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July 19, 2006
CfP: Women and SF & Fantasy
From Dragonflight to Lost:
Women and Science Fiction & Fantasy
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal welcomes the submission of essays for an upcoming special issue focused on the topic of Women and Science Fiction & Fantasy. From pioneering female SF/Fantasy authors such as Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin to female characters on hit television shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica, women and women's roles are intricately tied to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
This issue will explore some of the intersections between Women and Science Fiction and Fantasy. Topics could include but are not limited to:
* Female characters on The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Lost
* Analyses of work by female SF/fantasy authors
* Explorations of feminism and women's rights in SF/Fantasy
Women's Studies publishes 8 issues a year, providing a forum for the presentation of scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology and the sciences. It also publishes poetry, film and book reviews.
We encourage men and women from all disciplines to submit articles based in film, television, literature, art, or other media.
For additional submission information, visit our website:
Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, one-sided, and formatted according to MLA guidelines. Essays should be approximately 25 pages in length. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title for a running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces, an abstract of approximately 100 words, the author's affiliation and location. Each submitted article must contain author's mailing address, telephone number, e-mail, and a stamped self-addressed envelope.
To be included in the first round of reviews for our upcoming issue, submissions must be received by August 18, 2006.
Send a cover letter, three copies of the manuscript, and a copy on disk to:
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Tara Prescott, Assistant Editor
Claremont Graduate University
Department of English, Blaisdell House
143 East Tenth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
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