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| 2026 | ||
| Wednesday, July 15th | ||
| 12:30 PM |
ELO 2026 (Un)Supervised Conference Welcome Remarks Anastasia Salter, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Plenary |
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| 1:00 PM |
Keynote: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, University of Maryland - Baltimore Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote |
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| 2:15 PM |
Roque Fernández Alcañiz, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Emery Beckman, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Intro to Scrollimation: Principles and Practices Artemio Morales, AltSalt Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop |
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| 2:15 PM |
Name that face—Wikimedia images Denise Larsen, Independent Narratives & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop |
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| 2:15 PM |
The Shadow of Situationism: AI-Generated Poetry at the Avant-Garde of the Avant-Garde Francisco Reyes Betancourtt, University of California, Irvine Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Words Have Their Final Weapon: AI and Six Decades of Generating “Japanese Poetry” Andrew Campana, Cornell University Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Charles Danoff, Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory, LLC Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Workshop |
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| 3:30 PM |
High-Performance Spatial Text: Ludic Constriction and Narrative Performance in XR Game Engines patrick lichty, Winona State University Narratives & Worlds 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Workshop |
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| 3:30 PM |
Alex Calderwood, University of California, Santa Cruz Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Singulars: Performing the Reverse Turing Test Halim Madi Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Allison Parrish Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Mark Sample, Davidson College Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
On the Peripheries of E-lit: Study Digital Literary Cultures (Plus) Kiera Obbard, University of Waterloo Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Panel |
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| 4:45 PM |
Out Of This World: An Exoplanetary Workshop Monica Storss, Northeastern University Narratives & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Workshop |
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| 7:00 PM |
ELO (Un)Supervised Exhibition Launch Daniel Cox, Illinois State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Plenary |
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| Thursday, July 16th | ||
| 9:15 AM |
A Human Was Here: Occult Poetics, Hypertext Ritual, and the (Un)Supervised Web Emily Carr, Nectar, Inc. Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Coercing Contribution: Navigating Involuntary Authors through a Mountain of Sleep Glenn S. Ritchey III, University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Nilo Ybyraporã: transcestral instapoetry Daniela Silva de Freitas, Universidade Federal de Alfenas Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Perverse Pleasure: A Defence of Difficulty Without Resolution Joy Pang, National University of Singapore Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Poetry of Movement: Virality, Affect and Agency in Warsan Shire’s “Home” Shweta Khilnani Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Samya Brata Roy, Gitam (Deemed) University, Hyderabad Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Workshop |
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| 9:15 AM |
Reimaging Authorship in Contemporary Chinese Poetry zhijing wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Start typing… Digital Poetry in Latin America Alex Saum-Pascual Saum-Pascual, University of California, Berkeley Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
A multi-language video game dialogue corpus Mark A. Black, Washington State University Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Piotr Marecki, Jagiellonian University, Kraków Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Hosting the Gap: Digital Typography as Linguistic Hospitality in Translation Maya Sarfaty, Universidade de Lisboa Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Miniature Novels Inside Code: Reflection Scenes as Emergent Literary Form in ChoiceScript Matthew F. Griffin, New York University Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Narrative Nubs: Systematic Sketches of Story Systems Nick Montfort, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Never Let It Collapse: Three Passes at an Unsupervised Cat's Cradle Caitlin Fisher, York University Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Portuguese Net Art and e-Poetics Johanna Drucker Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Panel |
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| 10:30 AM |
Quilt Poems: Encoding Craft Traditions as Generative Poetry Lee Tusman, SUNY Purchase Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
(Un)Supervised Critical Baking: Reflective Virtual Cheesecake Simulation Emily Johnson, University of Central Florida Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 1:00 PM |
Stuart Moulthrop, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Panel |
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| 2:15 PM |
Post-Digital Creativity in Underacknowledged Communities Tegan Pyke, University of Bergen Narratives & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel |
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| 2:15 PM |
Storyboarding for Scrollimation Artemio Morales, AltSalt Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop |
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| 2:15 PM |
Techno-Human Desire or Techno, Human Desire? Sensuality and Machine Texts. Chloe M. A. Mauvais, University of California - Berkeley Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel |
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| 3:30 PM |
Davin Heckman Hypertexts & Fictions 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel |
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| 3:30 PM |
Cooperation, Collaboration, and Community in Horror and Suspense Games Rachel Kerr, University of Texas at Dallas Narratives & Worlds 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel |
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| 3:30 PM |
E-Lit Periodicals in the Age of AI Peter D. Edgar, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel |
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| 4:45 PM |
Boîte en Valise / Writing Inside the Box : Local Virtual Space and Creative Exigencies patrick lichty, Winona State University Narratives & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Co-Habited Texts: Designing Cooperative Interactive Fiction as Auto-Ethnographic Method Abhik Hasnain, University of Alberta Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Compressed Cinema as a Study in LLM Latent Spaces Mallen Clifton, Stanford University Narratives & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
From Voice to Environment: Authorship in Spatial Collage Daniel Lichtman, St. John’s university Narratives & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
National Fictions: Reading the Free Republic of Verdis as Electronic Literature Elizabeth Losh, William & Mary Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Necrotextual Poetics: Fine-Tuned Language Models and Oscar Wilde's Unfinished Aphorism Zach Whalen Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Red-Teaming GenAI Chatbots: Toxic “Talk” & Product Liability Siobhan O'Flynn, University of Toronto Narratives & Worlds 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Remaking the Red Death: An Interactive Fiction Post-mortem Kenton T. Howard, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Individual Talk |
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| 4:45 PM |
Thinking Ahead about Your Legacy: A Workshop Aimed at Preparing Your Archives for Future Access Dene Grigar Hypertexts & Fictions 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Workshop |
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| 7:00 PM |
John Murray, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
Hacking Stone Moons: Or, a Re-viving a still born child A behind-the-scenes melodrama in three acts. Denise Larsen, Independent Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
The Female Voice, The Male Gaze: AI Colonial Paradox and African Feminist Futures Aishat Olayetunde Isiaq Mrs, The Nigeria French Language Village Ajara Badagry Lagos, Nigeria Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
Writing for More Hands: Distributed Improvisational Text and Networked Authorship patrick lichty, Winona State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| Friday, July 17th | ||
| 9:15 AM |
Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Gisela De Castro Mrs., The University of Waikato Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Blurring Ontologies: An Analysis of Metalepsis in Mark C. Marino’s Living Will (2010) Lopamudra Saha Ms, Pondicherry University Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Coaxing the Ripples: thoughts on distant writing of interactive works Terhi Marttila, Interactive technologies Institute / LARSyS Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Exploring fractures in the intimate technology shaping millions of lives Christine Wilks, University of Alberta Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
"I Believe You": Unsupervised Unlearning in a Human–AI Philosophical Encounter Xiang Yu, Independent Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
In Dark times, Should the Stars Also Go Out?: Disco Elysium & Melancholic Agency Shannon Lee Ms, National University of Singapore Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Ruth Oluyemi Akande, University of Lagos Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Network of Time: Reading History Through Photographic Adjacency Jesse M. Ward Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Supervising the Creation of New Forms of Philosophy Sebastian R. Richter, University of Regensburg Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Twice,again: Virentis – Bounded (Un)Supervision as World-Building Method Andrew Burrell Dr, University of Technology Sydney Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Water Songs: An artist’s talk discussing “Documenting the Imperceptible” Jolene L. Armstrong, Athabasca University Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Code poetry and labour: the game excess of work María Garay Arriba, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Conflicting agencies at the heart of literariness Ana Marques da Silva, University of Coimbra Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Electronic Literature in AI data work Mihai Bacaran, Independent Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
“Huir sí es mejor plan”: Rethinking the Subject in Digital Literature Fernanda Mugica, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Mehulkumar Desai Mr., Indian Institute of Technology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Posthuman Ethics and Networked Agency in AI-Human Cocreations Liselotte de Beer, University of Stavanger Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
The Headless Seven: A Live Hydraen Field Experiment Lyle Skains, Wonderbox Digital Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Experimental Track |
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| 10:30 AM |
Angely C. Suarez DeJesus Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
(Un)Supervised Translation: How Fans Fill in the Gaps in Visual Novel Localization Sara Raffel, University of Central Florida Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 1:00 PM |
Plenary: Electronic Literature Collective 5 Daniel Cox, Illinois State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote |
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| 2:15 PM |
Claudia Kozak, UBA/CONICET Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel |
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| 2:15 PM |
Archival Storytelling: Remembering Our Digital History Dene Grigar Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Digital Rare and Imaginary Libraries: Some Critical Approaches to Text-to-Image Books Élika Ortega, University of Colorado, Boulder Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Digitally Disfiguring the Canon David T.H. Wright, University of Bergen Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Performing Comedy in the Virtual Space; Helping Society Get Over Itself Rob Wittig, Meanwhile Netprov Studio Narratives & Worlds 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop |
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| 2:15 PM |
“You can see Note 23 here.”: Conceptualizing Critical Editions of Interactive Fiction Jason Boyd, Toronto Metropolitan University Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Inventing ELIZA: an exploration of the first chatbot Mark Marino, University of Southern California Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel |
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| 4:45 PM |
Essay on the future of writing-reading: thought, meditation and synchronicities Vinicius Marquet, National University Autonomous of Mexico Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 8:30 PM Experimental Track |
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| 7:00 PM |
Xiang Yu, Independent Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
Judd Morrissey, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
James H. Pardue, SUNY University at Buffalo Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| 7:00 PM |
Surveillance as Care: Introducing the PureGenius™ Learning Platform Erin R. Glass, CUNY Graduate Center Algorithms & Imaginaries 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Performance |
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| Saturday, July 18th | ||
| 9:15 AM |
Tiffany Fung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Yolanda De Gregorio, University of Cadiz Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
From AI to EI: Towards an ‘Environmental Intelligence’ Richard A. Carter, University of York Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
How Firm is Our Foundation? : Towards a Pedagogy of AI Katherine Parrish Ms., Independent Scholar Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Reorienting Electronic Literature Mehulkumar Desai, Indian Institute of Technology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad Hypertexts & Fictions 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Panel |
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| 9:15 AM |
Mumtaz Mazumdar Dr, M. C. Das College Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
LJ Connolly, University of Central Florida Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Twine and Inky: A Hypertext Multi-tool for the Creative Writing Classroom Jeremy Andriano, Toronto Metropolitan University Narratives & Worlds 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 9:15 AM |
Vibe Coding: AI, Digital Text Recycling, and the Remediation of Digital Poetry Yohanna Joseph Waliya, The Nigeria French Language Village, Ajara-Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria, Algorithms & Imaginaries 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Detour, Digress, Destroy (on random walks): Demoing a Platform for Text Manipulation Devin Higgins, Michigan State University Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Digital Nollywood as Interactive Narrative: Gender, Power, and Audience Rewriting Theodora Bassey Etim, University of Calabar, Nigeria Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Exiled to Latent Space: Writing from Dimensions We Cannot Enter Kavisha D. Alagiya, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Algorithms & Imaginaries 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop |
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| 10:30 AM |
Kirill Azernyi Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Brendan Howell, The Howell Ersatz Co. Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Reacting to Electronic Literature in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria Faith Samuel Bassey, University of Uyo, Nigeria Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
The Question is a Node: Online Quizzes as Interactive Non-Fiction Michael Merriam, Independent Hypertexts & Fictions 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Lilian Okoro Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 10:30 AM |
Unsupervised: Shedding Light on South African Digital Poetry Jasmine Mattey, University of Bergen Narratives & Worlds 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Individual Talk |
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| 1:00 PM |
Keynote: Leonardo Flores, "Beyond Impossible Writing: Electronic Literature in the Age of AI" Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University Algorithms & Imaginaries 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote |
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| 2:15 PM |
Yingzi Kong Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Algorithmic Translation versus Human Imagination in Electronic Storytelling Dr. Gloria Wilson Inyang, Akwa Ibom State College of Education Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
Once Upon an Algorithm: Ebook Authors’ AI Folk Theories and the Standardization of Creative Practice Bridget Kies, Oakland University Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 2:15 PM |
"The First Web Novel at 30: The Collection and the Creative Process" Robert Arellano Hypertexts & Fictions 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Panel |
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| 2:15 PM |
Kateryna Shabelnyk, Nagoya University Algorithms & Imaginaries 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Individual Talk |
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| 3:30 PM |
Anastasia Salter, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Plenary |
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| 4:45 PM |
2026 Electronic Literature Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks Anastasia Salter, University of Central Florida Algorithms & Imaginaries 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM Plenary |
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