The IAFA Student Caucus
The official student group within the IAFA is open to graduate as well as undergraduate students. The caucus, SCIAFA for short, sponsors a mentor program (see below) and a late-night film screening at ICFA. Check out the SCIAFA website for more information.
Mentor Program
The Joint SCIAFA/IAFA Mentoring Program is aimed at helping student scholars to find their way around ICFA, discover the natural friendliness of the conference as quickly as possible, use ICFA as an entrance into existing scholarly communities concerned with the fantastic, and leave with both fond memories of the supporting organization and plans to return. More information about the mentoring program can be found on the Student Caucus web site.
IAFA Graduate Student Award
One award is presented to the student who has submitted the best paper to the IAFA Student-Support Committee. The paper selected will be published in the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Please note that acceptance of a paper for the Conference does not guarantee an award. You can find more information about the Graduate Student Award by following this link.
Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing
(formerly the Isaac Asimov Award)
The $500 award will go to the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short story submitted by a full-time undergraduate college student. The winner will be invited to the IAFA annual Conference on the Fantastic in mid-March in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and the winning story will be considered for publication in Asimov's science fiction magazine.