journals and collections of essays

"Making Trouble: Subversions and Reclamations in American Imaginaries"
RIAS Vol. 21, Fall-Winter (2/2028)

This issue of RIAS invites contributions on the theme of “Making Trouble: Subversions and Reclamations in American Imaginaries.” Engaging ongoing debates in global American Studies on power, representation, dissent, and cultural transformation, the issue seeks contributions that examine how American cultural, political, and social imaginaries are challenged, reworked, and reclaimed across diverse historical and geographical contexts. It invites interdisciplinary perspectives from the global field of American Studies and welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide.

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway (1925) remains a cornerstone of the modernist literary canon. Often celebrated as Woolf’s greatest novel, the plot is set in post-World War I London and revolves around a single day in the life of its protagonist, Mrs Clarissa Dalloway, as she prepares to host an evening party. Beneath its seemingly simple plot, the novel exemplifies a profound exploration of consciousness, time, and the inner lives of characters through its extensive use of the stream-of-consciousness technique. Although narrated in a third-person omniscient voice, the narrative primarily focuses on the inner consciousness of the characters.

Mediapolis – International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies y open access online journal, drawing a connection between culture and the built environment – understood in the broadest sense. We publish research in different forms, from research articles to Q&A interviews and readings list, and across different academic fields, including but not limited to media studies, urban studies, geography, architecture and art history as well as digital humanities. 

In this CFP, we are looking for essays that take up the issues of the Speculative Genre (you can interpret this in many ways, though the sciences, technologies, and alternative social structures are usually instrumental in these realms) as it is manifest in the literary production of the Czechs and Slovaks, whether this was during the 1800s or it is a current manifestation.

We are interested in review essays, literary scholarship, and in translations of original works from Czech or Slovak.

You can submit essays and reviews for consideration here: https://astralcourier.subfolios.com/submit/578/essays-reviews

As the section editor for The Queer Experience, I invite you to submit a chapter proposal for consideration to be included in The American Research Handbook on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, an edited scholarly volume that examines the evolving role of diversity, equity, and inclusion within American democracy and educational institutions.

The Queer Experience Section Seeks:

• Well-researched and evidence-based analyses that examine gender identity, sexuality, intersectionality, and/or the evolving role(s) of queer people in society at the present moment.

Call for Submissions: The Pocket Poet (Inaugural Autumn Issue 2026)

We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Pocket Poet, a new international poetry journal dedicated to powerful poems in small spaces. We are officially opening submissions for our Inaugural Autumn 2026 Issue and invite poets from every corner of the world to share their work with us. What We SeekWe are looking for original, engaging poetry that thrives in brevity. This includes: 

• Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

• Micro Poetry & Short Free Verse

• Short Prose Poems

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Superheroes of the Squared Circle:

The Intersection of Comics and Professional Wrestling

An Edited Academic Collection for McFarland & Co. Publishing

Editor: Forrest C. Helvie, Ph.D.

Connecticut State Community College

About the Project

Issue 14.2:The Cultural Labor of Internationalism: Reorienting Solidarities in Times of StruggleEdited by Yawen Li, Ajay Bhardwaj, Anup Grewal, and Nicolai Volland. Deadlines | verge@psu.eduConvergence proposals: September 30, 2026Essays: May 15, 2027On the Theme    As militarism, authoritarianism, and chauvinistic nationalism ascend globally, and “Asia” becomes a contested site in geopolitical rivalries, the need to imagine alternative forms of solidarity, including forms of grassroots internationalism, becomes ever more urgent.

“The American Literary Studies Periodical as Form”

Special Issue of American Periodicals

Ed. Tim Lanzendörfer, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

CFP, Special Issue of The Lion and the Unicorn (Vol. 52.2 [2028])

Child’s Play:

Representation and Games in Children’s Media and Culture

(guest editor, Gretchen Papazian)

Deadline for 18-20-page/3,500-4,000-word submission: March 31, 2027

Call for Papers: Journal of Digital Media & Policy

Special Issue: 'Media Reform in Post-Conflict Societies: AI Governance, Digital Resilience, and Democratic Transformation'

(Volume 19.1 – March 2028)

#JDMPJournal

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https://forum.chmk.org/

Guest Editorial Team

CFP: Special Issue of The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture (15.2 2026) on K-Pop, deadline 15th June 2026.

Postgraduate English, Durham University’s online peer-reviewed literary journal, has been publishing postgraduate research biannually since the year 2000 and is one of the longest-running online postgraduate literary journals in the world. In recent years the journal has received reprint requests from academic publishers.

The journal aims to provide a space for postgraduate students and early-career researchers (including those currently institutionally unaffiliated) to showcase their work and receive feedback from established academics. While the journal is based in the UK, we seek to cultivate an international range of contributors and judge submissions primarily for strength of argument and fresh insight over a fixed writing style.

Call for Papers: Short Film Studies 17.1

Deadline for abstracts: 10 August 2026

Deadline for full manuscripts: 10 November 2026

Length requirements: 1500 to 4000 words, double-spaced

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https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-film-studies#call-for-papers