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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 author Laura Hawks as an Official Panelist! Laura will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Laura.below! About Laura Hawks: Ms. Hawks has always been interested in writing in some form or other, including writing for a local newspaper. Deciding to become more knowledgeable, she headed back to school and received her Master’s Degree in Ancient Civilizations, Native American History and United States History. It was at this time she got involved in role playing on FaceBook, which gave her ample opportunities to grow and hone her writing ability. She lives in theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes content creator, filmmaker, and podcaster Chris Flanigan as a Spotlighted Guest! His company TN2M Shows was created in 2015 on a single podcast and has grown to include several podcasts, a YouTube channel, live events, and so much more! The podcasts are heard in 41 countries, and the TN2M Shows YouTube page has grown to over 192,000 subscribers. Whether it’s shorts, long form videos, podcasts, or even feature length productions, Chris is always pushing to find his next creative outlet! We are honored to have Chris join us for our 14th year, taking place July 23-25, 2027 in Louisville, Kentucky atRead 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 Tommy B. Smith as an Official Panelist! Tommy will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Tommy.below! About Tommy B. Smith Tommy B. Smith is a writer of horror and dark fiction whose works meander through the darker spaces of the psychological and the cosmic. A two-time Imadjinn Award-winning author and 2023 nominee for the Michael Knost Wings Award, he has been featured in numerous publications to span the years, and is the author of the Black Carmenia series. As well, he currently serves as secretary for the heartland chapter ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Matt Clark as an Official Panelist! Matt will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Matt.below! About Matt Clark: Matt Clark writes psychological horror rooted in grief, guilt, and institutional failure — stories about what happens when the people or systems meant to protect us don’t, and what it costs the ones left behind to live with that. He’s drawn to unreliable narrators and slow-building dread over shock or gore, and to horror that stays believable even when what’s hunting his characters isn’t human — the damage it leaves behind alwaysRead 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 2027 proudly welcomes author Bekka Scott as an Official Panelist! Bekka will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Bekka.below! About Bekka Scott Bekka Scott – Where Rules Are Optional & Page-Turning Is Mandatory When the clock strikes midnight and the rest of the world drifts off to sleep, Bekka Scott’s mind springs to life. Armed with a cup of tea that’s probably gone cold and a stubborn disregard for literary conventions, she crafts stories that refuse to be boxed in by genre expectations. A self-proclaimed “literary mixologist,” Bekka blends mystery, thriller, and romance with anRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and screenwriter Mick Williams as an Official Panelist! Mick will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Mick.below! About Mick Williams: Mick Williams is an award-winning author and screenwriter, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two needy cats, Crash and Thud. His novel Exodus won Best Thriller award at the Imaginarium Convention, and the adapted screenplay also won Best Action Screenplay at the New York Script Awards. Hope’s Game also won Best Sci-Fi novel, also at the Imaginarium Convention. He is a member of The Authors Guild,Read 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 →