My feet on a table at the gazebo over the lake behind the hotel. Sign on the fence reads do not feed the alligators. Call... to report feeding or molesting
#icfa47 is over, but I'm still here until tonight. This is my office for today. Currently reading slush.
Scholars Allie Stanich and Jeana Jourgensen and author Cecilia Tan (in the middle)
Authors Cecilia Tan and Aliza Greenblatt - two dark haired people wearing pleasingly patterned fabrics
Authors Cecilia Tan and Elizabeth Schechter
The final shebang at #ICFA every year is the awards banquet (and pool party afterward). Enjoy some photos of us nerds getting fancy at #ICFA47 !
Book cover is red with black line drawing of crow. Other wing patterns behind.
Another treasure from #icfa47. Signed, uncorrected proof copy of Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler.
A laptop sitting on a hotel bed
I got inspired by some presentations at #ICFA47 and may have written the first chapter of a new book…?
A bottle of nigori Genshu
Okay who at #Icfa47 #icfa is going to help me drink a bottle of sake later?
My first session was aNeil Gaiman roundtable -- standing room only, impressive for 8:30 am! -- and was the most engaging roundtables I've had to pleasure to see, much less participate in.
Panelists had a wide range of opinions on everything from pedagogy to academia. Very productive!
#ICFA47
Ooo, I just got my first conference horror (funny!) story. After my presentation on how gender changed in Spec Fict., a guy came up to me.
"I hate to do this to you," he said, "but somebody in a conference from many years ago already did your topic!"
Er, WHAT? ... (1/2)
#ICFA47
Book cover is set in blue background. Food in three planes changes to planets as you go lower. Hands grab with chopsticks
First #icfa47 treasure. Signed copy of The Subtle Art of Folding Space by @johnchu.bsky.social
Folks at ICFA! I will be giving away copies of my novel _The Subtle Art of Folding Space_ at my signing today at noon. #ICFA47
Three scholars sitting at a table
Opening panel on MetaCognition at #icfa47 with Sherryl Vint, Ted Chiang, and Ann Leckie
Oooooh next ICFA will be in Florida like usual but in 2028 Will be in Warsaw, Poland! June 14-17 2028. Then back to Florida in 2029 for the 50th ICFA “golden jubilee”. #icfa #icfa47
ICFA Book Room
Book Room staff
GOH Books
Did you know that the ICFA Book Room is the only part of the conference available to everyone, even those not registered for the conference? It's true! Anyone can come buy a book and help support the organization; no membership or registration required.
#ICFA47 #FantasticArts #IAFA
IAFA Registration and Membership Coordinator Amanda Firestone
ICFA 47 is here!
The IAFA Registration and Membership Coordinator and her team of fantastic volunteers were hard at work on Tuesday, getting everything ready for you to pick up your badges and meal tickets!
#ICFA47 #FantasticArts #IAFA
All packed for #ICFA47 (International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts). Flight is early tomorrow morning. Looks like I misread PM as AM, so I'll be there a bit longer this year. Hard to complain when it's in the 30's here.
Checking the weather and crossing my fingers that there's no blizzards delaying our plane tomorrow!
#ICFA47
A crop of this year's ICFA artwork.
ICFA 47 is almost here!
All registered IAFA members should have gotten an email today with some important information, including the hotel phone number for the airport shuttle, a link to the digital schedule app, and more!
#ICFA47 #FantasticArts #IAFA
ICFA 47 (2026) CfP Extension (deadline Nov. 10th)
The deadline for proposals for ICFA 47 has been extended until Monday, November 10th. The conference will take place March 18-21 with Guests of Honor Ted Chiang and Ann Leckie and Guest Scholar Sherryl Vint.
#IAFA #ICFA #ICFA47 #FantasticArts
ICFA 47 will be March 18–21, 2026, at the Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside in Orlando, FL, US.
Complete information. including the full CfP for ICFA 47, can be found on the ICFA homepage.
Submission deadline: October 31, 2025
#IAFA #FantasticArts #ICFA47 #MetaCognition
The submission portal for ICFA 47 is open!
Submit your proposal here: iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Proposal
The IAFA invites proposals for our 47th annual ICFA meeting on the theme of (Meta)Cognition.
Guests of Honor: Ted Chiang & Ann Leckie
Guest Scholar: Sherryl Vint
#IAFA #FantasticArts #ICFA47
Call for Proposals – ICFA 47
(𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮)𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
March 18–21, 2026
Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside | Orlando, FL
𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼f 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿: Ted Chiang & Ann Leckie
𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿: Sherryl Vint
The full CfP can be found on our website.
Submission deadline: Oct. 31, 2025
#ICFA47 #CallForPapers #FantasticArts
