International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA), founded in 1982 is a nonprofit association of scholars, writers, and publishers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in literature, film, and the other arts. Its principal activities are the organization of the International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA), which was first held in 1980, the publication of a journal, the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (JFA), which has been published regularly since 1990, and the production of a news blog and other social media that publish information of interest to the membership. Membership in the IAFA is open but almost all members are scholars, teachers, and graduate students in the field of science fiction studies or fantasy literature or horror literature, or are authors. The Conference The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) is held annually in the spring. The conference has been held in Orlando, Florida since 2008. The first ICFA was organized by Dr. Robert A. Collins of Florida Atlantic University in March 1980. The conference was held on the FAU campus and was supported by a gift of operating funds provided by Margaret Gaines Swann, mother of the