{"id":31779,"date":"2009-04-14T19:40:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T00:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31779"},"modified":"2009-04-14T19:40:42","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T00:40:42","slug":"mythcon-40-this-july-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/04\/14\/31779-mythcon-40-this-july-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythcon 40 This July in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The folks from The Mythopoeic Society<\/strong> sent this in: The Mythopoeic Society is holding its 40th annual conference, Mythcon, July 17-20 at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (www.mythsoc.org\/mythcon40.html). The Mythopoeic Society is devoted to the study of the JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, and the Inklings; and myth and fantasy. Mythcon is a combination of serious scholarship (daytime) and fannish fun (evenings). Presentations on both JRR Tolkien and Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy would be welcome.<\/p>\n

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Press Release<\/p>\n

Mythcon 40
\n17 -20 July, 2009
\nUCLA, Los Angeles, California
\nwww.mythsoc.org\/mythcon40.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Theme: \u201cSailing the Seas of Imagination\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Author Guest of Honor: James A. Owen, author of The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica (Here, There Be Dragons, The Search for the Red Dragon, and The Indigo King) . He is also the creator of the independent comic book Starchild.<\/p>\n

Scholar Guest of Honor: Diana Pavlac Glyer, Ph.D, author of The Company They Keep, the award winning study of the Inklings as a creative community. Dr. Glyer is a professor at Azusa Pacific University.<\/p>\n

The Mythopoeic Society is dedicated to the study of JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Charles Williams, the Inklings, and general fantasy. Mythcon, the Society\u2019s annual conference, takes place over a weekend, Friday afternoon through Monday morning, with papers and panels, Art Show, Dealers\u2019 Room, and good talk and fun. The Mythopoeic Awards are presented at the Banquet on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

Call for Papers: Mythcon 40 seeks papers on the Conference theme, especially on all aspects of the creative process in the Inklings\u2019 works; on the work of the Guests of Honor, young adult fantasy and science fiction, and the concept of artists and writers in community; and on seaborne imagery, especially the motif of sailing to unknown lands.<\/p>\n

Please send abstracts to: Sherwood Smith, 5072 Kingscross Rd., Westminster, CA 92683, USA; Sherwood@sff.net<\/a>. The deadline for submissions is 15 April, 2009.<\/p>\n

Membership Rates: $65 for Mythopoeic Society Members, $75 for non-members, children under 12 free. On 16 May rates will increase to $70 for Members, $80 for non-members.<\/p>\n

Room & Board: Mythcon 40 will be held in the DeNeve Plaza Conference Center of the University of California at Los Angeles, California. Please consult the Mythcon website www.mythsoc.org\/mythcon40.html<\/a> for Room & Board packages and rates.<\/p>\n

Payment: pay online via PayPal at www.mythsoc.org\/mythcon40.html<\/a> or mail payment to: The Mythopoeic Society, Attn: Mythcon 40, PO Box 28427, San Jose, CA 95129, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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