March 23, 2009
JFA Issues Missing in Action
Brian Attebery, the Editor of Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, and those of us who share the JFA masthead are looking to have a complete archive of the journal; however, there are some issues that have gone MIA (chiefly due to unscrupulous office movers). Can any of the membership help in donating any of the following (see below)? If so, please contact Brian at attebria@isu.edu.
Volume Issue
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Take care,
Graham J. Murphy
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November 15, 2007
CFP: Queering the Fantastic
Update: Queering the Fantastic
Edited by Robin Anne Reid and Jes Battis
New deadline for essays on specified topics (listed below)
We have received a number of excellent proposals for this volume but would now like to solicit proposals for essays to fill gaps in the collection.
We need essays on children's/ya fantasy, fanfiction, graphic novels, horror, and cinema, as well as theoretical pieces on the fantastic itself as a queer medium.
We are seeking scholarly essays (20 pgs max) that explore the links between the fantastic and queer studies.
Email abstracts (1000 word max plus Working Bibliography) to:
Professor Robin Anne Reid (Robin_Reid_AT_tamu-commerce.edu) AND Professor Jes Battis (jbattis_AT_gmail.com). Please include a recent CV and short bio.
Deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2007.
Contributors will be notified within a week.
This volume will address all the fantastic in all media, focusing
particularly on queer uses, adaptations, and reformulations. Since its definition as "a hesitation between genres" by Tzvetan Todorov in the 1970s, the fantastic has often been compared to Freud's 'uncanny,' or to the marvelous realms of the picaresque, the fairy-tale, and the medieval romance. But the fantastic is not precisely any of these things, and, with this volume, we are interested in linking it to the ambivalent and charged
position of 'queer' as a sexuality, a mode of life, a genre of literature, and even a type of impossibility.
Robin Anne Reid is currently professor of creative writing and critical theory at Texas A&M University-Commerce. She has authored two books for Greenwood's Critical Companions Series (on Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury), and is currently editing an encyclopedia on women in science fiction and fantasy, also for Greenwood. She has published essays on feminist science fiction, queer approaches to fan studies, and Peter Jackson's film of Tolkien's novel. Her poetry has been published in a variety of small magazines and online.
Jes Battis is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the City
University of New York in Manhattan, and teaches as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at CUNY-Hunter College. He has authored two scholarly books on fantasy and media: Investigating Farscape: Uncharted Territories of Sex and Science Fiction, (Palgrave, 2007) and Blood Relations: Chosen Families in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel(McFarland, 2005). He also has a fantasy novel, Night Child, forthcoming
from Penguin USA/Ace in spring of 2008.
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November 12, 2007
Science Fiction Studies Special Issue on Gender and Sexuality
CFP: Special Issue of Science Fiction Studies on Gender and Sexuality. Past special issues of SFS have focused on women writers and on queer theory, but this issue proposes to take a broader approach to gender and sexuality, focusing on a full spectrum of related topics: femininity/masculinity in sf, sf and sex/gender change, sf pornography, techno-fetishism, alien sex, multiple genders/sexualities, sexual subcultures in sf, sf and censorship, sex work(ers) in sf, slash/flash writing, and more. We welcome submissions from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The deadline for 500-word abstracts is May 1, 2008; please send them to Rob Latham at rob-latham@uiowa.edu or to Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. at icronay@depauw.edu.
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November 06, 2007
CFP: Geoff Ryman and Extrapolation Extension
Special Extapolation Issue on Geoff Ryman
The Summer 2008 issue of Extrapolation will be devoted to the work of Geoff Ryman. Ryman is increasingly recognized as an important writer in the field of science fiction, the author of six novels and numerous other works and the recipient of the James Tiptree Jr. Award, the British SF Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell and Arthur C. Clarke awards (the latter twice). His writing inspires consideration as science fiction, especially in the contexts of gender, sexuality and embodied technologies, but also compels us to consider questions of generic convention and definition, particularly in the intersections between science fiction, fantasy and history. Indeed, Ryman’s brief discussion at the end of Was of the importance of using fantasy and history against each other has been widely taken up in the discussion of sf and fantasy more generally. The editors of this issue invite consideration of any aspect of Ryman’s work, including his hypertext novel 253, and his involvement with the ‘Mundane SF’ movement, which calls for an emphasis on near future and present day ‘realist’ sf.
All manuscript submissions, including explanatory notes and the list of Works Cited, should be double-spaced on one side of the sheet only. Neither embedded footnotes nor generated footnotes that some software systems make available should be used. Documentation should follow the MLA Style Manual (1999) with parenthetical citations in the text and a Works Cited list at the end. Only explanatory endnotes are needed.
Please send an electronic submission in either MSWord or WordPerfect to the Guest Editors, Wendy Pearson (wpearson@uwo.ca) or Susan Knabe (sknabe@uwo.ca). An e-copy in Word should be submitted to Javier A. Martínez at jmartinez@utb.edu. Please contact the editors with specific questions.
Please note the extended deadline of March 15, 2008.
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October 29, 2007
Call for Proposals for Upcoming Anthology
Call for Proposals
Fantastic Voyages, Monstrous Dreams, Wondrous Visions:
Cinematic Folklore and Fairy Tale Film
Submissions are invited for an edited collection of essays on fairy tale film. Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
• Intersections between folklore, fantasy, and film theory
• Postmodern and psychoanalytic perspectives on cinematic folklore
• Metamorphosis, enchantment, monstrosity, and abjection in fairy tale film
• Transgender or transbiology in fairy tale film
• The rise in popularity of adult fairy tale films
• The convergence of science fiction and fairy tale fantasy film
• Ethnographic studies of fairy tale film viewers and audiences
• Fairy tale film narratives of Happily-ever-after, the American Dream, utopia, and other cultural discourses
• Discourses of Otherness, (post)coloniality, and Orientalism in fairy tale film
• Fairy tale film as cultural pedagogy, encoding issues of socialization, sexuality, gender, race, and class difference
• Analyses of particular works by fairy tale filmmakers from Georges Méliès and Walt Disney to Tim Burton and Stephen Spielberg
• Global migration of cinematic folklore, cross-cultural translations and transformations
• Genre and generational shifts and remixes in fairy tale film from melodrama and romantic comedy, to science fiction, horror, noir, and action adventure
• Fairy tale motifs in the visual culture of film shorts, TV advertising and music video
• Historic and contemporary perspectives on innovative cinematography and special effects in animated and live-action fairy tale film, from puppetry to Pixar
• Political economy/capitalist relations of production and direction of cinematic folklore
• Relationship of “classic” 19thC fairy tale illustration (from Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, et al.) and the Disney animation image repertoire to the iconography of contemporary cinematic folklore
Final essays should range in length from 5,000 - 9,000 words. Previously published work, appropriately revised and/or updated, will be considered. Send 500-word proposals (or completed essays) and a brief c.v. electronically as email attachments to Sidney Eve Matrix (matrixs@queensu.ca) and Pauline Greenhill (p.greenhill@uwinnipeg.ca) by 1 January 2008.
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September 25, 2006
Call for Submissions: The Fiction of Rob Holdstock
Donald Morse announces that additional contributors are wanted for a volume on the contemporary British fantasy and science-fiction writer, Rob Holdstock. The working title is Lost in a Haunted Wood: The Fiction of Rob Holdstock. While most of the essays focus on the Mythago and Celtica novels, essays will be welcome on any of his other books or short stories.
Essays should be 20pp double spaced with some flexability, but not, however, above 25 pages, following MLA parenthetical citation. Deadlines would be rolling during late 2007 but with an end time definite of either December 2007 or January 2008. Two publishers have expressed some interest and the goal would be publication some time during 2008 or, if that proves impossible, then a launch at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) in March of 09.
Plans are also being made to present some of the essays at ICFA in 2008 and others at HUSSE 2009 (Hungarian Society for the Study of English) which will meet in late January 2009.
Send queries or a proposal and cv to Donald Morse Donaldemorse AT gmail.com.
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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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March 24, 2006
JFA and ICFA2006 papers
JFA Editor Bill Senior is looking for submissions to an upcoming conference-themed issue of the Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts.
If your conference presentation is publication-ready or could be made ready for publication with a little time and effort, consider submitting it to Bill at wsenior AT broward DOT edu.
And of course JFA is always accepting submissions of articles and book reviews.
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March 27, 2005
JFA Update 2005
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
ICFA 26, March 2005
Bill Senior, JFA Editor
wsenior AT broward.edu
As many of you know, because of a change in business editor and problems with distribution, JFA is behind by a full year. At the current time, JFA 15.1 (Spring 2004) is finished and back from the printer; JFA 15.2 (Summer 2004) is at the printer; JFA 15.3 (Fall 2004) is in galleys and should be at the printer in two to three weeks. We currently have all the essays needed for JFA 15.4 (Winter 2004) and are waiting for three or four more book reviews before we can go to galleys.
We apologize for the delays, and anyone with subscription problems should contact me as soon as possible.
Contents:
JFA 15.1: Essays by Amanda Cockrell, David Coss, Peter Goodrich, Duke Pesta, and Adrian Schober. Reviews by Fiona Kelleghan, Carolyn Adele Gardner, Gary Westfahl, Zsolt Gyori, and Scott Vander Ploeg. Also the first of the series in MS/Collection Archives by Sherryl Vint on the Merrill Collection.
JFA 15.2: Essays by Anne Hardcastle, John Pennington, C.W. Sullivan III, and David H. Wilson. Reviews by Amie Rotruck, Christine Mains, Nick Ruddick, and P. Andrew Miller.
JFA 15.3: Guest Editor Helen Pilinovsky. Essays by Farah Mendlesohn, John Clute, Elizabeth Hand, and Andrew M. Butler. Reviews by Rob Craig, C.W. Sullivan III, Michael Andre-Driussi, Carol Leibeger, Fiona Kelleghan, and Bill Senior. Plus an interview with Delia Sherman and an essay by Veronica Schanoes on interstitial arts.
JFA 15.4: Essays by Markus Muller, Christiane Szeps, Nick Ruddick, Donald Morse, and Dale Knickerbocker. Reviews by Jim Holte, Jonathan Evans, Bill Senior, and several others TBA.
JFA 16.1: We anticipate this to contain Rudy Rucker’s Guest of Honor Address, Damien Broderick’s Guest Scholar address, the Graduate Award Essay, and several others.
JFA 16.2 is slated to be a special issue on the fiction of Patricia McKillip.
We would hope to produce and mail these 6 issues in the next 6 months. Carl Boehm has joined the staff as business manager and is catching up on production.
We are interested in an assistant business manager, and Fiona Kelleghan, our book reviews editor, would welcome an assistant book reviews editor to help with the workload. Anyone interested should speak to me.
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March 22, 2005
Journal of Kentucky Studies
Gary Walton would like to remind ICFA members that while the Journal of Kentucky Studies has a general readership rather than being specifically directed to a genre audience, it does accept submissions on SF and fantasy that have some relation to Kentucky. He's particularly hoping for a farewell essay on Hunter S. Thompson who was a Kentucky native. Details of the journal and the submission policy are below:
Gary Walton
Journal of Kentucky Studies
Northern Kentucky University
Department of Literature and Language, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 41099
Call for Essays, Poetry, Short Fiction, and Black and White Photos
Guidelines
The Journal of Kentucky Studies is a professional journal whose focus tends to center on the history, authors, literature, and general culture of Kentucky and the Appalachian region. However, JKS welcomes articles on any theme as well as art, commentary, critical essays, history, literary criticism, short fiction, and poetry. Black and white photography is also accepted.
All manuscripts should follow the University of Chicago Manual of Style (History) or MLA Style (Literature), be double-spaced, and be submitted in triplicate with S.A.S.E. Although we have no restrictions on length of prose fiction or non-fiction, most manuscripts which find their way into our pages are typically about 20 typed, double-spaced pages: 6000 words or less. The quality of the submission is the final arbiter. We also have no restriction on the style or subjects for our published poetry. Submissions, however, should be limited to 3-5 lyric poems or 1-2 longer forms. Turn around time on submissions is typically six months.
The Journal is published yearly by the Northern Kentucky University Department of Literature and Language. Statements of fact and opinion are made on the responsibility of the authors alone. All articles and other correspondence should be sent to:
Dr. Gary Walton, Editor,
Journal of Kentucky Studies,
Department of Literature and Language,
Northern Kentucky University,
Nunn Drive,
Highland Heights, Kentucky 41099.
Phone (606) 572-5418
E-Mail: Waltong@nku.edu
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September 07, 2004
McFarland Press
Publish Your Scholarly Book in McFarland Publishers’ New Series “Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy”
McFarland Publishers is seeking proposals for book-length scholarly volumes to be published in its “Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy” series, a new, soft-cover series devoted to scholarship in science fiction and fantasy in all media to be edited by Donald Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III.
Proposals should include a prospectus (general description of and justification for the volume), a table of contents, a one-paragraph description of each chapter focusing on thesis and works discussed, a draft of the preface or introduction, at least one sample chapter, a length estimate (75,000-110,000-word projects are preferred), a description of special features (such as photographs or artwork to be included), a proposed deadline for delivery of the completed manuscript, and a curriculum vitae.
Please send proposals that deal primarily with Science Fiction, Film, Art, or Popular Culture Studies to: Donald Palumbo
English Department
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
(enpalumb at earthlink.net)
Please send proposals that deal primarily with Fantasy Literature, Folklore, or Mythology to:
C.W. Sullivan III
English Department
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
(SullivanC at mail.ecu.edu)
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September 05, 2004
Submissions to JFA
JFA Editor Bill Senior passes along the following reminder:
The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts does not publish a conference issue, and IAFA no longer has an agreement for proceedings volumes with Greenwood Press. However, the JFA editors and staff would like to encourage submissions of completed essays, whether based on conference presentations or not. Please send submissions as attached files to Bill Senior at wsenior at broward.edu. Format is flexible, although JFA does use MSWord 6.0 for setup.
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