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January 08, 2006
CfP: Women in SF & Fantasy: An Encyclopedia
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Greenwood Press
Planned Completion Date: January 2007
The 2-volume, illustrated Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Encyclopedia is scheduled to be published by Greenwood Press in 2007. The Editor is seeking contributors for unassigned entries.
The focus will be primarily but not exclusively on work in English from the 19th century to the present, covering fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, music and poetry.
Volume I (175,000 words) will consist of essays. The longer pieces will provide socio-historical context, analysis, and background information on key themes that cross genre boundaries. Two possible schemas are being considered for this volume. The final editorial choice will depend to some extent on the scholarship and interests of the chosen contributors. One approach is multi-genre essays, tightly focused in period. An alternate approach is single-genre essays covering larger historical periods. Scholars chosen to write essays are invited to do some of the A-Z entries relating to their essays.
Volume II (175,000 words) will consist of the A-Z component. Alphabetically organized entries will focus narrowly on key figures and issues. Categories, which can apply to any of the media covered by the work, will include (but are not limited to): single entries on significant writers/artists/composers (primarily women but some men); group and background entries on a range of writers/artists/composers not covered in single entries; and single and group entries on characters and character types, genres, historical periods, national traditions, and major themes.
Background entries will draw on existing international scholarship in feminism, women writers and fantastic genres to cover major writers in other languages and national traditions. Other background entries will also address fantasy by and about women from the Middle Ages through the 1800's. Entries on how the topics of "women" and "gender" have been dealt with by male writers and artists in science fiction and fantasy will also be included.
Candidates must be willing to write thematic essays totaling 5000 words and/or entries ranging from 250-1000 words. Preference will be given to college professors, published writers, and advanced graduate students, but others qualified to write about women in science fiction, fantasy, and related genres in work in English from the 19th century to the present, covering fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, music and poetry will also be considered.
This project is interdisciplinary with a women's studies focus, so the editor is especially interested in soliciting writers in the following fields: communications and media studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, film and television studies, gender studies, history, literature, media studies, multicultural studies, sociology, and women's studies. Scholars in other fields working with the fantastic are also encouraged to participate.
Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2006
This deadline is firm.
Greenwood has contracted for a $5000 budget for honorariums to all contributors plus 100 copies of the published work for contributors.
Compensation for accepted essays/entries will be the 2-volume set of the encyclopedia, which will be sent to contributors at publication, plus an honorarium. The amount may increase depending upon number of writers involved in project:
Thematic essays: $250
Entries: $50-$100 (depending on length)
Additionally, there is a $5000 budget for permissions and reproduction fees for up to 50 black/white illustrations (reproductions of book and magazine covers, art, etc.) Contributing scholars are encouraged to submit illustrations with permissions to support their essays or key figures and themes.
If you are interested in writing for this important reference, please send a short biographical sketch describing your background, publications, and interests in women's contributions to a specific genres/medium of the fantastic along with your preferred e-mail and postal address to the Editor.
Qualified candidates will receive a listing of available entries.
Prospective contributors will receive an assignment, contributors' guidelines, and sample entries by e-mail followed by a release form postal mailed from the publisher to be signed and returned.
Completed entries are subject to the normal editing process required for quality publications and are accepted for publication at the discretion of the editor, advisory board, and publisher.
EDITOR:
Robin Anne Reid
Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce TX 75429
Robin_Reid AT tamu-commerce.edu
Rrede13 AT yahoo.com
Fax: 903-886-5980
Phone: 903-885-5268
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