Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning author, screenwriter, and poet L. Marie Wood as a Spotlighted Guest! Wood is a Golden Stake Award and two-time Bookfest Award-winning, Ignyte Award and two-time Bram Stoker Award® nominated author. Wood is the Vice President of the Horror Writers Association, founder of the Speculative Fiction Academy, an English/Creative Writing professor, and a horror scholar. We are honored to have to have L. Marie Wood join us for our 12th year, taking place July 18-20, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and comic creator Devin Hylton as a Spotlighted Guest! Among his many accolades, Devin’s script for his story, “Career Day,” has placed in Oscar-qualifying film festivals including Cinequest, Hollyshorts and Flickers. His first feature film, The Repairman, won won numerous awards internationally and screened on multiple continents. Devin has also published several graphic novels from companies as diverse as Markosia Enterprises and Arcana Studio! In addition, some properties of his have been optioned for feature film development by production companies such as Platinum Studios, who were affiliated with the Hollywood movies Men In Black and Cowboys & Aliens.Read More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/journalist Dave Creek and author/screenwriter/actor/journalist Terry Chambers as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Dave and Terry will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning author, screenwriter, and publisher Tony Acree as a Spotlighted Guest! Tony is the author of the award-winning Victor McCain thrillers. Two streaming shows, one based on his Victor McCain thrillers, and the other on his Samantha Tyler thrillers, will be produced by Dark Harbor Pictures. In addition, his screenplay, Songs of Bloody Harlan has been optioned for the silver screen by Jamezz Hampton and 1209 Productions. 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, and was the Toastmaster of theRead More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, and screenwriter Barbara V. Evers as a Spotlighted Guest! A two-time Imadjinn Best Fantasy Novelist, Barbara has won several awards for her writing over the years, including a Pushcart Prize nomination! Barbara is a supporter and advocate for animal conservation and contributes a portion of her royalties to support the work of The Giraffe Conservation Foundation! Barbara also uses her degrees in Zoology and Communication to conduct training workshops for businesses We are thrilled to have Barbara join us for our 12th year, taking place July 18-20, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the ImaginariumRead More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/publisher Sara Marian and author/editor/publisher/screenwriter Mick Williams as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Sara and Mick will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, musician, artist, and game designer Da’Rell Miller as a Spotlighted Guest! Da’Rell began his creative journey as a hip-hop artist who also drew elements into his music from other genres such as rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and country. Da’Rell is also a filmmaker and screenwriter, who has won several awards in recent years for his work, in addition to being an artist, game designer, and cosplayer. He is the CEO of Royalti Virtue company, a record label and entertainment company based in Indianapolis, Indiana that has been active since 2016. We are excited to have Da’RellRead More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/screenwriter/podcaster Dwan L. Hearn and author Lilian Li as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Dwan and Lilian will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →

Imaginarium 2025 Proudly Welcomes Award-winning Author, Screenwriter, and Filmmaker John Palisano as a Spotlighted Guest! John’s writing has won the Bram Stoker Award®, the Yog Soggoth Award, and has been published and appeared in such notable venues as Vanity Fair, The Log Angeles Times, Blumhouse Online, Cemetery Dance, Fangoria, and more. His screenplays have won acclaim as finalists in Shriekfest, Project Greenlight, Latent Image, and more. His professional career started with an internship and work with Ridley Scott & Associates, then with director Marcus Nispel, Tony Bon Jovi, and more. He recently served as President of the Horror Writers Association. We are honored to haveRead More →

Imaginarium 2025 proudly welcomes author/editor/publisher/poet Rebecca Cuthbert and screenwriter/podcaster/filmmaker Brian Haas as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Rebecca and Brian will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 12th year, July 18-20, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below!Read More →