Phil Heldrich

Executive Director, SWTX

Ken Dvorak

Secretary/Treasurer, SWTX

Lynnea Chapman King

Area Development & Awards Coordinator

Sally Sanchez

SWTX Conference Program Specialist 

Suggested Working Timeline for the 2010 SWTX PCA/ACA Annual Conference

December 15, 2009

Submission Deadline:

Send your proposal now to one of our Area Chairs and take advantage of early Registration rates.

December, 2009

Online Registration will continue from December 31, 2009 through January 13, 2010. Book travel and reserve your room at the Albuquerque Hyatt, our conference center. Space goes quickly!

January - February, 2010

Conference program will be posted to the SWTX Web site. Present and enjoy the conference!

Join us February 10-13, 2010 for our

31st Annual Meeting!

We are pleased to share with you our Final Program. Printed copies will be available at the conference. Please check again your panel time and day. There have been some minor changes from the tentative schedule posted earlier. Any changes hereafter will appear in the conference addendum on site. Please book your Hyatt room now. Rates will no longer be available after Jan. 12. We look forward to seeing you in ABQ.

Seeking papers for book on Mystery Science Theater 3000

The winner of Round One of Voting for Special Programming for this year's conference is "Brilliant but Canceled TV" (with 48.5% of the vote). Results of Round Two of voting will be announced shortly.

Submit your proposal or panel now to one of our 80+ Areas and Special Topics including our 2010 Conference Theme:

Alien to You? Not to Me: Science Fiction and Fantasy: Films, TV, and Literature as Popular Culture

For this year's theme, send a single proposal for a paper or panel to an Area Chair for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Film, Television and Media Studies, or Literature (please do not submit to more than one Area Chair or group of Co-Chairs).

We are pleased to announce that Adilifu Nama, author of Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film (U of Texas P, 2008) and Winner of the Peter C. Rollins Book Award for 2009 , will be our keynote presenter for our High Tea Awards event.

Founded by Dr. Peter C. Rollins in the 1970s, the Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA has sought to foster the interdisciplinary study of our region through its fascinating legacy of literary, historical, visual, and media images. Since then the organization, affiliated with the National Popular and American Culture Associations founded by Ray B. Browne, has grown to include a wide range of offerings bringing participants together from across the nation and internationally. We look forward to seeing you in 2010!

Bienvenido!

Phil Heldrich and Ken Dvorak