2002 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION

The "Horror" Area Chair of the Popular Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of horror in literature, cinema, television, or general culture for the 2001 PCA/ACA National Convention to be held at the Sheraton Centre hotel in Toronto, Canada. The conference runs from March 13 - 17.

If you are interested in being a presenter, please send a completed paper of not more than 15 minutes reading time, OR an abstract of 100 words, through regular mail or email. Please provide your contact information (name, mailing address, phone numbers, and email) as well.

If you would like to propose a panel of 3-4 speakers each, please include the following: Panel title
Name and contact information for the Panel Chair
250-word abstracts of each paper
Contact information for each presenter

Multiple submissions to different areas are not allowed at the conference. You must also be present at the conference to read your own paper-no "readings by proxy" are allowed.

Each conference room will be equipped with a VHS player, TV monitor, slide projector, and screen. No other equipment is available. Please bring slides in your own carousel.

If you have specific days and times at which you would like to present, please let me know at the time of submission. I will forward your request to the schedulers. Please be aware that not all requests can be honored, but we will do our best.

The deadline for submission of abstracts and/or papers is SEPTEMBER 10, 2001.

Please send all abstracts, papers, and queries to the below address: ________________________________________ Dr. Philip Simpson Associate Professor of Communications/Humanities Brevard Community College, Palm Bay Campus 250 Community College Parkway Palm Bay, FL 32909-2299 (407) 632-1111, ext. 22040 Fax: (407) 634-3729