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25th IAFA Conference, March 2004
Guest of Honor: Daína Chaviano
Guest Scholar: Marcial Souto
Special Guest Writer: Elizabeth Hand
Permanent Special Guest: Brian Aldiss


The 25th Annual Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 24-28, 2004.
Considered the most important academic fantasy and sci-fi convention in the world, its 25th edition welcomed some 350 academics, scholars, editors and authors, who discussed and analized the many faces of fantasy. 
Daína Chaviano became the first Hispanic American author invited as Guest of Honor.

Words by Dale Knickerbocker (Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, East Carolina University)

Speech by Daína Chaviano (published in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts)