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CFP: Black Studies and Comics (MLA 2013)

The MLA Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives are pleased to announce the following CFP for a panel we hope to present at the upcoming MLA conference, to be held Jan. 2013: Black Studies and Comics Call for Papers[...]

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Conference exploring fantasy in folk traditions

A conference exploring fantasy in folk traditions and folklore in fantasy literature, art and media. Friday 13 to Sunday 15 April 2012 at The University of Chichester £75 all 3 days. Day rates available. Conference dinner £25 extra For Information,[...]

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Call for Papers – The Visual of the Fantastic – GERMAN

Das Visuelle der Fantastik In der vom gattungstheoretischen Diskurs mit all seinen zahlreichen ideellen Verzweigungen und begrifflichen Verästelungen auf der kognitiven Ebene dominierten Fantastikforschung lässt sich bereits auf den ersten Blick ein gravierendes Defizit an visuell-ästhetisch basiertem Approach an das[...]

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Presenting at the conference?

If you are presenting at ICFA this year, remember to get your registration in if you haven’t already. Registration for speakers (paper presenters, panel participants, et al) is due on February 1.[...]

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2012 Crawford Award Winner Announced

Genevieve Valentine has been named winner of the 2012 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for her novel Mechanique, published by Prime Books in 2011. The award, which includes a cash prize, is presented annually at the International Conference for the[...]

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Have you ordered your t-shirt?

We’re so excited that China Miéville has agreed to provide a design for the ICFA 33 shirt and wanted to remind you to pre-order yours! Shirt orders must be in by next Tuesday, February 1. Standard style shirts are available[...]

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CFP: 19th Annual (Dis)junctions Conference at UC-Riverside

Narratives Mediated: (dis)junctions 2012 19th annual graduate student conference University of California, Riverside April 13-14th, 2012 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Leo Braudy, University of Southern California Abstracts due: February 17th, 2012 Email: disjunctions2012@gmail.com For this year’s (dis)junctions conference, we are seeking[...]

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SF/F Translation Awards fund-raiser

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards are holding a fund-raising drive to raise money for prizes for the winners of the 2011 awards. The awards, which are for new translations of SF/F into English, are given in two categories:[...]

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Congratulations Sandor

Congratulations to Sandor whose first book has been published by McFarland, which analyzes the fiction of Neil Gaiman, P. K. Dick, and Stanislaw Lem (and Agatha Christie, for those who are interested in the somewhat fantastic stories of hers.) .[...]

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Science Fiction Foundation SF Criticism Masterclass 2012

Science Fiction Foundation SF Criticism Masterclass 2012 Class Leaders: Edward James M. John Harrison Kari Sperring 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,[...]

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