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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author and bookstore owner J.M. Clark, and screenwriter, podcaster, and filmmaker Brian Haas, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, J.M. and Brian will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below! To get registered for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, editor, and poet Carma Haley Shoemaker, and author and musician ML McIntosh, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Carma and ML will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below! To get registered for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of three new Workshops to our programming! There will be over 135 panels and workshops hosted in our 13th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added: Be The 10%: Presenter – Hallee Bridgeman. Agents and editors say that 80%-90% of the submissions they receive aren’t even able to be edited to the point of publication. If you consider that the “best” an author has to submit is what is sent toRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of one new Panel and one new Workshop to our programming! There will be over 135 panels and workshops hosted in our 13th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Panel Added Slushfest: Moderator – Barbara V. Evers. Writers anonymously submit the first page, double-spaced, of a work in progress. It’s read aloud, and panelists (agents, publishers, editors, authors) raise their hands at the point when they would stop reading. Once half theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author and psychic medium Christopher J. Brown as a Spotlighted Guest! Chris is a nationally recognized psychic medium from Maine whose work has taken him from intimate one-on-one readings to stages, television, and some of the most haunted locations in America. Chris was featured on a web series called “Soul-Searching with Psychic medium Christopher,” and he was even featured on a billboard in Times Square, New York City! His mediumship has been showcased on truTV, bringing his work to national audiences, and he is the author of a book,  “I F#cking Knew It,” that shares his personal journey, spiritual insights, andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, editor, screenwriter, and poet J L Mulvihill, and author and audiobook narrator Teri Kay Jobe, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, J L and Teri will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky! We invite you to explore their individual guest pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banners below! To get registered for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of two new Workshops and to our programming! There will be over 135 panels and workshops hosted in our 13th year, so make sure to check back regularly on our official site to see all new additions! The titles, presenters, and descriptions for these new programming additions are as follows: New Workshops Added: Developing Deep Point of View: Presenter – DiAnn Mills. Deep point of view helps the writer to show rather than tell, but the technique is more about creating a close relationship between the character and reader. One character experiences the scene, and that characterRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, artist, graphic designer, 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, and also as the Queen Bee of Queen City Steam! 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 creating events throughout Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, poet, and podcaster Erynn Crittenden, and author, filmmaker, screenwriter, and comic creator John Morgan Risner, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Erynn and John will be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 13th year, July 17-19, 2026, 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 →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Chris Enss as an Imaginator Guest! Chris has been writing about women of the Old West for more than thirty years.  She has penned more than fifty published books on the subject.   Her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction.   We are honored to have Chris join us for our 13th year, taking place July 17-19 ,Read More →