My Mind Words Paper:
call for submissions

Deadline: 15 June 2012

The second issue of Bakwa will be themed and its focus will be on conversations/interviews. We are interested in conversations with artists which will highlight the process of creation as well as its impediments and challenges. Our aim is to give an insight to the personality of the artist which is usually obfuscated by art and second-guessed by criticism and speculation. We intend to sort of set the record straight by hearing what the artist has to say, given that the notable Italian semiotician and historian, Umberto Eco, opines that interpretation is indefinite.

We would very much appreciate it if contributors queried us first to inform us about a submission concerning the interviews so that we can talk about the project. Nevertheless, we are still open to the regular features which include— poetry, fiction, photography, art, reviews, memoirs, journalistic pieces, travel writing etc.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries/ submissions: bakwaeditor@gmail.com

Website: http://bakwamagazine.wordpress.com/

Deadline: 15 June 2012

We are pleased to announce a general call for submissions of new plays by writers of Middle-Eastern descent. Submissions will be considered for upcoming programming including the fall reading series, Highlight, as well as possible special events, workshops and commissions.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

· We are accepting plays previously unproduced in New York City;

· Only one submission per writer;

· We are interested the various perspectives of writers of Middle-Eastern descent, whether the plays are Middle-Eastern themed or otherwise.

· Please include the following with each submission: a bio and/or resume, production or development history if applicable; for non-agent submissions, a letter of recommendation from a theatre professional.

The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2012. In an effort to be ecologically responsible, Noor Theatre accepts scripts with all materials in one email to submissions@noortheatre.org. Scripts with all attachments may also be mailed to the address below; please note, they will not be returned:

Noor Theatre – Submissions,
PO Box 1063
New York, NY 10276

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For enquiries/ submissions: submissions@noortheatre.org

Website: http://noortheatre.org/

Deadline: 15 June 2012

For centuries, the Mediterranean Sea has both divided and joined the many disparate nations, cultures, language groups and artistic traditions which flourished in the Mediterranean Basin: the Maghreb, Iberia, Southern Europe, the Balkans, the Levant and Egypt. As a dividing line and barrier to inter-cultural exchange, it has allowed each of these regions and their many cultures to develop unique artistic traditions. As the major feature binding these diverse cultures together, however, it has also facilitated inter-cultural exchange. What happens, then, when these traditions travel, meet and merge with each other? How does the host country adopt and adapt the ideas and aesthetics coming from abroad to its own native tradition?

This volume will look at such pan-Mediterranean artistic exchange (in literature as well as film, painting, music, photography, etc.) produced during or about the Modernist period, roughly the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. We welcome papers addressing any aspect of Modernist and avante-garde literature and art on four related themes: first, papers which describe the interaction of two or more Mediterranean artistic traditions (international Futurism, for example, or the reception of French Surrealism in Algeria); second, two or more Mediterranean cultures (Alexandria’s Jewish community or relations between Greeks and Turks in Cyprus); third, depictions of the Mediterranean itself during the period (in, for example, Lawrence Durrell’s Bitter Lemons of Cyprus or Henry Miller’s Colossus of Maroussi); or, fourth, the myriad forms of Modernist and avante-garde art which emerged from a single location (such as Cavafy, Marinetti, Ungaretti and Durrell in Alexandria). Papers on similar themes will also be considered.

Title: The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Modernity

Eds. Adam J. Goldwyn (Uppsala University) and Renee Silverman (Florida International University)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: adam.goldwyn@lingfil.uu.se

For submissions: Email one to two page abstracts by June 15 to Dr. Goldwyn at adam.goldwyn@lingfil.uu.se

Deadline: 1 August 2012

Dolls are ubiquitous cultural forms that serve as central objects through which girlhoods everywhere are mediated, constructed, performed, negotiated, and contested. Deconstructing Dolls: The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys and Play is the first scholarly collection that aims to shed collective light on the meanings of dolls in the lives of girls in the US and around the world. Dolls figure centrally, contextually, and comparatively in this international and interdisciplinary anthology of new doll studies research that ranges from the historical to the contemporary and the material to the virtual.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The editor seeks essays that expand scholarly inquiry about dolls and doll players across topical, theoretical, evidentiary, methodological, material, disciplinary, national, historiographic, generational, and/or other boundaries, borders, and categories (e.g., race, age, gender, class, caste, ethnicity, sexuality, etc.). Of particular interest are essays that focus on dolls and/or doll players outside the U.S.

SUBMISSION & NOTIFICATIONS:

Authors should send a 250-word proposal, brief bibliography, CV, and contact information to: Miriam Forman-Brunell at Forman-BrunellM@umkc.edu by August 1, 2012. Authors will be notified by August 15, 2012. Essays—between 7,000 – 9,000 words (including references)—will be due February 1, 2013.

BOOK EDITOR: Miriam Forman-Brunell, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang Press (“Mediated Youth” series, edited by Sharon Mazzarella)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: Forman-BrunellM@umkc.edu

Website: http://www.peterlang.com/

Deadline: 1 September 2012

Inspired by Simon Ortiz’s “Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism” and Jace Weaver, Craig Womack, and Robert Allen Warrior’s American Indian Literary Nationalism, this collection will be a site for emerging as well as well-known ethnic critics and theorists to illustrate where they see their respective fields heading and construct perspectives outside of western ideologies. This collection will include 5 key areas: African American, Asian American, Latin American, Native American, and Arabic American literature and criticism. The first four areas represent the larger areas of ethnic studies in the academy today and will provide a necessary counter-point to the predominantly western (i.e. white) critical perspectives that populate much of the criticism available to scholars today. And given the rise in anti-Arab racism and attitudes in the popular media in the wake of 9/11, the final area will provide readers with a necessary rebuttal to a popular media that seeks to dehumanize and silence contemporary Arabic voices.

We invite article-length submissions in the following areas:

· The state of ethnic theory/theories--present and future
· Commentary on important moments/critics from the past
· Comparison of theory between ethnic literatures
· Application of theory to ethnic texts (literature, art, music, pop-culture, etc.)
· Application of ethnic theory to non-ethnic texts

Please send submissions and queries regarding specific categories to:

· J. Stephen Pearson stpears11@gmail.com (African American, Asian American, & Latin American)
· Carrie Louise Sheffield carrielouisesheffield@gmail.com (Native American, & Arabic American)
All submissions must be submitted in .docx or .rtf format by 1 September 2012.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: stpears11@gmail.com or carrielouisesheffield@gmail.com

Deadline: 18 June 2012

The second annual Short Story Day Africa is on the 20th of June and is rolling out internationally.

So Black Letter Media and Poetry Potion are teaming up to participate by getting YOU reading and writing! Black Letter Media is passionate about getting you to read work by independent publishers. Poetry Potion is passionate about the growth and development of poetry. And it tune with keeping things short, here's how you can participate in this challenge:

A SHORT STORY AND A SHORT POEM

We want to publish a collection of short stories and short poems on the 20th of June, in ebook format and print on demand. We're accepting stories from all over Africa. You have a choice, you can write a poem or a story or both.

CRITERIA

• Short Story length - maximum 2000 words (min 1000 words)
• Poem length - 30 lines or less.
• Please include a short biography (no more than 200 words), a photograph of yourself, and any links to your author website/books pages or blog, or your publishers site. Links will be authenticated, and any links to other sites will mean your work will not appear.
• Submit in a word document.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: story@blackletterm.com

Website: http://www.poetrypotion.com/, /">http://www.blackletterm.com

Deadline: 15 July 2012

Princesses are significant figures in girl culture, and they have been for at least the last two centuries. This anthology brings together international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the meanings of princesses in girls’ lives historically, currently, and comparatively: We consider how and why princess culture continues to play a role in girls’ lives.

Encompassing pop culture princesses (such as the Disney Princesses and Princess Barbie), fairy tales (and their more recent feminist revisions), and contemporary royal figures (such as Princess Diana and Kate Middleton), among others, this book illuminates the many forms that princess culture has taken across time and space—continuously redrawn and recast, but always enjoying a prominent and privileged position in girls’ everyday lives and fantasy worlds and women’s collective memories.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The editors are seeking additional scholarly essays that examine the princess as mediating figure in the imaginations and identities of girls in the US and around the world. We are especially interested in essays by scholars researching:

1) princess cultures outside the US
2) historical or contemporary royal figures

Please send a 300-word proposal, a brief bibliography, CV, and contact information to: Miriam Forman Brunell at forman-brunellm@umkc.edu and Rebecca Hains at rhains@salemstate.edu by July 15, 2012.

DUE DATES:

• July 15, 2012: 300-word Proposal deadline
• August 1, 2012: Notification of accepted proposals
• January 15, 2013: Chapter drafts (7,000-9,000 words)

• Miriam Forman-Brunell, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Rebecca Hains, Ph.D., Salem State University

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: Miriam Forman Brunell at forman-brunellm@umkc.edu and Rebecca Hains at rhains@salemstate.edu

Website: http://www.peterlang.com/

Submissions for American Athenaeum are now open and rolling. We are a print journal, committed to publishing four times a year. The first issue, Colossus, is scheduled for July. The following is the type of work we're seeking. Our finished collections are submitted to literary agents, Best American, PEN American, and the Pushcart Prize.

We are currently seeking fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in the following categories:

• Stories that pay tribute to Japan or other places in the world that have suffered extensive calamities.
• Stories with African-American or Native American, GLBTQ, themes welcome.

MORE INFORMATION ON SUBMITTING

• We accept fiction from authors worldwide. We accept reprints (the world is a big place and we want to help spread your name.) In your query, go ahead and tell us a little about yourself, why the piece is important to you.
• Grant of Rights: Author grants first or reprint rights to American Atheneum to publish in "Issue Name" and only that issue, in print and electronically, worldwide.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: via submishmash

Website: http://www.swordandsagapress.com

Deadline: 31 August 2012

With the breaking news that Deon Meyer, the King of SA crime fiction, will write a foreword, it’s time to announce a new crime-thriller anthology on the roll for 2013!

After the success of Bad Company, the crime-fiction short story anthology published 2008, which featured the crème de la crime writers of SA, it’s time for a new collection. Oh yes. So this is the call to all writers out there interested in the seamy, nasty, murderous, sometimes all too human side of life, to get writing.

The (working) title is Bloody Satisfied, and the only limit to your imagination must be that Justice is done. With so much bloody crime in South Africa, it’s time we had satisfaction – at least twenty stories worth – with killer tales glinting sharp as knives.

The collection will feature experts at the craft – internationally acclaimed Roger Smith, Sunday Times Fiction Prize shortlisted author Hawa Golakai, Edgar Award nominated Michael Stanley – but we’re looking for new voices.

Kill, steal, maim whomever, whatever, as long as you do it on the page, and as long as the baddie gets a certain comeuppance, legal or otherwise. Oh yes, set in South Africa please. Diversity, of setting and especially voice, will mean the publication of an exciting home-grown collection.

• Word-count: 2500 to 5000
• Submissions: via email to joanne.hichens@gmail.com
• Editing: October/ November
• Publication date: March 2013
• Publisher: Mercury

For queries/ submissions: joanne.hichens@gmail.com

Website: http://joannehichens.bookslive.co.za

Deadline: 11 June 2012

In the last two decades, there has been an exponential growth in the visibility of a new generation of women visual artists on or from the continent of Africa as well as a diversification not only in the medium but also in the breadth and complexity of the themes and issues with which they engage, which include the body, sexuality as well as questions of history, culture, patriarchy and post-colonialism. The aim of the volume is to look at women artists’ production across the over 50 countries that make up the continent of Africa as well as at African women artists working in Europe, South and North America and the Caribbean. The African diaspora is diverse stretching across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, the Americas and across Europe.

Women artists from Africa, and of African descent, have been producing work which questions and challenges both their contemporary situation and their complex histories. This special volume will publish work which addresses these concerns and focuses on the cultural production of women artists who define themselves as black/African/Afro-Caribbean/Afro-American across the globe as well as first/second/third/and even fourth generations of immigrants in different countries. Contributions about contemporary art produced by women which reflect on the effects of the migration of African people around the world – during and after slavery – during and after Colonialism –pre- and post-1960s Independence – will be welcomed.

Critical essays as well as in-depth interviews offering a pan- or trans-African perspective on contemporary women artists (visual arts only, post-1970) will be welcomed from women artists or writers (art historians, critics and curators). We invite 300-400 words abstract by the 11th of June 2012 (Final contributions by Oct 15th 2012). For more information about how to contribute please email Bisi Silva labisi22@gmail.com

ABOUT N.PARADOXA: INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST ART JOURNAL

Founded in 1998, n.paradoxa publishes scholarly and critical articles written by women critics, art historians and artists on the work of contemporary women artists post-1970 (visual arts only) working anywhere in the world. Each thematic volume in print contains artists and authors from more than 10 countries in the world and explores their work in relation to feminist theory.

n.paradoxa is published bi-annually (January and July) in print as volume numbers (ISSN: 1461-0424). n.paradoxa is now available for sale in print and electronic forms by subscription. KT press is the publisher of n.paradoxa and operates as a not-for-profit publishing company whose aim is to promote understanding of women artists and their work.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries/ submissions: labisi22@gmail.com

Website: http://www.ktpress.co.uk/

Deadline: 3 September 2012

Editors Carolyne Wright and Eugenia Toledo invite women poets of all nationalities, backgrounds and job descriptions to submit up to 5 poems for an anthology, Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace. Send hard copies to Carolyne Wright, 13741 15th Avenue NE, #C-7, Seattle, WA 98125 USA.

This anthology invites poems of women who have occupied spaces in the work force, and have contended with pay and promotion inequity, workplace harassment and intimidation, and all matters relevant to women in an increasingly globalized workplace, including the joy and satisfaction of work well done. Such issues may include instances of women’s employment advantages over males and other non-minorities—any preferential treatment of women in hiring and promotion, for example. How can women tell their workplace stories in poetry, and be agents of change, locally and globally, in these difficult economic times? Poems in English and in translation from any other language are welcome.

FULL GUIDELINES

• Poems may be unpublished or previously published in magazines, anthologies, or books, but contributors must have the rights and waive fees for republication.
• Submissions up to 5 poems. Please mail in hard copy, with your contact data in a cover letter and your name on each page of poetry. No need to include an SASE—we will email our responses, requesting accepted poems along with bio and statement to be sent electronically.
• Poems may be originally written in a language than English, but originals should be sent with their translations.
• Provide a 75-word bio in the cover letter, followed by a brief statement of your involvement in work on behalf of women.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: carolyne.eulene@juno.com

Website: http://www.losthorsepress.org