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Weird Fiction Review celebrates 12 Days of Monsters
Thanks go out to Weird Fiction for doing a special monster theme coordinated with our ICFA theme of the monsterous with contributions from Dora Goss, China Mieville, Nancy Hightower, Johanna Sinisalo, Julio Cortazar, Amos Tutuola, Jeffrey Ford. You can download[...]
read moreAwesome guests!
I hope everyone at the conference has had a chance to catch up with our fabulous guests of honor! Two luncheons down and our two guest speakers rival each other for humor and excellence… and let’s face it, brilliance.[...]
read more2011 Aurealis Awards finalists announced
Finalists have been announced for the 2011 Aurealis Awards, honoring SF, fantasy, and horror by Australians. Winners will be announced on May 12, 2012 at the 17th Annual Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney, Australia. Details[...]
read moreCFP: PAMLA 2012 / SF Division
The Science Fiction Division of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association invites paper proposals for the 110th annual PAMLA conference, held this year at Seattle University, in Seattle, Washington from October 19th – 21st, 2012. All abstracts proposing original[...]
read more2012 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced
The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2012 award year are: Bruce Bethke Sydney Duncan Daryl Gregory Bridget McKenna Paul Witcover Publishers who issue eligible[...]
read moreSFWA Announces Honorees of the 2012 Solstice Awards
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce Octavia Butler and John Clute as the recipients of the Solstice Awards for 2012. The Solstice Awards are granted to up to three persons, living or dead, who[...]
read moreConnie Willis interviewed in SFWA
SFWA did an interview of last year’s ICFA guest of honor and this year’s Nebula Award winner! Take a look at the SFWA website.[...]
read moreZumba comes to ICFA
Karen Hellekson will be teaching zumba in Capri at 6:30a on Thu Mar 22, Fri Mar 23, and Sat Mar 24 in Capri at 6:30a. The class meets for an hour. Conference panel sessions begin at 8:30a. Pack your workout[...]
read moreCFP: American Telefantasy
NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE CALL FOR PAPERS: AMERICAN TELEFANTASY Television schedules are currently rife with Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror programmes. Whereas the re-launched Doctor Who continues to lead the charge of contemporary British telefantasy (Merlin, Being Human, Misfits et al), US[...]
read moreHeinlein Society Announces Two Undergraduate Scholarships for 2012
The Heinlein Society is pleased to announce that for the 2012-2013 academic year we will be offering the first of many scholarships. There will be two $500 scholarships awarded to undergraduate students of accredited 4-year colleges and universities majoring in[...]
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