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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author and poet Rita S. Spalding as an Official Panelist! Rita will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Rita below! About Rita S. Spalding: Kentucky poet Rita S. Spalding, a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee, received the internationally recognized 2026 Imadjinn Award for Best Collection of Poetry for her book, The Eighth. She has received awards for poetry from Jefferson Community and Technical College, Elizabethtown Community College, the National Library of Poetry, Kentucky Monthly Magazine, and the Kentucky State Poetry Society. She has had her poetry exhibited at the Main Branch ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and poet Carma Haley Shoemaker as an Official Panelist! Carma will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Carma below! About Carma: Just off I-71 between the cornfields in North Central Ohio lives a tea-drinking, football-loving ginger named Carma Haley Shoemaker and mini panther, Mystic. Mother to three grown sons, Carma loves people watching, Dean Winchester, and Honeycrisp apples. She believes in dragons, fairies, and that one day the Cleveland Browns will again be world-champions. After hanging up her stethoscope, Carma began her writing career as a NF magazine writer.Read 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, book blogger, poet, and podcaster Morgan Hazelwood as an Official Panelist! Morgan will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Morgan below! About Morgan Hazelwood: Morgan Hazelwood (she/her) writes from her lair in Northern Virginia. She’s been sharing “Writing Tips & Writerly Musings” with writing tips from the pros and her own writerly musings since 2015, first as a blogger, and now as a vlogger and podcaster. An actively querying fantasy author, her short story, “Just a Hike In The Woods” was published by the Dark Recesses webzine in January 2022. WhenRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author and poet Michael Williams as a Spotlighted Guest! Michael is one of the original authors in the bestselling DRAGONLANCE Series with the novels “Weasel’s Luck” and “Galen Beknighted,” Michael is also the author of “Arcady,” a novel singled out for praise by Locus and Asimov’s magazines. Michael’s recent work includes the acclaimed mythic fiction City Quartet—four magical realist novels set in a city that is/is not Louisville, Kentucky—that has received widespread critical acclaim! His latest publication, “Farewell Tour” (2026), is a long narrative poem that ties to the novels in the City Quartet, because what is a quartet withoutRead 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 poet, author, podcaster, and blogger Erynn Crittenden as an Official Panelist! Erynn will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Erynn.below! About Erynn Crittenden: Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published four poetry collections (“By the Bones,” “Transfiguration,” “Into the Western Sky,” and “Structured Chaos”), and also works as a contributor and editor for the Coffee House Writers Magazine. Her work has appearedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, poet, and podcaster Darius Jones as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Darius 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 Darius’ individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-ticketRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, editor, poet, publisher, actor, journalist, and playwright David Dominé as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City, which was developed into the hit HBO docuseries Murder in Glitter Ball City, David has authored numerous short stories, translations, and poems, as well as recipe collections, paranormal books, mysteries, and memoirs. David is the founder of a nationally recognized walking tour company specializing in local history, architecture, and off-beat destinations where public image often collides with reality, in addition to collaborating with journalists, playwrights, and filmmakers. We are honored to have David join us for ourRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author and poet Heather-Rose Thompson as an Official Panelist! As a Panelist, Heather-Rose 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 Heather-Rose’s individual guest page, which can be accessed by clicking on the graphic banner below! To register for Imaginarium 2026 with an Advance Event Ticket, please visit: https://www.entertheimaginarium.com/2026-event-tickets/Read More →