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Imaginarium 2024 is proud to announce the addition of eleven new panels and one new workshop to our growing list of 2024 Panel and Workshop Programming! There will be over 130 panels and workshops hosted in our 11th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, moderators, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Panel Additions: Creating Historical Fiction: Moderator TBA. We will explore what ground rules you should follow in creating historical fiction, what personality characteristics to follow depending on the period you are writing in, and creative waysRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and author James Fox as a Spotlighted Guest! The founder of Dawnrunner, Inc., James has directed and produced numerous award-winning film/visual media projects around the world. Among his award-winning screenplays, one of them, SOL, received more than thirty accolades during its festival tour. James has spoken at numerous events including the, GPU Technology Conference, NAB, Seattle International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, and others. He dedicates his time and energy on several advisory boards, and also through partnerships with children’s arts education organizations. We are thrilled to have James join us for our 11th year, taking place JulyRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes Rose Marie Machario and Les Murphy as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 11th year next July 19-21 in Louisville, Kentucky! 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 2024 proudly welcomes Michael Ignacio, Jr. and Sheridan C. Hall as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 11th year next July 19-21 in Louisville, Kentucky! 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 2024 proudly welcomes Thomas Moore and Brent Campbell as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 11th year next July 19-21 in Louisville, Kentucky! 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 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning Hollywood makeup artist, actor, filmmaker, and author Michael F. Blake as an Imaginator Guest! A two-time Emmy-winning makeup artist, spent sixty years in the film and television industry before his retirement in 2018. His credits include Westworld, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man 3, Independence Day, Tough Guys, Happy Days, and numerous other major productions. Michael’s books on silent screen legend Lon Chaney are the definitive works on the actor, and his trilogy served as the basis for the Turner Classic Movies documentary. His book The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt was named by True WestRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author, editor, executive producer, playwright, and comic writer Jonathan Maberry as the Guest Of Honor! Jonathan is a New York Times best-seller and Audible #1 bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award-winner, Inkpot winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer. He is the editor of WEIRD TALES Magazine and president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. His novels include the enormously popular Joe Ledger series from St. Martin’s Griffin, and he is the creator, editor, and co-author of V-WARS, a shared-world vampire anthology from IDW Publishingthat was adaptedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, actor, and podcaster Chase Dudley as a Spotlighted Guest! An inducted member of The Kentucky Motion Picture & Television Hall of Fame, Chase has directed and produced several feature films with his partner, Samantha Dudley. The films from his production company, Cut 2 The Chase Entertainment, include “Marvelous Mandy,” “Payday,” “Beasts of the Field,” “Locked In,” and the forthcoming “Broken Innocence,” to be released in 2024! Chase is about to begin a fundraising campaign for a new feature film project, titled “Blood on the Bleachers.” We are thrilled to have Chase join us for our 11th year, taking placeRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning stage and screen actor, producer, and writer Bill Oberst Jr. as an Imaginator Guest! Known for Daytime Emmy Award-winning “Take This Lollipop” and a ratings-winning role on CBS-TV’s “Criminal Minds,” Bill has appeared in a multitude of film, television, and stage productions. Bill’s staged theatrical reading “Ray Bradbury’s Pillar Of Fire” won an Ernest Kearney Platinum Award for its Los Angeles debut. In 2017, it won a United Solo Theatre Festival Award for its Off-Broadway debut on Theatre Row in New York City. Bill has won numerous individual awards, and Ron Chaney, great-grandson of Lon Chaney, presented him with theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning author, poet, filmmaker, and playwright Lee Pennington as a Spotlighted Guest! Named Poet Laureate by the State of Kentucky, a lifetime appointment, Lee is the author of 23 books, has had nine plays produced, and over 1300 of his poems have been published in more than 300 magazines! A world-traveler, Lee also has produced 21 documentary films on a variety of subjects. In 2013, the University of Louisville opened the Lee and Joy Pennington Cultural Heritage Gallery, named after Lee and his late wife that will house all of Lee’s writings, films, and many artifacts he’s collected traveling around theRead More →