CFP: The Hunger Games SW/TX PCA/ACA (12/2/12; 2/13-16/13) Deadline Extended to December 2, 2012

Join us for the 34th Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference, February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area Chairs of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations (www.swtxpca.org) invite paper or panel proposals: all topics related to the movie The Hunger Games, the novel by that name, Suzanne Collins’s book series as a whole, and/or any combination thereof will be considered.

Proposal submission deadline: December 2, 2012

Submit 250-word paper or 500 word panel proposals to the 2013 SWTX Presenter Database. Choose the area “Science Fiction & Fantasy – The Hunger Games.” This online submission database will be available after September 15. If you are experiencing difficulties with the website, please email your proposal to the address listed below.)

Direction questions to: Brian Cowlishaw, cowlishb@nsuok.edu

Deadline for proposal submissions: November 16, 2012. Earlier proposals are welcomed and will be responded to with all due haste. The registration deadline is December 31, 2012. All participants must register by that date or they will not be permitted to present or appear in the program.

Conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: 1.505.842.1234 Fax: 1.505.766.6710 Conference Rate Reservations can be made through www.swtxpca.org

For more details on the conference, please visit the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association: www.swtxpca.org.

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More about the SF&F Area: With an average of 70+ presenters annually, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association is one of the most dynamic and well-attended areas at the conference. Numerous book and article publications have originated from our panels. The Area was founded in 1995 by Prof. Richard Tuerk of the Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State University) and author of Oz in Perspective (McFarland, 2007). The Area is currently chaired by Ximena Gallardo C. of the City University of New York-LaGuardia and co-author of Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley (Continuum: 2004); Tamy Burnett of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, co-editor of The Literary Angel (McFarland, 2010); Brian Cowlishaw of Northeastern State University, author of "No Future Shock Here: The Jetsons, Happy Tech, and the Patriarchy" (The Galaxy is Rated G, McFarland: 2011); Susan Fanetti; and Rikk Mulligan of Longwood University, author of “Zombie Apocalypse: Plague and the End of the World in Popular Culture” (End of Days, McFarland 2009). Though the co-chairs consult on submissions, Ximena and Rikk are primarily responsible for the general organization of the conference panels and coordinates special panels, Susan coordinates the Whedonverse panels (Buffy, Firefly, Angel, and etc., Tamy coordinates annual special topics related to SFF television, this year including Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, and Doctor Who, and Brian reviews and organizes the literature panels and other special topics (this year Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games). Area Co-Chair Names: Tamy Burnett, Brian Cowlishaw, Susan Fanetti, Ximena Gallardo, Rikk Mulligan.