call 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.[...]

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