The 2008 ICFA welcomes paper proposals on all areas of the fantastic (including high fantasy, allegory, science fiction, horror, folk tales and other traditional literatures, magical realism, the supernatural, and the gothic) in all media (novels, short stories, drama, television, comic books, film, and others).

The division of children's and young adult literature is especially interested in paper proposals throughout the field, including picture books, easy readers, novels, short stories, film, comic books, and other forms.  We embrace a wide variety of scholarly approaches and interests, including genre, historical, theoretical, and textual, models.

The conference will run March 19-23, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. 

Please submit a 250-word abstract directly to the division head, Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders of California State University, at dr.joess@gmail.com.  Abstracts should be turned in by October 31, 2007.

 

The conference encourages graduate student participation and gives an award for outstanding paper by a graduate student each year.

For more information on the conference or other divisions, please visit www.iafa.org.