Calls for Contributions

As fans of the genre can attest, popular science writing belies the notion of “science” and “literature” as separate domains. Bestselling science writers borrow freely from the techniques of fiction writers to craft compelling narratives, memorable examples, and evocative representations of technical information. Scholars have long recognized the literariness of science writing: as pioneering work by Gillian Beer, George Levine, Devin Griffiths, Donna Haraway, and others attests, it is difficult to overestimate the historical traffic between science and literature. Since the early modern ...

This is a final call for chapter proposals for The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction and Ecology. We are seeking 5-6 additional chapters, with particular interest in the following topics/research areas:

• Petrofictions • Environmental Thrillers • The Global South • Truth/Post-Truth • Australian Crime Fiction • Energy Conflict

Please email abstracts of no more than 400 words along with a short biographical statement to Nathan Ashman (n.ashman@uea.ac.uk) by 30th June 2022. Essays will be commissioned shortly after for delivery by December 1st, 2022. The collection is slated for release in ...

Critical Plant Studies, a book series published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, calls us to re-examine in fundamental ways our understanding of and engagement with plants, drawing on diverse disciplinary perspectives. A sampling of topics appropriate for this series includes but is not limited to: • Representations of plants in literature, art, film, and popular culture • Relationships between humans and plants • Boundaries and distinctions between plants and animals • Plants and the environmental crisis • Phytosemiotics and plant communication • Plant sensation and consciousness • ...

Special Issue of the Edith Wharton Review Call for Papers Guest editors Melanie Dawson and Jennifer Haytock seek contributions for a special issue of the Edith Wharton Review focusing on “Wharton and Ecology.” Essays may cover any aspect of Wharton’s writing about the natural world, gardening, surrounding environmental contexts/histories, deep time, animal nature(s), healthy and unhealthy ecosystems, and travel to and within specific environmental systems. “Ecologies” may also encompass systems and networks that include but also extend beyond the natural world. We welcome attention to ...

“How can there be so many mothers in the world but so little sense of what it might be to become one?” ― Rachel Cusk, A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother

“Empirically speaking, we are made of star stuff. Why aren’t we talking more about that?” ― Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts

As we enter year three of the global pandemic, it is clear that mothering is both essential and chronically undervalued. For the two editors of this special issue, we are among millions who are raising ...

The Environmental Humanities Series highlights innovative scholarship at the interface of literary and cultural studies about the concepts of environment, nature, subjectivity, and species, by examining the intersections between the human and non-human life forms, their changing status, and their role within the natural world. Given the rapid transformations and technological developments of the Anthropocene, we need to conceive new narratives beyond the binary of anthropocentrism/eco-centrism. At the centre of this binary, the Environmental Humanities Series is interested in new narratives about living ...

Given the rapid and extensive developments in the techno-scientific sphere, there’s a need to conceive new narratives for our species and planet that extend beyond anthropocentrism. This series reflects on the possible future outcomes of humanity and defamiliarizes the mainstream narratives about how we construct, perform, and protect our identities as humans. Books in this series explore the implications of human and non-human life forms’ co-existence within our networked world. We encourage the submission of proposals that take cross-cultural and transnational approaches, foster ...

RUGE EL BOSQUE OPEN CALL FOR POETS IN/OF THE SOUTHERN CONE Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and their borderlands

We are in the process of compiling an anthology of ecopoetry which offers an artistic, ecological, and political response to climatic, social, and linguistic changes in the Southern Cone region.

What is happening in the region(s) you call home? How has the landscape been altered? What toxins are you and your community exposed to on a regular basis? How do ongoing environmental challenges influence the lives of people, animals, ...

Students currently engaged in graduate studies are invited to submit a creative non-fiction essay of up to 3,000 words that is backcountry infused and inspired. Up to three essays will be chosen for publication in the June 2022 volume of Deep Wild Journal, and the authors will receive cash awards and five copies of the journal. There is no fee to submit. Deadline March 1. See Contest Guidelines at https://deepwildjournal.com/studentsandteachers/

CALL FOR REVIEWERS

International Journal of Art, Culture, Design and Technology (https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-art-culture-design/41032) (currently being renamed to: International Journal of Art, Culture, Design and Technology) invites applications for Literature journal-article peer reviewers.

We are a growing journal, currently expanding our scope – and thus our Editorial Review pool – to include Literature experts. We offer reviewing experience and guidance (to those that want it) to emerging scholars, for whom this would be an appropriate level of experience.

If of interest, please submit an online application via: https://www.igi-global.com/journals/become-a-reviewer/. (The ...