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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Dr. Samantha Schinder, C.V. Walter, Ian McMurtrie, and Richard Cartwright as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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A late addition to our Imaginarium 2023 programming, but a fantastic one that you don’t want to miss if you are a writer seeking to improve your craft in writing short stories! Only 12 slots are available! Strictly limited! First-come, first serve on filling slots until no more space is available. You must be registered for the convention to take advantage of this Premium Exclusive Workshop. This 60-minute workshop does involve an additional fee of $30. Building a Better Short Story We’ll learn what elements a story needs to actually be considered a story, but we’ll focus more on elements that will strengthen your storyRead More →

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The Imaginarium Convention is honored to announce the finalists for the 2023 Michael Knost Wings Award! The winner will announced live during the Awards Banquet held on Saturday, July 15th, as part of our 10th Anniversary celebration! Making its debut in 2022, the Michael Knost Wings Award focuses on authors of speculative and/or dark fiction, specifically authors who are up-and-coming . . . or those who have been around a while but do not get the recognition they deserve. The Michael Knost Wings Award reflects the enthusiastic dedication and support of the writing community given by the person that this award is named after: MichaelRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Kelly Ferguson, David Simms, and Les Murphy as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and publisher R. Kyle Hannah as a Spotlighted Guest! Recognized as “One of the 50 Great Writers You Should be Reading” by the Author’s Show in 2016, R. Kyle’s writing has received multiple awards, including two Pinnacle Awards and an Imadjinn Award! R. Kyle is also a founder and vice-president of the multi-award-winning Jumpmaster Press, a highly acclaimed independent publisher with a growing catalog spanning a broad range of genres! We are honored to have R. Kyle join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Heather Lea Ryan, Randi Perrin, and Isaac Craft as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and journalist MB Dabney as a Spotlighted Guest! MB is the author of the David Blaise Mysteries, and he has co-edited two anthologies and has had numerous short mystery stories published! Currently the manager of the newsroom at the Indianapolis Recorder, MB spent decades as a reporter working at Business Week magazine, United Press International and the Associated Press, the Indianapolis Star, and The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest continuously published Black newspaper, where he won awards for editorial writing. We are honored to have MB join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 inRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes bestselling, award-winning author, editor, and publisher James A. Hunter as a Spotlighted Guest! A member of SFWA, James Hunter is the bestselling author of Vigil Bound, Rogue Dungeon, Shadowcroft Academy, Bibliomancer, and the litRPG epic Viridian Gate Online! James also runs Shadow Alley Press, a publishing company that specializes in LitRRP, Gamelit, and Progression Fantasy. We are honored to have James join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and publisher Shawn Speakman as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey, Song of the Fell Hammer, and The Dark Thorn, Shawn is the award-winning editor of Unbound and three Unfettered anthologies. Shawn is also the owner The Signed Page and Grim Oak Press. We are honored to have Shawn join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and futurist Arlan Andrews, Sr. as a Spotlighted Guest! Arlan, who was featured as an expert guest in multiple episodes of the popular TV series Ancient Aliens, has been selling science fiction stories, poems, and articles since first appearing in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in January 1980. With over 100 short stories and 400 non-fiction pieces, his latest work is longer, an e-trilogy from Baen Books, The Shadowfall Chronicles! A retired engineer with a long career that included positions at White Sands Missile Range, the White House Science Office, national laboratories, and high-tech startups, Arlan is theRead More →