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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 Workshop Added: Beyond the Beards: Reclaiming and Revolutionizing Classic Fantasy Tropes: Presenter – Brian D. Anderson. Fantasy is built on the shoulders of giants like Tolkien, Howard, and Lewis, but how do we make familiar characters and settings feel fresh for the modern reader? This workshop divesRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, book blogger, journalist and English professor Elizabeth Donald as a Spotlighted Guest! Elizabeth’s work has received many accolades, including the Mimi Zanger Literary Award, three Darrell Awards, a finalist placement for the Michael Knost Wings Award, and runner-up for an Imadjinn Award in screenplay writing! With almost 30 years in professional journalism, Elizabeth is a professor of journalism, creative writing and English composition at St. Louis-area colleges. She serves as president of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists and the Eville Writers, vice president of the AWP Adjunct Writers Caucus, and is a member of the nationalRead 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: Create Memorable Characters. Presenter – Rebecka Vigus. Leverage a 3-Step Process to Create Memorable Characters…Every writer wants to have repeat readers. Readers help put you on the best-selling lists. You want to have characters your readers will remember after the book ends. This will keepRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes award-winning, bestselling author Brian D. Anderson as a Spotlighted Guest! Brian D. Anderson is the -bestselling fantasy author of The Godling Chronicles, Dragonvein, The Vale, Akiri (with co-author Steven Savile) The Sorcerer’s Song series, and writes for the Conan the Barbarian franchise for which he was nominated for Costigan Award by the Robert E Howard Society. His books have sold more than 1,000,000 copies worldwide and his audiobooks are perennially popular. After co-authoring the Akiri series with Steven Savile, Anderson became the first independent author in history to secure a six-figure audio only deal for his highly anticipated two-book sequel ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, artist, poet, editor, publisher, and graphic designer Jill Baker as a Spotlighted Guest! Jill has exhibited her collages and oil paintings throughout the world in major venues in Paris (Palais des Congres), Florence (Palazzo Strozzi), Seoul, South Korea (U.S. Embassy), New York (Goethe Haus, among others) and elsewhere. Jill has written feature articles for newspapers and popular magazines, including articles on art, religion, the Olympics, homemaking topics and the military, among other topics, in addition to a novel, short travel book, and a book of poetry! An illustrator of several books, she has also done numerous illustrations for publishing housesRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author, book blogger, podcaster, and poet Morgan Hazelwood, and author and cosplayer Rebecca Besancon, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Morgan and Rebecca 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 author Katherine Hale-Stringfield and author Ron McMillan as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Katherine and Ron 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 award-winning author, journalist, and acquisitions editor Annette Marie Griffin as a Spotlighted Guest! An award-winning author of children’s books and middle grade fiction, Annette is a columnist and acquisitions editor for StarLight magazine. She has written hundreds of articles for adults and kids, and regularly writes for several online sites. Annette has won many awards for her writing, including Sonshine Awards, Cascade Awards, BRMCWC Foundations Awards, and others. She was named the 2021 Writer of the Year by Serious Writer, and the 2020 Writer of the Year by FCWC, Word Weavers International. We are honored to have Annette join us for ourRead More →

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Imaginarium 2026 proudly welcomes author and author coach Rebecka Vigus, and author, screenwriter, podcaster, artist, actor, and musician Stephanie Lanham, as Official Panelists! As Panelists, Rebecka and Stephanie 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 Literary Agent Cherry Weiner as a Spotlighted Guest! Cherry has been been agenting since 1977, when she left the Robert P. Mills Agency. Cherry started out by handling science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She now handles all genres of fiction and a good number of fairly well-known authors in the field of Horror, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Westerns, Native American novels and Historical novels. Cherry now works with between forty to fifty authors and sells to all publishing houses, the big 4 as well as smaller publishing houses throughout the U.S.A., and also to foreign markets We are honoredRead More →