SFWA 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[...]
read moreGreen Man/Wild Man and Children’s Culture CfP
This two-day multidisciplinary conference which takes place in Trinity College Dublin 20-21 July 2012, will explore the role of green man and wild man motifs in twentieth and twenty-first century children’s culture. From Puck to Captain Planet, the green man[...]
read moreSFF Masterclass 2012 (application deadline 28th February)
The Science Fiction Foundation (SFF) will be holding the sixth annual Masterclass in sf criticism in 2012. Dates: June 22nd, 23rd, 24th 2012. Location: Middlesex University, London (the Hendon Campus, nearest underground, Hendon). Delegate costs will be £190 per person,[...]
read moreHead of Film and Television Division
After three years of much-appreciated service as FTV Division Head, Jeffrey Weinstock is stepping aside to allow someone else the opportunity. The IAFA board, on behalf of the entire IAFA community, thanks Jeffrey for the hard work that he has[...]
read moreCall for Papers for Preternature 2.2. Monstrophy: The Academic Study of Monsters
Monstrophy: The Academic Study of Monsters ”Monstrophy” is a term referring to the academic study of monsters as representational and conceptual categories, which has gained recent currency in several related fields of study (literary and cultural history, sociological theories of identity and difference, et al.),[...]
read moreCfP: Science Fiction Across Media (located in Sweden)
Science Fiction Across Media: Alternative Histories, Alien Futures Umeå University, Sweden April 23-24, 2012 Science fiction is becoming a mainstream and increasingly popular genre in fiction and film, as demonstrated by recent novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Michel Houellebecq, Junot Diaz[...]
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