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CFP: 2013 Eaton/SFRA Conference (4/10-14)

The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference Science Fiction Media April 10-14, 2013 Riverside Marriott Hotel Riverside, California This conference—cosponsored by the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (UC Riverside) and the Science Fiction Research Association—will examine science fiction in multiple[...]

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IGA 2013 CFP

Gothic Technologies/Gothic Techniques Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association, 2013 August 5 – 8, 2013: University of Surrey, United Kingdom Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck College, University of London), Professor Fred Botting (Kingston University), other Keynotes TBA[...]

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David Gemmell Legend Award Winners 2012 Announced

Reposted from the Gemmell Award website: This year’s David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy were presented on June 15, 2012 in a ceremony held at London’s Magic Circle headquarters. The winners were: Ravenheart Award (best cover art): Raymond Swanland – Blood[...]

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Game of Thrones cfp

The Maester’s Chain:  Essays on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Edited by: Dr. Susan Johnston, Associate Professor of English, University of Regina Dr. Jes Battis, Assistant Professor of English, University of Regina “A master forges his[...]

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CfP Studies in the Novel

Call for Papers For a special issue on “Science Fictions” Studies in the Novel seeks critical responses to the genres of SF.  Essays would consider debates within SF’s various communities of genre and affiliation, as well as across these communities, with an[...]

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CFP JFA-Performance Issue

Just a reminder since the deadline August 1st: “Performing the Fantastic” — special issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Jen Gunnels, Drama Critic/ New York Review of Science Fiction Isabella van Elferen, Musicologist/ Utrecht University The[...]

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Iconic SF writer, Ray Bradbury dies at age 91

Re-printed from a statement on his web site: Ray Bradbury, recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, died on June[...]

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CFP: Postmodern Theory, Science Fiction and Race panel at SAMLA (Nov. 9-11, Durham NC)

Postmodern Theory, Science Fiction and Race In Science Fiction Culture, Camille Bacon-Smith comments that: “…when the ethnographer asks the question, ‘What does postmodern culture look like?’ the obvious place to find the answer is the science fiction community.” As a[...]

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Call for Chapters–CW’s Supernatural

Call for Chapters: On the Highway to Hell and Back: Critical Essays on the Television Series Supernatural One-page Abstracts Due June 20th, 2012 First complete draft (15-20 pages plus works cited) due by September 20th, 2012. Supernatural, now in its[...]

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Leo Dillon (1933-2012)

Artist Leo Dillon, 79, died May 26, 2012. Dillon is best known for his professional and personal partnership with wife Diane Dillon (née Sorber) — they are the only artist team to jointly win a Hugo for Best Professional Artist[...]

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