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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes artist, illustrator, and musician Donna Krabill as an Official Panelist! Donna will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Donna below! About Donna Krabill: Donna Krabill is a retired award-winning public-school teacher and education program specialist. After 17 years in the classroom, she switched her educational focus to non-profit botanical gardens where she led multiple departments. She also designed innovative exhibits, nature-based programs for students, adults and the public, and conducted local, national, and international presentations to better connect the community to the natural world. Donna also developed and curated an extensive poisonRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning artist, poet, filmmaker, actor, musician, and podcaster Jayson William Allen as a Spotlighted Guest! A professional musician for over 25 years, Jayson has founded and performed as the front-man for several bands such as Poetry of the Dead, releasing 8 albums, with new projects currently in development that are expected to be released under ARC Music Group. Jayson has also been a working actor since 2011 and participated in many capacities with independent film and music video projects, several of them garnering awards. Jayson is one of the founders of the award-winning Hallowed Hills Entertainment, a media production company basedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, artist, and comic creator Josh Jones as an Official Panelist! Josh will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Josh below! About Josh Jones: Josh Jones is an artist who loves bringing nostalgic, expressive cartoon characters to life through heartfelt, character-driven stories. His work centers on emotion and personality, with a focus on world-building and classic cartoon energy. His biggest project right now is “The Gummi Way,” a long-form adventure comic where he gets to explore big character moments and expansive world-building.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, graphic designer, and cover artist Aaron Christopher Drown as an Official Panelist! Aaron will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Aaron below! About Aaron Christopher Drown: Aaron Christopher Drown is a Maine native who’s lived all over, and whose stories have appeared in equally numerous magazines and anthologies. His debut novel won the Darrell Award for Best Novel, and as he’s promised everyone who’s asked over the years since, the follow-up will be ready soon. His collection of short stories, The Gods Must Clearly Smile, received the 2022 BIBA along withRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes two-time Rondo Hatton award-winning artist and graphic designer Eric Puckett as a Spotlighted Guest! Eric won the two Rondo Hatton Awards under the special category The Linda Miller Fan Artist of the Year, presented by the Classic Horror Film Board. As a professional graphic designer, he has worked for major publishers. His art shows the classical influence of the Old Masters, along with the dynamics of Impressionist, and has been featured in magazines, galleries, restaurants, offices, private collections, and in celebrity homes all over the world. He graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art and GraphicRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, artist, cosplayer, and game designer Renmeleon as a Spotlighted Guest! Under the name Renmeleon, Ana Maria Selvaggio has been a working creative since 1986. With a passion for writing, she has worked in and around the publishing industry since the mid-90s as a book designer, editor, and cover artist! Renmeleon is the founder of Dragonfly Press, the editor-in-chief of Kraft Paper Muse Magazine, and she is also the owner of Two Crows Market, a series of annual, mid-range juried art shows. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing, specializing in screenwriting for gaming, film, animation, and television,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author, graphic designer, artist, and web designer Nate Hoffelder as an Official Panelist! Nate will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Nate below! About Nate Hoffelder: ​Nate has been helping people fix broken tech since 2010. He turns broken down WordPress sites into sites which convert visitors into superfans, also builds sites from scratch, and helps authors with their social media and newsletters. Nate is on the board of the Florida Writers Foundation, and works with SF conventions as a webmaster​. When he is not volunteering, he writes bad jokes on FacebookRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, artist, poet, and journalist Gabrielle Faust as a Spotlighted Guest! Gabrielle has predominantly focused her work within the dystopian cyberpunk horror, horror, and dark fantasy genres for her long-form work including short stories, novels, and novellas. Crowned “Vampire Royalty of New Orleans” in 2010, she is best known for her post-apocalyptic vampire series Eternal Vigilance which received high international praise by critics and readers alike. Her work as an entertainment journalist and editorial illustrator has appeared in dozens of publications including Weird Tales Magazine, Austin Food & Wine Magazine, SyFy, Blastr, Fear Zone, Girls & Corpses Magazine, Revelator, andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, artist, cosplayer, and musician Chad Elliott as an Official Panelist! Chad will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Chad.below! About Chad Elliott: Chad Elliott is an award-winning author, as well as an artist, cosplayer, and sometimes musician. He calls Lexington, KY home. Chad writes in a variety of genres, including horror, urban fantasy, science fiction, and steampunk. He is a member of the BlahBlahBlah Writers Group in Lexington.story, “Immigrant,” won first place in the inaugural Arlen Andrews Sr. Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Challenge in 2026, and his debutRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes internationally award-winning artist, illustrator, and cover artist Echo Chernik as an Imaginator Guest! Echo’s clients include Monopoly, Hasbro, Acotar, DC, Random House, Penguin, MacMillan, Miller, Camel, Celestial Seasonings Teas, Angry Orchard, Dos Equis, Regal Cinemas, Disney, Mattel, and many more. Echo also does a great amount of work for the role playing game Shadowrun. Echo is the coordinating judge for the Illustrators of the Future Awards. Her recent work includes the Monopoly game for A Court of Thorns and Roses, the epic romantasy series from Sarah J. Maas, and twelve new covers for the latest edition of the best-selling House ofRead More →