News and Announcements
Organizational News, CFPs, and More
An Appeal for Help
The ICFA bookroom needs help in setting up, maintaining and tearing down the bookroom. Here is the work schedule: 1. Sunday, March 16 – Moving the books from the storage facility to the hotel and arranging the unopened boxes into[...]
read moreJamie Bishop Memorial Award Announcement
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to announce the 2008 recipient of the Jamie Bishop Memorial Award for an Essay Not in English is Professor María Beatriz Cóceres for her award-winning essay “Poéticas del multireal:[...]
read moreICFA-29 Draft Program
From Chrissie Mains, First Vice-President: After much sweating of palms and furrowing of brows, the program for ICFA 29, to be held in Orlando March 19-23, is available on the association’s website for your information and enjoyment. From the main[...]
read more2008 Collins Award Announcement
Robert A. Collins Service Award The Board of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of two Robert A. Collins Awards. To Katy Hatfield for her service as Membership and Registration[...]
read moreIAFA Graduate Student Award Reminder
IAFA GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD The 29th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to continue its annual award and stipend to the graduate student submitting the most outstanding[...]
read morePreliminary Nebula Ballot
The 2007 Preliminary Nebula Ballot Public Edition has been announced. It can be seen here.[...]
read more2008 Crawford Fantasy Award Shortlist and Award
The winner of the 2008 Crawford Fantasy Award is Christopher Barzak, for his first novel One for Sorrow (Bantam). The award, sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, recognizes an outstanding first book of fantasy published[...]
read moreICFA Display/Auction
As we continue getting ready for ICFA-29, this is a friendly reminder that if anyone has any academic donations for the ICFA display/auction then please contact David Hartwell at dgh@panix.com. Also, if you have a book in print please seriously[...]
read moreICFA-29 Trip to Universal Studios
A friendly reminder: Sunday (March 23) after ICFA-29 there will be an opportunity to visit Universal’s Theme Park for an IAFA Group Rate of $67US. This is for a one-day, one-park group discount ticket (adult or child) for Universal Studios[...]
read moreGraduate Student Award for ICFA
IAFA GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD The 29th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to continue its annual award and stipend to the graduate student submitting the most outstanding[...]
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