[Sfts-students] CFP for speculative imaginaries conference in LA

[Sherryl Vint]

Dear students,

This has already circulated once, but just as a reminder that the CFP for
the sf conference in LA in October is closing soon.

Details are below. Dr. carrington will offer some travel support funding
for grads who wish to attend.

Dr. Sharp of CSU LA is willing to extend the CFP deadline to until Monday
for UCR students. If you have to submit after the deadline (when the portal
is closed) please email him directly at Psharp at exchange.calstatela.edu with
your proposal.

*Call for Papers: *Intelligences: A Speculative Fiction Across Media
Conference 2023 presented by EagleCon



*Dates:* Wednesday, October 18th through Saturday, October 21st



*Locations: *



*Oct 18 (Wed) & Oct 19 (Thu): *Cal State LA, 3rd floor of the
University-Student Union.

*Oct 20 (Fri) & Oct 21 (Sat): *Courtyard Los Angeles: Monterey Park

Attendees can stay at the Courtyard throughout the event, as it is only a
10-minute rideshare away from campus.



*Confirmed Special Guests: *

·      Nisi Shawl, author (*Everfair*)

·      Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, authors and illustrators (*Love
and Rockets*)

·      Martin Charles, graphic designer (*Black Adam*, *A Wrinkle in Time*,
*Ghostbusters*)

·      Alex Hajdu, production designer (*Lucifer*, *The Walking Dead*)

·      Ryan Linkof, curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

·      Scott Newton, senior manager at Riot Games



*Theme: *The theme for this year’s event is *Intelligences*. For centuries,
scientific discourses and speculative genres have used an array of
assumptions about intelligence and sentience to create hierarchies of
species, races, genders, and cultures. Speculative genres have also proven
to be especially powerful in challenging these assumptions and hierarchies.
Intelligence has served in stories to justify expropriating resources, to
argue for equal rights, and to warn about threatening creations such as
Artificial Intelligence (AI).



The organizers welcome proposals for 12- to 15-minute presentations on
intelligences in speculative genres of any medium (including art, music,
comics, games, television, film, and literature). In keeping with the
tradition of EagleCon, we also welcome proposals for 12- to 15-minute
presentations on any aspect of diversity in speculative genres across
media. In addition to proposals for individual presentations, we will
consider proposals for panels of two to four people.



*Submissions and Deadline:* The conference will accept proposals on a
rolling basis until the deadline on August 31, 2023. Acceptance decisions
will typically take 7 days from the day of submission. The first draft of
the program will be posted on Sept 10. For more information on submissions,
see the submissions portal here: https://forms.gle/UGwdALJBB4U3kJLb6



*Registration:* For graduate students and low-income attendees, conference
registration is $60. All other attendees must pay a conference registration
fee of $100. The event is free for members of the Cal State LA community
and members of the Art Directors Guild.



*Accommodations*: The conference room rate at the Courtyard Los Angeles:
Monterey Park is $169 a night plus tax. For more information about the
hotel, see the website here:
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/laxmp-courtyard-los-angeles-monterey-park/overview/



*The Conference*: EagleCon at Cal State LA is devoted to the examination
and celebration of diversity in science fiction, fantasy, and speculative
genres across media. Founded by the Cross-Cultural Centers at Cal State Los
Angeles (the Golden Eagles), EagleCon is sponsored on campus by the
University-Student Union and the College of Arts and Letters. Our Founding
Sponsor is the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800), who annually provide
panelists, staffing, and an exhibition of artwork for the event.



As a part of its 10th anniversary celebration, EagleCon is launching the
first annual Speculative Fiction Across Media (SFAM LA) conference. This
event will bring together creators from the entertainment industries of Los
Angeles with scholars from around the world to discuss and explore the
history and current state of diversity in speculative genres. On Oct 18 &
Oct 19, there will be one stream of entertainment industry panels and one
stream of scholarly presentations in one-hour blocks that match the
university class schedule. On Oct 20 & Oct 21, there will be one stream of
industry panels and three streams of scholarly presentations in blocks of
one hour and fifteen minutes. The event as a whole will provide unique
opportunities for scholars to interact with artists and creators who have
worked on such properties as *Star Trek*, *True Blood*, *The Walking
Dead*, *Star
Wars, Lucifer*, *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings*, and many more.



As a part of the event, EagleCon gives four awards that are designed to
acknowledge outstanding contributions to the entertainment industries:

●  *Octavia E. Butler Memorial Award*: this award is given out in honor of
Cal State LA alumna Octavia E. Butler to celebrate a creator whose oeuvre
exemplifies the spirit of her work. Previous awardees are Tananarive Due,
Nalo Hopkinson, Steven Barnes, Nnedi Okorafor, and John Jennings.

●  *Prism Award*: this award is given to honor outstanding contributions to
diversity in science fiction and fantasy. Previous awardees include George
Takei, Brandon Easton, Natalie Chaidez, Cheo Hodari Coker, and Michael and
Denise Okuda.

●  *Imaginator Award*: this award is given to honor wondrous achievement in
visual conceptualization in the art departments of film and television.
Previous awardees are Oliver Scholl, Rick Carter, Wynn Thomas, and Dawn
Brown. The 2023 awardee will be graphic designer Martin Charles.

●  *Lemonade Award*: created by Nalo Hopkinson, this award is for acts of
kindness by individuals and organizations that further science fiction
community. Previous awardees are K. Tempest Bradford, Jaymee Goh, and The
501st Legion.



Lead Faculty Organizers:

·      Patrick B. Sharp and Zachary Vernon, Cal State LA

·      Sherryl Vint, andré carrington, and Jalondra A. Davis, UC Riverside

·      Pawel Frelik, University of Warsaw






Sherryl Vint (she/her)
Professor and Chair, Department of English

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