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Reminder: CFP Adapting Thackeray

updated: 
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 7:04pm
Matthew Skwiat, Morehouse College
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, January 19, 2026

Reminder: CFP due soon. Please reach out with any questions!

Special Issue, Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film Call for Papers: 

Adapting Thackeray 

 

Beauty and the Revival of Faith

updated: 
Friday, January 9, 2026 - 5:16pm
Visual Theology
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Beauty and the Revival of Faith will take place on 8-10 May, 2026, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell, Nottingham, U.K. 

Film and Media Reviewers Needed (Especially for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - 10:45pm
The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale (I19)
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, April 3, 2026

The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale (I19) seeks to publish the best scholarship on the century that was, in many ways, the time period in which the modern genres of science fiction and fantasy began, and in which the academic study of fairy tale and folklore has its roots. 

Mysteries and Mayhem

updated: 
Saturday, December 13, 2025 - 2:51pm
Young Scholars Literary Symposium
deadline for submissions: 
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Mysteries and Mayhem is our fourth conference theme. Why do we continue to crave mystery stories?  What do they tell us about our need for suspense and our desire to solve riddles,  including the most famous of all:Whodunnit?  What do these stories of murder and mayhem teach us about the nature of evil, ideas of sin, and the essence of a villain? What do we hope to see in the survivors of these threats?  –And what do we expect from the detectives and heroes who reveal the truth in these stories? We seek papers and creative projects that explore these and related questions. 

YSLS (Young Scholars Literary Sympsium) welcomes your undergraduate,  graduate,  educator,  and independent scholar proposals! 

London Journal Early Career Publishing Workshop

updated: 
Friday, December 12, 2025 - 12:31pm
The London Journal
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 16, 2026

The London Journal Early Career Publishing Workshop

 

The London Journal is committed to supporting early career scholars develop work into a publishable journal article. To this end, we are hosting a free workshop to provide practical advice and support on developing research (which might include thesis chapters or conference papers) into publishable, full-length journal articles.

 

Madness in Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 8:58am
Laura Nicosia/Salem Press
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 9, 2026

For Critical Insights volume under contract:

Madness in Literature

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: January 9, 2026

MLA 2027: Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 8:15pm
Rebekah Lawler/ Lipscomb University
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Invisible Wounds: Reframing Adoption Narratives in Children's Literature

MLA 2027 Convention: January 7-10, 2027, in Los Angeles, California 

Minor Threads (Henry James Society Panel at the American Literature Association Conference)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 3:01pm
Henry James Society
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, January 17, 2026

The Henry James Society

CALL FOR PAPERS

37th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association

May 20-23, 2026, Palmer House, Chicago, IL

Minor Threads

“There are threads shorter and less tense, and I am far from implying that the minor, the coarser and less fruitful forms and degrees of moral reaction, as we may conveniently call it, may not yield lively results.”

Henry James. The Prefaces 

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