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A big thank you to Likely Write Editing for becoming an Individual Patron of Imaginarium 2020! The support of individuals makes a big difference in our ability to develop new opportunities and content for writers, filmmakers, game designers, artists, cosplayers, and many other kinds of creatives. It also helps us raise awareness of independent creatives and the convention. We are looking forward to a great 7th year in our brand new home at the Holiday Inn Louisville East this coming July 10-12, and participating in more activities supporting the creative community such as the ISA Third Thursdays in Lexington, Kentucky! We are very grateful toRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Teresa Reasor as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of the widely popular SEAL TEAM Heartbreakers series (Military Romantic Suspense), Teresa writes in many genres of romance including historical romance, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and others! Teresa is also an accomplished artist who instructed art for over 30 years, including 10 at the college level. She is always willing to share her experiences, knowledge, and insights with others and will be a great part of our panel and workshop programming. Attendees will enjoy meeting Teresa in person and we areRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome screenwriter, filmmaker, and actor Silvio Wolf Busch as a Spotlighted Guest! A tremendous talent who has worked alongside many Hollywood stars over the course of his career, Silvio brings several areas of expertise to the Imaginarium Convention’s extensive programming. From his military and martial arts background, to stunt work, writing, directing, and acting, Silvio has a phenomenal array of skills to bring to any creative project, and attendees of Imaginarium 2020 are going to love meeting, networking with, and learning from him! About Silvio Wolf Busch: Silvio Wolf Busch is a German-born American screenwriter/filmmaker/actor. He began his career asRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome Jumpmaster Press as an official sponsor! Jumpmaster Press is one of the most innovative companies in today’s publishing community with their JumpCard® and the JumpCardID™ that open great new horizons for independent authors and presses in both eBook and Audiobook distribution. We are thrilled to have the ground-breaking Jumpmaster Press as part of our sponsor family, and we encourage everyone to learn more about their visionary products! About Jumpmaster Press: We’ve learned a lot from the books we’ve written. Now we get to share that with you, authors with the same questions we had. That’s why we started JumpmasterRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome Midwest Championship International Wrestling/Hotshot Championship Wrestling, as an official sponsor! Professional wrestling has a rich tradition of developing fascinating characters and story lines that have captivated millions around the world, and the Imaginarium Convention is excited to have the MCIW/HCW participating this year to bring unique insights and perspectives on storytelling and engaging character development into our extensive programming! Attendees will be able to meet, network with, and learn from members of the MCIW/HCW, and they will have many great stories to share about their experiences in the world of professional wrestling too! About the MCIW/HCW: Midwest Championship InternationalRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Antonio Pantoja as a Spotlighted Guest! Named by the Louisville Courier Journal as one of the 20 Kentuckians to watch for in 2020 in a front page article, Antonio saw his feature film debut “One Must Fall” garner a multitude of film festival awards in 2019 leading to a distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures and highly successful commercial release. Antonio regularly spends time giving workshops and clinics sharing his knowledge and advice with students and professionals alike, and he truly embodies the mutually-supportive, uplifting spirit that is at the core of what the Imaginarium ConventionRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome video game designer Eric Wile as a Spotlighted Guest! A winner of the prestigious Sony Achievement Award, Eric is most known for his work with Sony Online on the highly popular EverQuest franchise, in addition to being involved with several other popular Sony Online titles such as PlanetSide, Star Wars: Galaxies, and Vanguard Saga of Heroes. Video games are a vibrant and exciting medium of storytelling and we are thrilled to have Eric joining us this year. Eric is going to be a phenomenal addition to our programming, and attendees are going to enjoy meeting him at the 7thRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 proudly welcomes video game industry pioneer, author, and psychotherapist Howard Scott Warshaw as an Imaginator Guest! An icon of the video game industry as an author of several of Atari’s most famous titles, including Yars’ Revenge, and E.T. (the story behind the E.T. game was featured in the highly-acclaimed documentary Atari: Game Over), Howard is an author, educator, and psychotherapist who embodies the imaginative, creative spirit that the Imaginarium Convention is all about. We are thrilled and honored to have Howard joining us this year and attendees are going to love meeting him this July 10-12 in Louisville, Kentucky! About Howard Scott Warshaw:Read More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome author Michael Williams as a Spotlilghted Guest! One of the first authors in the best-selling DRAGONLANCE novel series cherished by fantasy readers worldwide, Michael Williams’ current literary work explores the realms of mythic fiction. With a Ph.D in Humanities, Michael is an outstanding teacher of fiction and the craft of storytelling, and he will be a wonderful part of our extensive programming in our 7th year this July 10-12 in Louisville, KY! About Michael Williams: Over the past 25 years, Michael Williams has written a number of strange novels, from the early “Weasel’s Luck” and “Galen Beknighted” in theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2020 is proud to welcome Bram Stoker Award-winning author and renowned creative writing instructor Tim Waggoner as a Spotlighted Guest! With over 40 novels and five collections spanning numerous genres and including several tie-ins for popular franchises as Supernatural, The X-Files, Doctor Who and many others, Tim has an extensive and growing body of work that reflects his exceptional skill sets as a writer. We are thrilled to have Tim with us for our 7th year, and attendees of Imaginarium 2020 are going to love meeting and him! About Tim Waggoner: Tim Waggoner’s first novel came out in 2001, and since then he’s publishedRead More →