childrens literature

Navigating Youth: Experiences, Challenges, and Possibilities in Young Adult Literature

Conference Date: 18 January 2027

Time: 9am to 6pm

Location: MIC Limerick, Ireland

Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 October 2026

Submission decisions: 30 October 2026

Organiser: Mary-Kate Flanagan (Mary-Kate.Flanagan@mic.ul.ie)

Dear Fellow Writers and Thinkers,

The Windhover Writers' Festival (February 18-19, 2027) promises to be a vibrant gathering to explore the intersection of faith and creativity, with a central theme of Narrative Beauty.

The Windhover Writers' Festival has long been a cherished space for writers, scholars, and readers to connect, share their work, and delve into the power of words. We invite you to be a part of this exciting event by submitting a proposal for an individual or a panel discussion.

Proposals:

We are seeking proposals for engaging and thought-provoking discussions that explore the theme. Here are some potential areas of focus:

Now We Are Six at One Hundred: Affect, Atmosphere, and Ordinary Feeling in A. A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood

Edited Collection for the Children's Literature Association Series: Centennial Studies

Call for Abstracts

In 2027, A. A. Milne's Now We Are Six reaches its centenary. This is the second collection of children's verse and the third book in the Pooh sequence, following When We Were Very Young (1924) and Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). It contains 35 poems, all illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Unlike the prose Pooh books, it is a collection of self-contained poems. The poems move between several interconnected worlds:

Fusion or Fracture in the Hundred Acre Woods: Community in Adaptations of Winnie-the-Pooh (Virtual)

Co-organizers Michael A. Torregrossa and Carl B. Sell

Sponsored by Monsters & the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association 

Call for Papers - Please Submit Proposals by 30 September 2026

58th Annual Convention of Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

Salve Regina University (Newport, RI)/Online.

Hybrid event: 6-9 March 2027

This session’s modality is Virtual Only, meaning all presentations will be delivered via Zoom regardless of whether the presenters are in-person.

I seek proposals for brief scholarly essays (3500-5000 words) that provide an overview of a chosen aspect of motherhood in the American imagination for a volume under contract with a new Bloomsbury series called Exploring the American Imagination: Ideals, Values, and Myths in Popular Culture. 

These overview essays should cite a number of popular culture texts to provide an overview of the tensions and contradictions as well as the foundational beliefs inherent in various aspects of American motherhood. Essays should cover multiple genres (film, fiction, television, graphic novels, music) and a broad time period. These are overviews or research starters rather than narrow analyses.

Host Institution: Sapienza University of Rome (Scientific Director: Prof. Federico Batini)

Conference Dates: December 2–3, 2026 (Rome) & December 4, 2026 (Perugia, Italy)

Official Website: www.sharedreadingaloud.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Research in Children’s Literature

Special Issue: Global Perspectives in Queer Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Guest Editor: Cheeno Marlo Sayuno, PhD

The twenty-first century has seen a world-wide immigration crisis to which Children and YA authors have responded with a wonderful explosion of literature capturing immigrant  and refugee experiences. From picture books to YA novels, authors present stories about immigrants from South America, the Caribbean,  Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Each author explores the reasons for leaving “Home” (politics, economics, religious oppression, adoption, etc.) and youths’ experiences adjusting in their new “homes.”  These writers present readers with stories concerning the joys and sorrows that immigrants experience, challenge dehumanization, and deepen reader empathy. 

April 2-3, 2027

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana USA

Call for Papers

Extended deadline for chapter proposals: 10 June 2026.

Silly Old Bear? A Companion to Adaptations, Appropriations, and Transformations of Winnie-the-Pooh

Organized by the Monsters & the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA)

Please submit proposals by 1 August 2026

2026 Conference on Young Adult Literature - Louisiana (CYALL)
LSU Shreveport,  November 6, 2026
Shreveport, LA
Deadline for proposal submissions is August 7, 2026

https://libguides.lsus.edu/CYALL

CFP for ISLJ-Sponsored Session at RSVP 2027 Annual Conference in Ottawa, Canada:

Designing Youth: Child Creators and the Victorian Periodical

The Visual Cultures of YA Romance: Seeing Desire, Reading Relationships - The International Journal of Young Adult Literature 8/2027

Guest editors:

Dalila Forni (Università dell’Aquila - IT)
Alessandra Mazzini (Università di Bergamo - IT)
Valentina Baeli (Università di Catania - IT)