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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes Eva Vertrice, J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, and Brick Marlin 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 artist, author, poet, graphic designer, musician, and cosplayer Jennifer Noran as a Spotlighted Guest! Jennifer is well-known as Captain Medea Asherah, of the popular steampunk-themed cosplay group The Airship Caduceus! As a graphic designer and artist, Jennifer has created designs for many groups such as the Kentucky Steampunk Society, The Chicago Steampunk Exposition, The Traveling Revelers, and her own airship! After running The International Steampunk Symposium in 2023, Jennifer moved forth from that adventure as the Queen Bee of Queen City Steam, an exciting new venture that will create events throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, collaborating with different groups and peopleRead 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 Lynn Tincher and Joseph Isenberg 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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A big thank you to Lee Pennington, our latest Imaginarium 2024 Individual Patron! The support of our Individual Patrons help us to develop and expand the Imaginarium Convention, and bring even more content and opportunities to creative individuals of all genres! If you would like support our mission and join our group of Imaginarium 2024 Individual Patrons, please visit: Become an Imaginarium 2024 Individual Patron!Read 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 publisher, novelist, and screenwriter Tony Acree as a Spotlighted Guest! Tony is the author of the award-winning Victor McCain thrillers, which are currently being produced as a streaming show by Dark Harbor Pictures, who are also producing another streaming show based on his Samantha Tyler thrillers! Tony’s award-winning publishing house, Hydra Publications, features several imprints spanning several genres of fiction in addition to poetry! Tony also serves on the board of Louisville Literary Arts. We are excited to have Tony join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the ImaginariumRead 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 →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly announces Steve Jackson, founder of Steve Jackson Games, as an Imaginator Guest! Elected to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame, Steve has received 12 Origins Awards, as well as numerous other honors, for game design. His company, Steve Jackson Games, is one of the most successful game publishers in the industry. His current mega-hit is the card game Munchkin, which has a Steam version available for online play, and current projects include various Munchkin follow-ups, a new edition of Car Wars, and the ongoing republication of his first RPG, The Fantasy Trip. We are thrilled and honored to have Steve join usRead More →