While we will keep this site active for now, all future IAFA Blog posts will be posted on our website, the same system we use for conference announcements, organizational business, and conference registration.| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
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Hello, all! This blog post will be updated daily during VICFA 3 with the latest program errata. Please continue to check back here throughout the IAFA’s annual virtual conference for information on changes to the scheduled programming. Thanks! — Saturday Errata 31. Workshop Puddle Photography and Native American Creation Stories Nancy Hightower, Author and […]| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Welcome to ICFA! We are excited to see you all at the Marriott Lakeside. CANCELLATION POLICY If you will not be attending, please let me know ASAP so I can cancel your registration in the computer system. We don’t give refunds this late but will credit you. You must use the credit within 2 years. […]| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Deadline extended to April 1 Disruptive Imaginations Joint Annual Conference of SFRA and GfF TU Dresden, Germany, August 15-19, 2023 This conference will merge the annual meetings of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) and the German Association for Research in the Fantastic (GfF). With some overlap in membership and a shared interest […]| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Only one week left before ICFA 44! Start planning your conference with the program available on our website’s main page here. Reminders: Presentations are only 15 minutes long and the guidelines for presenting can be found here: https://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Policies If you need to cancel, please let me know ASAP. We don’t give refunds this late but […]| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
The IAFA Imagining Indigenous Futurisms Award recognizes emerging authors who use science fiction to address issues of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination.| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
In poetic prose, Alina Pete is the sacred storyteller who, like her main character, captures the souls of Mars and Earth. She connects readers to the ancestors and to those we dream of who are yet to come. The story delves deeply into the power of indigenous traditions—of story-making, world building, and the transmission of culture across time and space. Pete speaks to the powerful resilience of Indigenous cultures, sciences, and traditional educational practices, while showing us how thos...| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
The Student Caucus (SCIAFA) is in dire need of mentors for their mentorship program. Mentors are expected to meet with their assigned mentees and help them navigate the conference if needed. There is no minimum amount of experience required to be a mentor. Please contact Amélie Hurkens (amelie.hurkens@engelska.uu.se) to volunteer as a mentor.| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is honored and proud to announce that Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki will be Guest of Honor in absentia for the ICFA 44, whose theme is Afrofuturism. His recorded presentations and live-streamed commentary will be available for exclusive viewing by those in attendance at conference events.| International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts