<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">Dear students,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">This has already circulated once, but just as a reminder that the CFP for the sf conference in LA in October is closing soon.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">Details are below. Dr. carrington will offer some travel support funding for grads who wish to attend.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763">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 <a href="mailto:Psharp@exchange.calstatela.edu">Psharp@exchange.calstatela.edu</a> with your proposal.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:#073763"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Call for Papers:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Intelligences: A Speculative Fiction Across Media Conference 2023 presented by EagleCon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Dates:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, October 18^th<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>through Saturday, October 21^st</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Locations:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Oct 18 (Wed) & Oct 19 (Thu):<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Cal State LA, 3^rd<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>floor of the University-Student Union.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Oct 20 (Fri) & Oct 21 (Sat):<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Courtyard Los Angeles: Monterey Park<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Attendees can stay at the Courtyard throughout the event, as it is only a 10-minute rideshare away from campus.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Confirmed Special Guests:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Nisi Shawl, author (<i>Everfair</i>)</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, authors and illustrators (<i>Love and Rockets</i>)</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Martin Charles, graphic designer (<i>Black Adam</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>A Wrinkle in Time</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ghostbusters</i>)</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Alex Hajdu, production designer (<i>Lucifer</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Walking Dead</i>)<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Ryan Linkof, curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">     <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Scott Newton, senior manager at Riot Games</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Theme:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">The theme for this year’s event is<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Intelligences</b>. 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).<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">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. <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Submissions and Deadline:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>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:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://forms.gle/UGwdALJBB4U3kJLb6" style="color:purple"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">https://forms.gle/UGwdALJBB4U3kJLb6</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Registration:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Accommodations</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">: 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:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/laxmp-courtyard-los-angeles-monterey-park/overview/" style="color:purple"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/laxmp-courtyard-los-angeles-monterey-park/overview/</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">The Conference</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">: 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">As a part of its 10^th<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>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<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Star Trek</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>True Blood</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Walking Dead</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Star Wars, Lucifer</i>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings</i>,<i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>and many more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">As a part of the event, EagleCon gives four awards that are designed to acknowledge outstanding contributions to the entertainment industries:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Octavia E. Butler Memorial Award</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">: 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Prism Award</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">: 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Imaginator Award</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">: 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●</span><span lang="EN" style="fon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