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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes our new Toastmaster, award-winning editor and author Michael Knost! Michael is a Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers. He has written in many different genres and helmed several anthologies. Michael has taught writing classes and workshops at several colleges, conventions, and online, and his novel, Return of the Mothman, was made into a feature film, that premiered in 2022! We are honored to have Michael join us as the Toastmaster for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning author and editor John Palisano as a Spotlighted Guest! A Bram Stoker Award-winner, John’s stories have appeared in Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, PS Publishing, Independent Legions, Space & Time, Dim Shores, Kelp Journal, Monstrous Books, DarkFuse, Crystal Lake, Terror Tales, Lovecraft eZine, Horror Library, Bizarro Pulp, Written Backwards, Dark Continents, Big Time Books, McFarland Press, Darkscribe, Dark House, Vincere Press, and many others! His non-fiction pieces have appeared in Blumhouse Online, Fangoria, and Dark Discoveries magazines and he’s been quoted in Vanity Fair, The Writer, and the Los Angeles Times! We are honored to have John join us for ourRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 Awards Banquet DInner Tickets are now available for attendees to reserve! A limited number of seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis! The Imaginarium 2024 Awards Banquet will feature more awards than ever, with expanded Imadjinn Awards and Film Festival Awards, Staff Awards, the 3rd Annual Michael Knost Wings Award, and more to be announced! The evening will also feature great live entertainment, with several fantastic professional acts! The Imaginarium Convention Award Banquet is always a major highlight of the Imaginarium Convention weekend! To see full menus and options, and to reserve one of the limited spaces for dinner service, please visit:Read More →

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Imaginarium 2024 Proudly Welcomes Bad Image Productions as an Official Sponsor! The winner of the Media Innovator Award for Best Up & Coming Film Production Company 2022 – Midwest USA from Corporate Vision Magazine, Bad Image Productions is an independent production company founded by Adam Sergent specializing in feature film production! Bad Image Productions has produced the feature films, “The Devil’s Instrument” and “Darkness Hunting” and own the Bad Image BLOG – For All Things Independent Filmmaking! For further information on Bad Image Productions, visit their official site at: https://badimageproductions.com/ For information about Imaginarium 2024, visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes author and editor H. David Blalock as a Spotlighted Guest! H. David has written speculative fiction for over 50 years. His work has appeared in novels, novellas, stories, articles, reviews, and commentary both in print and online. H. David is also is the editor for parABnormal Magazine from Hiraeth Publishing. We are honored to have H. David join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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A big thank you to David Mattingly, Lynn Slaughter, and Nigel Taiman, our latest Imaginarium 2024 Individual Patrons! 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 to join our group of Imaginarium Individual Patrons, please visit: Become an Imaginarium 2023 Individual Patron!Read More →

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This Saturday, September 30th, is the last day to get early discounts for entries in the Imaginarium 2024 Independent Film Festival! Accepting all genres of features, short films, documentaries, web series, music videos, and screenplays! This year features more juried award categories than ever before! To submit a project, visit our official platforms here: Submit projects now via the FilmFreeway platform! Click on the logo below! Screenplays can also be submitted through the International Screenwriters’ Association! Click on the logo below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and comic creator Devin Hylton as a Spotlighted Guest! Devin’s first feature film, The Repairman, 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. We are thrilled to have Devin join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further informationRead More →

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In: Audiobook Narrator Guests, Imaginarium, Music Guest, Spotlighted Guest

Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes audiobook narrator, voice actor, and producer J.L. Hutchins as a Spotlighted Guest! J.L. is a highly accomplished narrator and voice actor who has been featured in voice projects for Babbel, Yamaha Corp, gaming platforms such as the Nintendo Switch, numerous audiobooks, and other video games. J.L. is also the co-owner of Head First Media, a studio based in Louisville, Kentucky that has recorded just about every music genre imaginable, produced video and audio for TV, radio, podcasts, internet, training videos, movie soundtracks, and audiobooks! We are excited to have J.L. join us for our 11th year, taking place July 19-21, 2024Read More →

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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes Bonnie Elizabeth, Randi Perrin,Kelly Ferguson, and Richard Cartwright 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 →