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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning artist, poet, filmmaker, actor, musician, and podcaster Jayson William Allen as a Spotlighted Guest! A professional musician for over 25 years, Jayson has founded and performed as the front-man for several bands such as Poetry of the Dead, releasing 8 albums, with new projects currently in development that are expected to be released under ARC Music Group. Jayson has also been a working actor since 2011 and participated in many capacities with independent film and music video projects, several of them garnering awards. Jayson is one of the founders of the award-winning Hallowed Hills Entertainment, a media production company basedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Melody K. Smith as an Official Panelist! Melody will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Melody below! About Melody K. Smtih: A lifelong creative, Melody K. Smith channels her passion for storytelling into fiction that stirs the soul and sparks the imagination. She is the author of the Emerdeen Trilogy—Stirred & Spellbound, Rooted & Remembered, and Echoes & Embers—where magic, self-discovery, and the strength of women intertwine. Her women’s fiction novel, Responsible Party, explores empowerment beyond the enchanted world. When she isn’t writing, she’s elbows-deep in crafts, mixed media, and curatedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, book blogger, poet, and podcaster Morgan Hazelwood as an Official Panelist! Morgan will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Morgan below! About Morgan Hazelwood: Morgan Hazelwood (she/her) writes from her lair in Northern Virginia. She’s been sharing “Writing Tips & Writerly Musings” with writing tips from the pros and her own writerly musings since 2015, first as a blogger, and now as a vlogger and podcaster. An actively querying fantasy author, her short story, “Just a Hike In The Woods” was published by the Dark Recesses webzine in January 2022. WhenRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, editor, and publisher James O. Barnes as an Official Panelist! James will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about James below! About James O. Barnes: James O. Barnes writes mystery, supernatural, fantasy, and speculative fiction, often blending ordinary people and familiar places with circumstances that are anything but ordinary. His stories are shaped by a lifelong interest in history, human nature, small towns, and the connections between people and place. James previously ran a small press for nearly a decade and is published through Peltonville Press. He lives in Northern Ohio andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Carissa Turpin as an Official Panelist! Carissa will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Carissa below! About Carissa Turpin: Carissa Turpin was born and raised in Appalachia where she listened to her relatives weave fanciful (and sometimes scary) tales. She currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky where she teaches fifth and seventh grade language arts. Her first book, Doomsday Dani, won gold in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in 2023. Her second book, a classroom-friendly cryptid short story collection titled A Mess of Monsters, was released in September 2026Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Jennifer L. Barnes as an Official Panelist! Jennifer will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Jennifer below! About Jennifer L. Barnes: Jennifer L. Barnes was literally raised with wolves by a crazy biologist father and a bibliophile mother. From an early age, she found a love for the misunderstood creatures her father studied that transmuted to a love for things that Go Bump In the Night. With her unique upbringing, she chose to write rather than go insane. Creator of the action-filled Urban Fantasy Series “Law Unto Herself”, Jennifer lives inRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 is proud to announce the addition of five new Workshops to our programming! There will be over 200 panels and workshops hosted in our 14th year at the Crowne Plaza, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added: How To Be Creative When All You Want to Do is Take a Nap: Presented by Kimberly Hoffman. Many of us are chronically tired either because of health conditions, having too much on our plate, or trying to work a regularRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author and editor Kelly Ferguson as an Official Panelist! Kelly will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Kelly below! About Kelly: Writer and editor Kelly Ferguson has worked in the publishing industry for two decades. In the name of work, she’s shot a blowgun (albeit badly), shared her home office with a life-sized cardboard cutout of her boss’s late husband, and taken an RV tour of Washington, D.C., with a now disgraced Secretary of the Interior. Since establishing her freelance career, she has edited books for best-selling authors James Hunter, Aaron Crash,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, artist, and comic creator Josh Jones as an Official Panelist! Josh will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Josh below! About Josh Jones: Josh Jones is an artist who loves bringing nostalgic, expressive cartoon characters to life through heartfelt, character-driven stories. His work centers on emotion and personality, with a focus on world-building and classic cartoon energy. His biggest project right now is “The Gummi Way,” a long-form adventure comic where he gets to explore big character moments and expansive world-building.Read More →