journals and collections of essays

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

New Texas Journal

Sul Ross State University

Alpine, Texas 79832

•Now Accepting: Poetry, fiction, articles, critical and creative non-fiction,

photography and multimedia published on-line at

newtexassulross.org and in a vibrant print soft-cover issue in Spring with selected

works.

•Complete works that have not been published elsewhere should be

submitted to Dr. Francine K. Richter at frichter@sulross.edu.

•Deadline for submission: May 1, 2019

•Submission guidelines: MLA format with cover letter, including a short

biography. No abstracts; only full-length presentations.

Edited Essay Collection (book).

Much has been said about the state and failure of Black relationships in North America. Books like “Is Marriage for White people” by Ralph Richard Banks, gain traction by highlighting that Black women are three times as likely to remain single as white women. Research has shown that absent fathers produce a cultural cycle of parental absenteeism for Black men and women, and the repetitive traits that lead to divorce are environmental rather than genetic. Bottom-line, there are countless barriers and hurdles stacked against black relationships. Many couples struggle with the outside pressures that racism and social discrimination present.

We invite proposals for essays to be published in EDWARD ALBEE: INFLUENCE, which will be Volume 4 of NEW PERSPECTIVES IN EDWARD ALBEE STUDIES, to be published by Brill. Essays can focus on theatrical, literary or cultural influences on Albee's work OR on Albee's influence on other writers, directors or genres.     In particular, we are interested in essays on any or all of the following topics:     Playwrights who influenced Albee's work and theatrical styles which influenced his work.     Albee and American history/culture. Eg.

Calls For Papers: (Re)membering Africa: Creative Writing Workshop

deadline for submissions: December 1, 2018

name of organization: Empire Studies Collective, English & Creative Writing Departments at University of Houston

contact email: Novuyo Tshuma (nrtshuma@uh.edu)

Keynote Speaker: Susan Andrade

Featured Speaker: Tsitsi Dangarembga

March 28 - 30, 2019

University of Houston

In his book, Re-membering Africa, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o states that

Announcement for Situations Emerging Scholar Award

Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, a SCOPUS-indexed journal published at Yonsei University, is pleased to announce its first Emerging Scholar Award, which will be given to the best article about any aspect of Asian culture written by a graduate student or a post-doctoral researcher.