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Imaginarium 2026 proudly announces The Arlan Andrews, Sr. Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Challenge! Arlan Andrews, Sr., one of the members of the Inaugural Inductee Class of the Imagination Hall of Fame in 2025, will be returning to Imaginarium in 2026.  Arlan, a retired engineer and founder of several high tech firms, is also the author of over a hundred science fiction short stories and essays, seven novels, several story collections, and hundreds of speculative articles on UFOs, the paranormal, ancient technologies, and other arcane subjects (and he has appeared on popular television shows such as Ancient Aliens). At Imaginarium, 2025, Arlan presented aRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of five new Panels 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 Panels Added: Crafting Irresistible Romance Arcs: Moderator – TBA. Romance is more than just a “happily ever after”. It is about the emotional journey, the mounting tension, and the authentic connection between characters. This panel dives into the mechanics of building a compelling romance across various sub-genres,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, screenwriter, podcaster, journalist, and paranormal investigator Ron Yacovetti as a Spotlighted Guest! Ron is a six-time author, SPR member, and Chief Communications Officer for the IDC Institute, who brings a unique blend of academic insight and a satirist’s critical eye to afterlife research. His extensive fieldwork across both US coasts informs his philosophical approach to the absurdities often found in the paranormal landscape. Yacovetti’s expertise lies in Instrumental Trans-Communication (ITC), where he revitalized the European Direct Radio Voice (DRV) methodology, evolving it into “TDSE: The Digital Séance Experience” for producing anomalous vocals from pure white noise. We are honored toRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of one new Workshop and two new Panels 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 Workshop Added: Metaphysics and Paranormality: Presented by Ron Yacovetti. A new and more grounded reframing of paranormal phenomena that does not clash with science as many explanations held today do. We will show some video clips of the spirit communication method we have,Read More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of two 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: Beyond the Veil: A Mediumship Gallery: Presenter – Christopher J. Brown. Join us for an intimate and powerful evening of spirit communication in this mediumship gallery experience. Psychic Medium Christopher J. Brown will connect with loved ones in Spirit, delivering evidential messages of love, healing,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: Stoker on Stoker Multimedia Presentation: Presenter – Dacre Stoker. Dacre Stoker’s compelling and informative Keynote presentation, Stoker on Stoker, the Mysteries Behind the Research and Writing of Dracula, weaves together the details of Dracula’s history with Stoker family lore, and Bram Stoker’s life in DublinRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of two new Workshops and one new Panel 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: Building Metadata in Ebooks: Presenter – Gregg Bridgeman. Ebooks are basically electronic code. Tapping Gregg’s cybersecurity experience and intellect, he will show how to build metadata in the background of your ebooks to help them become much more discoverable among theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes award-winning international makeup FX artist Sven Granlund as a Spotlighted Guest! With over 30 years of professional experience, Sven’s work has appeared in numerous Hollywood and TV productions, including Deadpool and Deadpool 2, Kong Skull Island, The Cello, Blade Runner 2049, Trumbo, American Horror Story, and many, many more! Sven taught professional Special Effects and Prosthetics at Dick Smith’s world famous makeup school for several years, and he is a co-founder of KY Creature FX! We are honored to have Sven join us for our 13th year, taking place July 17-19 , 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of three new Workshops and one new Panel 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: Illustrating for Online Presentations: Presenter – Jill Baker. If you are an illustrator, how do you go about discerning the gist of the writer’s imagery and what he or she had in mind when they wrote?Illustrations for books, magazines and onlineRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 is proud to announce the addition of four 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: Ask The Agent: Part I: Presenter – Cherry Weiner. Take the guesswork out of the query process! This dynamic session provides a unique platform to directly engage with a literary agent. Ask your most pressing questions about submissions, agent-author relationships, what makes a manuscript standRead More →