ICFA Online Registration Period Ending
Online advance registration for ICFA will continue through next Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00). Then we will shut down registration so that registration can finalize preparations. This does not mean that people cannot register for the[...]
read moreICFA 35 Program Now Available
You may now view the Program of the 35th ICFA in .pdf form.[...]
read moreVolunteer Survey
Hello, everyone! Your dedicated Registrar, Valorie Ebert, would like for anyone who wishes to volunteer at this year’s conference to follow the link in this email and fill out the survey. Thank you for your participation. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1krBnXe7eswxCoIYfFdCAJOSVzuPP09NRQxtm29YDfVA/viewform[...]
read moreICFA Grad Student Writing Workshop
Hello Graduate Students, I’m writing to let you all know that we still have FIVE open spots in the writing workshop with Sherryl Vint! If you’ve been putting off signing up, or thinking you missed your chance, please contact me[...]
read moreSamatar Wins 2014 Crawford Award
The winner of the 2014 Crawford Memorial Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for an outstanding first fantasy book, is Sofia Samatar for A Stranger in Olondria (Small Beer Press). According to award[...]
read moreBook Hotel Accommodations Now
Dear IAFA Members, The Board would like to remind everyone that the hotel block is often booked well in advance of the conference, and if you haven’t secured a reservation you should do so as soon as possible. Here’s a[...]
read moreIAFA GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts presents an annual award and stipend to the graduate student submitting the most outstanding paper at the Association’s conference. The award, and a check for $250, will be presented to the[...]
read moreDoris Lessing
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing, 94, died at her home in London on November 17. Lessing was Guest of Honor for ICFA’s tenth annual conference in 1989, only a year after the conference relocated to Fort Lauderdale, and proved quickly[...]
read moreCall for Submissions: ICFA Poetry
Words and words. Dear all, it’s time to think of offering a fantastic/scifi/horror poetry (no prose please!!) reading at the conference! As usual, we have two sessions, 1 hr and 1 1/2 hours, so aim to be able to have[...]
read moreObituary: Martha Bartter
Martha Bartter, 80, a longtime member of IAFA and perhaps its longest serving treasurer from 1995-2003, died on June 18 following an automobile accident in Kirksville, Mo., where she was a retired professor of English at Truman State University. She[...]
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