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SUMMARY:The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture (LCLC) - Call for Papers
DESCRIPTION:2025 CALL FOR PAPERS \n52nd Annual Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture\nFEB 17-18 – Virtual\nFEB 20-22 – In-Person\nFeaturing Keynote Speakers\nRACHEL KUSHNER\, BEN LERNER\, JAHAN RAMAZANI\,\nand GEORGIE MEDINA MARCANO! \nThe Louisville Conference on Literature & Culture welcomes critical papers and full panel discussions about literature from the 20th and 21st centuries and its connections to other art forms and academic fields. The conference also welcomes creative submissions\, such as literary compositions\, videos\, or hybrid genres. Additionally\, critical-creative submissions exploring poetics\, crafts\, or writing practices are welcomed. \nConfirmed LCLC52 events include The Hero Project of the Century: Tyrone Williams As iZ (Aldon Nielsen\, organizer) and The Function of Music in Poetry (Adeena Karasick and Mark Scroggins\, organizers). And so much more to come! \nVENDORS and EXHIBITORS are welcome. Contact Emily Ravenscraft\, Conference Coordinator at lclc@louisville.edu to learn how you can be a part of LCLC52. \nSubmissions are accepted in English\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, French\, German\, Hebrew\, and Italian. Panels involving global literature and culture in other languages are encouraged. We also encourage proposals that bring together people from different universities or organizations\, with varying levels of experience in academia\, and from various fields of study. Recent society participants include the African American Literature & Culture Society\, Charles Olson Society\, E.E. Cummings Society\, International Harold Pinter Society\, International Lawrence Durrell Society\, International Virginia Woolf Society\, Iris Murdoch Society\, T.S. Eliot Society\, among others. \nConference registrants may participate in up to two of the following activities: (1) a critical\, critical-creative\, or group/society panel; (2) a creative session; (3) or as the leader of a seminar. Additionally\, registrants may also chair one or more panels\, as well as participate in seminars. Submissions are limited to one entry per category. \nDeadline for submissions is 11:59 P.M. EST on September 15\, 2024. \nSUBMISSION PROCESS\nEmail submissions to lclc@louisville.edu\nPlease use the Subject line exactly: LCLC52 Submission\, [Type of submission]\nExample: LCLC52 Submission\, Roundtable Session \nSubmission Components: \nIndividual Critical / Critical-Creative Submissions\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover sheet: Name as it is to appear in program with any institutional affiliation\, Paper Title\, and a biographical statement (250 words).\n2) Abstract: be sure to omit all references to the author and the author’s name (250-300 words). \nIndividual Creative Submissions\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover Sheet: Name as it is to appear in program with any institutional affiliation\, Title of Work Submitted\, and a biographical statement (250 words).\n2) Writing Sample: suitable for a 15-20 minute presentation. \nFull Panels\, Roundtables and Societies Sessions (single panels or streams) Submissions:\nSessions are to be designed for a 90-minute time slot. The organizer should submit the following documents:\nPlease send as 2 separate attachments\n1) Cover Sheet: Names and Institutional Affiliations\, Titles of Work Submitted\, biographical statements.\n2) Dependent on the subject of the submission please submit either:\na) Abstract: be sure to omit all references to the author and the author’s name (250-300 words).\nb) Writing Sample: suitable for a 15-20 minute presentation \nSEMINARS. These 120 minutes sessions typically feature informal conversation moderated by the seminar leader(s) on the topic and or activity. If you wish to propose a seminar for LCLC52\, contact LCLC Coordinator Emily Ravenscraft and we will evaluate it in advance of our second CFP which will be circulated in August 2024. See below for the current line-up of for this the current LCLC52 seminars. Each seminar has it’s own process for submission\, so please read the descriptions carefully. \nSEMINAR I\nTranslation Chapbook Workshop and Reading\nDr. Mark Mattes & Dr. Clare Sullivan\nParticipants will take part in a bookbinding workshop led by Dr. Mattes of Louisville-based Hot Brown Press and create chapbooks of their translations. All tools and materials will be provided. Then\, in a subsequent panel\, chapbook contributors will share their work and participate in a group discussion led by LCLC committee member Dr. Clare Sullivan. Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Sample of original\, unpublished translations into English from any language. Limit your selection to 150 words – excerpts are fine. Include the source text with your submission and a brief citation. \nSEMINAR II\nPoetry\, Games\, and Magic\nDr. Brandon Harwood & Dr. Robert Eric Shoemaker\nThis seminar explores the interplay between poetry\, magic\, and games. What similarities\, practical and theoretical\, may be drawn from these fields? How can the poetics of play\, or the magic circle of the video game\, inform our understanding and practice of each? What do today’s multimedia games and poetries say about or to ancient rituals\, sociocultural stratification\, or morality and purity rules? What openings do we see in language and culture to bend rules in order to break open systems? Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Abstract touching two of these fields: game studies\, poetry/poetics\, and the magical/occult. \nSEMINAR III\nPandemic Studies\nMartha Greenwald\, Seminar Leader\nParticipants will pursue the imaginative structures\, disputed narratives\, cross-pollinating conspiracies\, and contested discourses used to make sense of COVID-19 as well as other past\, contemporaneous\, or future pandemics. As we accept that life now is increasingly lived with the COVID-19 virus as a normalized and never-ending event\, Narrative frameworks and genres of the pandemic experience have shifted and need now additional study. We seek surprising\, ambitious\, theoretically-rich\, and provocative response. Participants should submit 1) Cover sheet and 2) Abstract. Contributions that introduce fiction or generic hybridity are welcome.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/the-louisville-conference-on-literature-and-culture-lclc-call-for-papers/
LOCATION:University of Louisville\, 2301 South 3rd Street\, Louisville\, KY\, 40292\, United States
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SUMMARY:Southern Humanities Review Open for Submissions
DESCRIPTION:Southern Humanities Review is seeking poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction for our next quarterly issue. Submissions will be open until October 15. Fiction is capped at 250 submissions\, and we are currently only open to historically underrepresented writers in poetry. There are 100 free submissions available for historically underrepresented writers in each genre. Contributors receive a small honorarium.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/southern-humanities-review-open-for-submissions/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:Thirteen Bridges Review Poetry Submissions Open Sept. 13- Dec 1\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:At Thirteen Bridges Review\, we are currently featuring new poetry\, fiction\, and creative non-fiction as a monthly feature on our website\, and we’d love the chance to consider your work. \nPlease send us your best poetry\, up to three poems. We are open to all forms and styles. \nWe are happy to accept simultaneous submissions. Just let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nPlease do not submit previously published work. \nPlease submit as Microsoft Word documents. \nWe look forward to reading your work. \nAll accepted submissions will be published on our website and will be considered for publication in our first print issue this spring. \nThirteen Bridges Review Submission Manager – Call for Poetry – Thirteen Bridges Online (submittable.com)
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/thirteen-bridges-review-poetry-submissions-open-sept-13-dec-1-2024/
LOCATION:AUM\, 7400 East Drive\, Montgomery\, AL\, United States
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SUMMARY:Thirteen Bridges Review Short Fiction Submissions Open Sept. 13-Dec. 1\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:At Thirteen Bridges Review we are looking for beautifully written\, character-driven fiction pieces for our online monthly story feature and are open to all forms and styles. \nStories should be readable in one sitting\, so we’ll consider anything from flash/micro up to about eight pages double spaced. \nWe are happy to accept simultaneous submissions. Just let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere. \nPlease do not submit previously published work. \nPlease submit only one short story or up to three flash/micro pieces. \nPlease submit as Microsoft Word document only. \nWe look forward to reading your work. \nAccepted submissions will be published on our website as a monthly story feature and will also be considered for publication in our print journal this spring. \nThirteen Bridges Review Submission Manager – Call for Short Fiction – Thirteen Bridges Online (submittable.com)
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/thirteen-bridges-review-short-fiction-submissions-open-sept-13-dec-1-2024/
LOCATION:AUM\, 7400 East Drive\, Montgomery\, AL\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sunspot Lit Calling for Novella-length Fiction and Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:For a limited time\, Sunspot Lit is calling for single works of novella-length fiction or nonfiction in any category\, including memoir\, literary\, genre\, and historical. Open October 1 through October 31. Guidelines and submission forms at Submittable: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit or Duotrope: https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/sunspot-literary-journal-LIXJW.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/sunspot-lit-calling-for-novella-length-fiction-and-nonfiction/
LOCATION:Online\, NC
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sunspot Literary Journal":MAILTO:SunspotLit@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Sunday\, October 13 at 3pm at The NewSouth Bookstore Madiba K. Dennie presents on The Originalism Trap
DESCRIPTION:Madiba K. Dennie is our special guest at The NewSouth Bookstore on Sunday\, October 13\, at 3pm. Her magnificent book\, The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back\, offers a devastating critique of the way in which conservatives on the Roberts court have used originalism as an all-out attack on civil rights and social progress\, thus undermining the full potential of our U.S. Constitution. Dennie is a legal scholar\, whose commentary has been featured in The Atlantic and The Washington Post\, on MSNBC\, and elsewhere; she is deputy editor and senior contributor for Balls and Strikes. Come hear her talk about her new book and the issues it critically addresses.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/sunday-october-13-at-3pm-at-the-newsouth-bookstore-madiba-k-dennie-presents-on-the-originalism-trap/
LOCATION:The NewSouth Bookstore\, 105 S. Court St\, Montgomery\, 36104\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The NewSouth Bookstore":MAILTO:gabbi.emerson@newsouthbookstore.com
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SUMMARY:Tarot de la Livre Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Join Royal Spiritual Leader & Healer Queen Cotaliya de la Livre as she introduces Tarot de la Livre to the world on October 13\, 2024\, 3-5pm\, at The Haunted Book Shop in downtown Mobile. This blueprint and DNA of African American culture is the first African American tarot system to ever exist. We are thrilled to host Queen Co and cannot wait for you to meet her. \nThis event will feature an in-conversation with Queen Co on mastering divination\, what divination is\, and application of Tarot De La Livre. Queen Co will also be signing her book\, which pairs beautifully with the Tarot card deck designed by Queen herself. You won’t want to miss diving into Queen Co’s spiritual and mystical world with us. \nCopies of The Hoodoo Tarot De La Livre: Doctrine of Divination by Cotaliya de la Livre will be available for purchase at the event. Prices are as follows:\nHard cover book: $88.88\nPaperback book: $44.44\nHardback book + premium Tarot card deck: $200\nPaperback book + the standard Tarot card deck: $140
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/tarot-de-la-livre-launch-event/
LOCATION:The Haunted Book Shop\, 9 S JOACHIM ST\, MOBILE\, AL\, 36602-2707\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Haunted Book Shop":MAILTO:info@thehauntedbookshopmobile.com
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