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Imaginarium 2023 proudly announces the first wave of Official Selections for the 2023 Imaginarium Convention Independent Film Festival! We have already received a record number of entries this year, and our 10th Anniversary will feature the strongest field of projects that we have showcased yet! The Imaginarium Convention Independent Film Festival screens feature films, short films, documentaries, music videos, and web series from around the world! All Official Selections will be juried for awards consideration, with awards announced at the 2023 Imaginarium Convention Awards Banquet held on Saturday, July 15th, 2023! The list below reflects our first group of Official Selections. It is not aRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Shannon McRoberts, Thomas Moore, and Brian John Skillen as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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The 2023 Keynote Speech, a new workshop, and a new panel have just been added to the growing list of programming for Imaginarium 2023! Our 2023 Keynote Speech will be delivered by Spotlighted Guest Tenita Johnson, an award-winning author, editor, publisher, poet, journalist and playwright! The title of this year’s Keynote Speech is “Creating in the Midst of Chaos!” and will bring our attendees inspiration and motivation to energize creativity in times of chaos. New Workshop added: Reconstructing the Lives History Forgot: Presenter – Rachel Louise Martin New Panel added: Keys to Suspension of Disbelief To see the full descriptions for these and all ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and journalist MB Dabney as a Spotlighted Guest! MB is the author of the David Blaise Mysteries, and he has co-edited two anthologies and has had numerous short mystery stories published! Currently the manager of the newsroom at the Indianapolis Recorder, MB spent decades as a reporter working at Business Week magazine, United Press International and the Associated Press, the Indianapolis Star, and The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest continuously published Black newspaper, where he won awards for editorial writing. We are honored to have MB join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 inRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes bestselling, award-winning author, editor, and publisher James A. Hunter as a Spotlighted Guest! A member of SFWA, James Hunter is the bestselling author of Vigil Bound, Rogue Dungeon, Shadowcroft Academy, Bibliomancer, and the litRPG epic Viridian Gate Online! James also runs Shadow Alley Press, a publishing company that specializes in LitRRP, Gamelit, and Progression Fantasy. We are honored to have James join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Thank you to Brittany Snyder, David Mattingly, and H. David Blalock, our latest Imaginarium 2023 Individual Patrons! The support of our Individual Patrons help us to develop and expand the Imaginarium Convention, and bring even more content and opportunities to creative individuals of all genres! We are very grateful for your support, Brittany, David, and H. David! If you would like to join our group of Imaginarium Individual Patrons, please visit: Become an Imaginarium 2023 Individual Patron!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and publisher Shawn Speakman as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of The Tempered Steel of Antiquity Grey, Song of the Fell Hammer, and The Dark Thorn, Shawn is the award-winning editor of Unbound and three Unfettered anthologies. Shawn is also the owner The Signed Page and Grim Oak Press. We are honored to have Shawn join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Carl. R. Moore and M.P. Starkweather as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and futurist Arlan Andrews, Sr. as a Spotlighted Guest! Arlan, who was featured as an expert guest in multiple episodes of the popular TV series Ancient Aliens, has been selling science fiction stories, poems, and articles since first appearing in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in January 1980. With over 100 short stories and 400 non-fiction pieces, his latest work is longer, an e-trilogy from Baen Books, The Shadowfall Chronicles! A retired engineer with a long career that included positions at White Sands Missile Range, the White House Science Office, national laboratories, and high-tech startups, Arlan is theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, musician, actor, and podcaster Sean Burton Saunders as a Spotlighted Guest! The founder of Creative Motion Studios, Sean has helped produce or distribute over 50 productions! Sean is also the host of Ville TV Live, in addition to a brand new show coming soon, called “Cooking Kentucky,” that will be featured on the Renegade Network and have mass distribution throughout the Streaming networks! He also works as a Tactical advisor/Armorer and Supplier! We are excited to have Sean join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the ImaginariumRead More →